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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1904
Page
7
A playful verse from the Chicago Daily News imagines a land called Pretty Soon where delays rule. It envisions leisurely days with endless rest and no clock pressures, a whimsical escape from constant rushing.
Nate Darrel faces a mob in Sandy Bar jail after a confrontation over Sturgis's death. The marshal seizes Darrel’s weapon and guards him as crowds threaten lynching. A tunnel escape plan is hatched with aid from a jailed acquaintance and a doctor’s warning, revealing a broader manhunt by Darrel’s pursuers.
A small closet in a home serves as a convenient storage for medicines and toilet items. It measures 2 by 1 feet, built from half inch pine with four shelves and a varnished frame and door, hinged and locked, fitting neatly in the toilet room.
A wall mounted closet rests against the wall, held by four short band iron pieces secured to the frame and wall. It stores medicines shaving items soaps and wash rags, with a possibility to attach a mirror to the door if none exists inside the room, as advised by F H Plumb in Farm and Home.
A tribal code in New Guinea treats body tattoo patterns as copyright, sparking conflict when a rival copied a design from a neighboring tribe. The tale blends a love rivalry and a war sparked by ornament imitation, followed by a note on a burn remedy called carron oil using lime water and linseed oil.
The piece argues vulgar table manners ruin appetite and digestion. It cites behaviors like knife misuse and teeth picking, noting even well bred people can offend. It urges both young and old to correct self and others and warns moralists may overlook such habits.
Mrs William Sprevin of Detroit reports a haunting dream of church and factory scenes before learning her husband William Sprevin was mortally injured in Toledo. He died just as she reached the hospital following a previous railway accident. The couple had been married a little over three years. Cedar oil is recommended as a better moth preventive than moth balls.
The article catalogs numerous sleeve styles for gowns, noting inverted gigot, Stuart, elbow with ribbons, Parisian semi loose, and deep pout sleeves. It describes variations like crook neck shapes, shirted full sleeves with ruffles, umbrella and bag sleeves, cape sleeves, and light under sleeves for Diazza gowns, reflecting wide trend diversity.
The Detroit Free Press explains how a left eye dom inance test reveals which eye a person favors. By rapidly moving a card with a hole to spot a coin, a left eyed person sees the coin only when the left eye is open, while a right eyed person sees it only when the right eye is open. It notes habitual neglect can leave one eye nearly blind.
Curious blades used as church ornaments above the north chapel doorway at St Marys Horncastle Lincolnshire. Thirteen of the original forty or more scythes remain, tied to peasant uprisings in 1536 during the Pilgrimage of Grace. The blades symbolize defense of faith and are preserved as historic relics. In a separate note, Britain approves a 50 pound weight replacing the hundredweight standard amid Liverpool led reform, aiming to simplify trade and herald decimalization.
The article traces stenography from ancient Greece and Rome with signs for words. It notes early forms using modified letters, mentions semeiograph as a term, cites Origen and Socrates noting shorthand for sermons, and praises Marcus Tullius Tiro for advancing rapid note taking with Cicero.
A new penny in the slot machine dispenses a clean towel from a public box. The device features dual cables and rollers that unwind a towel as a coin is inserted, releasing towels at the front opening when activated. It aims to supply hand and face towels in communal wash areas.
In Newark New Jersey Morris Thorne a 30 year old patient loses speech after a night attack that fractured his skull. Doctors say his physical recovery proceeds but his mental faculties remain locked and he struggles to name his two attackers though he hints one was taller. He may someday regain speech and identify his assailants. Fly Wheels Made of Paper describes paper fly wheels as a strong but light alternative to iron due to paper’s tensile strength and potential use in machinery.
A new pneumatic engine driven saw system uses compressed air to operate a frame mounted saw for cordwood and heavy timber. It can run 125 to 150 strokes per minute, develops about 2.5 horsepower at 60 pounds pressure, and weighs 50 pounds with brass and steel tubing. It can be powered by steam, bell, gasoline, locomotive air pumps, or other portable compressors.
EB Borweil outlines horseradish cultivation from spring planting to harvest. He notes using side roots as sets, row spacing two and a half to three feet, soil similar to great parsnips, and deep mellow soil with stable manure. He describes cutting sets, planting depth, fertilization, weeding, digging in autumn, and winter storage.
An address to Missouri dairymen stresses fair treatment of workers as key to successful dairying. He argues wages and hours alone fail without liberal treatment, cottage benefits, and family use of a cow, noting immigrant labor from England Ireland Germany and Scandinavia seeks honest, fair employment.
Rural World denounces fraud in dairies with reports of adulteration and negligence. It cites Seattle Washington where a dairy firm faced murder charges after a child died from milk allegedly tainted with formaldehyde. Poisonous preservatives and butter color are blamed for fraudulent ease in dairy work.
Maryland joins the state aid plan with a $200000 appropriation to aid county road improvements. Funds will be distributed by road mileage. Maryland observes a Good Roads day on April 15 with Director Dodge of the public road inquiries office speaking at the state agricultural college celebration.
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