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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
7
Poem by L Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution expresses enduring love as a human touch surpassing fame. The speaker blends seas and stars with a tender embrace, asking to dream of the beloved.
Amid a buried romance and a volcanic coup, Deucalion and Zaemon trigger an earth tremor that fractures the royal pyramid and throne square in a chaotic eruption. Phorenice appears in the square as tremors rise, people panic, and destruction intensifies around the carved throne.
A tense scene aboard the crumbling throne shows Phorenice unmoved and Ylga sickened as Zaemon’s earth tremor ends. The narrator, swollen with fear and longing, wrestles the stone to free his beloved Nais, risking discovery and death as the city trembles around them. The moment ends with him lifting her from the prison and kissing her, as the chapter closes.
Mr Fortescue argues a library becomes an asylum as the insane cling to public libraries. Carlyle’s commission remark about imbecile readers at the British Museum is cited, noting a man who blew his nose loudly and puddled time away. The piece hints the puddlers Carlyle denounced may still exist.
The Washington Post quotes Miss Cayenne musing that Mrs Jangles daughter is plain yet highly intelligent and exceptionally amiable. The banter notes many women concede these traits without meeting her.
A Colorado station bulletin notes experiments showing about one pound of wax per 25 pounds of stored honey. It discusses wax production from honey, the economic impact of comb foundation choices, and advice on using thin natural-like cell walls in artificial foundations for lighter comb.
The article compares thin and heavy foundations for comb making, noting light starters yield lighter combs with darker cell bases and less wax. It describes several starter attachment methods, their effects on comb firmness, and the aim to maximize comb thickness with minimal wax for honey production. It also covers a railway demonstration of a vertical light beam headlight aiding collision avoidance.
The Farmers' Review illustrates an A shaped coop to confine the old hen while chicks roam under slats. It suits areas where cats rats and similar threats do not endanger the young birds.
A Chicago letter notes a Nebraska scourge turned into a commercial product. The hopperdozer kills grasshoppers, which are dried in sun, ground to powder, pressed into bricks, shipped to poultry raisers, and fed to hens to boost egg production. No grinding required.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports 3 546 millionaires in the United States and notes that fewer than 150 are widely known beyond their home counties.
Boston features over a dozen large ponds used for skating as noted by the Chicago Tribune. The piece questions whether such snow and ice settings would jar spectacles loose in winter wonderment and study.
New York reports steady flour and mixed grain quotes with No 2 red wheat at 88.5¢, corn 70¢, oats 52¢, and various livestock values. Cleveland shows similar ranges with wheat 85¢, corn 63½¢, oats 47¾¢, butter 29½¢, eggs 25¢, cattle and sheep prices listed, while Chicago lists March futures for wheat 74¼¢ and pork 15.25, plus cattle and hog ranges. Toledo and East Buffalo records cover cash wheat, corn futures, cloverseed, hogs, cattle, and lambs with associated prices.
Dr Hartman receives letters from Catholic Sisters praising Peruna for relief from catarrh of the stomach grip and winter ailments. A Southwest Mother Superior reports cure after two bottles and plans continued use. A Central States Sister Superior notes Peruna's benefit for grip and catarrhal head and stomach diseases.
A Catholic institutional release from Central Ohio presents a recommendation from the Sister Superior, outlining guidance and decisions for the Sisters of Charity in the region. The document emphasizes leadership, community service, and adherence to vows and duties within the order.
An advertisement from the John A Salzer Seed Co of LaCrosse Wisconsin touts the earliest cabbage and other vegetables as money makers for market gardeners. It offers a mammoth seed catalog with 150 kinds of seeds and a market gardeners catalog for two cents postage. The notice promotes cabbage beets peas cucumbers and more.
A Baltimore father refuses to send his daughter to a cooking school, hoping to provide for her after marriage. The school boasted a curriculum teaching women to boss and fire cooks, prompting the father to pay the full term tuition after a wry exchange. The quips from Thingum Bob and others underscore the era’s gender tensions.
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