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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
5
The Detroit Journal quotes a debate about hatred and male affection with a woman declaring men lack strength in their hates and a man noting you never see men kissing. The exchange reads as a witty commentary on gender norms.
A humorous crime vignette from Chicago features a pickpocket who was accosted by detectives an hour earlier and forced to surrender all his money. The dialogue captures street bravado and police figures in a brisk urban snapshot.
Veteran John Overholt recalls Civil War fighting during Butler’s Bermuda Hundred campaign in 1864. He describes six days on the firing line near Wier Bottom Church, sleep deprivation, heat, and a narrow log shelter during skirmishing along the James River above Dutch Gap.
A Union soldier recalls lying under a log as Confederate fire raked the line and men nearby believed him dead. He barely survived a minie ball and then rejoined his regiment despite the perilous, shifting front. A Chicago man’s bath raid tale follows a disguise escape during battle.
A veteran recounts how 100 soldiers on a special duty detachment were terrified by a supposed guerrilla cavalry charge. Instead a brindle calf appeared cresting a hill, dispelling the fear as the men remained alert. The tale includes a dream that predicted danger but yielded no harm.
Lawrence LeBron, a veteran with Civil War ties to generals Sherman and Sheridan, remains unassuming about his daring exploits. He recalls swift chases, a finger shot off during a scout, and countless perils, yet declines fame, now delivering mail on Chicago routes while lamenting veteran neglect.
Patrick Flynn halted the mail wagon to save Maj. C. G. Dawes after a Georgia battle. Comptroller Dawes later used his influence to restore Flynn’s Chicago post, citing the veteran’s long service and prior aid to Dawes’s uncle. The daring rescue left Dawes alive and Flynn without loss of his job.
The war photographer now plays a key role in capturing projectiles in flight. Speedy photographs from Krupp works reveal a bullet’s air wake and wave effects, showing how much force is spent creating sound waves and how armor is affected.
American forces near Taku observed Chinese windmills with vertical rotating shafts and sails like window shutters. The mills pumped seawater into basins where sun and wind evaporated it to make salt cakes for inland shipment. The salt contained bitter sulphate of magnesia and had limited culinary use. The sails could be furled to stop the mill, and a cord on the axle would halt movements. It is unclear if these mills are more efficient than American designs.
A plant and a pug nacious ant in Australia form a mutual defense and nourishment pact. The bull's horn thorn houses the ant, providing food from secreted nectar, while the ant protects the plant by attacking leaf predators to defend its residence. The insect warding behavior is fierce and life risking for the ant.
A German chemical works introduces a peat based coal substitute. It costs about 25 cents per 220 pounds to manufacture. The fuel uses peat as its basis and yields great heat with a bright flame. It leaves no slag and only a small amount of white ash. Peat is dried ground, mixed with chemicals, and pressed into brick shapes.
An examiner at the patent office notes that only about one invention in twenty five earns back the cost of securing a patent, reflecting overall economic uncertainty in patenting.
Photographers in the west debate whether wheel parts move at different speeds when photographed. The claim, supported by many photos shown in evidence, is that top wheel spokes appear less clear than bottom, and sometimes spokes above the center do not appear at all, per the New York Herald.
The passage clarifies a bicycle or wagon wheel motion showing the top moves faster than the bottom relative to the ground. It notes the bottom half has vertical motion while the top travels rapidly horizontally, causing bottom spokes to appear clear in time exposures and the upper spokes blurred.
An analysis of rail tie use in the United States notes New York Central replacements of 1,809,000 ties last year and broader demand for about 75,000,000 new ties annually. It discusses materials oak chestnut locust cedar and decay prevention methods, costs about 75 cents per tie, and ongoing search for durable low-cost solutions.
Kos the capital of the Turkish island Kos claims the oldest tree in the world under its shade Hippocrates taught medicine 2000 years ago local tradition pushes age back to Aesculapius era. Scientists note California redwood trees precede that era by many years.
Dr. Syfried, renowned Berlin surgeon, reports a unique operation in which a workman’s skull fragment was replaced with carved ox bone to fill the cavity. The skin closed and healed naturally with no ill effects to the patient.
A mammoth black walnut tree on farmer E. P. Gaus's Williams county property sold for 4000 dollars. Lumber dealers examined chips and called it the finest specimen of its kind seen. The tree measured eight feet in diameter at the stump and stretched 73 feet to the first limb.
Congress discusses establishing a new laboratory within the interior department to conduct exact studies on criminals paupers and defective classes of the population as part of policing and social control.
The text argues that above 60 miles altitude the atmosphere could contain about 95 percent hydrogen. It suggests this hydrogen may explain the occluded hydrogen found in meteoric fragments.
A tongue in cheek line from Tit-Bits shows Mrs. Youngwife ordering Nora to make toast after noting there is no bread at breakfast. The exchange highlights domestic routine and character dynamics. Nora admits the absence of bread, prompting the instruction to toast.
Speech from a dialogue about bric-a-brac where Mrs Newrocks questions Mr Newrocks about handling a display and his uncertainty is gently teased. The exchange reveals domestic humor and character dynamics in a light, stagey tone.
A southern farmer advises using a heavy roller and pulverizing harrow to break baked clods before plowing. Run harrow and crushers daily to boost yield, plant across treated acre, and note five years of higher output. Don’t burn vegetation. plow it under to enrich soil and prevent baking.
Instructional excerpt explains fixing drainage for tile work. It covers creating a water outlet, digging a narrow center ditch three to four feet deep based on soil, ensuring the ditch drains land and does not settle, and trimming the ditch bottom to a true grade.
Rural New Yorker advises using a string to keep tile line straight and grade true. Do not use less than four inch tile and ensure springs are provided. Lay tiles end to end along the bottom, cover joints with inverted sod, and fill the ditch carefully to prevent silt buildup.
A simple outdoor attachment to a poultry house offers a winter airing and summer shed. The device, seen on the south side, has no glass in the top to reduce cost and breakage. The cover folds back on sunny days, letting fowls stay nearly outdoors. Built with matched boards, the addition lasts for years and can serve as a spring run for hens and chicks.
The sheep scab problem has hindered wool and mutton output in the United States. Through the bureau's preventive methods inspection disinfection and dipping many diseased sheep are removed from stock yards and infection declines. In fiscal year 1900 government inspectors examined 1 801 374 sheep and 626 838 were dipped under supervision.
Prairie Farmer notes broom corn thrives on any soil like Indian corn. Do not deep-work the ground. drill in rows, plant after corn and when soil is warm. One bushel seeds 15 acres. little cultivation needed to stay weed free. Harvest when seeds reach dough stage. break stalks one way and cut tops with a corn knife.
Dozer Co of Defiance Ohio lists numerous farms near the city with acreages from 40 to 200, including improvements such as frame houses, barns, wells, and orchards. Prices range from 40 per acre to 60 per acre with terms, exchanges, and credit options, plus a note to contact Dozer Co at Clinton Street for buying selling or exchanging property.
The excerpt notes a 6 percent empire population figure, locust nicknames in Italian and German, MPs needing residence, royal tombs left untouched, Panama tides near two feet, 1855 Sebastopol bombardment totals, Swiss lace fashion, and Manila's 244,732 population broken down by Americans 8,642 Filipinos 181,360 Chinese 51,567 Spaniards 2,383 others 960.
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