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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1904
Page
19
The Anglo French pact is hailed as a step toward world peace by removing many minor international controversies that could have escalated into wider conflicts. The signing comes as Britain and France align on crucial issues in the Far East, signaling a shift in global diplomacy.
The agreement ends long standing disputes between Britain and France over Africa Asia and the Pacific. It redefines boundaries in West Africa assigns parts of Newfound land to France retains fishing rights and imposes neutrality for Suez while preserving Moorish coast fortification limits. A commission settles New Hebrides land disputes and maintains joint protectorates in the Pacific.
A condensed survey of imperial adjustments and treaties outlining France and Britain's concessions in Africa and surrounding regions. It notes Nigeria and Madagascar border changes, Newfoundland fishing and bait rights, New Hebrides land disputes commission, Morocco trade and fortifications, Egypt canal neutrality, and Suez convention adherence. The piece reflects a shift toward peaceful settlement rather than armed conflict.
In a light column from the Cleveland Leader a jesting exchange imagines household shifts when the girls finish school next month and the aged mother and father react to the prospect. The piece blends humor on daily routines with social mores and a touch of wit.
Three novel millinery sketches ideal for summer wear. A green and white straw bonnet with rose silk rosettes suits Sundays for teens. A lace hat with a floral wreath and ivy options offers youthful charm. A sun-burnt straw daytime hat uses simple trim with cowslips. Also a white washing silk dress with velvet ribbons and lace frills shown for home events.
A fashion guide compares cotton and muslin dresses, advising affordable cotton styles with dainty striped frocks, plain skirts, and simple bodices. It suggests nainsook slips, washing silks, and carefully finished waists, plus muslin options using lace remnants, fichus, and high collars for a polished look.
A March 17 eclipse in Peking drew U S Minister Conger and companions to the Li Pu to view rites. Officials knelt facing the altar while drums played to drive away the Sky Dog, a display blamed on superstition though some were ashamed to perform it.
The piece lauds Cuba’s two years of self rule, highlighting Palma’s cautious cabinet, limited revolutionary laws, and steady governance. It notes army funding, agricultural relief, reciprocity hopes with the United States, and sugar industry recovery, while acknowledging widespread poverty and railway growth boosting industrial prospects.
The article extols Cuba under military government reforms, noting sanitary and educational improvements in Havana and across the island. It highlights a reorganized sanitary service, education reforms led by President Palma and congress, a strengthened rural guard, and an active diplomatic presence with legations and consulates. It also mentions political factions Nationalists Democrats Republicans and election controversies without disruption.
President Palma reported a 1904 Cuban budget with receipts of 18 899 500 and expenditures of 17 924 013. Treasury balance stood at 3 843 000 on November 1 1903. The Evening Post noted Cuba’s finances as a stabilizing strength despite political pauses and Palma’s veto struggles.
Clairton lumberman James McCammon warns that the raft timber market along the Allegheny is shrinking. Thirty years of upriver raft trade fade as sawmills vanish and prices drop, with only three Pittsburgh buyers left. He predicts few rafts next spring as mills move to in-woods processing and rail shipment of lumber rises.
In Tionesta area reports say spring timber output will peak near 1,000,000 feet though a leading woodsman cites a past high of 260,000 feet. A builder notes a drop to about 90,000 feet this season as coal boats and barges see lower prices and fewer orders. Yards on the Clarion river reduce output while the coal barge industry falters. Meanwhile a farmer’s child earns by running an elevator, seen as uplifting by a local moralist. Washington Star.
A Philadelphia physician Dr. W. W. Keen reports three cases where heart massage revived seemingly dead patients. Two survived and are healthy. If proven, this could reduce ether or chloroform deaths, combat catalepsy, and ease fear of being buried alive.
A cluttered column describes Yubi-wa of Osaka selling perfumed smelly umbrellas at a church bazaar to aid the Red Cross, with notes on the secret methods and family tradition. It glances at other items from Detroit and Cincinnati readers, including a critique of social roles and iffy political finance, finishing with a brief on British wage dissatisfaction and France’s alcohol concerns.
An English officer in Hong Kong observed a Chinese bank scene where a head clerk shouted Schroff and a native cashier used an abacus for rapid calculation. A wooden tray with 100 coin recesses replaced counting, enabling quick change of 300 coins with exact totals, while sleeves hid any potential pilfering.
Historical sketch on congressional leadership and the shift from public debate to committee driven policy under Reed and later rules. Then notes on a pneumatic street cleaning machine from Michigan and a claim that high altitude purifies air aiding faster wound healing, citing Zulu practices and German steamers returning from Iceland.
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