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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1904
Page
2
Advertisement notes a weekly or evening program named Teenly with a price of one dollar per year paid in advance and includes long distance telephone references Northwestern Telephone No 14 and No 34.
A New York Post report says Maryland Democrats plan a joint naval and military demonstration to sway voters. Nelson A. Miles Winfield Scott Schley and Richard P. Hobson are tied to the effort with promises of aggressive campaigning and oratory to vindicate their careers at the polls.
The Birthplace of a Star describes the formation of the solar system as Laplace conceived it. A vast hot mist expands and spins, cools, and sheds rings that form globes, which in turn eject rings that condense into smaller bodies orbiting their parent stars.
A Johannesburg field correspondent relates a rat problem in a stable storage room. Traps failed. burned cheese in a tin box attracted rats, then a cat showed no interest and fled. A dachshund finally snapped at a rat, but the rodent used the dog’s back to escape from the box.
The London News notes that marriage rates may not directly reflect national prosperity. In 1901 celibate males were 62.3 percent and females 59.6 percent, with married males 34.2 percent and married females 32.8 percent. Widowed: 3.5 percent males and 7.6 percent females.
John Bates Clark argues in the Century that trusts join with political machines, not created by them, forming a dangerous alliance. Politicians with money and bosses with influence unite to cajole party members, enabling rapid bargains and consolidated power.
The Youths Companion notes the Franco Prussian War siege saw pigeons carry thousands of messages in and out of Paris. A commemorative monument is planned with sculptor Monsieur Fremlet tasked to execute the work for public remembrance.
An unusual rumpus arose over a reported $20,000 charge by Dr. Doyen for secretly applying a cancer serum to an American patient. The dispute centers on the high fee and the patient’s death highlights the proverb about valuing life over wealth.
Caerleon endures as a historic site from Roman garrison days and King Arthur era. The famed city remains a visible link to ancient military presence and early Britannia.
Lipincott's recalls early Vermont towns lacking burials facilities and raising forty or fifty dollars for a town hearse. Farmers loaned horses for funerals as the hearse wore out. A second fund drive faced Olid Graybeard who refuses to pay more, saying his family never used the first hearse.
A downtown stationery shop displays a window card featuring boxes of matches of various sizes promising “lights” inside. The veteran pen dispenser calls it his drawing card, highlighting the eye catching display to attract customers.
The article describes Caerleon as the capital of South Wales with Roman ruins including an amphitheater, Arthur's Round Table mound, and a fortified hilltop. It notes artifacts from a Roman legionary colony and a local museum housing tombstones utensils lamps glass and jewelry. The landscape combines river curves and wooded hills inspiring painters.
Colorado maintains a unique snow inspector who surveys Rocky Mountain snow and reports to the state irrigation department. His reports help estimate yearly water for irrigation as streams rely on melting snow and he spends months in the mountains as a trained mountaineer relying on raisins when food is scarce.
Sea water is increasingly advised by doctors for various uses and eastern towns see many residents building fortunes selling bottled sea water. Suppliers obtain daily or weekly sea supplies, seal them in stone gallon jars, and deliver to regular customers.
A New York Times reporter notes a shopkeeper who found big business with a window sign selling matches. He explains the demand from smokers who can’t readily find matches, drawing customers who then buy pens, paper, and blank books.
An Austrian inventor reveals celluloid can be shaped into hats and fine flowers that resist heavy rain and improve with use. Used in Germany, especially Vienna, these hats could prove popular in London amid frequent showers, preventing umbrella damage to bonnets.
American rice culture has become a leading Gulf states industry and Cuba confirms its high quality. The import proves the rice is richer in flavor and more nutritious than Indian Chinese or Japanese varieties.
A scientific estimate states that all the world’s rivers together discharge roughly 36 cubic miles of water into the sea each day, reflecting the planet’s vast hydrological cycle.
Willis S Edson surveys how presidential campaigns shifted from loud local rallies and barbecues to a calmer, literature driven, parlor style. He traces changes from post Civil War mass meetings to the rise of campaign songs and marching clubs, rail specials, and the modern emphasis on informed voter consideration.
The design shows a seven room residence with parlor dining room library kitchen and two chambers. Features include white pine trim white enamel finish, central hall with ornamental staircase, two bay windows in parlor, brick fireplace, clapboard exterior, green blinds, verandas and balconies. Second floor has three large bedrooms and a den, with cemented cellar including laundry and fuel rooms. George A. W. Kintz.
A Farm and Home note outlines a 24x28 foot stable suitable for western Kentucky farmers. It details 10 foot posts, four stalls, a 1x24 foot driveway, and an 8x16 foot corn crib with optional divisions. Construction uses rough lumber about 100 dollars and lists posts girders joists rafters and shingles and notes plans can enlarge to 30x32 or 30x40 feet with extended middle posts.
A village humor piece features a quarrelsome resident and a new dentist. The comic exchange ends with the dentist saying he can fill an aching void rather than a long-felt want, highlighting light rural wit.
A scientist uses radium salt to dissipate electric charges during thin section cutting in botany. Sir William Crookes reports on radium altering diamond coating, turning a pale yellow gem bluish after exposure, suggesting radium affects both surface and bulk properties.
A new substance named carbene is claimed to improve coke from poor coal. The material, isolated from coal tar, resists removal by heating, bonds coal particles in a varnish-like layer, and when added to poor coal at two percent yields excellent coke in crucible tests.
A New Yorker built a boat on his house roof and a Brooklyn man finished a boat in his cellar kept for use during the rainy season. The tale echoes Ericsson’s Monitor design bias, highlighting the quirky obsession with craft over space or practicality.
Geneva professors after three years of research report a blue light anesthetic that soothes nerves and could allow painless tooth extraction. Consul Lieffeld in Freiburg notes exposure to blue light for three minutes in darkness may erase pain while preserving sight and sensorium.
An English inventor claims substituting lines of small ball bearings for rifle barrel grooves increases velocity by 40 percent and improves penetration and range of the projectile.
In a Yonkers Statesman item a saleslady asks if anyone is waiting. A young man replies a Miss Budd is helping him and he is a leap year victim, a humorous note reflecting local social quirks.
French prune growers impart a glossy appearance to their fruit using a light coating of diluted glycerine.
Reports claim Caucasus people covertly hide imported arms in coffins during funerals. Local police note a higher death rate than normal, suggesting a possible cover story amid ongoing scrutiny.
Tar is praised for durability and health benefits in poultry houses. The article urges thorough cleaning before applying Carolina tar to joints and cracks and whitewashing, noting tar helps ward off disease and repels vermin. It cites a farmer who reduced cholera by tarting and removing affected birds, plus a tar treated water tip.
A simple poultry self feeder design reduces waste by feeding through a vertical opening. The box is eight inches deep with the lower edge set near the back and bottom, feed poured in through a door, and a front strip prevents spill. The device can be mounted on a wall and kept clean, saving feed for the grower.
The dust heap is essential for fowls and feather pulling stems from confinement. Keep the coop free of filth and ensure thorough detail in poultry raising. Fowls should have access to green food and free range to build health. grain must be balanced to avoid fattening eggs. Charcoal aids disease prevention according to the American Tribune.
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