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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
12
A child friendly tale from Youth's Companion shows Jack and Janie living beside each other. They quarrel over house and school then reconcile after Janie offers a bite of cake. The story ends with them playing together again through the day.
A short lesson describes three glass bottles with different liquids: fresh water, well salted water, and half-salt water. An egg placed in each jar behaves differently: it sinks in fresh water, floats in salt water, and sinks to mid depth in the half-salt solution. The phenomenon appears astonishing but follows simple density principles.
The article describes two eggs that resist or accept position. An obedient egg is blown and filled with silver sand to a quarter of its volume, sealed with wax, and can balance in any orientation. The disobedient egg uses shot and wax, melted by a flame, to force it to stand upright and return to that position after being knocked down.
A girl from Amesbury Massachusetts recounts her birthday porcupine gift named Bluenose. Her father and two men plus a boy fetched the animal seven miles to the nearest house and ten more to Bridgetown to secure it. The pet now sleeps underground in winter and endears itself by watching for breakfast and eating birch leaves, apples, and corn.
A visitor to the Sandwich islands describes the local people as the laziest on earth, noting they do little work while contentedly squatting, chatting, and playing. He observes some work at Honolulu and other places but overall portrays islanders as lazy yet happy, living with minimal labor.
A Newfoundland dog with a muzzle chased by a bull terrier clashed in Pittsburgh near City Hall park. The terrier latched onto the big dog's ear, both dashed through a crowd, and the terrier slid into a tar-filled pail after a dramatic tussle.
Judge Greene of San Francisco humorously corrects an Irish attorney who cites Browney on Frauds to support a point. The lawyer asks to reserve judgment until the court decides the current issue. The exchange reveals light banter over spelling and pronunciation.
A pupil once told the class that an optimist is an eye doctor and a pessimist a foot doctor in a lighthearted school moment. The quip illustrates how perception shapes expectations during a recent exam discussion.
Quote from Somerville Journal notes Lulu-Elsie once praised a lover as perfect and after marriage now calls him a perfect brute illustrating changing views on spouses. Eva-Yes is referenced as a conversational tag in the fragment.
The Indianapolis Press remarks on Mrs Gillwazzle appearing youthful claiming she seems not older than 30 while acting as if 20. The quip highlights social vanity and aging in a light column.
A humorous exchange from Leslie's Weekly features a husband and wife debating a pocketed item. The athletic man asks whose clothes are in question and the wife directs him to check the hip pocket. She quips that smelling salts are hers if present, or brandy if not, highlighting a playful domestic misidentification.
A court record notes a case where a mother defends her child as a neighbor boy’s nose was punched. The exchange captures a defiant denial and a claim of innocence amid domestic strife.
Mary E. Owens, the Chicago police sergeant and the city’s only woman at that rank, began in 1889 after her husband’s death. She patrols sweatshops and shopping districts, rarely making arrests, focuses on truants and child labor laws, and supports four children while earning respect from store owners and city officials.
After long believed dead, sisters Annie Quinn and Mary O Neil reconciled in New York. Annie Quinn, married to James Quinn, learns Mary was raised in County Cavan and later employed in a prominent family. Annie funded Marys journey from Ireland, and the pair now live together in contentment.
A clever woman rebukes an excited sister telling her not to use a pile river to pin on a bow of ribbon. The exchange pairs wit with playful moral advice in a domestic vignette.
Across the water word spreads of Mrs Langtry wearing a leghorn hat in The Royal Necklace. The simple wreath of May flowers and delicate weave flatter many figures from petite girls to elderly dames. The style may spark a millinery craze and lift feminine fashion across ages.
Chicago Daily News notes a swing from athletic to soft fashion in 1901. The era’s summer girl shifts toward genteel muslins and entertaining demeanor, with grandmothers’ charm rising while athletic ideal wanes.
The piece contrasts Mexican women by class, noting role expectations and deference to husbands among the masses. It describes simple dress, bareheaded modes, and white collars with blue rebosos, plus higher class women in hats or tapelo, and church etiquette about veils and rebase.
The article notes a revival of passengers packing lunches for trains as dining cars vanish. Early fashion favored dining cars, but now seen as proper to have lunch baskets prepared by a caterer, a shift echoing English practice.
English fashion of breakfast jackets with low sailor collars is popular among beauty seekers. Society girls have gowns made without collars to improve neck and throat color, a practice believed to hasten skin improvement.
Dr. A. J. Sanderson notes that cheerfulness and health hinge on correct physician conditions and right thinking. He argues mind and body interdependence, stating bodily habits affect mental well being and that a positive outlook reveals good in adversity.
In Harlem Life, Deacon Humsted recalls trading his former boss to Squire Keeler. Murray Hill questions if the squire knew the horse was blind, to which Humsted replies the knowledge came after some time with the animal.
In a humorous Philadelphia Bulletin quip, Sue accuses You of saying you would wed an artist but you are now engaged to a dentist. Flo retorts that the dentist is indeed an artist, noting he draws from real life.
A short dialogue from Brooklyn Life shows a pompous man boasting as another observer questions him. The exchange ends with the critic accepting the self claim as satisfactory.
A city man tells a companion he plans to enter the egg business by growing egg plants instead of raising chickens. He suggests that chickens are hard to manage in large numbers and intends to dispense with them entirely.
The true secret of success is to find out what the people want and give it to them. A younger man notes the power of anticipation and market insight as a path to achievement. An Indianapolis Press quotation reflects practical optimism.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote about a country’s fairy tales being new prompts a look at tablets on monuments. The exchange jokes about discovering stories carved in public memorials as a source of local lore.
In a Columbus State Journal snippet a pupil asks to learn how to eat olives at a training school. The principal confirms it is a training school and the quirky exchange underscores a humorous edge in classroom life.
A collage of brief quips and lines from papers including the Philadelphia Times Cleveland Plain Dealer Washington Star Crabshaw Town Topics and Chicago Daily News. The excerpts feature romantic parting ironies and social observations with remarks on ambition deception and foolishness.
The market report lists July prices for flour, wheat, corn, oats, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, cattle, sheep, and hogs across New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo East Liberty Cincinnati Oil City. Notable figures include wheat around 67 cents to 67.5, corn 46 to 47 cents, hogs near 6.00 dollars, and cattle generally 4.75 to 6.10 with various regional ranges and oil balances at 1.05 credits.
The boy Jones twice sneaked into Buckingham Palace during Queen Victoria’s early reign. He hid in chimneys, slept in vacant rooms, and claimed to have overheard councils with the queen and Prince Albert. After mild punishment he emigrated to Australia, while Baron Stockmar later arrived to impose discipline at the palace.
A young man facing dismissal defends his diligence while a practical politician criticizes his misapplied effort, noting his industry serves taxpayers but lacks judgment. The exchange captures a small drama of work, merit, and policy concerns in a civic setting.
A young girl in ragged clothing hugs a bundle of rags as her baby. A passerby asks for the doll’s name and she proudly answers with a makeshift child’s name, revealing a scene of childlike play amid poverty.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Daily News features a Summer Hotel guest remarking on mosquitoes singing in a room and an old guest replying that he enjoys it since he can’t hear the university glee club practicing on the piazza.
Ted jokes about his girlfriend's germ obsession and refusal to eat ice cream. Ned notes the girl won't kiss him due to microbes, turning a domestic quarrel into a lighthearted exchange.
A $264 gold nugget was found in a wash on American Hill Blondike. Reports from the north describe lively mining times on all creeks as the 1901 clean-up continues. Water runs freely and claim owners rush to wash dirt. summer work begins with double shifts and widespread activity on Sulphur Creek Eldorado Hunker Goldbottom Bonanza.
A young man facing dismissal proclaims his earnest labor and asks about faults. The practical politician concedes his industry but argues it is misapplied, saying the effort serves taxpayers rather than themselves and noting a lack of judgment. The Chicago Post quotes the exchange.
A clerk and Mr Porquepacque debate mustache cups in a chinaware shop. The clerk shows a cup and saucer design while Mr Porquepacque points out the saucer mismatches and lack of a mustache guard.
New York City resident J H Malkmus reports severe hand burns from a dull red hot iron on June 20 and claims complete healing by Palmer's Lotion by June 26. He urges others to obtain the product or request samples from Solon Palmer at 347 Pearl St. New York.
In a dispute one man cuffed the other on the ear. The victim asked if it was a joke or in ear nest. The assailant replied in earnest, noting the punch was lucky for him as he does not treat such matters as a joke.
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Quotations show fashion critiques from Philadelphia Press and consumer praise for Piso's Cure in Minneapolis. A Detroit Journal remark reflects on girls and fame, contrasted with rope jumping and problem stories in the era.
An advertisement touts Hoxsie's Croup Cure with Noopium priced at 50ets. It features quoted lines from Bibbs and Gibbs about self knowledge and friendship, framed as a smart set promotion.
A Chicago woman Mrs Hartley report suffers sleepless nights and nervous exhaustion from indigestion womb displacement and backache. She was cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and her portrait is published as a warning and proof of the remedy's unfailing efficiency for suffering women.
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