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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
2
Defiance Ohio announces mail matter of the second class and lists contact numbers for daily press service. The notice includes subscription rate of one dollar per year with cash payment option and references long distance telephone service numbers for Northwestern region.
In McClure's Anthony Fiala recounts how Wellman and Hartt used electric lights to illuminate a Greenland ice base. A ship, sledges, and a hut on shore relied on a 6 000 foot arc light and a shipboard dynamo, while a sudden iceberg collapse cut the power and left workers sewing by dim oil lamps.
Sir Edwin Cornwall proposes a conference of European cities with populations over a million including London Paris Berlin Vienna Budapest Rome St Petersburg Madrid Consantinople and with American cities New York Chicago Philadelphia invited The Boston Transcript notes the idea could broaden municipal administration if led by knowledgeable participants but warns of possible empty motives and uncertain coordination across nations.
A naval court-martial in Annapolis holds hazing includes molestation or annoyance that makes the victim ridiculous among peers, not just physical cruelty. The ruling aligns with public feeling that mental suffering can be as serious as physical pain.
A Maine paper attributed to Gen. Nelson A. Miles the saying that the only good Indian is a dead Indian. Miles rebutted, stating he never authored such inhuman brutal and truthless words and spoke against the sentiment.
The text notes that farmers supplied capital to start 1,754 new national banks serving rural communities. It calls the American farmer an industrial prince and states farmers make up 35 percent of the population, a share unmatched by any other vocation.
A woman's magazine notes the groom often feels depressed at contemporary weddings as he sees many female kisses directed at the bride. The remark highlights gendered social dynamics around marriage celebrations.
A report states five million pounds of Chicago poultry in cold storage are unfit to eat, potentially explaining the surge of new chop suey restaurants in the city.
William Jennings Bryan resigns as a trustee of an Illinois college over disapproval of gifts from Andrew Carnegie and other magnates. The Chicago Inter Ocean notes Bryan’s stance reflects a clash between accepting large gifts and personal integrity. Illinois college appears to favor Carnegie’s endowment over Bryan’s controversial position.
The article accuses tariff reformers of dishonesty and misrepresentation, arguing reformers seek free trade and threaten protectionism’s fabric. It cites Roosevelt and a Tren ton Gazette remark, noting Gov. Douglas faced questions over free hides without free shoes during a recent audience.
The Troy Times denounces a Senate caucus act as a conspiracy against patriotism. It notes Democratic senators show independence and warns that unity should come from shared purpose, not threats or banishment. It criticizes a Nebraska figure for pushing punitive platform measures at Chicago.
The Providence newspaper warns that reopening tariff questions could unleash free trade vagaries, pit local industries against each other, and provoke nationwide business disruption. It argues reform would lead to distrust, uncertainty, and harm to American labor as capital grows wary of broader changes.
The Dinner Pail has long sparked argument and ridicule in elections but Democrats have avoided tin plate talk recently. Free traders seem silent as the tin-plate industry backs a strong protective tariff, leaving no material for Democratic use.
A compilation of editorials notes the tariff question tied to party majorities, predicting reform only with a Democratic majority in both houses and noting the political anxiety it stirs. It also traces anti tariff sentiment and mockery from free traders amid Cuba and Philippines tariff issues.
The Troy Times notes internal Democratic strife on ratifying treaties and uniting behind tariff policy. It argues the party’s pursuit of free trade rhetoric clashes with the Dingley tariff, claiming duties are well balanced and that shifting to tariff as a rallying cry risks damaging the party further.
A compilation of editorials and comments from multiple papers on Democratic politics in 1908. Topics include Bryan’s stance on tariffs and imperialism, Carnegie gifts, Castro’s army, and predictions from John Sharp Williams. Multiple outlets echo skepticism and partisan wit about upcoming elections and economic policy.
In a palace palace drama Moses rejects Egyptian glory to join the Hebrew people. Thermutis pleads to keep him as her son, but Moses resolves to adopt Hebrew faith and identity, leaving the palace and distance from his mother as divine plan unfolds. The scene ends with Moses' departure as Thermutis faints.
The piece surveys 25 years of American heiress marriages to titled foreigners, naming names like the duchess of Marlborough and Nellie Grant Sartoris, noting few divorces and contrasting American generosity with European restraint while citing the baroness von Wedell on class and dowry norms.
Pattern details describe a box plaited dress in dark blue serge with a Buster Brown collar and tie, shoulder seams, box-pleats, bishop sleeves, and optional belt. Fabrics listed include cassimere and linen. size 2 to 5 years uses 1.5 yards. Also described is a blue green plaid shirt-waist with yoke and cuffs, high collar, gilt buttons, and fabric options. pattern No. 5528 requires 2 1/8 yards for ages 14–17.
The Kaiser’s deer hunting uses modern improvements. A 26 mile square imperial forest is threaded by telephone wires linking gamekeeper boxes across preserves and the royal hunting box. Stag sightings are telephoned in, then an imperial car heads to the spot within minutes.
Rev. Tom Collins known in London's East End as the coster mongers parson charms workingmen with sporting talks. He is popular for chatting on sports while they smoke and listen in casual shirt sleeves.
A playful exchange quoted in the Houston Post features a lad and lassie discussing future marriage. The boy asks if they will wed, while the girl shyly responds with a lighthearted and candid remark about her indifference to the idea.
Satirical dialogue from Yonkers Statesman questions vivisection ethics. Bacon favors finer cuts for sausage meat, Egbert counters with conditional acceptance. Public debate framed in dark humor about animal testing and processing.
Millie Bertha Chevanne, a young Parisian, bought a shabby old book at an estate sale. Inside she found a folded paper revealing a will that bequeathed the late great-aunt's estate, valued at $80,000, to her.
President Eliot notes in Cambridge that there is not a single rich man in the city yet many residents are rich from the absence of wealth.
A parliamentary commission warns of imminent decline of the British race at home. The report cites overcrowding, unhealthy work conditions, rural exodus to cities, and insufficient nutrition as key causes, urging sociologists and authorities to study and act to prevent similar trends abroad.
An elderly spectator condemns a street scuffle as excessive while a boy in a green sweater defends the clash as naval cadet play. The scene unfolds, prompting concerns about safety and the nature of youth games witnessed by bystanders.
A fragmentary New York Weekly dialogue portrays Mrs Blifkins lamenting a troubled marriage and Mrs Gale recounting her observations of the groom’s unchanged free spirit, noting his indepence and casual demeanor on the street.
Londoners average 34 gallons of water per person each day as utilities track urban consumption. The statistic highlights daily demand across the city and implications for supply planning and conservation efforts.
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