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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
2
Warburton conquers Pirate and wins the girl’s respect but faces mixed feelings as he contends with duties, loyalty, and a private romance. Betty Annesley sets boundaries while Warburton begins a new role as a groom in a political household. Celeste hints at further complications.
In New York and Boston the trio Thomas W. Riley, Capt. Nathan Appleton, and Watson H. Twitchell are famed for defying age and convention. Twitchell marries Bertha May, a Michigan girl, then transfers his wife to his son Edward. Appleton seeks divorce from his wife after she falls for Edward, while Riley’s romance centers on his other adventures in wealth and love. The sensational cases unfold in court as each man faces retirement, wealth, and family ties.
John Wilmer Martine, a Fifth Avenue haberdasher head salesman, lived a double life financing two marriages worth alleged annual thefts totaling thousands. He claimed a western trip and a secret arrangement with Mrs Flora Coit to wed one wife while supporting both, with ties to John D. Rockefeller and Grant B. Schley. He faced grand larceny charges in West Side court for theft from his employer W. A. Laughlin.
A Chicago Tribune note describes a balloon frame house set on cedar posts that was struck by a northern tempest just after roofing and weather boarding. The owner, calm on the step, declines rebuilding, joking no fix before a hypothetical hurricane. The snippet also cites The Gamin's Advice about a clogged motor car in Piccadilly drawing amusement from a crowd.
The 1905 census shows nearly 200000 Irish immigrants in the United States, the highest since 1895, spurred by renewed push factors in Ireland. Plummer F. Jones notes widespread unrest among the young, with emigration agencies and steamship agents ''selling'' a promised future abroad. Villages in Cavan Galway and Donegal depopulate as Mayo and Roscommon lose farm laborers.
In Knoxville Tennessee John S Kreider of Lebanon Pennsylvania and Uriah Kreider of Knoxville met for the first time in 29 years after Uriah left Pennsylvania 29 years ago. John S Kreider served in the Civil War and recently traveled through with Governor Pennypacker's party. They met at the train as veterans gathered to hear their story and tears were shed.
Florence Parker daughter of a wealthy Arizona mining man left Sisters hospital after seven weeks in a mysterious sleep begun in Tucson. She lay in a trance for weeks with little hope of recovery but gradually regained consciousness and returned to normal condition.
A reflection on early percussion, noting the drum as a potential first instrument and questioning how its musical status was determined. The piece weighs the unknown origins and the enduring debate about what makes a drum truly musical.
P J Habberton recalls a 1902 prospecting trip down a Tanana tributary Alaska where a raft wreck left the party without provisions. They survived by hunting a moose but endured 16 meals of moose meat over four days until a roadhouse offered beans and coffee and they finally bought a single meal with the last ten dollars.
A fragment from Stray Stories shows Mrs Nagget asserting her opinion rights and Mr Nagget replying that she should keep them private. The dialogue hints at marital tension during a quiet night.
A infant rhinoceros delighting Nairobi social functions drinks milk from three cows at a children's party before napping. The local paper reports plans to send the quaint pet to London soon.
Harvard student Vilhjalmur Steffansson has been named a member of a new Arctic expedition led by Capt. Ejner Mikkelsen. He will be the youngest participant and the voyage departs Vancouver in May.
An exchange in the Chicago Tribune features a creditor scoffing at a worthless check while a struggling genius predicts future value of his autograph. The dialogue humorously hints that fame can turn a blank deal into a priceless relic posthumously.
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