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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
3
Tonti rescues a woman in a toppled chair after a chase with a bold rider and vows to unveil the assailant. A night storm drives the story to the infamous La Voisin house in Paris where crime, magic, and high society mingle in a den of perversion and black rites.
A young Comte de Miron seeks love potions, a poison, and talismans from a devil worshipping priestess in a lavish occult chamber. He pays with ten thousand livres for a charm to win a lady, a poison to kill a relative, and protective amulets for a duel. The scene ends as a mysterious figure departs into a storm.
A fragmentary letter quoted by the Penang Gazette reveals a suitor confessing forbidden affection for a noble daughter. He laments faltering penmanship and claims school neglect as he clings to her long tresses like a shipwrecked mariner seeking rescue.
Margaret Sangster argues love letters should be deferential and pure, recalling colonial decorum and famed correspondences. She contrasts enduring married letters with faded passion in ongoing courtship, noting long absences, waning fervor, and the harm of a disengaged suitor leading to shipwreck or heartbreak.
A pattern for a tailored blouse with box-plaits and ornamental diamond appliques is described along with threading and collar details. The article then shifts to guidance on letter writing for girls, urging refinement, open honesty with family, and caution against clandestine or overly ardent communications.
Two Paris physicians report discovering formic acid markedly increases strength. One doctor reportedly tested on himself, doubling strength in two days and trebling in five. The acid, a colorless corrosive liquid found in ants and certain caterpillars, can be prepared artificially.
A New York businesswoman favors bright red and black plaid on dull days with a red waist, black silk stock, black belt, black straw hat with red quills, red gloves, and a three quarter black serge coat with red and black trim. Another executive opts for a heavy sole boot look with black and white leggings and a black white checked tweed coat.
University of California experiments show fruits and nuts provide energy and nuts supply building material. Diet costs ranged 18 to 46 cents per person daily, competing with a mixed diet. A student shifted to fruits and nuts with no loss of strength, maintaining college work and some heavy labor for eight days. Articles claim high nutritive value and thorough digestion, though long term wholesomeness was not studied.
The fashion dictates exact matching across outfits with hats dyed to exact tones. Milliners offer dyeing services for white straw braid to achieve the desired color, while crin and horsehair braids color easily. Some straw braids are expensive due to their difficulty to color.
A diet of young carrots is said to benefit skin hair and nails due to anti-scorbutic salts oily matter and iron present in red colored vegetables and fruits.
France to establish a natural theater at Champigny near Paris. Open air venues like Arles Beziers and Nimes have reopened amphitheaters drawing large crowds. Once hundreds of such outdoor theaters existed across the country.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer outlines this season's neckwear craze focusing on chemisettes tuckers and half sleeves. It notes tucker finishes with ruching and square yokes, chemisettes to create waistcoat effects, and lace or embroidery options. It contrasts luxurious real lace tuckers with economical lingerie sets in linen and batiste, and suggests Valenciennes trim and broderie Anglaise for striking effects.
Practical advice from Rural New Yorker on reducing coal ash dust at home. Wet ashes 15 minutes before moving them to limit airborne dust, spreading water through the mass by capillary action. Dampening eases handling, avoids rustling, and dries quickly once moved.
Transplant roses in fall after leaves drop or in spring before growth starts. Spring is safer after hard freezes. Use well rotted stable manure as fertilizer, dug in well, with bone meal and wood ashes as alternatives. Blasted blooms arise from poor soil or root action, cloudy or rainy weather. remove damaged buds and keep plants healthy with cultivation and extra manure as needed.
A charming serving idea uses flower pots lined with paraffin paper filled with ice cream to resemble earth topped with grated chocolate. Another method makes a basket from tady fingers with a ribbon to secure ice cream squares, finished with a matching flower and color coordinated ribbon.
The text notes the Nordic border between Norway and Sweden as exceptionally exact in Europe. Each decade an elaborate plan is deposited for every parish touched by the line, and the entire surveying work is renewed every ten years.
A Walpole aphorism notes that when people rely on others rather than thinking independently they risk being overwhelmed by troubles. The reflection warns against abandoning personal judgment.
A simple guide explains drawing smoke pictures by transferring a darkened spot onto a flat surface held over a flame. Use tin, zinc, glass, or ceramic. avoid burning fingers with metal and prevent cracking porcelain or glass by quick passes near the flame. Draw with a pin or pointed implement to scrape away and form the image.
The passage explains making smoke pictures by soot on a plate to produce white lines on black or shaded gray, detailing methods to draw, erase, and transfer designs. It notes easy correction by re-smudging and transferring the final image with gum water, and suggests cutting figures from papers to create white figures on black or vice versa.
A historical contrast shows Mexico, Indian tribes, and Pueblo customs condemning youth smoking. Tales recount strong parental shaming, prohibitions for girls, and demands of warlike proof before allowed to smoke. A grandfatherly rebuke and a mythic quest for oak bark reinforce the taboo.
The Chicago Inter Ocean describes a novel trap using an earthenware jar, paper with a cross, and a string to suspend toasted cheese over the center. When a mouse touches the paper the trap activates, dropping the mouse into the jar as the paper resets for the next visitor. A similar setup works for field mice and harvest mice, while a barrel lined with brown paper traps rats but must be water-filled to prevent gnawing through.
Mayor Berry of Chester Pennsylvania halted his buggy to address several hundred boys and men gambling on the city outskirts. The former Methodist preacher spoke a sermon urging restraint and reform. Multiple men reportedly pledged to quit gambling after the talk.
During a recent lecture Rev. Dr. Anna Shaw argued that women's stature has been increasing while men's has declined. She attributed the men's decrease to excessive tobacco use and warned of broader social implications.
A Chicago News comic panel frames a sharp dialogue about employment history with a lady applicant and her former maid. The humor hinges on paired questions about why each left their previous role reflecting social snobbery and workplace friction.
The piece describes a party game where a seeker is chosen to find a hidden whistle attached to a confederate’s coat. The whistle is blown by others as the seeker searches, creating harmless amusement. A prize is suggested for the seeker regardless of success.
A weary traveler complains to a station attendant about chronic train delays. The attendant replies with virtuous indignation, claiming eight years on the line, prompting a sharp quip about the station of boarding. The exchange ends with no further pursuit.
In a Washington Star quip a father notes his son has not won college medals yet but may earn a hero medal in time for umpiring college baseball games.
A Chicago university professor promotes a new drug named mariahuana as a substitute for tobacco, opium, cocaine, and hasheesh claiming it is as deadly as all of them combined. The report notes widespread exploitation and warns of severe dangers.
In a Houston Post passage a conversation questions a woman’s attire budget of 65 dollars annually. A man asserts support for the allowance and asks for his 65 dollars immediately.
A San Bernardino prospector found about $15 worth of gold in common sand carted from Lytle Creek for building work. His trained eye spotted the glitter as the load passed by, yielding a tidy payout for the day.
In Barstow California the wedding guest list received gold nuggets from a mine given by the bridegroom to the bride. The gesture marked a festive, generous celebration with each guest presented a nugget as a keepsake.
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