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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
17
A New York Herald feature presents three scholars weighing immigration limits. They discuss crime, morale, and labor value, arguing the average immigrant contributes economically and morally, yet warn against mass arrivals creating separated communities that hinder assimilation and pose long term challenges.
A grandmother recounts a past family tale where a wicked wolf threatens livestock near a log cabin. The narrator young Alice compares it to Little Red Riding Hood, but the wolf is captured using a rope and pulley. the wolf is shot by the father, and the moral notes the Zoo wolf is scarier.
A 19th or early 20th century reflection on how to contact Mars using Earth’s lights or large signal patterns. It notes a 10 000 franc bequest to the Institute of France for messages to planets, mentions possible use of London lights or a giant earth signal, and recalls Francis Galton’s proposed code based on planetary scintillation and numeral sequences for interplanetary communication.
Milwaukee Sentinel recounts Frank Hargis facing a rattlesnake bite in Nevada. A veteran guide uses cauterizing powder from a cartridge, followed by desert plant poultice, easing the wound by morning. A second fragment presents a rural farmer and a quip about corn growth.
A hot July afternoon in London finds a small black and tan dog panting in the heat until a retriever and an Irish terrier bring water. A crippled boy named Jemmy forms a lasting friendship with the dog after a kindly stranger fills a pan to the brim. The tale closes with Jemmy’s mother noting the boy’s joy and the dog’s loyalty, a quiet urban vignette in a bustling town.
A classroom dialogue defines imbibes as take in. Lucy notes her mother imbibes boarders. Dr Warre, former headmaster of Eton, is presented with an album of signed photographs from nearly all masters and boys at his resignation. In New York, workers unearth an Indian skeleton at the Washington and Laight street site, once a Dutch fort.
A fashion notes piece surveys home linens and decorative items, highlighting embroidered monograms, floral draperies, navy secreteries desks, cottage embroidery sets, stem ware with gilt monograms, and ribbon trimming in couture. It also describes hat and parasol attire, leather glove colors, and a sporty Paris summer look.
A 19th century idea shows girls in a summer town forming a club to craft affordable cotillon favors. They started with paper flowers, then fashioned ribbon sashes, boutonnieres, decorated pipes with dates, passe-partoured pictures, and paper hats with ribbon rosettes for a stylish, low cost dance favor program.
In a fable dialogue a pelican shares a tale of a crow and a cheese theft by a sly fox. The pelican mouths a fish while the crane plots the trick, then the crane steals the fish from the pelican, leaving both birds in comic shame.
In a playful scene from a Chicago Daily News column a summer boarder protests a mule named Circumstances. The old farmer quips about uncontrollable events, then a weather change arrives as dark clouds and wind chase the sun from view with Little Margaret entering to report the gusty turn.
The eye doctor visits a public library to examine a reference book and suggests the catalogue holds what is needed. A nearsighted attendant, unsure, jokes about finding it in the catalogue while a moral lesson about true wealth being in the heart appears as the takeaway.
Lightweight bam boo straw hats resemble panama but weigh only a few ounces. Dress notes stylish summer models trimmed with silk scarves, appliqued designs, and fringed ends. Hats bend to fit the face, offering rakish or demure looks for all.
An illustrated piece surveys a range of attire and beauty ideas. It details a modestly tailored suit with blue and brown plaid trims, a long navy or mauve coat, a cloche hat, and intricate plaited hair adornments. It also explains a home method to curl hair using bandoline from quince seeds.
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