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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
7
A Rye man travels by car with a bright parrot perched on the dashboard that cries Look out Look out to warn of danger. The pet bird has proved more effective than a horn and joins a growing trend of animal companions in motoring, alongside a pig in Europe and a cat seen with fashionable drivers.
In a terse exchange a tramp tells a farmer’s wife he cannot chop wood today claiming he lacks the will power. The farmer’s wife challenges him, noting the supposed strength of a man of his stature.
Secret service officials report arrests and seizure of lottery tickets across multiple cities. San Francisco housed the lottery combine with traveling agents on the road. U.S. marshals and agents led prosecutions with San Francisco District Attorney and Justice Department support. The law forbids shipping tickets by any conveyance, making receivers liable as well.
In a curdling exchange, Nordy asks about Parsifal while Butts deems it fair. Nordy pushes for improvements and Butts agrees, suggesting the opera could use a few good specialties per the Louisville Courier Journal.
Ethel questions whether he is too old to be eligible while Edith argues he is too eligible to be considered old. The exchange presents a witty clash over age and merit in determining eligibility.
An article surveys bizarre settlements: a northern Chinese graveyard town of beggars and outcasts, a quarryside Italian cliff village with rentless inhabitants, New Guinea oceanic and arboreal villages to deter head hunters, and Athos in Macedonia a female ban on people and animals explained by a legend of Empress Pulcheria with a miraculous loon.
An analysis links US weather science to national vigor and recounts the Neglected mine in Colorado near Junction Creek. It describes ore bodies, geology, and operations at depths up to 175 feet, with tellurides of gold and silver, sylvanite, native gold and mercury occurrences across multiple claims and gulches in the Durango quadrangle.
Princess Louise Augusta of Schleswig Holstein is a royal art professional living in Queensberry Place. She creates enamel work and has many relatives with jewelry and boxes she crafted. Her notable piece is a memorial cross for Prince Christian Victor’s grave sent to South Africa by Princess Christian last autumn.
The Louisville Courier-Journal recalls a young preacher who impressed with his maiden sermon while deacons questioned his plans. Deacon Peppergrass asks how often he would lecture on Hamlet if called, and the candidate says he does not expect to lecture at all. Deacon Wintergreen confirms the engagement of the candidate.
A traveler in Egypt recalls a camel caravan where a huge load on the camel’s off side caused a starboard list. To correct the imbalance without repacking, locals used a light Arab rider as trimming ballast, reflecting a provocative stereotype in a humorous anecdote.
In a Youths Companion piece Prof H F Os born notes North America hosted four to six concurrent horse varieties. Some forest horses were slow and broad footed while plains horses were swift with narrow deer like feet. Sizes ranged from larger than Percherons to smaller than Shetlands, with peak diversity just before horses went extinct on the continent.
Police Magistrate hears Tufford Knott accused of vagrancy and quips about his picture in the police hall of fame after a terse exchange. The exchange unfolds in a Chicago Tribune style anecdote.
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