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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
7
The verse depicts a neglected corner where a broken guitar rests unseen, recalling a bold lover who danced long ago and a vanished romance. It reflects on memory and the fleeting nature of existence as shadows of mortals loom over echoes from the past.
Mr Kent leads a fishing trip and a raft plan as the colony on the island debates a safe craft to reach the mainland. Carmody outlines a houseboat design with cabins, sails, and masts while Pence bakes bread from yeast foam. A brigantine sighting prompts watch duty as the group contemplates rescue.
A portrait of Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Astor as epitomes of the ageless society woman. The piece extols flawless youth, grace, and influence, noting white hair, tiaras, and modern fashions while praising their social power, charm, and perpetual vitality in Chicago and New York.
Instructions from Chicago American on packing a trunk efficiently. Prepare a single room lay out with items by layer including soft padding, writing case, footwear, underwear jewelry and fragile objects. Fold dresses, arrange hats and bodices, fill gaps with paper, and avoid overpacking or excess space to prevent damage.
John M. Rockwell appoints L Sylvester Vincent as general superintendent of Social Island. Vincent reforms rules and rises in status as golden idols valued at 175000 dollars are discovered. After a hurricane they organize daily eight hour cycles for work sleep and recreation on Social Island bungalow. Bread runs short but flour remains as baking powder biscuits prove popular.
French women wash their hair less often than English or American women and seem to keep healthier hair as a result. The piece argues against heavy shampooing for hygiene and notes hair dries slowly, often kept damp by early styling, while sunlight and fresh air are the best treatments.
A New York Weekly item depicts a housekeeper agreeing to start work and a “new girl” proposing a pact. She asks that neither peeks nor eavesdropping occur when company is present, and the housekeeper agrees to the same rule.
Widow of Confederate president resides modestly in Hotel Gerard on West Forty-fourth Street New York. She occupies a fourteenth floor apartment and is attended by a southern companion. Visitors include northern and southern women who admire her and study a portrait of Winnie Davis.
This piece lists cautions for balanced living and physical care. It warns against anxious looks, neglecting daily baths, high collars, hoarseness, exposure in open cars, unequal exercise, overexertion after fatigue, and fears of sunshine. It urges symmetry, refreshment, and time for laughter.
Sphinx recalls May George sharing a kiss in front of the crowd last night. Chloe remarks that the gesture surprised her, noting his choice to kiss after others.
A clever kitten afraid of dogs buys a cat-boat and sails to sea with crew and a dog watch. Midnight in the ocean brings a fearsome chase as an ocean greyhound closes in, leaving the kitten to face the pursuer with dawn approaching.
A traveling circus in town showcased an elephant and a bear chained outside the tent. A girl at play with the elephant provoked the bear, which seized her, but the elephant struck the bear with its trunk, injuring it while the girl escaped with only minor injuries. The crowd erupted as handlers arrived. The account by D B Waggener in the Chicago Record-Herald notes the elephant’s apparent joy at the episode.
In 1866 the ship Japan was driven ashore near Cape East during a fierce Arctic storm. Eskimo communities shelter, feed, and share scarce provisions with 32 shipwrecked men, with a council deciding to grant them equal life chances. Captain Barker notes Eskimo women wept at small rations yet helped through winter, trusting spring would relieve fear.
Poor siblings Jack and Dorothy miss the parade and cannot afford to attend the circus. They pick strawberries to earn a dollar a day, then the circus waters animals at their well and a kind keeper lets them ride an elephant. They end up feeling the circus came to them.
The walk ing leaves of Java imitate real leaves so convincingly that observers mistake them at close range. Their coloring matches chlorophyll, and locals say these insects originate as buds. A leaf butterfly also mimics a leaf when resting, displaying ribbed wing patterns.
A primary class reads the word furlough and a boy declares it means a mule. He returns with a home book showing a soldier beside a mule with the caption Going home on his furlough. The teacher plans to view the illustration.
The quote cautions that much conflict arises from overreliance on others and urges individuals to prioritize self care and personal responsibility. It emphasizes restraint, self awareness, and mindful interaction to reduce disputes.
A detailed description of a sturdy farm wagon or implement built from iron cap and bolts. It features a two foot ten inch axle, three by three inch wood supports, tongue braces, and a double iron coupling. The device is praised as handiest on the farm for hauling potato crates grain sacks hog crates and logs, with versatile uses.
Angora goats excel at brush control and mohair production, serving as inexpensive land clearers and versatile fiber sources. Mohair fibers supply plush fabrics rugs and cloaks with high demand and prices. Dressed mohair products include capes collars and muffs. Meat quality is debated though kid meat is said to be good.
C P Goodrich explains in Farmers Review how nature builds fertile land. Leaves decay to form humus, roots churn the soil, and overturned subsoil mixes plant food and water retention, sustaining soil health across ages.
Instructions from Walter H. Garrison advise repairing buggy shafts with a rope to tighten the shafts against the crossbar and using iron straps cut from an old buggy tire as bands to cover drilled holes. The bars may be placed under or above the shafts as desired.
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