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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
8
A reflective piece recounts a traveler seeking pure air water and climate. He finds ideal conditions briefly but encounters barren surroundings and perpetual shortfalls. The quest ends as he moves on while his health wanes and the next place lies buried in mystery.
In a perilous voyage a disabled man and a mate fall from grace as a new hero emerges. Charlotte witnesses a dramatic rescue and fate twists through a conscience bound to justice. Griswold plans a desperate escape aided by a cabman and the riverfront pursuit ends in a dramatic departure.
In a tense exchange aboard the Belle Julie, Charlotte confronts John Gavitt, the unknown rescuing deckhand. Gavitt admits joining the crew around departure from New Orleans and provides an alibi for 11am, saying he was in a public building. He explains he acted from necessity, not malice, and hints at an interior conflict. Charlotte struggles with guilt and doubt, pressing him about his motives.
In Chapter Eleven Griswold regains the stolen cargo after a shifting coffee stash reveals the treasure. He plans a midnight transfer with a loyal Negro ally as guards clash ashore on the St Louis levee while the prize is snatched and prepared for flight.
Griswold, freed by Gavitt, flees with a stolen treasure and deepens his ruse. He morphs through pawnshop, barber, and outfitter, shedding identities until he reaches the Marlborough Hotel. An Irish cabman recognizes him, hinting at a fate sealed by fate.
The article summarizes Espy’s principle that rain forms from clouds created by ascending moist air that expands and cools. It notes rapid updrafts in ocean rainstorms, cloud condensation releasing latent heat, and the uncertain mechanics of droplet growth, with only a small fraction of moisture precipitating as rain.
In a school near Tar rytown the head master placed a barometer seven feet above ground for students to observe. A dinner hour prank caused a pupil to topple the glass. The barometer shattered and the student exclaimed the barometer had fallen seven feet.
A Philadelphia Press item notes Mrs. Youngbride complains to a grocer about flour that proved tough. She says she made a pie and her husband could barely cut it, illustrating the domestic hardship with the disputed product.
A guard device for door escutcheons prevents key removal from the outside by burglars and also stops accidental key loss. A single spring metal strip with lugs locks inside the escutcheon. insertion requires the guard to be forced in, and drawing it out needs interior pressure.
German metallurgists report adding two to ten percent magnesium to aluminum barely changes appearance. After repeated rolling at 400 to 500 degrees C the alloy gains new qualities: it can be cut and filed with ease while preserving the ductility and malleability of pure aluminum.
A self lighting cigar uses a cap of ground glass saltpeter potassium chlorate and gum arabic with a friction igniter on its surface. Scratching the igniter causes the cap to burn freely and remain lit, with fused glass preventing an unpleasant taste at the end.
The graphophone is proposed as a substitute for the campaign orator. It would be loaded with a stirring speech and first tested on the campaign committee. If no objectionable utterances appear, it would be sent on rounds to save board bills.
A man feels lonesome when surrounded by people who never make mistakes. He values authentic interaction and the relief of shared human fallibility.
A California inventor proposes a solar water heater using a boiler in a glass roof pocket with polished reflectors to concentrate sun heat on a reservoir. The system aims to heat bath water without fuel in summer and can switch to conventional heating in winter to prevent freezing. Simpler and cheaper installation could appeal to households, says the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The article notes per capita US sugar intake rising from eight pounds before 1825 to 68.4 pounds in 1901 and compares global production growth. Beet sugar expanded from 50,000 tons in 1840 to 5,950,000 tons by 1900 while cane sugar rose to 2,850,000 tons in 1900. Beets share of world sugar climbed from 4.35 percent in 1840 to 67.71 percent in 1900.
The steamer Valley Girl carried 200 shipowners and yachtsmen to a demonstration of the Carley life float. The five by eight foot raft supported 18 aboard and stayed upright while being abandoned into the bay at Romer beacon. Navy ships and ocean liners will use the float, which features a copper tube with multiple air compartments and a rope netting suspended over a wood slatted bottom.
A famous Frenchman famed for complaining suffers inflammatory rheumatism. His devoted wife nurses him while tears flow at his bedside. A friend visits and the patient blames humidity, saying his wife sits and cries to keep the room moist.
Ticket sale notice from Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route offering one way Colonists and Settlers tickets to California and North Pacific Coast points and Missouri Arkansas Indian and Oklahoma Territory Louisiana and Texas on the first and third Tuesdays from October 21 to April 31 at half fare plus 2.00. Contact nearest agent or H C Townsend G P T Agent St Louis Mo. Also a dyspepsia remedy claim and a birthday quote context.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a debate as one figure calls his office a dental parlor and another suggests drawing-room, highlighting a clash of labels and wit about workspace naming.
A list of patent remedies for colds consumption and toothache appears with testimonials. Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar Pike’s Toothache Drops are touted as cures. Mrs Robbins credits Piso’s Cure for Consumption with saving her life three years ago in Norwich New York.
The Chicago Daily News quotes an American heiress seeking quality and a penniless nobleman seeking quantity as a humorous clash of values. It also notes Putnam Fadeless Dyes offering color superiority per package and jokes about white lies needing constant whitewashing.
Reports from New York Cleveland and Chicago on October 13 show mixed grain prices for wheat corn and oats with No 2 red wheat at 76 1 2 cents and December corn at 70 cents. Livestock quotes list cattle sheep and hogs in several cities with steers 6 25 to 8 50 in Cleveland and hogs 6 90 to 7 00 in York.
A witness in a recent inquest treats lunar changes as influential, echoing ancient astrology and folklore. The article notes lingering superstition that the moon governs mental states and everyday behavior, despite medical opinions and skeptical attitudes.
In Newark a proprietor and manager joke about adulteration and watered dairy while preparing a new low cost restaurant. They rush to obtain illuminated mottoes such as Feed Me Lambs or Honest Men Are the Salt of the Earth as signs to attract patrons.
A Detroit News Tribune tale follows a jobless young woman who spends her last cent on a postal card in response to a ledger advert. The card lands her a bookkeeping post and, months later, her employer offers marriage, noting how a penny changed her fate.
John J. Scharschug of 474 Concord St. Aurora Illinois reports three years of backache and kidney trouble relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills. He notes no recurrence since treatment and endorses the remedy as a wonderful kidney cure. A free trial offer is available by writing Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Sold by all druggists at cents per box.
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