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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
8
A bold escape unfolds as detective Hagerty confronts a mastermind thief. The village police chief, outmaneuvered, learns the clever felon slipped away with gems and a carriage. A tense pursuit begins, while Dicky and Alice Hawthorne flee toward Moriarty’s Hollywood Inn.
In a moonlit wander, two travelers discuss fate while hunger shadows their romance. They plan a feast at Moriarty’s after a perilous ride, and a patrol arrives as they seek shelter at Hollywood Inn. The scene ends with an invitation to a cozy two-hour wait before a village cart.
Fragment from New York Sun recounts a Georgia soldier who died at his father’s door after returning from the Civil War. A dog’s bark spooked the defender, the father fired, and the homecoming ended in tragedy as the body lay wrapped in the flag while neighbors filed past the unspoken loss. The piece shifts to recollections of Byrne’s school and Missouri veterans and ends noting Admiral Sigsbee’s retirement leaving Dewey and Evans as active high naval officers.
A farmerly column extols strawberry beds with runners pruned to stay productive for years, advises rows two and a half to three feet apart, and promotes soil enrichment and straw mulch. It cites Indiana Farmer and Rural New Yorker notes, plus practical barn door repair and sheep care tips.
The article traces the historical skepticism toward women entering law and medicine and notes the broader inclusion of women in business. It highlights that women have long managed private fortunes and engaged in commerce, with finance among the few fields slower to involve women as professional financiers. The tone reflects a cautious but progressing shift in professions.
The Tacoma Ledger notes that Hetty Greens and other women in brokerages and banking remain rare but are increasingly visible. It cites public appearances by women who manage capital and the trend of male trustees supporting competent women bank presidents or cashiers.
A New York Sun report recalls a Missouri society smoker in this city where three men from the same town met in the hotel corridor and found common Civil War ties. One recalls serving under Lon Slayback, later a colonel killed in St. Louis. the others share schooling under him.
The piece extols hydrogen peroxide for wound cleansing and bandaging, cites hospital use, and notes a Corean pillow anecdote about a skull fracture. It also argues alcohol is safer than gasoline for commercial use, citing ignition and heat radiation differences.
A Farm Journal diagram shows a simple arrangement to cross a barbed wire fence without tearing clothes. Extend one post, attach cross-pieces to side stakes, step over and down safely. Add two nails over the upper wires to keep them from snagging fabric. If crossing is occasional, try this method.
Article discusses careful seed corn selection to double yields with modest cost. It covers isolation from cross pollination, choosing ears and stalks, and conducting selections at maturity in the field. Emphasizes planting seed from well filled ears with proper stalk height and grain depth for reliable spring planting.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a simple device to lift corn fodder off the ground during husking. Two seven foot long pieces of two by four scantling or fence rails are threaded through the rear wagon wheel, forming a support to keep husked stalks off the soil.
Practical tips for poultry management and corn husking from Farm Journal. Advises not overcrowding pens, keeps doors closed at night, and stresses clean eggs and high feed efficiency. Discusses alfalfa cuttings, space economizing, tool checks, rewarding children for crops, and improving roosts for heavy fowl to prevent foot injuries.
A Prairie Farmer backed plan to confine bees using a wire screen fitted over the hive front. Bees may crawl out but cannot fly away, allowing storage in many suitable places. Four slats attach the screen to the hive sides as shown.
A Colorado station tested a hopperdozer behind a mowing machine to collect grasshoppers from alfalfa fields. The device, wheel mounted and water cooled, captured about nine to ten bushels per six acre field, estimated at 3,000 grasshoppers per bushel, offering a method to feed poultry without killing the insects.
Green bone doubles egg production by boosting egg yield and vitality in hens. It promotes earlier broilers and layers, stronger bone and muscle growth, red combs, bright eyes, and glossy plumage. Farm and Home claims it doubles profits by improving overall fowl health and performance.
A good poultry house is a desirable farm feature with inner and outer finish to deter mites and please eyes. Rood construction yields a paying investment like a horse stable. Also notes 35 cent new sugar buckets and using cleaned mincemeat buckets for storage. Texas experiment station finds only three of sixteen vinegars legal.
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