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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
6
A man causes a scene at home after discovering hairs from a red paw in his comb revealing a past liaison. The Chicago Daily Record reports the domestic discord and the unexpected clue in the grooming item.
In a divided house Miss Matilda and Miss Martha seek news of Towser the dog while a longlost letter creates doubt over who deserved a past love confession. After doglike clues, a dramatic discovery yields Towser and forces the cousins to confront truth and forgiveness.
A vivid account of an Ahuila funeral scene describes a wake held at night on a granite hillside, with mourners processing to a church and graveyard. Women weep openly while men and a priest lead prayers, songs, and invocations as the body is laid to rest beneath a heavy stone mound.
A gardener explains reversing the original slope to aid irrigation. Water entering at point A flows south along the pathways to B C and D. By placing a dam on the west path opposite a row and opening the east side, water runs down the path to the dam and then down the targeted row to exit the garden.
A practical irrigation method uses a furrow and a gentle stream to soak around plant roots. The system allows one to water from one side of the garden and move to the other, avoiding flooding and enabling watering on hot days. It notes moles as a nuisance and an easy fix with a blunt stick.
Details for a neat eight-room residence by George A W Kintz describe a $2200 home featuring 13 ft 6 in paper size, multiple rooms with specified dimensions, rubble stone foundation, two thickness tar paper insulation, 2x4 studs, 2x10 joists, red cedar roof, double thick American glass, and finished with Georgia pine and red oak in the parlor and dining room. The plan includes tin gutters, cement plaster wainscoting, three exterior coats of white paint with gray trim, cement basement floors, maple kitchen and bath floors, and a seven foot by 2 ft 8 in front door.
During a Pekin siege a missionary reading Lord Charles Beresford’s The Break-Up of China was spared when a Mannlicher bullet struck the book’s page instead of his head. He later packed the book for parcel post to the author with a polite note, praising the work’s protection.
A London tale recalls a sailor who could not swim and spent six hours in the sea during a fierce storm. With a life preserver in constant fear of slipping away, he clung on while the ship stood by from midnight to daylight. The captain’s perseverance paid off as comrades spotted him a mile distant. Rest restored him to dangerous duties.
A historic leap in iron and steel exports in 1900 lifts total to 129.6 million dollars, far exceeding 1899. Pig iron, builders hardware, steel rails, electrical machinery, sewing machines, and typewriters all show notable gains over prior years, signaling strong global demand and growth.
Berlin dispatch reports experts used X-ray tech to verify a silk painting at Ratisbonne believed to be a 16th century Durer piece. The radiographs revealed Durer's monogram and the date 1524, securing authenticity despite earlier doubt. The work is laid on oak board and measures about two centimeters thick.
The article notes pennies are 95 copper with 2 tin and 3 zinc, costing 42 cents per pound to mint and totaling 148 coins per pound. It states government profits on minting while most pennies remain unredeemed for gold. Pennies are currently coined in Philadelphia by law due to past low demand in the southwest and far west. A bill seeks to allow minting in other facilities.
A farmer’s guide to a practical slush scraper using two inch plank and a four by two by one foot box. The design includes iron banding, a sharp blade from a saw or flat steel, and log chain eyelets to adjust depth. Used to clear slush from large ditches and trim banks, praised by Ohio Farmer for efficiency.
Emma Clearwaters of Ohio Farmer explains feeding pumpkins to cows calves pigs and horses. She notes using a candy pail of chopped pumpkins twice daily for dairy cows with good pasture water and salt, and adds pumpkins help with fattening animals when cooked for the latter.
The article explains how strategically placed mirrors can visually enlarge a small dining room by reflecting a single window. It notes that mirrors create illusions, doubling views and furniture, and enhancing decor. It cites examples from elegant rooms at the White House and credits Rose Seelye Miller in American Homes.
The piece compares Julius Caesar and Daniel Webster as great orators and leaders. It notes Caesar’s enduring landmarks, Webster’s standing as a great orator, and Henry Clay’s influential political mastery, as discussed by Thomas B. Reed in the Saturday Evening Post.
During the past year considerable alarm has been created in the British Isles by the prospect of a failure of the British coal supply. Electrical engineers have suggested that the use of electric current derived from water falls, and transmitted to factories and railroads would tend to diminish largely the present wasteful use of coal.
Ohio capitalists project an electric railway across Alberta to reach the Klondike and Arctic Ocean. The route would be a short rail and water line, beginning at Edmonton for freight and travel purposes.
Dogs in Hamburg are taxed according to weight, with heavier dogs facing higher levies. The policy ties canine duties to size, creating a progressive dog tax structure for residents.
Practical, period style guidance from Science and Industry by T N Thompson on furnace maintenance. It covers cleaning, firing techniques, ash management, door doors and drafts, air quality, and a light humorous note urging cooperation with the furnaceman and not blaming service staff.
Morton Plant said in New York that an income of 30000 dollars a year for life beats 15000000 or 16000000 outright. The note arises in a probate dispute over Henry Bradley Plant's estate of about 20000000, with Mrs Margaret Plant contesting.
A light exchange unfolds as a husband presents flowers to his wife dressed for the opera, explaining his motive to provide cover as they discuss the gift. The Philadelphia Press caption frames the moment with wit and domestic irony.
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