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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1901
Page
7
Poem by Ella Higginson from Woman's Home Companion invokes a voyage to a mystical isle. The speakers seek escape and rest, with imagery of the Opal Sea, a boat named Sleep, and a pearly shore. The tone is lyrical and contemplative, focusing on desire, travel, and dreams.
Deucalion recalls battles against Phorenice when she defeats two local governors and raises a powerful army in Atlantis. He describes new warfare with fire-tubes, siege tactics, and a brutal retreat as he yields leadership to Tatho and undertakes a treacherous voyage home with a small but capable navy.
A dialogue reveals Deucalion declaring loyalty to Phor enice as she proclaims herself empress and seizes control after the king's death. He recounts becoming her slave and invites skepticism, promising to prove himself as her ally and appeal to old friends later.
A hotel table scene features a young girl molding bread crumb figures that evolve into Noah's ark animals. Sculptor Thomas Ball notices her skill and invites her to his studio to teach clay and marble modeling. Ball recalls keeping his pupil with her back to him so he could work undisturbed.
A New York Tribune note by Frederick C. Sibley recommends an outdoor feeding rack built against a fence to manage unshredded corn fodder. The design uses two by fours for the frame and four inch fencing lumber for the rack with four inch slats, a floored bottom, and a six inch surround. The rack can be extended to suit herd size and feeds from outside the pen.
A Country Gentleman article notes sour cream lowers butter quality and dairy profits. It cites Vermont experiment station findings that sour cream risks tainting whole butter lots and causing financial loss. Sampling bias favors sour cream tests, suggesting producers should keep cream sweet and avoid receiving sour cream to protect earnings.
A flustered exchange pieces about nicknames as a blushing woman recalls being called Pickles by boarding school friends. The dialogue suggests affection and a charming, intimate moment framed by a newspaper voice.
The ad invites readers to write to Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder claiming it cures sweating damp swollen and aching feet assists breaking in new shoes and is sold at druggists and shoe stores.
Quotation from the Detroit Free Press shows households joke about high costs and supply worries as they prepare for winter. The dialogue contrasts struggles with the ice-man and coal-man reflecting common early 20th century urban hardships.
An old advertisement fragment touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a quick cure for colds with a money back guarantee if unsuccessful. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Wanterby and Mrs. Kauler and cites an 1900 date from Ocean Grove New Jersey.
Faceless dyes from Putnam claim to color fabric without staining hands or kettle except green and purple. Vanity, in a playful aside, notes the dyes’ odd effects while Chicago Daily News echoes the humorous claim.
A compact description of a lever based tool to stretch wire fencing. The instrument features a six foot lever, four inches square at the butt and tapering toward the end, with a block positioned four inches from the large end to aid operation.
A device called a wire fence stretcher is described as bolted to posts with a three inch by three inch hollowed block. Holes near each end allow wire to pass, looping the end and securing with a 60 penny spike. The tool supposedly provides leverage to break nearly any wire.
A veteran English groom with twenty years in royal stables contrasts practices in England and America. He argues that American handlers neglect horses by letting them dry dirty and wet, while English methods use blood-warm water, swift bathing, scraping, drying, and instant blanketing to prevent founder illness and cold, and discourage currycombs and harsh scratching.
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