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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
2
The Globe notes the Presbyterian hospital uses roof exposure for pneumonia care in babies, stressing fresh air as a healthful hygiene practice rather than a specific cure. Air quality benefits all patients, and open-air treatment is part of broader medical history rather than a sole remedy.
Judge Joseph T. Green of the city court of New York defines the practice of medicine as any act performed through use of any matter or thing by a person who holds themselves out as able to cure disease with the aim to relieve heal or cure and to prevent remedy or alleviate disease.
In Orange New Jersey a loud alarm woke a homeowner as a man raided the house. She pursued him with a bung starter and nearly struck him, but he escaped. The tale urges women to keep bung starters ready and act boldly against burglars. In Texas Galveston Brewers lead a temperance crusade, a surprising local effort suggesting broader reach.
An New Jersey ornithologist with the help of leghorn roosters and hens reports producing eggs that have handles and stand upright due to a flat butt end. The eggs are described as coming from New Jersey fowls and are suggested as a potential contribution to supplying jugs for the lightning.
Two young women at Coney Island on February 11 walked through beach snow to reach the ocean for a swim. The scene highlights their fearless leisure amid frigid conditions.
Patents are issued at 30,000 a year yet a large portion never materializes in practice. Despite this, the period is called the heyday of the inventor.
The remark notes that many people start modest but eventually rise above it. It reflects on humility and personal growth attributed to Mark Twain's view.
The Troy Times lauds Theodore Roosevelt for ending the Russo Japanese War and for presiding over a year marked by strong leadership at home. It highlights his role in peace, moral governance, health, and opposition to monopoly while predicting more hopeful measures ahead.
Senator committee hearings reveal F R Hathaway from the Taft excursion argues Philippine sugar lands exceed government estimates totaling over 1.1 million acres and irrigation is strong. He predicts Philippine free trade would swiftly eliminate American sugar production, with extinction expected within years after passage.
Editorial tone notes Congress should not discriminate in tariff duties and urges equal treatment for all nations. It cites Cedar Rapids Republican stance and criticizes progressives and farmers while referencing Senator Tillman and a Democratic perspective from the St Louis Globe Democrat and Cedar Falls Gazette.
The piece argues the rate bill gains momentum in the Senate under Hepburn Dolliver Tillman and Aldrich clash, with Republicans set to back passage despite Democratic opposition. It asserts the measure is Republican in origin and will be enacted with Republican support and a Republican president.
Dora Carpenter a wealthy Pleas ant township poetess and Grover Baughman a boy were held on conspiracy to wreck two Pennsylvania trains and adjudged insane. Baughman alleged Carpenter hypnotized him and controlled his actions since last November. He said she plotted to wreck a passenger train to maximize deaths and framed him to confess after arrest.
A white rooster rode a brake rod aboard a Great Northern train for 1200 miles to Seattle, surviving a wreck near Leavenworth. Postal clerks Johnson and Meade Johnson claimed him, with Johnson winning ownership amid plans to keep him as a mascot instead of soup.
The piece calls for a permanent non partisan tariff commission to recommend flexible changes to Congress. It warns that Germany’s new tariff harms American exports and supports a bill to give elasticity by setting a uniform maximum rate 25 percent higher for discriminating nations. The Brooklyn Times backs swift passage with minimal disruption to U S trade.
Ellen Thayer summarizes the lineage of White House children from Washington to Theodore Roosevelt, noting key moments like James Madison Randolph as the first White House born child and Willie and Tad Lincoln with their pivotal roles in Lincoln's presidency, along with other presidents' grandchildren and notable White House youngsters.
An editorial discussion traces hazing abuses at the naval academy and West Point, noting brutal practices, severe punishments, and a Senate bill to regulate hazing. It cites Park Benjamin and a harsh critique of senior class dominance, urging improved conditions over punishment alone.
The Albany Journal argues free trade leaves England’s unemployed without improvement. Queen Alexandra’s £2000 relief gift draws crowds to London, prompting charity dependence as many outside seek aid. No work or clear prospect of work remains, and the date for improvement is uncertain. England is described as a free trade country.
The Troy Times notes that over nine years leather exports and related goods have doubled while imports rose, arguing the Dingley duty does not unduly restrict foreign products nor hinder other nations from buying American goods. It says indictments of the law weaken as evidence.
The Philippine commission proposes abolishing opium use in the islands. Col Bryan hopes to return home to pursue his pipe dreams. The piece contrasts this with tariff reform reactions, noting free traders show less clamor to abolish duties after the Germany accord and arguing for maintaining the home market.
A courtroom style exchange between a landlady and a prospective boarder in the Chicago Tribune where the landlady boasts testing food for poisonous adulterants and dismisses any item that disagrees with boarders. The remark highlights distrust in provisions and the practice of reusing only satisfactory meals.
Fred W. Fulton a Waupun furniture dealer and his former wife Maude Fulton of Chicago were remarried in Menominee for the third time after previous marriages ended in divorce. The couple planned to start anew without further quarreling and travel back to Waupun.
A brief gag notes a woman asking if Mrs. Titewodld lent cough medicine, with the reply that it was intended for home consumption. The line captures a domestic humor moment from the Cleveland Leader.
A teasing request to Miss D Iskord about playing music is met with reluctance to perform amid unfamiliar faces. The speaker reassures that the crowd will disperse before she finishes.
A Houston Post quotation satire notes a wife reporting readers that her husband is a great orator yet does not display talent at home. The remark plays on public and private persona.
Betty the monkey at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals HQ in Jersey City becomes foster mother to a half starved six week old kitten. Betty carries the cat, shares milk, and naps together, resisting separation despite officers’ attempts to separate them. The kitten appears happiest snuggled in Betty’s arms.
A New York Weekly snippet shows a woman telling a tramp her fire is out and no kindling. The tramp asks for pie and accepts mince and pumpkin as cold food amid a brief exchange on hardship.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Winks scolding a new girl for a failed meal and considering teaching her herself. Mrs Stuckup's reference is doubted, and the conversation turns to instruction. The dialogue captures a sharp social dynamic and kitchen mishap in a newspaper voice.
In a brief exchange a young person asks about sowing seeds and the elder responds with a blunt view that seeds only come up, capturing a moment of sentiment about effort and outcome.
A cartoonish dialogue notes Eawardes Jones borrowed an umbrella yesterday. The owner pressed for its return after hearing the lender was asked by the owner about the missing item. Cassell's Journal reflects a light anecdote on misplaced property.
A Washington Star quote reports Senator Sorghum predicting railways will continue to yield profit despite uncertainties. The exchange frames a cautious, optimistic view of railway finances and policy impacts.
In a Cleveland Leader snippet a woman tells a confidant she is unhappy with her husband but begs secrecy and to not tell him. The fragment hints at marital strain and discretion within the household context.
A fragment recalling Newberry-Is Sanford of optimistic temperament. It quotes Baldwin-I who claims he can enter a restaurant with no money, order twelve oysters, and settle his bill with a pearl, reflecting a boastful anecdote.
A Houston Post quip notes two poor men asking for marriage. the narrator suggests they be told to wait for a man with money, reflecting social tension over wealth and alliances.
A famed caricaturist could model a perfect bust after one look. He made a memorial of a dying sister from memory and later a bust of the brother. In another case he captured a wife’s features but sent home a bust of the maid aboard an omnibus ride.
In a clipped exchange from a Chicago Tribune column a man in a bulging waistcoat is described as the only child of the family. The other man replies that he talks for six men, highlighting a humorous domestic moment from the paper.
Recognition for a man who cleared ice from sidewalks and saved many lives by preventing slips and injuries. His memory is treasured as a local hero remembered for swift action during hazardous winter conditions.
A brief comic exchange notes that horses do not laugh and that a horse laugh cannot occur around the speaker. Miss Pepperly points out that if horses cannot laugh, then they simply cannot laugh. The dialogue captures a playful deflation of a fanciful notion.
Tobias Schindle, aged 81, who had been blind for 13 years, suddenly reads a newspaper aloud after declaring regained sight. Doctors call it a second sight, rare but hopeful, suggesting he may live many years in good health. Uncle Eben quips about taking chances. A Pittsburg man claims electricity makes hens lay.
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