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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
9
A clipped note recalls medical examiners who rejected 25 percent of draftees for vision issues. It contrasts this with Theodore Roosevelt, who fought at San Juan despite limited spectacles and later became vice president.
An article notes the Luger pistol, claimed to fire 116 bullets per load, invented by George Luger from Austria and produced by Mauser firms, described as highly rapid. Separately a Wisconsin divorce case sees a wife claim grounds over housework pressure, with the judge dismissing the suit. another item mentions a man whose frozen pipes pose danger.
Prof EF F Nichols of Dartmouth and Prof St John of Oberlin have perfected an instrument called a pyrometer to measure heat from a candle a mile away and from stars millions of miles away. The device answers long standing questions about heat emission from celestial bodies. The instrument is described as complex and precise.
The National Association of Manufacturers favors modification of the tariff to extend reciprocity while preserving protective features. Speakers warn against radical changes, noting danger to domestic industries except for boots and shoes. The policy aims to protect U S production, retain home markets, and avoid sacrificing them for foreign competition.
The article notes President McKinley’s decisive rebuke of third term speculation by Senator Tillman and Congressman Grosvenor. It emphasizes his long standing pledge not to seek or accept a nomination for a third term and his aim to prevent misinterpretation of his presidency. The piece contrasts this with editorial comments from Chicago papers and Albany Journal on true democracy and party views.
The Supreme Court rulings affirm national sovereignty and expansion. Porto Rico becomes American soil from the treaty of Paris, with free imports until Congress acts, and yet remains a territory not a state under the revenue clause. Congress may govern and define inhabitants’ status. civil rights rely on congressional direction. The decisions remove misimpressions about our title and insist humane governance of new possessions.
The Cleveland Leader quotes M Jules Siegfried alleging McKinley said he favors no longer strict protection. Republican leaders doubt the claim and emphasize protection plus reciprocity through treaties. They note the Dingley law stands and reciprocity has long been Republican policy.
Brouhaha over Bryan’s claim of imperial rule sparks editorial banter across papers. Critics say Democrats lack a cohesive issue and risk losing momentum as internal rifts surface. Some urge Republican resistance to Arkansas moves against Senator Jones, praising his role in boosting GOP vote nationally.
Scientific researchers have unlocked valuable outputs from waste sawdust, yielding char, acids, tar, and gases. Montreal’s new distilling machine processes about 2,000 pounds of wet sawdust per hour, with Europe already producing oxalic acid from sawdust. Scotland uses sawdust for floorcloth and millboard, turning a nuisance into a commodity for lumber countries and bookbinding.
A swimmer wore patent wings or fins designed to speed swimming. The lightweight bamboo or aluminum frame supports an endless canvas web strapped to the arms. In the backward stroke the framework opens to gain leverage, and folds during the forward stroke so it does not hinder arm action.
On Andrew Dean's farm near Jordan Ontario over 500 human skeletons were unearthed in plowing. The bones range from infant to adult, suggesting a destroyed village. No historic battle or white settlement is recorded in the area, with Eurons and Iroquois previously agreeing to neutral territory between the great lakes.
A St. Petersburg journal says during last winter famine in Siberia, Shuganichi villagers found a placer mine yielding 400 roubles weekly. News spread, mutual associations formed, some earning up to 1000 roubles weekly until militia halted the gold rush and peasants returned home.
Philadelphia botanist E A Suverkorp found an orchid that drinks by lowering a thin tube into water. The tube coils above the plant when not in use and extends to draw water, then dumps it into the roots. The plant reacts rapidly if touched, resembling a mimosa.
A Vienna medical journal notes Herr Heller, director of a local blind asylum, aided a seven year old blind boy to read by training sight alone. The method narrowed vision, used light and colored glasses, linked names to colors, then progressed to geometric shapes and letters. After 14 months the boy reads with the naked eye and identifies colors, forms, and objects at shrinking distances.
A coal age footprint found in a Pittston Pennsylvania mine by John Silenski a Polish miner presents a striking proof of human presence in ancient Earth. Three local business leaders have viewed the imprint deeming it genuine and sensational.
A note from the bookkeeper says the junior partner will miss several days of work because his wife has been cutting his hair. The exchange implies a light local humor item from Town Topics.
Fred Grundy argues for steady road maintenance over costly hard roads. A paid, skilled road keeper can manage eight miles of black-soil roads with tile drainage, rounded grades, and routine surface care using local materials. This plan promises durable travel nine to ten months a year and lower overall costs than widespread overseer labor.
A practical guide to starting rhubarb on new farms or backyards. Dividing old roots yields immediate harvests, a dozen hills feeding a family. Rhubarb can also be grown from seed with about one pound sowing six hotbed frames yielding around 1,000 plants. Blanch stalks by mounding soil one foot high to cover the hill in spring.
A guide from Orange Judd Farmer explains leveling with liquid manure to control weeds and enrich soil. It describes spreading leaves as mulch, thinning to center buds for bigger stalks, and using a pot filled with manure or nitrate solution to boost growth for show-worthy plants.
Floral toques and small hats grow popular with readers of the New York Tribune. Styles include violets in boat hats with pale green roses, sunsplashed turbans in braid, white silk mut and wings, ivy geranium wreaths, wide ribbon plaids and Persian patterns, Mechlin tulle veils, and tulle tones matching flower colors.
A Detroit Free Press meditation on happiness linking it to love within a household. It rebukes the idea that poverty kills happiness and argues true affection endures, while kind words and forbearance can brighten a discordant home.
The article surveys hunting and fishing notes with facts such as the last Norfolk bustard killed in 1833, basking sharks up to 40 feet, the Tay salmon at 70 pounds four feet five inches, and Mississippi River system yields in 1899 totaling 94 million pounds valued at $1 771 812. It lists methods to dry matches in camping corked bottles and treatments for jellyfish and adder bites.
The article estimates vast fertilizer loss from rains and watercourses. It cites the Nile delivering over 1000 tons of plant food to the Mediterranean daily and warns that annual soil losses exceed all guano deposits. Reclaiming sea nutrients is urged to prevent future crop yields from falling.
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