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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
14
In Havana a bold Yankee courts a Cuban senorita in the plaza sparking a clash with traditional parents who bar dating behind barred windows. The affair drives a national debate on Americanizing courtship and the fate of duennas and old customs.
A late Maori magician named Tohoto resists Christian conversion and challenges a New Zealand bishop. The story describes tapu, sacred power, and an illusion where a dead cabbage tree leaf appears green, swaying a highly educated English observer. The piece notes German women turning to band and orchestra conducting.
An American boys school brass band hired a wagonette to travel to a village. The wagonette driver refused tunes saying the horses would not run away. The leader pressed, but the driver declared no tunes while he drives, because the horses cannot run away while he is at the reins.
A broad analysis traces how two parallel forces the rise of factory manufacture and the women’s rights movement expanded industrial opportunities for women. It details home production fading as textiles and goods moved to factories, public opinion restraining female labor, and later gains in wages and union support expanding women’s paid work across sectors.
Figures from the Bureau of Immigration show 1 200 000 arrivals in 1906 with about 30 percent destined for New York state and its metropolitan district. Pennsylvania receives 20 percent, Illinois and Massachusetts 7 percent each, and New Jersey and Ohio 5 percent each. The result indicates the traffic seeking work in mills, railroads, and farms, with New York acting as a clearing house for onward movement.
For two centuries engineers battled Cape Cod sands with little success until beach grass was planted and united blades formed a barrier. Massachusetts reclaimed Provincelands to curb dune movement, protecting farms roads and the harbor while federal efforts studied transplanting grasses abroad.
Just one hundred years ago Nathan Mayer Rothschild settled in London as the son of Mayer Amschel. The family name Rothschild comes from the Sign of the Red Shield displayed on the front of the house. The article recounts how Nathan Mayer established the British branch and the origin of the name.
A historical sketch traces the Rothschild family from Mayer Amschel in Frankfurt through the rise of the banking house in London. It notes key figures Lionel and Nathan Mayer Rothschild, their marriages, wealth, titles, and social standing, including Hyde Park Corner mansions and country seats in Aylesbury and Tring.
A lovers scene unfolds by a vine arbor as Aubrey pleads to marry but the heroine laments she cannot because she is the heroine in a woman's novel. The moment ends with the couple realizing the obstacle cannot be removed. The Washington Star also notes consumers tired of being asked to give more cash.
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