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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
7
Defiance Ohio newspaper details mail matter class and subscription prices. It lists per copy pricing and annual rates for daily, weekly, and mail subscriptions with cash in advance terms and long distance telephone numbers.
The department of commerce notes Americans drank 57.6 billion cups last year and consume half the globe's coffee supply, per a short monograph.
A wealthy Memphis woman named Adams owns a reversible tiara that reveals diamonds and rubies or emeralds and pearls with a spring press. The idea, borrowed from the stage, lets her switch the jewels during a dance, startling society friends.
In New York City a unique conservatory of music offers piano cello and violin lessons at ten cents per lesson for children and adults, with access to practice instruments at no extra charge, a notable precedent in this country.
A means has been found to measure and reduce love as a malady. The text argues that jealousy and heartbreak can be cured like other illnesses, offering relief to mothers, chaperons, lovers, and the jilted.
The article describes a common shiner's ruse where a jug and a half dollar are left on a stump. After a short absence, the half dollar disappears while the jug is found covered with mountain dew on the inside, signaling illicit whisky activity.
The text explains that lightning can only be photographed at night and cannot use a cap or shutter. Since the eye observes a flash after a tenth of a second, you must pre-focus, release the shutter, and point the camera where the flash will occur, trusting the lightning to appear on cue.
A Bedminster Pa post office letter to Far Hills must travel to Summit twenty miles away before delivery. Mail from Bedminster is taken to Lackawanna station at Far Hills and placed on a train. A Far Hills to Bedminster letter also goes via Summit and requires a day.
Jewelers report a steady yearly rise in opal demand in Mexico City while superstition fades. Opals, once considered unlucky for their fire glares, were previously less favored in Mexico and the United States.
The one in 400000 chance of quadruplets struck Kingston New Jersey. Mrs David Johnson, a farmer’s wife, has four boys all expected to live. Roosevelt may name them. Quadruplets are exceedingly rare and usually not girls. In 1899 such births were few, with only five cases then.
The article notes rising world gold production from 1900 to 1904 and forecasts a $400,000,000 output in 1905. It credits expanding productive capacity in major gold fields, with the United States leading in 1904 at $80,000,000 and continuing to break records in 1905.
Prince Kikumaro Yamashina, a 33 year old member of the Japanese royal family, has devoted his life to science and established one of the world's most magnificently equipped meteorological stations on Mount Tsukuba near Tokyo as Japan shifts toward peaceful pursuits.
England’s balance sheet for the last year records expenditure of £151,769,000 with revenues of £153,797,000, yielding a £1,938,000 surplus. Of the spending £66,200,000 funded the army and navy, £924,000 justice, £15,161,000 education, and about three quarters of a million pounds went to stationery and printing.
The article reports that national government receipts through September show a shrinking deficit and growing prosperity. Customs receipts rose due to higher imports, while internal revenue stayed strong, pushing September's surplus above five million dollars. It argues the deficit will remain low, with officials and newspapers predicting continued good conditions and vindication of the administration's policy.
Secretary Shaw defends the protective tariff at the Virginia Republican campaign opening in Richmond. He argues the policy protects all regions and industries, rejects free trade as pursued by Democrats and England, and says the Dingley law rests on correct principles with future amendments possible. The plan benefits the nation overall.
The Massachusetts Republican base rejects free trade agitation led by Democrats mugwumps and college visionaries. They defend the Dingley tariff noting rising customs receipts and a balanced treasury while warning that revisionists seek an entry wedge to undermine protection of American wages and industry.
Highlights from editors and columnists on the Dingley tariff, campaign contributions, and party stance. Includes St Louis Globe-Democrat Washington Stat t Chicago Record-Herald Troy Times New York Evening Post American Economist notes on labor and national prosperity and Republican mood in Congress.
On the same day Taft arrived in San Francisco from Yokohama and Bryan sailed for Japan the balance of trade appears favorable. Roosevelt may feel encouraged by the Lincoln Commoner editor's counsel and awaits favorable editorials from Smithville and Bingtown to spur political action.
The New York Press criticizes tariff revisers for pushing free trade in off years. It argues electors must vote for free traders in national elections, not protectionists, or risk ending protection as the Dingley principles persist. The piece calls for voters to wield the political spade at the polls.
The article describes the Grubb gun sight using camera lucida optics that projects a white cross onto the target for precise aiming. It notes observers’ opinions from the New York Mail and cites editorials from Topeka Capital and Louis Globe-Democrat about Judge Parker and campaign discretion.
A detailed survey of the Lapp people covering origins, language, and social life. It explains their nomadic reindeer herding, distinct dress, settlements in Swedish, Norwegian, and Russian Lapland, and the impact of outsiders and missions on their traditions.
Advertisement outlines a 1903 modest residence priced at $2,800 with full modern comforts. Features include steam heating, brick basement, balloon frame of pines, two ply exterior sheathing, cypress interior woodwork, tiled kitchen and bath, leaded glass, gas and electric lighting, and complete plumbing and fixtures. Also includes a humorous local office exchange vignette.
A Philadelphia Press column quotes a child’s backwoods humor. The new minister asks Tommy Hardman if there is hell and the boy replies that his father taught him by simply sitting it. The exchange captures a rural voice and a stubborn faith without sermonizing.
A traveler in Panama comments on one boatman, noting impressions of his character and actions during a journey. The brief excerpt hints at further observations to follow in the dispatch.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt portrays a beggar asking for aid from a man claiming a missing arm after a railway crash. The exchange reveals memory confusion as the beggar tells of concussion preventing him from recalling which arm was lost.
A man described a sore on his toe that he said was attacked by a vampire bat the night before. He claimed the bat visited him repeatedly and he only realized the blood-sucking when he woke.
A newlywed couple celebrated their honeymoon in Sapulpa by riding a merry-go-round 24 times for five cents. The trip was described as a continual round of pleasure as they toured the town.
A historical overview explains what rapid fire guns are and why they differ from machine guns, detailing mechanisms like automatic aiming devices, hydro pneumatic brakes, electric elevators, and breech clearance. It notes Havre experiments achieving three shells per minute and discusses loading and cooling delays in large calibers.
In Sullivan county near Bloomingsburg a volunteer chain of New York City women and Charles Borganger formed a line to rescue Tillie Boranger and Martha Oppeman from the Shawangunk Kill. Boranger fell overboard and, despite swimming, both were swept toward a dam until bystanders waded in and, aided by a boat, saved them.
Divers recover Spanish Armada relics in Tobermory bay Scotland as searchers haul up two five pound powder masses each bearing a musket barrel impression. They also uncover a copper pan lid fossils a two pound cylindrical bullet a large Spaniard rib and a gilt copper plate with a monogram and possible Masonic motifs.
Belgium, the world’s most densely populated independent nation, added about 400,000 residents in the last five years. The growth rate surpassed that of the prior decade, signaling a continued expansion in its population.
A light exchange between a woman customer and a baker in Tit-Bits notes the joke about bread weight. The customer warns that bread too light would require two loaves to weigh 16 ounces, poking fun at scale accuracy.
Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete recount meeting a millionaire on the road. They say they exchanged thoughts with no spoken conversation. Pete wished for the millionaire’s wealth while the other wished for Pete’s appetite.
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