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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
7
President W O Thompson delivers a stirring address urging firm belief in the Sunday school cause and a hopeful view of the twentieth century. The session promotes money for state work, proper Christmas giving, five hours weekly lesson study, and Biblical teaching with plans for Decision days and county conventions.
Mr and Mrs John W Adams express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance sympathy and floral offerings after the death of their baby.
The powder Allen's Foot Ease cures painful smarting and swollen feet and growing nails. It soothes corns bunions and tight shoes. It fights sweat callous and tired feet. Trial package free 25 cents by mail. Address Allen Olmsted LeRoy N.
The article notes large purchases of American horses and mules for the Transvaal war, with about 30,000 bought early and 15,000 more recently, plus three carloads weekly of American mules from New Orleans. It praises the American range horse for endurance, adaptability, and self reliance, citing Colonel Cody on their fierceness, intelligence, and rugged usefulness in rough terrain and campaigns.
Melbourne traveler Mrs. Ellis Rowan recounts a mysterious Australian forest plant called the cannibal tree. She describes a pineapple-like 11 foot stalk with long drooping leaves and spear-like pistils that trap and devour prey. Legends say natives worshiped it as Satan's tree and sacrificed a victim to appease its rage.
The Boxwell commencement will be held at the Town Hall in Sherwood on June 30 at 7 30 pm. The program includes music invocations an address by Hon J H Hockman presentation of diplomas by W W Heater and the benediction.
An advertisement from the Add. Eternal Remedy Co. of Chicago or New York touts Sparagus Pills by Dr Hobbs as a universal cure for kidney illnesses. The pitch offers a sample free.
A Helena citizen recalls the Clark Carter contest before Montana statehood. A land office ruling by Commissioner Sparks barred cutting trees under eight inches diameter for U S lands, spurring farmer and miner protests and a key campaign issue. A Bozeman speech led to a sharp retort from a audience member.
A Scotsman living in Newcastle for 37 years paid full wages weekly but once gave his wife sixpence short. The thrifty wife sought the meeister for counsel. He minimized the loss as small. she feared drink and betting and other worldly presextran.
A brief exchange about lawyers and charges. One lawyer asserts severe accusations against an opponent, while the speaker notes the speaker’s own lawyer overcharges. The fragment evokes a courtroom mood through a terse dialogue about legal charging.
An excerpt from The North American Review recounts a story about Airy choosing names to honor foreign scientists. The Admiralty secretary questions Gauss’s fame, asking who he is, revealing a striking gap in knowledge among prominent politicians about leading scientists.
A New Orleans paper reports a cu rio dealer in the Old Quarter found a broad dagger with an imitation bronze handle in surplus stock. The blade appeared to drip blood due to a hidden reservoir and valve, revealing a long used stage or secret society trick rather than a real weapon.
A comic exchange where a collector informs Mr Slowpay that his tailor has turned the account over for collection. Slowpay questions the collector’s commission, and the clerk replies affirmatively, prompting Slowpay’s rueful sympathy.
A Philadelphia Record item notes a boarder with gout triggers the landlady to adopt an air of superior importance, highlighting class tone and social clash within a boarding house setting.
A Chicago News aphorism notes that a woman cannot be convinced all men are the same at engagement and after ten years of marriage she still may doubt the contrary.
A reflective line from the Indianapolis Journal notes that progress comes after attempting and failing to compel others, suggesting resilience and perseverance in pursuit of goals. The quote frames failure as a precursor to achievement.
The article explains how many circuses recruit from lumber towns in Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa where boys practice tumbling in sawdust near mills. It traces a progression from boy apprentice to top manager and finally to supporting acts in the circus.
A Western maiden at her first eastern dinner faces confusion over a formal table setting. She asks a neighbor, a physician, whether to start with the oysters knife or the other end, highlighting the elaborate array of forks and knives and social convention.
Report notes that sounding a piano key requires at least a quarter of a pound of finger pressure and that a single key can endure five pounds for one effect. It cites Chopin’s final study in C minor with a passage taking two minutes five seconds to play and a total pressure near three tons.
In a humorous exchange the speakers debate seating and tipping at a restaurant. Gadzooks refuses a preferred table while the other insists on sitting nearby. The dispute hints at waiter expectations for tips and the narrator worries about repeating yesterday's gratuity.
An advertising snippet urges shoppers to ask for GRAIN-O Low 1000 at the grocer. Claimed to taste like mocha or java yet made from pure grains, it suits all ages without distress. Price listed 15c and 26c per package. Sold by all grocers.
Speaker Reed surrenders his chair and chats with a western Democrat. The Democrat remarks on his large hands from farm work, Reed boasts of his own delicate hands, and the exchange ends with a sharp jab about presidential plans.
An elderly Ulster woman who earned money by selling whisky on village market days is visited by a minister as she nears death. In their exchange she affirms her wealth and the minister probes its source. She insists she made most of it by filling the noggin rather than filling the noggin with alcohol.
The piece reflects on beds from Noah’s ark to Homer, Odysseus, and Shakespeare. It notes how beds symbolize life stages and domestic drama, comparing ancient hero couches to English bed chambers with theatrical hangings and evolving domestic meaning.
A tobacco quit advertisement touts Mo-To-Bac as a magic life enhancer and cure for tobacco habits. It claims to strengthen weak men and restore vigor, selling 50 cents at druggists with a free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co of Chicago or New York.
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