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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
3
A buffalo bull recently slaughtered in Iowa brought its owner almost $1,000 with the head fetching $600 the hide $300 and the meat priced at 50 cents a pound. The text recalls 1877 when about 4,000,000 buffalo crossed the North Platte in Nebraska and were worth $1 each to poachers who killed them for hides.
An able mathematician from a commercial college failed as an expert accountant because he consistently adds 5 and 38 to 7. He says the error started in childhood and persists in hurried sums, rendering his balances unreliable.
German papers report leather railroad ties being tried on the Russian government system. Various materials have been used, especially tarred wood and iron, but neither lasts. Leather ties are hoped to resist air and heat, and not split when nailed, offering a durable alternative.
Benjamin leader of the Flying Rollers organizes a menagerie to rival Noahs ark. He claims the end of the world will follow the Chicago teamsters strike, citing prophecy and his sects plans for the City of David outside Benton Harbor Michigan.
The Mexican government shifts toward business administration with a focus on industrial development. The army becomes incidental as President Diaz selects ministers skilled in promoting physical welfare and national progress.
The history of chemistry has enabled cheap bright dyes but also easy adulteration. poisonous dyes are common in fon dant bonbon shades and vivid reds and blues, making ladies dresses and mantles reek with poison.
The people of Colombia view Gen Rafael Reyes as a destined strong leader capable of peace and progress and have extended his term to ten years. Reyes opposed U S recognition of Panama independence but seeks friendly relations with the United States.
The passage lists the Library of Congress as the largest with about a million volumes, Harvard Library with 560000 bound volumes and 350000 bound pamphlets, Boston Public Library with 772000, New York Public Library with half a million books and 140000 pamphlets, and Paris Bibliotheque Nationale with about 3,000,000 books and pamphlets, illustrating global scale.
Catherine II supported Washington and prayed for success. Alexander I sought to avert the 1812 15 war and end it quickly. Alexander II offered fields to Lincoln to deter foreign intervention and later sold Alaska to the United States removing territorial tensions.
In Vinton a man claimed he merely blinked after a young woman struck him with an umbrella. Witnesses testified he had weak eyes and only winked, while the woman argued the action was justified. She was fined eight dollars and costs.
The French discoverer Dr Fourneau names chlorohydrate of dimethylamino tenzoylpentanol stovaine to calm patients. It is injected into spinal fluid and causes anesthesia below the injection point within five minutes without losing consciousness. Effects last about ninety minutes with two reported unpleasant results.
A lengthy 1905 account traces the rise of Christian Science from its 1866 discovery by Mary Baker Eddy to the 1903 church counts, noting branches worldwide, key dates, writings, and the construction of grand churches including Boston's "Mother" Church. It highlights Eddy's life, education, and the movement's architectural footprint and influence in New England.
The London News argues detective tales fail as high art, being sensational and quickly consumed. It praises true mysteries that deepen, noting police fiction destroys its own mystique by revealing truth without lingering wonder.
The Rockefeller family expands holdings in Westchester County for John Jr. with 6,000 acres in the Pocantico hills. Rockefeller’s engineers guide land grading and drainage while 1,600 workers improve the property. Stables near completion and a mansion awaits the son’s health. a grand estate rises overlooking the Hudson amid birch, maple, and meadow.
Henry Whitehouse reports on John D Rockefeller Jr building a vast Pocantico estate starting in 1891. The 509 acre site includes an 18 hole golf course and a grand house with sun parlors. The property preserves Torytown’s Rookery and Sleepy Hollow, reflecting wealth and historic notes.
The aquarium displays the largest green turtle ever shown here weighing 313 pounds and three and a half feet on its shell. It was captured on the Atlantic coast of Florida and will feed on ulva and eel grass in its pool formerly used by sea cows.
An earthquake favored the town of Ouzoun-Ada on the Caspian coast by enlarging its port passage. The port, once shallow and inaccessible to steamers, has remained open since last year, boosting potential trade and profits.
Paris society notes the Isle de Puteaux hosts visiting Americans who influence sports wear. French modistes struggle to imitate swift evolving American tennis and golf outfits as new shapes continuously appear, thwarting domestic production.
A historical guide catalogs common word usage errors in alphabetical order. It lists missteps to avoid, offering concise corrections and examples to help speakers and writers refine diction and style. The work emphasizes clarity and proper form for public discourse.
Arrangements are under way in Paris for a museum of historical carriages with many promised treasures. The collection includes the Pompadour sighting carriage, Charles X coronation coach, Napoleon’s 1812 campaign gallop coach, and a Watteau painted sedan chair. The items shown are notable yet not highly ornate.
A New York Sun description outlines a methodical housewrecker who uses a front chute to drop bricks into a waiting wagon. As floors are removed the chute shortens to stay level with the work, and at the parlor level he extends a sidewalk platform for wheeled carts. He avoids lifting items whenever possible.
A major irrigation scheme in India authorized by the secretary of state for India involves about 25 million dollars in expenditure. The canals will command roughly 6,250 square miles, though only a portion will be reached for years. About 3,000 square miles are expected to be irrigated in the area.
The text notes lavish carriages in historical Europe with a Duc d Aiguillon gift to Mme Dunbarry in 1767 priced at 150 009 livres, illustrating luxury travel for high status individuals during Charles IX's era.
A brief note in the St. Paul Pioneer Press mentions diamonds sourced from the milk business. The dialogue implies high quality gems, described as of the first water.
In a Chicago Record-Herald quip, a couple considers an auto trip through France seeking politeness, while a skeptic argues staying in Illinois or Indiana is safer because “a few more or less” would not notice the difference in Europe’s crowded regions.
Ally Sloper dialogue about perfumes and scent contrasts. Inspector questions sources of fragrances while the scholar cites a notebook line about silence and scent, illustrating a comic exchange.
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a woman’s long fixation on marriage and jokes that she would have wed her father’s coachman if one detail had differed, pointing to the missing coachman as the obstacle behind a hoped union.
A Town Topics note reports Jasper failing to stay unified. He declares a home in New York and a wife in Europe as his liabilities, signaling a complex expatriate arrangement.
A magician’s setup with two four foot twine pieces and three spools explains how to move all spools from the twine without passing them over the ends held by assistants. The method hides the loop ends in a knot and uses staged spooling to mystify the audience.
Eugene Arthur Hecker of St Louis, a Harvard senior, has earned $1,480 in prizes and scholarships across four years. He balances study with athletics, Phi Beta Kappa duties, and club life while tutoring peers and working to fund college. He is 20, plans MA and PhD, and aims for a university professorship.
Ethel declares she will go into teaching while Marjory jokes about marriage to a widower. The exchange hints at social expectations and humor in a Tit-Bits column.
The government of New South Wales has set seven shillings per day as the minimum wage for railway laborers. This new rate applies across railway projects and aims to standardize pay for workers in the state.
A brief Chicago Sun note highlights a five year old in friendly sentences about starting school soon and Emerson entering Harvard next fall as his finishing year in the under schools.
The dialogue discusses taxation of bachelors in a Town Topics column. Dyer argues that ancestors sacrificed for liberty, implying readiness to sacrifice personal benefits, while Dyer questions the social fairness of taxing single men.
A New York Sun note about a dog named Fido who shows sympathy by barking. The piece explains Fido barks when the writer falls and injures shins, illustrating a canine display of concern.
Four hundred ex-Confederates living in New York will attend the Ulysses S Grant post Memorial Day observance. Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky will deliver the oration at Grant's tomb.
The report notes that smoking was allowed in English railway carriages since 1846 and that on some foreign lines smoking was so common that separate non smoking carriages were labeled and provided.
A cartoonish exchange shows a manager asking about a starting salary and a new boy proposing three hundred a year, then joking it could be reduced to six shillings weekly. The exchange captures a lighthearted labor market quip from Tit-Bits.
A humorous Tit-Bita vignette shows a father urging his daughter to focus on cooking to be a good wife. The daughter counters by asking who would marry her, highlighting irony in traditional roles.
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