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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1901
Page
3
In Seville, mothers cannot leave children in care. babies too young to walk sit upright in light wicker baskets placed on the street. The infant drifts along as donkeys and carts pass, prompting a curious procession of animals avoiding the child in the narrow old town streets.
A verse narrative from Golden Days by Anna M. Pratt contrasts Tommy the idealistic young inventor with his clumsy hands and Maud Miranda who longs for luxury yet neglects her duties. It cautions that success comes from earnest effort, not idle dreaming, and that a tidy mind complements noble aims.
Florence Monte Miller of Bloomington Illinois began as a bookkeeper for her father Fre mont Miller before turning four. By six she entered Lincoln school and quickly advanced through multiple rooms showing extraordinary drawing reading writing and arithmetic abilities.
Port Royal pilot Captain Murray recounts a clipper ship wrecked in a Bay of Bengal typhoon near Calcutta. He and two companions survived, living off offerings from an idol worshipped by locals. A fight with natives forced retreat to Calcutta, where they later found passage home. Fifteen years later Murray met Captain Cole of the Kirkum, one old companion.
An old soldier recalls a seasoned pack mule that could size the 200 pound load to the limit. The stubborn animal refused heavier cargo, was blindfolded during loading, and hilariously acted as if carrying a ton when a 25 pound coffin arrived for Siboney. The mule finally assumed the bell duties after toppling the coffin, while another mule carried it onward.
In a hotel or office building, a sharp elevator boy defuses a flirtatious request. A lady seeks a man she claims not to know and his office, but the attendant quickly replies that the gentleman has just gone out, leaving the woman satisfied.
Large ocean liners keep six to ten cats aboard with ration books. Specific workers feed them daily and a porter tends them in port. Amiable cats roam first or second class areas while others stay below. At sea they deter rats. in port a rat catcher traps hundreds, with cats assisting the hunt.
In London difficulty in obtaining boy messengers leads to employing girls. Messenger girls, some as young as 17, are described as quicker at delivering messages and answering calls. Observers expect to watch the experiment's development.
A four-year-old girl wandered from home near the Bonanza mine in Oregon and was lost for 48 hours. She was found unharmed and recounted seeing a large black dog with two cubs, later explained as a bear and cubs.
A Boston girl replies to a marriage proposal after long anxiety with humor. The exchange highlights local wit as she questions the timing, saying the proposal seems precipitous.
A Lewiston Journal writer narrates a village incident where boys tease a horse by placing flies in its ears. The owner punishes a boy for injuring the horse, while the horse owner and a calm father confront the scene, ending with the village returning to quiet.
A farmers tool section introduces a cheap home made grinder to reduce beets turnips and other roots to pulp. The design is simple to build with modest wood working skill and minimal cost saving time compared with chopping by spade or four blade chopper.
The article explains a hand or engine driven grinder on the farm using a belt wheel power source or optional crank and flywheel. It describes hopper construction legs braces and interior workings with a triangular wooden strip across the rear and a spiked grinding cylinder at the center.
J G Allshouse describes a root grinder adjustable concave with teeth made from square bar iron. Teeth screw into a cylinder with half inch projection and a chisel end, teeth intersecting the concave teeth to vary fineness. Grinder built durable for high speed, suitable for various capacities, and usable with or without a spout.
The Siberian line skirt around Baikal may be built soon after stormy fogs hinder lake crossing. Ice breaking steamers and barges ferried trains for years but the plan shifts to sideline the lake foot. The 65 mile wide lake caused long delays, while Russia’s geography texts misidentify it as the world’s largest.
A 12 onion row set on Christmas day with salt on each. kept until twelfth night to reveal monthly weather by salt melting indicating rain and intact salt indicating dry months. The device, reported by the New York Times, reflects rural belief in vegetable omens.
A short snippet from the Atchison Globe notes that a good definition of affinity emerges a few years after marriage as “both pulling one way.” The remark frames harmony as a shared direction in a long-term union.
J. M. Rice explains optimal corner post anchorage for wire fences. Deep setting varies by soil and frost. braces at top shield wire and stock. He recommends six foot braces and straight wire strands forming a solid cable, with intermediate posts eight inches deep for cattle and horse fencing.
An old newspaper ad recalls Druggist Francis of Clinton praising Palmer's Lotion for curing a long standing skin ailment. It urges readers to mail to Solon Palmer in New York for samples if their local druggist does not carry it.
A Baltimore American quip notes a joke about age limits and a misunderstanding over croquettes. The exchange centers on a speaker calling someone a croquette, then clarifying the joke about spring chickens and social labels.
Try Grain-O the new grain drink from grocers. It mimics mocha or java color but is made from pure grains and gentle on the stomach. Consumers are advised of 15c and 25c package prices and that it costs about one third the price of coffee.
A dialogue excerpt from Harper's Bazaar shows a couple discussing the right time to announce their engagement. She insists there is no hurry and suggests within the next 24 hours as acceptable.
Tickets on Ogden and Sunset Routes to California offered weekly from February 12 with continued Tuesdays through April 30. Fares include 30 dollars from Chicago, 27.50 from St Louis Memphis and New Orleans, 25 dollars from Omaha and Kansas City, plus lower east and north equivalents. Contacts listed for S P Company agents in Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis and Kansas City.
An Atchison girl once bragged that two men fought for her hand. To decide, she drew straws and chose the winner, while the other remained as a memory in local lore.
A collage of proverbs from various sources followed by multiple 19th century advertisements and notices. Includes humorous lines, medical claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Putnam dyes, plus a train joke and a city oath in Toledo dated 1886.
A collage of tonic sales lines and moral quips from period newspapers. Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement benefits and gentle liver and kidney action with 25 and 50 cent prices. Multiple ad lines tout Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Laxative Bromo Quinine while health and wisdom quotes pepper the page.
A period piece advocates Peruna as a remedy after a grip epidemic sweeping the nation. Prominent figures including Congressman J B Crowley George H White J P Megrew and Anna Russell endorse Peruna for grip coughs colds and catarrhal complaints citing quick cures and blood cleansing effects.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a witty remark that the poet is financially embarrassed, joking he must eat breakfast foods for dinner due to his money troubles.
A lively anecdote recounts a pretty Dublin girl visiting Albany who teases a conceited young man. He boasts of charm but she ends the evening with a witty retort and a grave reminder that he has much to learn about propriety. The tale unfolds with sly humor and a cautionary punchline.
The exchange between Mrs Henpeck and Henpeck in Tony Topics hints at regrets over a past marriage possibility with an army officer. Witty quips about hazing and suitability surface in lighthearted banter.
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