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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
2
A recent royal edict ends the imperial archers long rule in China. Meanwhile six Japanese mice travel 10 000 miles from Nagasaki to Wilkesbarre in a vase of chinaware, surviving on rice straw and arriving thin but lively.
The article lists annual salaries for NYFD ranks led by a $6,000 chief, $4,200 deputy chiefs, $3,300 battalion chiefs, $2,160 captains, $1,800 lieutenants, $1,600 engineers, and firemen from $1,400 to $800 per year. Probationary firemen serve 30 days.
Charles Scott Pugsley of Philadelphia spent ten days on an ice floe in the North Atlantic to win a $20 bet with Walter Stevenson. He endured extreme heat and cold but survived and saved on outing expenses.
John Jacob Astor says farmers now view the automobile as a companion for after work leisure. He notes the farmer with his family may convert a stationary engine into powered wheels and set off to the nearest town for a joyful ride.
Reverend Vernon J. Rose, Kansas City Kansas police chief and Congregational pastor, is targeted by a movement to oust him. The drive seeks a replacement with no ministerial duties to free Sundays from saloon activity.
The Italian gambler fears a death card in a pack. In England the 13 tradition arises from insurance statistics showing one death in a random group of 13 within a year. Others link it to the Last Supper where 13 sat.
A new island appearance in the Japanese seas recalls rapid land formations in history. Sicily saw a temporary island surface for two months before vanishing. Sabrina near the Azores retired before charting. The Gulf of Mexico also witnessed small islands appearing and submerging, hinting at ocean bed mysteries.
Director North of the Census Bureau plans to ask Congress at the session start for an appropriation to enable a marriage and divorce census. Congress authorized data collection last session but did not set aside funds. meanwhile the bureau advances the manufacturing census and will finish soon, ready to proceed once funded.
The phenomena of somnambulism have long baffled scientists. Sleepwalkers perform feats they would not attempt awake, wandering rooms, porticos, roofs, and streets for hours before returning to bed.
Pulque is produced from the sap of a gigantean agave whose leaves reach nine feet and weigh over 100 pounds. Plants yield 25 to 50 leaves around a fat base, with the largest weighing one to two tons. The pulque maguey thrives at high altitude on semi arid Mexican plains, especially in the Valley of Mexico, which centers its cultivation.
The piece extols Uncle Sam as a generous global merchant under the Dingley law, noting the four billion dollar trade balance and how spending abroad funds tourism, tips, and foreign purchases. It argues tariff protection preserves these benefits and praises American abundance and reciprocity.
A Chicago Post view quotes William Jennings Bryan as willing to stay in politics for 25 years and possibly run for president on the Democratic ticket. It imagines committees pursuing his nomination while noting his trip abroad to seek supporters. The piece comments on Bryan’s brand of democracy attracting late arrivals.
A congressman's daughter aboard a stern wheel packet traveling to St Louis observes cattle pens and asks about steerage. The boatman clarifies the pens are for cattle and hints at immigrants crossing the ocean, provoking the daughter to reflect on "putting up the bars" against them.
A Manila discussion between an American lady and a Filipino servant reflects social equality tensions. The servant notes Spaniards were masters and Americans are equals, illustrating class and colonial dynamics in service relationships cited from Youth’s Companion. Additional snippets comment on Mr. Bryan’s cautious public remarks and McLean’s political prospects, noting Ohio and national campaigns.
The Trenton Gazette argues against immediate tariff revision, noting the national convention settled the issue. It says revision is unnecessary now and warns that pushing it could cause party schism, harm the economy, and aid opponents. Republicans should stay unified and support the current administration.
The article analyzes September 1904 federal finances with a $1.2 million monthly surplus and a $20 thousand early-month deficit. It notes gains in customs and internal revenue, declines in miscellaneous receipts, and forecasts a FY ending June 30 next with a $17 million deficit, far from doom-saying predictions by some papers.
The collection cites W. J. Bryan remarks on age, Roosevelt term prospects, and tariff revision debates. It contrasts California manufacturers against a Chicago free trade faction, notes Oregon and Pennsylvania fusion hints, and questions removing tariffs to match Great Britain.
The New York season brings vibrant Italian theater as Sam and Lee Shubert face rivals and new ventures. Italian actors promise live acting and strong pantomime while debates linger over shows from Shaw to Shakespeare and the recent Subway Tavern controversy near Bishop Potter.
The essay recalls Sara Bernhardt’s past New York visits including the 1875 Brooklyn fire at the theatre and a soothed resolve during the blaze. It notes a forthcoming Bertha Kalish appearance with an English company and comments on New York’s diverse theater scene with languages and personalities across venues.
The Italian colony of Brooklyn has established the city's first genuine Italian theater housed in a small one story building that was once a tailor shop. The Naples troupe manager also runs Italian marionettes in Brooklyn and the old city. Colony members have cheerfully paid five and ten.
A haughty girl asserts she would not marry the best man living. Mr. Con Seet replies that his interest is purely platonic and he has no marriage proposal in mind, in dialogue cited from the Philadelphia Press.
A dramatic line pits loyalty against wealth as a character weighs losing her fiancé Jack or her fortune in a stark emotional dilemma. The tension centers on choice and motive in a constrained romance narrative.
The article profiles James B. Duke and his wife Mrs. Duke formerly Mrs. William E. McCredy. It details a lavish Somerville estate and a rapid marriage followed by separation. It notes Duke’s tobacco wealth and prior ventures including the Recorder newspaper and colorSunday supplements.
In a whispered clash, a man pledges money as a lure to recover his beloved if she vanishes, while she responds with a plea to the judge. The dialogue suggests a melodramatic scene centered on love, loss, and possible coercion within a courtroom setting.
A trimmed excerpt notes the idea that the average man rarely becomes famous yet civilization relies on his steady effort. The line reflects a mid-century newspaper culture valuing common contributions to progress.
A Westminster Gazette poem parodies praise for a man who admits faults but proudly notes he always returned borrowed books. The speaker contrasts his habit with others who keep books as their own and jokes that some would mourn a man for this trait.
An old Turkish hodjah Nasr-Iddin, famed for wit, is celebrated in Hasan Ali story excerpts. The cat and the liver shows a balance trick. the hodjah’s calendar tale ends with a miscount of Ramazan days. the hare anecdote ends with a peck measure falling from the bag as the crowd gasps.
An impoverished friend pressures a businessman for a five dollar loan. The scene references reporting to Bradstreet's and Meggendorfer Blaetter. The text then pivots to statistics claiming Malta and Barbados have extreme population densities and English widow/widower rates.
The text presents a series of fables about the hodjah and his attempts at fair division and practical misadventure, including the four nut tale and the mule's egg, followed by a cautionary note on crime and suicide statistics and how cases are handled, with observations on social crises and arrest procedures.
The article notes a growing presence of women as draughtsmen and field workers in engineering. It cites instances of women as draughtswomen in major shops and a Wisconsin case where a woman surveyor completed sewerage layout and related field tasks for a public improvement project.
The future vice president and then head of Fillmore Hall Havens in Buffalo faced a case where opposing counsel boasted of countering a leading Western New York firm. Havens quipped that in euchre the right bower is the biggest knave, signaling Fillmore's retort and a humorous legal exchange.
A New York weekend guest in a Hudson Valley town invites friends for a Sunday boat cruise. A young woman is forbidden by her mother to join, citing Sabbath observance, while the mother notes they can ride in a carriage to visit the cemetery instead.
A Bristol county court judge laments that a female judge might not be deceived as easily by ladies. He notes his own vulnerability and questions the ease with which he is misled, whether wearing a wig or not.
An overheard quip shows Henpeck cooling teasing remarks about his marriage. A visitor asks why he wed Maria, then Henpeck warns not to say what near Maria, signaling playful tension in domestic life.
William Thompson of Trenton was found asleep on the tracks near Belvidere. A freight engine clipped his hair, leaving minor injuries. He was taken to the police station and fined five dollars for intoxication.
A brief aphorism from the Chicago Record-Herald notes that marriages begun for amusement often end in divorce for similarly trivial reasons.
Russia and India have increased their use and nearly all European countries require more subsidiary coin. Global business activity drives urgent demand for small change. The U S government will seek bar silver for coinage of half dollars quarters and dimes and will need to source between 10000000 and 26060090 dollars annually.
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