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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1905
Page
4
Maisie Z sent a letter to the governor asking for another Thanksgiving since she was sick. Uncle John helps write the plea and keeps it a secret. The governor responds with a formal proclamation and a giant turkey, reuniting the town with a belated feast.
A 1901 Thanksgiving vignette shows Maisie and Uncle John at home in Des Moines with Aunt Ruth and Governor Shaw’s blessing. Maisie wins the turkey bone wish and both adults declare the day the best Thanksgiving ever, cherishing country, home, and family.
A northern traveler’s car window impressions are challenged by a Chicago Record-Herald editorial praising the South’s wealth from cotton exports totaling 451.98 million and additional goods pushing total exports to 614.9 million, arguing lower living costs, better housing, and growing industry. The piece notes the South’s shift from agriculture to industrial power with iron, coal, timber, and rail expansion, countering northern poverty narratives.
Ellen Thayer surveys New York homes with 20 to 25 staffers led by a skilled housekeeper. She details roles from chef to butler, wages ranging from 20 to 100 dollars monthly, and the multinational mix of workers, all under the housekeeper’s strict overseer role.
A complete suburban design for a two family dwelling priced at 3000 with ten rooms and no halls. Features include full cellar with furnaces heating each floor, hemlock framing, white pine exterior, cedar shingle roof, natural wood interior, gas fixtures, and suitability for home or investment.
Dialogue from Realism features Mrs Dorcas-How asking about a Thanksgiving dinner while a poor man laments lacking one. Tattered Tom claims he followed advice and did nothing to be “committed to de island.” Editor remarks on the timing of Thanksgiving jokes and Mr Scribbs notes he cannot write them unless full of turkey and cranberry sauce.
Miss Elder quips she is thankful not a turkey while Mrs Small’s boarders cluster around the table. Miss Flypp taunts that no one mistakes her for a spring chicken in a light hearted exchange.
Dialogue shows Jimmy and Johnny debating a trip to a football game. Johnny fears returning to find the turkey eaten, while Jimmy urges a quick sneaky outing.
On Thanksgiving Day Mrs. O'Toole-Arrah asks Pat if he fed the goat. Mr. O'Toole replies that he did, describing the goat as a fine male and noting he fed him two papers to eat with the president's Thanksgiving proclamation.
A cashier intends to flee to Canada using a patented electric bank car. The armored vehicle, built of chilled steel with double walls, includes a burglar proof safe and space for clerks. It will travel up to 50 miles, cost over 5000 dollars, and collect deposits from shopkeepers at night across the city with burglar proof security.
The piece offers practical counsel on the ailing habit urging the ill to avoid discussing illness to prevent gloom. It argues much of illness is imagination and suggests cheerfully telling others you feel tip-top to improve health and mood.
A student asks why some people from childhood crave soap. The professor explains the term sappessomania as a desire to eat soap, noted by the New York Weekly.
The article extols focused single mindedness as the key to achievement. It cites Edison Marconi Bell Cecil Rhodes Peary Diaz Jefferson and Roosevelt as examples of unwavering dedication to a single goal, arguing concentrated energy defeats obstacles and yields success.
A brief report notes California oranges are now sold extensively in London. The move highlights expanding export trade and fruit merchants pushing California produce to British markets.
Andrew Carnegie urged Dundee University women to cut hair short for hygienic reasons but later expressed hope they would keep long hair if they chose a new style. He addressed girl students on the topic as an iron master.
The executive committee of German trades unions petitions the federal diet to allow an increased supply of live pigs amid scarce and costly meat. The move reflects pressures from labor groups to ease shortages and stabilize food prices.
The Kansas City Journal reports that those who deem kings merely decorative are proven wrong as King Edward renews interest in croquet, signaling a royal revival of the game.
A petition argues that importing live pigs will meet Germany's meat needs and relieve the severe hardship of workers caused by soaring meat prices.
A Philadelphia man received a $20 bill in an unsigned letter prompting concern. The item is described as the work of an unidentified donor, and the man is nominated for first vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Troubled Borrowers.
Mrs Knicker Jack writes for fifty dollars to buy books. Knicker notes six best selling college titles as cited by the New York Sun.
A mother robin asks why a fledgling flew near a man reading on a bench. The youngster replies it was a book worm, sparking a brief humorous bird story from Yonkers Statesman.
A Pittsburg Post item jokes about sending souvenir postal cards from heaven. A quip has a character fear she won’t enjoy herself in the afterlife because such cards can’t be sent there.
A Western invention introduces a shooting shirt with pockets extending around the bottom and sewn into the body for strength. The design avoids loose coats and patch pockets, offering full surround pockets secured by buttons and a front opening extending part way down.
The piece notes how famous names like Dewey and Togo become common among animals and people. It cites a Minneapolis Journal observation that Dewey inspired many pet names after Manila Bay, while Japan's Admiral Togo may now popularize the name with a similar animal-loving trend worldwide.
A tomb is being built around Lewis G. Levings a Armour Institute student from Canton Illinois after he fell to his death five hundred feet below Mount Ypsilon summit Colorado. The body lies beside a bottomless lake and recovery is deemed impossible.
Kandor confirms to Mrs. Starvem he has a room at the place and that he receives breakfast and supper there but eats at a nearby office restaurant, per the Philadelphia Press.
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