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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1901
Page
14
A Baltimore American verse meditation on money versus mortality. The poet notes that wealth cannot accompany a person after death and that sorrow and smiles accrued in life do matter in the balance sheet of eternity. The piece emphasizes enduring value of emotions over riches.
Frances escorts to the war department for a paroles order while meeting Raymond Holbin in a glittering uniform. She asserts his place beside her even as he questions gender roles and a parole request unfolds through a hotel delivery for a woman named Louise.
In Richmond the troubled Raymond Holbin plots revenge against Jefferson Davis with aid from his mother and Louise Cortained. Louise demands a price and a plan to extract justice through a dangerous mission to deliver critical Confederate secrets while facing Mrs. Brookin and the watchful eye of the war department.
A London Telegraph excerpt recalls Prof Shuttleworth telling how as locum tenens in Devonshire he proclaimed marriage banns for a yokel and a village maid. The yokel later asked if it must go on and if he must pay again, choosing to leave the matter as is.
A grandmotherly vignette urges living in the moment and serving today. It cites a farmer with an eight day clock and warns against fretting future troubles that may never come. The poem encourages daily usefulness and gladness, noting many worries become moot in old age.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune describes various methods used by indigenous groups in Guiana Peru and beyond to capture condors. Tactics include hook and line baited by fresh meat lassoing by armed crews plugging birds with cords and horse hides and using natural chasms and wells as traps. The text notes the condor’s size flight and travels from mountains to coast.
A planter in Ceylon recounts how eight elephants killed a big cow, carried and rolled her body to a stream, and appeared to hold their first funeral by moving the corpse at night. The narrative notes the elephants’ surprising coordination and the mystery of the feat.
James Cahill of Roney's Point bought an elephant at a circus sale in Martin's Ferry. The animal plows fields, hauls logs, and works more efficiently than horses, while eating about the same as a horse and remaining gentle. Cahill will keep the elephant on the farm rather than start a show.
The article argues tilling soil is an art few farmers master and stresses a mechanical turn in plowing. It notes many furrows are misaligned, with furrows standing on edge beyond perpendicular in shown figures.
The article explains sod plowing challenges with furrow turning and sod decay. It stresses proper mold board design, careful plow selection, and skilled plowmen to avoid leaving soil unmoved. It contrasts sod plows with old ground plowing and notes efficiency hinges on equipment and technique.
Mme Albad and Animal Keeper Mc Curran show off Lincoln park's newborn camel dubbed Baby Alibad. Officials celebrate a western birth as the odd, homely creature with muddy skin and a distinctive hump becomes the park's pride and draws eager youngsters to glimpse the remarkable arrival.
A brief dialogue shows a mother scolding Mabel for forgetfulness while teaching forgiveness. The exchange underscores the adage to forgive and forget, highlighted by Ally Sloper’s quip in a comic strip style.
In an emergency a five gallon oil can inverted under a hover board serves as a cheap brooder with a hand lamp beneath and tin chimney for safety. Also explained is preparing an asparagus bed by spading deeply, manuring, and planting early for a spring harvest in the third year.
A new preparation Grain-O replaces coffee in stores. It suits delicate stomachs and is indistinguishable from coffee to most people. It costs 15 to 25 cents per package and is endorsed for children to drink with benefit.
A man writes of his purse stolen containing £25 and months later receives a letter confessing remorse. The reformed thief at first returns £5 and promises more, as quoted from Tit-Bits. The tale highlights small mercies and conscience in action.
Advertises using the Lackawanna Railroad for easy access to Trans Atlantic liners. Mentions closeness to Cunard Hamburg America White Star North German Lloyd and other lines docks. Notes daily through trains from Chicago via Nickel Plate and from St Louis via Wabash connections for luxury service.
An assortment of vintage ads and quotes appears, promoting Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with refund promise and Beeman's Pepsin Gum. The clippings include adlines from the Atchison Globe and Indianapolis News with wry commentary about speaking of enemies and daily happiness.
The article recounts how Queen Victoria kept her children’s diary entries and drawings as sacred mementos. A household member preserved 40 to 50 sketches, a magazine bid for them, and the queen asked not to sell, so Lady H returned the album to the artists’ mother.
An inquest near Ludlow reviewed the death of Thomas Broome 71 a Lee More Common stagecoach driver thrown from his trap returning from Church Stretton. His vehicle overturned instantly killing him. Broome once drove Queen Victoria and boasted he would outlive the monarch. he died the same evening as the queen a striking coincidence.
A Kansas City story reflects on marriage roles and marriage day glow fading as a wife later cleans house, sweeping kitchen and dining floors instead of catching society attention. It contrasts youthful bridal pride with ordinary domestic duties and social column visibility.
A widow of a supreme court judge in New York has built a 32 by 10 foot cage for stray cats. The facility provides food, shelter, cushions, and a hot water heated house. A milkman supplies daily milk. Over 40 cats are cared for as word of the institution spreads.
A mother explains blood relations to her son who then declares she is the bloodiest relation he has. The quip plays on the phrase and yields a humorous family moment.
A Washington Star quotation notes strong belief in a friend’s religious sincerity. The speaker asserts there can be no doubt of his devotion, joking that he would choose church on Sunday over golf.
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