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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1901
Page
7
The Defiance Daily Express lists advertising rates: one year contract. daily except Sundays. rates per inch per insertion for 5,000 inch and 8,000 inch blocks, plus 1,000 and 500 inch minimums. Transient and amusement sections in the Weekly Express carry same rates as the Daily Express.
Classifieds note rates for local obituary and other notices at ten cents per line with no volume discounts or time-based reductions. Readers are advised to supply readable copy and approximate line counts for pricing.
Want Corvumyn. Twenty words or less, three times, twenty five cents each, one cent for each additional word.
The note cites 7 365 booksellers in 1 403 German cities and outlines steps to form a commercial museum in Madrid. It also reports Boston Museum of Fine Arts showing a deficit of 38 696 dollars for 1900 and values the National Gallery London pictures at about 1 250 000 pounds.
In spring 1863 at Georgetown Heights near Fort Sumner Maine soldier describes guarding a Parrott battery and, to endure cold, capturing 30 rats by baiting and bayonet in a bomb-proof. He claims sole engagement, acting as private and acting commander in Ratville battle.
The interview recounts the Cedar Creek October 19 1864 panic from both Union and Confederate viewpoints. It notes fog sudden onset and picket line confusion, soldiers recalling a surprise assault, and reluctance to detail operations or admit deception by impersonators.
In Washington a Medal of Honor was awarded to Thomas Higgins of Hannibal Missouri for his Civil War act at Vicksburg after affidavits from former Confederate soldiers. Higgins, color bearer of the Ninety ninth Illinois, charged under fire with his colors, was saved from retreat and paroled after several days.
Two east Tennessee volunteers joked on the Nashville parade ground about an officer near sighted and wearing glasses. They quipped that western Tennessee must be windy if rocks required eye shelters, a line cited from the Memphis Scimitar.
A Glasgow Times brief cites the line about calves brains fried liver and deviled kidneys at a Scottish hotel breakfast. It then lists the four men who have held the rank of general in the United States Army: George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Philip H. Sheridan.
Albert D. Richardson recalls Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, noting his composure under fire and restraint with adversaries. Richardson and George W. Childs praise Grant’s purity of thought and speech, saying he never spoke unkindly of officers and always acted with integrity.
In New York Life the remark explains Bond’s seeming luck despite friends deserting him before success. It notes he started over with a clean slate, implying resilience and a fresh start after hardship.
The St. Louis Star reflects on aging, noting that old age tends to praise what once was while disparaging the current era. The aphorism frames a timeless tension between memory and modern life.
The article details Queen Alexandra as an accomplished amateur musician and craftswoman. It notes her piano skill, harp, dulcimer, guitar, and love of Wagner, including convincing M de Reszke to join Covent Garden. It highlights her embroidery, embossed leather work, watercolors, and dog portraits, plus her hoped renewed support for Covent Garden and public amusements amid mourning.
Danish actor Thalberg recalls a blizzard in Nebraska where a train halted and passengers faced hunger. Four actors and a small American captured prize chickens from the front car, cooked them in a zinc pan with a stove borrowed from a desolate house, and served the crew amid cheering travelers. A stout commercial traveler tried to grab a share but was deterred by the cook with a revolver, ending with two wishbones for him.
The article extols a cheap comfortable sod poultry house design. It claims the house needs little labor and can be built any non frozen month with bricks of sod laid like bricks and 24 inch thick walls. A timbered frame supports doors and windows and a two foot roof slope completes the simple structure.
A detailed description of a two room snug poultry quarters measuring 14 by 38 feet with a 10 by 18 roosting area and a 10 by 14 nesting room. It features swinging roosts, dirt floors, straw bedding, three south windows, stove pipe vents, and dirt walls praised for warmth in winter and cooling in summer, from Mrs. L. M. Lutton via Farm and Home.
A brief captioned exchange from the Boston Courier features a mouse and rat quipping about courage before a lady, with the mouse claiming he would make her scream and run if confronted.
A social quip notes that Bess received six marriage offers last month while Nell praises a man with bulldog tenacity as worthy of a better fate, reflecting lighthearted Chicago Daily News commentary.
Scientists claim a man who walks on all fours as in youth might live longer. Some skeptics say such behavior would lead others to cage and care for him rather than endorse the idea.
A Philadelphia Press quip presents a minister scolding a mischievous boy for fishing on Sunday. The boy replies with a wry joke about outcomes, saying he will fail if nothing is caught and not fail if something is caught.
In a tense exchange Woodby confesses his unrequited love to Miss Elderly as she reveals limits to their relationship. He laments his luck and jokes about grandmothers, while the King presides over the moment.
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt shows Johnnie and Papa debating interruptions during a talk, with the punchline on marriage and manners. The exchange reflects social mores and humor of the period in a compact domestic vignette.
A Chicago Times-Herald quote questions reliability of a woman’s testimony noting potential bias if another woman is involved in the case. The remark reflects contemporary attitudes toward female witnesses and judicial proceedings.
The article describes June 14 as Mexico's national bathing day, a holiday when all citizens from President Diaz to workers are expected to bathe. It notes Mexico as the only civilized country with such a festival and mentions many abstain from water except on St. John’s Day.
Reports in English science journals note that the royal funeral gun salutes were audible up to 84 miles away and caused window-shaking concussions at about 60 miles as the queen's body moved from Cowes to Portsmouth.
J L Irwin explains a feeding-pen gate that sorts pigs by size. A lifting lever sets gate height to admit smaller pigs first, then larger pigs through preset holes, preventing crowding and ensuring all get feed. The device hinges on a pin and posts, letting smaller pigs eat before bigger ones.
A Drovers' Journal excerpt urges careful horse care to prevent unnecessary deaths. It cites cruelty by inattention, poor disease handling, misjudgment in conditioning, and improper feeding as key causes. Emphasizing prevention, it notes sound horses can work well at 20 with proper care and urges owners to study and apply proper horse management.
In a Brooklyn Life sketch a sharp remark notes Hewitt Gruet has a very fine drary and that Jewett-He ought to have since he never returns the books he borrows.
Judge questions if disclosure has been made as Cora and Haven discuss whether the announcement has occurred. The exchange hints at a pending decision or procedural step.
Angry father rebukes a suitor who claims permission to kiss his daughter as dialogue echoes in a Town Topics sketch. The confrontational moment centers on familial authority and social expectation.
Nos. 1 2 3 and 4 run daily except Sunday. Frank Ferris and FL E Dewey are listed as general manager and general passenger agent in Detroit Michigan.
A descriptive guide maps time tables and routes across Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Florida highlighting scenic byways and regional highlights for travelers planning a multi state journey.
A list of boyhood virtues urges truth telling and self discipline. It covers temperance from cigarettes to kindness to animals and practical tasks such as sewing, housekeeping, and chores. It emphasizes independence and courtesy toward sisters and younger siblings. It also advises practical skills like riding, rowing, shooting, swimming, fencing, and caring for a dog. It ends with manners such as closing doors properly and preparedness to leave home without prompting.
Statistics show that the college man leads in practically all the professions and in the majority of business activities.
A garbled sequence lists times and symbols like PM AM and dollar signs with no coherent event. Readable entities are absent. no clear persons places organizations or outcomes are present.
Real estate notices describe multiple farms and parcels for sale including 200 acres with 180 cultivated near a river and pike, priced per acre with half cash terms. 80 acres well improved with orchards and water. 40 to 84 acre tracts with buildings, tiling, and roads. exchanges offered with Ottawa or Lima, Ohio. Listings come from Dozer Co. over Singer's Grocery Store, Clinton Street.
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