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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
7
Mrs. Pell saves 12 cents a week for 14 weeks to buy 1.68 dollars worth of white roses for Decoration Day graves. She dreams of the finest blooms, plans with neighbor Mrs. Wilkes, while her own past and grief color the effort.
Mrs. Pell, facing poverty and loss, sells no flowers for her husband and son’s graves. She unexpectedly shares her saved money with a dying neighbor, then joins friends who place the remaining white roses on the two lonely graves, matching memories of happier days.
The article recalls the 1865 Civil War grand reviews in Washington by 149000 troops and the lasting national debt to union soldiers. It notes yearly commemorations by aging veterans, who march with muffled drums to honor comrades, preserving a nation’s gratitude and the custom of dedicating a day to the dead.
A reflective poem recalling soldiers of the blue and gray in twilight scenes. It contrasts sunset and dawn as bugle calls fade and drums quiet, honoring fallen soldiers with imagery of lilies, roses, and dewy tearful memories. The piece cites W. D. Nesbit in the Baltimore American.
Rob Mandel meets Jocelyn on Decoration Day as she recounts her grandmother’s Civil War heartbreak. A missing Confederate officer, wrongly branded deserter, is linked to Jocelyn’s family through a nurse who cared for a sick Yankee. The tale ends with Jocelyn and Rob’s engagement and a grandmother reconciled.
The Ladies Aid society formed in 1861 cared for soldiers buried in Columbus hospitals and later organized a memorial day. In 1866 Miss Lizzie Rutherford urged a nationwide remembrance, leading to April 26 observances in southern states. Richmond hosts lavish floral tributes to Stuart Pickett and other Confederate leaders. Flowers unite from Vermont to Texas in tribute to a united country.
Fragment of a verse about violets and clover covering the earth and symbolizing heaven, expressing an intimate love for nature with repeated refrain lines.
Damp lampblack and oils can ignite spontaneously under sun or heat. Nitric acid with charcoal also risks spontaneous ignition. Boiled linseed oil and turpentine on cotton waste heat to ignition. Coal storage requires moisture control and ventilation. avoid deep piles and wooden contact. Iron waste and oily scraps fuel spontaneous fires. steam pipes can carbonize wood and trigger ignition.
The article notes eastern plants marching westward with settlement and predicts a reversal as western species advance east. In Australia, European weeds crowd native flora, except in rocky soils where natives hold on. Some ornamentals cling to human areas, while the Scotch thistle thrives in both Australia and Tasmania, spreading without restraint.
An Chicago study by Memorial Institute researchers shows house flies may spread typhoid, with the Nine teenth ward hit hardest as Hull House premises yielded positive cultures. The pamphlet by City Homes association cites poor sewerage and plumbing, criticizes Board of Health inaction, and notes areas near Hull House for examination.
In Hong Kong a copper mil coin with a hole circulates as the smallest British coin, worth about one twenty fifth of a cent, replacing the Chinese cash for many workers. Maltese cerain coins, newly issued, are six to a cent and attract tourist interest, now selling at five to the cent.
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