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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1905
Page
2
Defiance Ohio postal notice outlines second class mail matter for the Defiance Daily Evening Edition. Delivery by city carriers. rates listed for in city and outside city subscriptions. Weekly edition press day stated with yearly, semiannual, and quarterly payment options. Contact telephone numbers provided.
An Indianapolis lamp store adviser warns that sour coal oil causes foul odors and recommends regular emptying airing and refilling of the coal oil can with fresh oil. Proper lamp maintenance includes cleaning with hot water and soap, using non shedding cloths, and smooth charred wicks for an even blaze.
The plan envisions removing the pit and attached boxes to the street on rails using rollers. Special window doors would open automatically to evacuate balconies, with galleries lowered to street level by a linked mechanism. All exits operate in about half a minute.
Farmers in Kansas and neighboring states are founding five to six new banks weekly, investing hoarded savings in cooperative banks. Banking commissioners say old banks remain unaffected, and $75,000,000 from Kansas farms is flowing into the system as confidence grows in financial institutions.
A call to restrict home remedies and patent medicines to prescriptions from physicians would force doses to be dispensed at average costs of two dollars, banning generations of home brews and popular tonics and costing the public millions annually.
A Chicago paper reports that since January the automobile has caused 42 deaths and 343 injuries across 12 U S cities. It analyzes the figures as mostly due to dangerous speed, unskilled drivers, and indifference to others' rights.
Congressman Towney of Minnesota, once pressed by reciprocity advocates for tariff revision, now says no extensive tariff legislation is needed. He cites easing treasury deficits due to bonded goods and duty payments, predicting deficits will shrink within the year and expenditures can match receipts.
Frank Putnam recalls meeting President Theodore Roosevelt in a crowded anteroom with a Roman Catholic priest, several black bishops, and a brisk greeting. Roosevelt’s arrival ends any chance for planned remarks as he greets the party and moves to the executive chamber.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw voices support for the Dingley tariff plan at a county Republican rally in Youngstown Ohio. He argues against general tariff revision and cites tariff history showing protections boost domestic buying and employment while low rates reduce imports. He contrasts Wilson Gorman and McKinley acts with current import and per capita consumption data to defend protectionist policy.
The diary opens with The Bad Boy and his father planning to manage a circus show. Pa declares he will be ringmaster and manager, Ma frets about circus life, and the family prepares to join the road this spring with ambitious plans and colorful costumes. The entry mixes humor with debates over lifestyle and responsibilities.
St Louis social reformer Mrs. Charles F Joy proposes a million dollar university with a mind body and soul training program. It would explore psycho physical forces and therapies including os teopathy vitopathy and mind cure and back a colony to test theories in practical life. A site between San Francisco and Santa Barbara and 20 000 acres in Arizona are offered for the project and Joy has attracted wealthy interest.
The Pittsburg Dis patch argues tariff revision means tariff reduction, citing export growth and industrial activity. It accuses reformers such as the New York chamber of commerce of pursuing free trade to boost their own business interests, while defending protection for American mills and workers.
The Omaha Bee notes Canadian sentiment for reciprocity wanes while the Detroit Free Press sees Roosevelt nomination as a Dem chance. Secretary Shaw defends fair tariff policy, arguing the United States should treat all nations alike and avoid discrimination or tariff wars unless needed.
Condensed quotes from Wichita Eagle N Y Mail Milwaukee and Cumberland News rail at reciprocity and tariff reform. Highlights note Gov Vardaman temper in response to presidential reception and critique of tariff policy affecting German and domestic markets. Investments in Pittsburgh steel are cited as dampening reform efforts.
The passage argues that tariff revisionists seek to undermine the Dingley tariff beginning with an entry wedge. It labels opponents as protectionists and notes Republicans training under observation. It asserts the Dingley tariff will be modified as needed with steadfast support from American wagon industries.
The article explains that a horseshoe magnet is permanently magnetic, while an electro magnet is created from soft iron and iron wire. When electric current runs through the insulated coil around the iron object, it becomes a magnet as long as the current flows, with spiral coils strengthening the magnetic field.
A brief item notes Tess at a soda fountain explains she stopped work after the boss cited customer complaints over mixing up winks, reflecting a lighthearted workplace moment from the Indianapolis Sentinel.
A Washington Star quotation notes a memory system likened to stressing recall of uninteresting items over engaging ones. The speaker, a mind-improvement seeker, implies it mirrors traditional mnemonic theories that memory favors broader, dull content rather than selective interest.
A Cleveland Ledger quip notes a banter about dinner limits with a punchline that breakfast would be unacceptable to eat, reflecting a humorous line from the asylum context.
The remark notes Mr. Edison as a genius but criticizes him for eating and sleeping too much and not working enough, despite opportunities.
A brief notice states that all kinds of commercial job work are available with promised accurate figures. The item emphasizes reliability and broad capability. Local readers are urged to inquire for details and pricing.
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