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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
3
A father rocks his crying child telling him stars are angels watching over him. The poem by J. J. Montague in the Portland Oregonian comforts with a sleepy, rhythmic dialogue about bedtime, guilt, and maternal absence while urging rest.
In a desert jungle tale two weary travelers from China recount their torture by traders and a perilous trek to Rangoon. They meet a hopeful English officer Grantham who aids a blind man Witwater and his mute companion Codi Septimus Codd while clues hint at a mysterious man named George Bertram.
A man plans escape from Mandalay to Rangoon then England aboard a tramp, trading his captain's payment for mobility. He reflects that a quarter of a million is a half penny and vows to turn the leaf and seek a respectable life once money arrives.
A language professor visits a restaurant asks for fried eggs. The waiter asks over easy, the professor replies ova gallinae meaning eggs from hens. The waiter misunderstands and serves extra well done eggs, leading to a comic dining moment.
The Thornham village ironworks near Hunstanton and Brancaster is run by Mrs. Ames Lynde who designs and oversees hand crafted repousse iron pieces. The studio started in a village school room twelve years ago and now employs masons, forges, an artist and photographer. Patrons include King Edward VII with commissions for Sandringham and Sherbourne church, plus prestigious gates for Wiseton and other sites.
Chicago women eyed a new fashion as store shelves hold the latest English sandal fad inspired by the old sandalium. The heavy leather footwear, held by three straps with a leather toe shield, is meant for house wear but may appear on streets and lake resorts this season.
Charles V. Howe of Philadelphia married Miss Fanny Sargent of Columbus Ohio after a phonograph courtship begun when Howe saw a magazine title page. The engrosser followed the path from phonograph to meeting Miss Sargent, then wed a week after their first sighting.
A family doctor alienates patients by urging women to strengthen muscles at home through sweeping and bedmaking routines instead of sanitarium cures. He prescribes a daily market trip, a post exercise bath, and a daily written report on industry, signed by the doctor.
A doctor reassures a patient that his wife has only a small tongue ulcer. The exchange turns on the claimed discovery that the tongue has an end, with a witty remark about truth and perception. The piece is cited from the Chicago Daily News.
A Boarding-House 2 798 Years Old forms the motif of a May four track news story. The tale will captivate farmers and their wives in New ark and New England. The paper offers free shipment within the United States for five cents or annual mailing at 50 cents via Geo. H. Daniels at Grand Central Station New ark.
Mixed ad snippet listing Allen's Foot-Ease 25c at druggists and shoe stores with free sample, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claims cure with $2 trial, Paste phrases about eloquence in silence and remedies for cold throat and lungs, various quotes from newspapers and journals.
London post offices now hire girls for express messenger duties alongside boys. Applicants must be over 18 with good character and be quick, healthy walkers able to cover local routes on foot. Wages run about 13 shillings weekly with travel allowances beyond a ten minute walk radius.
A historical note claims watercress contains medicine for the blood and skin. It asserts watercress destroys pimples, cleanses the system, neutralizes chalk in the blood, and helps keep one feeling and looking young.
An Intense exchange features an impassioned lover pledging to fight, suffer, or die for his beloved, while the sweetheart urges him to give up smoking, prompting playful resistance. The brief dialogue echoes period urban humor and romantic bravado.
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