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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1906
Page
6
The piece argues that silent judgments about gender arise from facial features, manners, and expressions. It cites claims from the London Spectator and notes women are harsh on fools while men overlook obvious stupidity in women, linking youth and beauty to perceived intellect versus common sense.
A historical note on U S gum chewing shows the average American consumes about ten one cent sticks annually with a yearly $8 million spend. It explains raw materials shifted from spruce gum in Maine to foreign Mexican chicle, which displaced domestic substitutes over the past three decades.
The article profiles soprano Patti as she nears retirement, noting her remarkable vitality and optimistic outlook. She claims to stay youthful by constant outdoor activity and a positive view of life, saying she looks for blue skies even in cloudy days and endures weather extremes with daily outdoor time.
The New York Mail notes Harvard opens a new medical school costing five million dollars as the football season begins, hinting at a hidden meaning akin to Mr. Pickwick's warming pan analogy.
Reports say the sultan likely has less than six months to live but note that the burden of pacifying Turkey does not fall to us. The statement reflects uncertainty about regional stability and allied responsibilities.
A satirical note argues that any reformers of spelling deserve exile in Worcester for the rest of their days, reflecting a humorous but scornful stance on language changes.
A reader ponders imposing a 24 hour continuous duty on hazers working a wood pile as a hypothetical punishment. The comment frames a harsh civic remedy in a historically sharp tone.
A Venice report shows 1904 and 1905 passport totals by country, with United States leading emigration. The piece notes actual emigrants may differ from passport counts, cites steamship figures, and observes many workers return home seasonally. It discusses Italy’s finances linked to emigrant remittances and savings, plus Indian mining labor conditions and gendered drudgery in mines.
A Swedish firm Silkesfabriksaktiebola plans a large artificial silk factory near Gothenburg to export silk made from nitro cellulose. Engineering by R W Strehlenert of Djursholm underpins the project with capital between 160 800 and 482 400 dollars. The new silk is claimed to rival natural silk in appearance and strength and has drawn favorable reports from Swedish and German cloth factories.
The article notes all Indian coal is bituminous with some hard glossy varieties similar to Rock Springs coal. Calcutta prices are 8 annas or 16 cents per maund, 82 pounds, yielding about $4.41 per ton, with bulk purchases at $2.08 to $2.24 per ton. India’s coal fields span Bengal Central India and Hyderabad, with 35,000 square miles estimated and 7,762,779 tons produced in 1905, Bengal supplying 93 percent.
The government estimates wheat at 3,881,739 tons with a 2,750,000 ton export surplus and linseed at 640,000 tons with a 550,000 ton surplus. Frosts and locusts hampered crops while land under cultivation surged 167 percent from 1895 to 1905 as railways grew from 4,502 to 19,753 kilometers.
India could dominate the far eastern coal market as Japan has only 6000 square miles of coal field and an annual output of 10 million tons. The Indian chief inspector of mines notes crude methods waste potential and calls for scientific training. India establishes Sibpore college for native engineers in coal mining.
A pompous Chicago merchant boasts of wealth and asks to attend a rescue mission meeting. The mission leader tests him by asking to leave valuables. The leader quips that his men are not thieves, but they avoid stealing again to honor a pledge.
A Cervantes quote extols sleep as all conquering comfort and resource. It describes sleep covering the sleeper like a cloak, feeding the hungry, quenching thirst, warming the cold, cooling the hot, and equating money with influence from shepherd to king and fool to wise.
Miss Eva Shonts sister of Panama commission chair man Shonts collected samples of barrel house rum from Alderman Kenna's Clark street place and publicly burned them at a Women’s Christian Temperance Union event. The Chicago American notes the incident and includes a bartender's claim of selling a kerosene and beer mix to her.
A dangerous liquor fire caused an explosion and vivid flames as blackened fumes hissed and sparked a dramatic blaze. Harry Ging, identified as a Chinese man, signed the pledge immediately following the incident.
A punchline from Punch features a tramp boasting how his wife got him three good jobs and independence for her, while quipping the lady questioned his claims in a humorous exchange. The quip reflects social attitudes toward marriage and labor in the period.
Caroline Osborne of Bakersville, long veiled in public, never speaks to men after her father Albert Osborne ordered her fiancé Arthur Lumpkins from the house on Christmas Eve years ago. Lumpkins later married another, while Caroline remains shut in with her father, her beauty faded and her vow unbroken.
Frank Ramsey of Jefferson City reports a game rooster that taught a brood of about 50 game chickens to kill and devour mice. The birds now rid Ramsey’s barn and hunt mice around the neighborhood, with Ramsey boasting the rooster could outpace any cat in catching and killing mice.
The Philadelphia Record notes a string of disasters in 1906 from famine in Russia and Japan to the Vesuvius eruption, San Francisco earthquake, Valparaiso fire, a Hong Kong typhoon, and hurricanes hitting Mobile Pensacola and New Orleans, marking an unusually severe year.
A tale recounts William Penn advising a drinker to open his hand before the glass touches his lips. The man challenges Penn to prove the method, and Penn explains that the simple act of opening the hand prevents drinking to excess, leading to reform. The anecdote is cited from Ladies' Home Journal.
Portland Oregon street railway system uses sawmill refuse as fuel and a new cinder separating plant. A steel fan drives furnace smoke through a flue into a 32 foot diameter vertical cylinder with a conical bottom hopper. Heavier cinders drop into the hopper and are returned to furnaces, reducing nuisance and improving boiler economy.
A Chicago Record-Herald remark notes a claim that a Russian grand duke grafted up to 35 million dollars in a year, and an ex-insurance official says people there keep mouths shut by not sharing the loot.
Harry Smith, former R. H. White employee turned Charles Town police officer, earns a living with dry wit. On June 17 he arrested a drunk man who, amid the trip to the station, was hit by a tossed torpedo that struck his straw hat and made him cry out. Smith quipped the man had been half-shot and kept walking.
A discussion on how homes differ with owners incomes and temperaments. Rich, middle, and poor households shape distinct interiors and standards of comfort, yet each seeks a true home. The essay argues against equating homelike only with modest dwellings and stresses respect for varied home ideals.
A recipe for a tomato aspic dish for a company lunch. Prepare a pint of aspic from canned or fresh tomatoes with onion parsley cloves salt paprika and tarragon vinegar. Strain, add gelatine, chill briefly, then arrange cucumber slices in a mould and fill with aspic, served with watercress and tarragon mayonnaise.
A bride’s bedroom furniture uses Circassian walnut with simple forms and light grain. Silver and brass accents mix with rose color linens. Pieces shown include bureau chiffonier and dressing table with matched tree-like fronts and gold backed brushes.
Fern culture guides a soil mix of one half sand one quarter fibrous peat one half broken mature sod and one sixth leaf mould except maiden hair which needs richer loam. Use sandstone blocks to keep soil open and place broken pot pieces at the bottom for drainage then fill with prepared soil.
The passage argues for a balanced view of child labor, advocating that children should engage in useful tasks to aid growth while cautioning against overburdening weaker youths. It suggests saving heavy duties for adults and ensuring mothers have leisure, with attention adjusted to the child's age.
Break two eggs into a cup and fill with cream or milk. Mix with a cup of sugar and a cup and a half of sifted flour with two teaspoons baking powder. Beat ten minutes. Flavor with vanilla lemon or orange. Bake in greased patty tins about ten minutes.
For stains on light dresses lay the garment flat and cover the stain with dry pipe clay. Leave for half an hour, shake out, and reapply if needed. Remove stains as soon as possible because dried stains are harder to remove.
A breakfast style recipe combines leftover strong coffee with sugar and milk. Dry mix uses white and whole wheat flour with salt and baking powder. Beat one egg into coffee, combine with dry ingredients to form a stiff batter, then bake in buttered muffin pans for about 20 minutes.
In a London flat, Mrs. Vansittart leaves a staged note to fool her husband and slips home in disguise to surprise him. Owen discovers her back with a Bohemian twist, and the couple confront their rigid propriety, planning a lighter, less formal life with shared dinners and fewer servants.
A fragment references a conversation where a speaker quality labels an event fatal and a woman encourages a man with the remark Keep up the good work my poor man. The speaker notes they paused when she called it work.
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