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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1901
Page
6
In a weathered celebration, Mary A. Denison notes a couple uniting in love and faith. The bride, with blue eyes, and groom Will Denison pledge devotion as they ascend toward home and heaven, crowned in white and bound by song and stories.
In a dim dressing room, a woman and Richard Somers share a charged exchange. She comforts him with a song and quiet, intimate moments, while he wrestles with longing and restraint. She asks about his one life ambition as the scene lingers on their fragile, hopeful bond.
In a moonlit room a shipwrecked guardian of a young woman’s honor confronts a hidden marriage reality. As he shelters her from scandal the lovers declare Frances as his wife. A pistol shot, blood, and a self inflicting wound cap a night of secrets and remorse.
A grandiloquent old Englishman dismisses his wife's requests to mend holes by claiming a hole is merely the accident of a day while a dam signals premeditated poverty, a quip preserved by Youth's Companion reflecting sharp wit about dress and fortune.
The Saturday Evening Post outlines Dr. W J Herdmans claim that galvanic current promotes flesh growth. Experiments on guinea pigs show 10 percent weight gain with electric exposure versus non electric controls. The piece imagines wired pens for pigs and speculates on broader uses from cattle to humans, noting it is still experimental.
The invention describes a self inflating compact raft for multiple persons that folds small when stored. It uses a chemical reaction for inflation and a hollow central mast with calcium carbide to emit illuminating gas for night signaling, plus a day signal flag and a central netted area to support passengers above water.
The Chicago Chronicle reports a mishap on passenger train No. 2 from Cincinnati to Cortland where a new fireman connected sour milk to the engine tank. The curdled milk clogged pipes, dropped steam, and caused Engineer Jonas Miller to request an extra engine to finish the run. Also notes on the first metal truss bridges and record spans.
Maurice J. O'Connor of Drushambo Ireland claims a novel dredging apparatus with two large steel cylinders and projecting lips to scoop earth. The device can be floated to a site, drawn apart sunk to the river bed, then tightened to force scoops into the earth and fill the cylinders. Filled cylinders tilt and water is expelled to surface to dump material.
A Chicago American report says the German Kaiser and two expert photographers developed a camera capable of capturing clear images of ships and coastlines a mile away in thick fog with a two second exposure. An instant developing apparatus would project the image, aiding merchant and naval navigation and collision avoidance.
A Prairie Farmer excerpt advises farmers to raise top draft horses for market rather than road horses or light types. It contrasts selling six good drafts for 1900 dollars with two poor horses selling for 100, emphasizing consistent care, expert feeding, and regular training by one caretaker. It urges scale, market knowledge, fair pricing, and dealer cooperation.
The New York Sun reports Tesla has completed plans for wireless telegraphy across the ocean and selected a site for a plant, with eight months expected to perfect the apparatus. Doubt lingers on realization, while Slaby calls Tesla the father of wireless telegraphy.
The Greek government plans to extend tobacco culture after success with Kavaia tobacco. It will import seed from Trebizond Havana and Maryland and hire experts to train Greek farmers in best cultivation practices.
A Brooklyn Eagle joke recalls a father figure described as a joyous man who did not have to buy multiple pairs of children's shoes every Saturday night, reflecting a humorous view of family life in the era.
The article states that United States grain production equals 2220 pounds per person while England produces 360 pounds per capita.
A design for a compact ten by twelve foot house to hold ten or twelve fowls. One half serves scratching pens, the other a roosting room with nest boxes, feed bins, and coops for show preparation. Nest drawers pull from the hallway, aiding egg collection.
Practical guide notes a lamb feeding setup that helps lambs perform in pasture at weaning. It advocates giving a small amount of grain to lambs, fed separately from other stock to promote steady growth and efficient feeding.
National Rural advises selective breeding and flock management. Unruly sheep should be weeded out, brood mares deserve special attention after foaling, and ewes need oats and wheat to build the frame of the animal and the unborn young. Ensure mares have enough milk by proper feeding rather than starving.
An Argonaut report recalls a bishop’s eerie encounter during a diocese tour at a deserted manor. At breakfast the bishop confirms the spirit’s presence, remarks it will trouble no one again, then the bishop vanishes as funds move toward Peterborough cathedral restoration.
Mrs Church asks about her husband’s taste in gowns while Mrs Gotham replies he favors one that clings to her for four seasons, sparking light social chatter in Yonkers.
In a playful exchange from Puck, Bertie recalls Papa’s reaction when asked about an engagement with the line This is so sudden reflecting a shock to the family.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad with connecting lines launches the Florida Limited a daily swing train with dining car service steam heating gas lighting and a vestibuled coach network to Thomasville Jacksonville and St Augustine. Sleeper departs Cincinnati 11 15 am attached at Nashville runs via Birmingham Montgomery Plant System to Jacksonville and Florida East Coast to St Augustine arriving 7 30 pm next day. General Agent C L Stone will answer inquiries and provide printed master.
A promotional letter from the Cascarets makers asserts sales rose to six million boxes last year, arguing that merit and broad advertising bring large results. Readers urged to try Cas Carets to stimulate the liver and bowels gently and naturally in busy daily life.
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