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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
6
Random Reflections on Society and News of the Day
A collage of aphorisms and brief notes abounds on hazing, military enlistment, automobile and naval topics, marriage jokes, and global affairs. Topics include a Cleveland girl seeking navy service, Russia’s battleship plans, submarine losses, and a Berkeley man’s swear-free language invention.
Life Like the Ocean in Two Fools
A reflective aphorism contrasts two fates by the sea. One man drowns from passive surrender while another rides the waves through skill and strength, suggesting resilience and effort determine outcomes.
Palm reveals new hairlike plant substitute in Algeria
A dwarf palm found in Algeria yields a vegetable hair of fine quality suitable as a substitute for horsehair, offering a possible alternative source for crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
Count Witte in Paris Says He Won’t Seek Russia Return
Count Witte, currently in Paris, declares he will never seek power again in Russia. He cautions against pursuing trouble and suggests wisdom in stepping away from political battles.
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Count Witte
Paris
Russia
German race officer struck by car during balloon event
An officer overseeing a race between automobiles and balloons in Germany was hit by a car not involved in the contest. The incident underscores the danger of pedestrians near public events.
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Germany
Submarine Warfare Strategy speculates on harbor tunneling
The remark imagines a bold naval tactic attributed to M. Labeuf, suggesting tunneling harbors and detonating approaching submarines to counter a metal warship advantage. The hypothesis frames an aggressive undersea response to battleship threats.
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M. Labeuf
Trade to Japan Slumps After Russo-Japan War Victory
In the first eight months of 1905 our trans Pacific trade reached 197,791,041 dollars, while the same period this year shows exports to that market at 126,679,968 dollars. The Japanese victory appears to have been a commercial setback for us as well.
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Russia
Far East
Wycombe tobacconist fined weekly for Sunday openings
A tobacconist in High Wycombe England has paid weekly fines for almost five years due to Sunday shop openings. Fines started at 15 shillings and have risen to seven shillings sixpence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Wycombe
England
Man Thinks Noise From New Car Outranks Stars
An English orator muses that man’s noise from a single motor car exceeds the creator’s stars in heaven, but the author counters with skepticism noting a person’s belief in such boastful power, especially with a new automobile.
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Earth
Heaven
Living in tiny Glasgow flats exceeds American sizes
The Buffalo News reports that sixty percent of Glasgow residents live in one or two room houses. It notes room sizes may differ from the average American flat, suggesting Glasgow rooms could be larger on average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
The
Buffalo News
Weightman will contest shocks Philadelphia court scene
In Philadelphia the Weightman will contest unfolds with Mrs Ann Weightman Walker and her lawyers facing Mrs Jones Wister in Orphans Court. A yellow slip and a July letter fuel claims of a codicil or testamentary intent. William Weightman Jr. left his fortune to his daughter. grandchildren receive nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Weightman
Jones Wister
Philadelphia
A. W. Hoopes
Powers & Weightman
Hoopes
Walker
Weightman
William Weightman, Jr
Edward T. Davis
Davis
Mr. Simpson
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Carson
John Farr Weightman
Sabbatine d
R. J. C. Walker
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Rittenhouse Square
Raven Hill
India Opens Western Markets to American Motor Makers
In foreign lands India emerges as a growing market for American motor industry with Mysore trials during Christmas and a Calcutta exhibition January 21 to 30. Trade last year totaled about $2 million with Bombay handling half. roads from Bombay to Delhi and Peshawar to Calcutta drive demand as motors shift from luxury to need. Charles M. Pepper reports noting native chauffeurs and rising ownership among rulers, merchants, and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Mysore
Calcutta
Delhi
Peshawar
Afghanistan
Charles M. Pepper
Italy and U S straw hat trade and Australian water system strides
The article notes U S imports of straw materials and hats valued at over 2.3 million and 2.2 million dollars respectively, discusses Italian straw processing methods, sun bleaching, and private dwelling work. It also covers Western Australian gold fields water supply project costing 15 million dollars, completed in 1903, with 18,000 miners and 20 million dollars in mining machinery, plus 4,000 stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
United States
Italy
Perth
Knowledge of herd dogs in strange and interesting cases
A discussion of herding dogs showing memory and detection skills. Collies recognize individual sheep by sight and smell, even after long separations, and can separate stray animals from large flocks. Stories include Filon Girard’s flock losses and Bourdeloue at Stockton landing guiding 800 wild sheep by biting and maneuvering them along boats.
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Harper’s Magazine
Watterson
Filon Girard
Lone Pine
Filon
Pet
Bourdeloue
Stockton Landing
Highlands
Japanese merchants in New York consider department store
Osuke Hibi and Hironuchi Shugio, two Japanese merchants, visit New York to study opening a Japanese department store. Hibi heads the Mitsuyoshi store in Tokyo, a business with a two century or more history, far larger than New York equivalents.
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New York
Osuke Hibi
Hironuchi Shugio
New York City
Mr. Hibi
Mitsuyoshi
Tokyo
Sir Evelyn Wood Publishes Fourth Book Biography
British field marshal Sir Evelyn Wood prepares his fourth book an autobiography drawn from a 40 year diary and a habit of writing daily letters to his mother. These sources supply rich material for the memoir.
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Evelyn Wood
Gold mining in Australia a rising wealth source for Western Australia
Western Australia remains rich in gold with production rising since 1891. After a dip in 1900 1904 and 1905 output recovered, totaling gold values reaching £8.33 million in 1903 and £8.13 million in 1904 with conversions to dollars. The industry began in earnest in 1898 and has since become the state's chief wealth source.
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Australia
Western Australia
Ambassadeur Choate Finds Fishing Fame in Town
Joseph H Choate during a London ambassadorship spends a summer in a tiny English town and learns from an innkeeper that literary visitors fish there. The innkeeper mentions Andrew Lang among them and notes Lang’s fishing skill while humorously saying Lang never catches anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Choate
London
Andrew Lang
Mr. Lang
Correcting Musty Wines in Seville by Coffee Grounds
French savant M Crouzet has shown that coffee grounds remove mustiness from moldy wine. He adds 250 grams of coffee per hectoliter and 5 grams of iris florentina, shakes an hour, then rests four to five days to settle and cure the wine.
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Seville
M. Crouzet
Charles Karminski
Tea Exports From India Reach 214 Million Pounds in 1906
India’s tea exports for the year ended April 26, 1906 totaled 214,198,943 pounds valued at 29,294,936 dollars. UK received 166,604,000 pounds, Canada 15,019,000, Russia 9,991,000, Australia 7,746, Turkey and Asia 3,464,000, US 2,185,000, Persia 1,091,000, and others 38,084,000 pounds. Exports to the US declined 9.7 percent and to Persia 65.5 percent. There are 134 registered tea-planting companies, 128 in Bengal and most others in Assam. 1905-06 acreage 524,472 and production 222,217,223 pounds. Total paid-up capital 11,293,477 dollars. Output and demand push higher-grade teas in UK Canada and US. Late August 1906 auctions in Calcutta sold 39,243 packages at 11.3 cents per pound. April 1 to July 31, 1906 exports from Calcutta Chittagong and South Indian ports totaled 40,740,024 pounds, up from 31,186,627 in 1905. W. H. Michael.
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Calcutta
India
United Kingdom
Canada
Russia
Australia
Turkey
Asia
United States
Persia
Bengal
Assam
Chittagong
South Indian
W. H. Michael
Stairs Dispute Sparks Scene in Scottish Police Court
In a Scottish police court a married woman and a spinster living in the same building quarrel over a stairs dispute. As the bailie presided the spinster accused the other's husband and remarked he is maybe not very quid man but a sight better than none.
Origin and meaning of the word Blatherskite in American usage
The term Blatherskite is an Americanism derived from the old Scottish letherskate and blether meaning to talk nonsense. It traces to bletherskate and skate, with Norse bladhr as a root, and appears in Maggie Lauder around 1650, a song widely sung in American camps during the War of Independence.
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Maggie Lauder
Death-bed Repentance Weighed Against True Faith
A reflective note quotes Sterne on death-bed repentance as a weak support for ultimate faith, arguing true conviction matters more than late regret.
Lessons in Sales Tactics From a Traveling Man
A veteran traveling salesman guides a new recruit on the road in Lincoln Nebraska. He warns against overdoing a flashy alias and stresses blunt, honest approach. The tale blends customer rapport, timing, and firm pricing with a lesson on earning trust through consistent value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Crewdson
Joseph B. Bowles
New York
Chicago
Joannis Cariolanus
Watkins
Lincoln
Ned
Lincoln Hotel
J. Charles” Witherspoon
J. Charles
Charles
Johnnie
Brewster
Gaylord
Pirates and Ports of Hongkong Through History
Piracy plagued Hongkong from the 13th century with island lookouts and tolls on passing ships as the Chinese government failed to expel sea raiders. A London firm is assembling a sable costume valued around 10000 dollars for a wealthy client.
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Hongkong
Hongkong Harbor
Sable
London
Heaven as Eden and city of God in The Sunday Magazine
The Bible is described as an other paradise or Eden a city of God free of sin graves and griefs a better country a temple with divine presence an everlasting kingdom a rest for the people of God Gods throne and dwelling place a house of many mansions a city with gold streets jasper walls a sea of glass and gates of pearl as noted by The Sunday Magazine.
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Heaven
the Sunday Magazine
Beggar Discipline Under Edward VI Enforced by Fines
Historical note describes harsh rules where beggars were flogged and branded under Edward VI and where donors faced a fine ten times the amount of the alms given. It reflects punitive measures used to deter begging in colonial England era.
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England
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