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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1904
Page
5
A nostalgic verse extols cheerful resilience as building blocks topple. It urges a child to laugh, not frown, when a tower collapses and to start over with joy, despite setbacks and bumps along the way. The tone is playful and comforting, encouraging perseverance.
A conspiratorial plan unfolds at a secret meeting of labor activists to steal a thousand pounds meant for English strikers. The scheme involves a staged hall ceremony, a bomb, a swift exit with a satchel of cash, and coordinated roles for three accomplices to dodge suspicion while the money vanishes.
A playful verse narration describes Maggie hosting tea and cake scenes at home. Family members praise the treats, including cake and raspberry ram, with cheerful exchanges about hospitality and daily domestic rituals. Blanche Trennor Heath.
An albino deer with a white coat and pink eyes was killed in the Canyon mountains of southern Oregon. Old hunters recall such deer are rare in the west and shy, often separate from main herds. The specimen will join an albino animals exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution.
A story from Travels In a Treetop recounts a black hawk tricked into grabbing a tethered mouse on a straw stack. The bladder attached to the mouse bobbed and frightened the hawk, causing it to drop the quarry and flee to the woods, never returning to the stack soon after.
A Flood Mansion at Readfoo City, Colorado, was abandoned after a bees infestation delayed occupancy. Removal of the bees by Wood and Green enabled tentative spring occupancy. Nearby, a Missouri river trolley ferry near Wathena operates without engines, driven by current across the channel, handling 100 tons of cargo with strong local patronage and dividends. Also reported is a Jersey City terrier, Dickie, dying after a fatal act following a spanking, with its owner Mrs. George Sears noting inherited crisis tendencies in pets.
An English description explains hydraulic presses used abroad to service ship propellers. It details removing a screw from a shaft, loosening pins and keys, shrinking the hub, and using a four-segment press to grip and push the hub free. References Cassier's Magazine for illustration and mechanism.
Chicago researchers Guthrie Lyon and Rieske unveil Capillary electronometer to gauge nerve energy by electrical discharge. French engineer Devic showcases a one tenth scale rail model aiming 200 mph with electric propulsion and novel wheel grip. Anatomists demonstrate skull-bone separation using swelling beans, illustrating pressure comparable to boiler force.
The article describes a secret Italian bulletproof felt armor that can be shaped as a breastplate or enveloping coat. It withstands seven sixteenths inch armor, deforms bullets upon impact, and shows no burn, with tests at close range on a horse and chicken to prove its protective effect.
H H Bourne promotes a mineral silicate of aluminum as life extending and curative, claiming it enables high water intake, weight gain, and strength. He asserts cures for typhoid fever within an hour. J Pierpont Morgan is said to own a rare specimen worth over 20000 dollars. A Swiss scientist notes no microbes above 2000 feet altitude.
Step by step instructions for humane hog killing and butchered carcass processing from scalding to trimming. Includes knife readiness, scalding temperatures around 180 to 185 degrees, hair removal, gutting, cleaning, and detailed sectioning of the carcass for pork loin, bacon, sausage, and lard. Endorsed by the Massachusetts Ploughman.
Instructions from Farm and Home describe turning old buggy shafts into sturdy harness hooks. They suggest buying new shafts rather than repair with baling wire and explain modifying the crosspiece and iron brace, bolting, bending, and mounting on a barn wall for secure storage of heavy harnesses.
Salt must be constant, sheep crave clean warm quarters and good fodder. Wool type affects fattening and growth. oily wool keeps fat, gummy wool thins. Hogs relish pure water and avoid thin slop in cold weather. Buckwheat middlings aid hogs though corn and wheat feeds are more economical. buckwheat hulls suit poultry litter.
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