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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1904
Page
2
A long discussion on Koch and the relations between human and bovine tuberculosis follows a note on milk safety. The piece cites experiments, debates whether cow bacilli differ from human ones, and warns against unsafe milk while urging vigilance and dairy inspections near Chicago.
Naturalists note sea anemones can reproduce when split and even from fragments. A shell fragment once halve swallows anemone tissue, yielding two new anemones. City dwellers seek rural farms on Lake Michigan, finding farming costly and demanding. Perdicaris, freed by Raisuli, may write a Morocco bound book. Harmony hinges on personal brand.
A historical recount details Count Oyama’s 1894 Port Arthur assault starting October 26 with 25,000 troops landing at Pitsuwa. It describes fort assaults on Etseshan and Sungshushan, the capture of multiple forts by dawn, the arrival of Japanese forces, and the climactic fall of coastal and inland positions after heavy artillery and bayonet attacks.
The piece argues the Republican platform will push for congressional action to enforce the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, end southern disenfranchisement, and reduce southern representation in Congress and the electoral college until Black voters are enfranchised. It cites the Des Moines Register on how a congressional investigation could shift public sentiment and redefine government by the people.
A political column argues that true pragmatism avoids fraud and treachery, urging honest administration and a firm stand against dishonesty. It cites Roosevelt and Cortelyou, stresses the golden rule in civic life, and condemns universal cure alls while defending protection and national duty.
Extract from ex Gov W C Bradley of Kentucky at the Republican National Convention portrays the GOP as equal to the nation in progress and triumph while criticizing the Democrats as obstructive and misguided for two terms, claiming the Democrats harmed commerce and industry and lost direction.
The assistant secretary of commerce and labor, Cortelyou, is chosen as chairman of the Republican national committee and resigns his portfolio to devote himself to the campaign through November. He is praised as a nonprofessional politician who may lead a high minded, broad campaign and steer clear of corrupt tactics. Roosevelt is hailed as the party’s chosen leader and moral standard bearer. The piece notes contrasts with Democrats and cites various editorials praising Cortelyou’s selection and the party’s national character.
A magazine style excerpt claims four Japanese leaders led by the emperor Oyama supervise every war detail from day to day. It describes spies embedded with Russian forces and Manchurian networks, praising Japanese secret service efficiency and the high regard for the profession of spy, or Kkancho.
Consul Skinner notes Lake Assal near Tadjoura in French East Africa as a vast salt lake with saturated waters and a foot-thick salt crust. Henry Audon proved a freshwater source feeds the lake from three brooks, with inland Indian Ocean waters rising 400 feet below sea level, a rare continuous salt flow with few parallels.
A Paris correspondent notes feeble protests against statumania the mania for erecting statues. A Frenchman explains it as many sculptors needing work and speeches at unveilings, with decorations as hoped-for rewards. The piece includes a humorous tale of a streetcar fare and the company that pays for the show. It also recounts curiosities from Kansas soil shipments to Indiana and Danish egg collection, plus a string of humorous vignettes on managing a prima donna and love's labor lost.
A collage of jokes and quips quoted from Baltimore American Chicago Tribune Pall Granma Detroit Free Washington Post and more. Witty lines range from civic pride to family banter and light moralizing with punchlines about manners and mischief.
A collage of witty quotes and cartoon captions from urban papers. The pieces include exchanges about self reliance and confessions about social missteps, plus joked scenes of domestic life and young romance. Names of papers and brief gags indicate light, era tone.
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