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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1905
Page
7
A poetic meditation on the rise and persistence of a power unseen yet supreme. The speaker argues that true authority endures beyond death and past sacred traditions, challenging those who cling to old thrones and fail to sense the Uncrowned King.
A valiant group returns to the fort to find Renee among the crowds. A young leader asks for the commander as a nun in a man’s hat steps forward saluting and declaring herself the general. Weariness overcomes her and she falls as he greets Renee, his beloved.
Renee leads a small garrison through a savage siege. She arms settlers, deceives attackers with sentinels, and maintains morale in a rain soaked defense. Reinforcements from Montreal arrive as the fort holds against a week of threats.
Renee pleads for aid from Frontenac while Tonti and Comte de Miron clash over loyalties. Renee offers to join a relief mission for smallpox victims at Michilimackinac, facing danger beyond the fort's walls. Frontenac cautions against leaving Quebec though his support remains implied.
Government irrigation expert Prof. O L Waller recalls a vanished breed of the bad man in the American prairie era. He recalls meeting a man who claimed to sleep on the prairie eat raw buffalo and drink from the Mississippi while rejecting the idea of owning a house.
An excerpt from Scientific American describes medieval and Elizabethan sleeping customs. Royals used straw beds, Londoners slept on boards, and pillows were wooden blocks. Queen Elizabeth's chamber was strewn with rushes while carpets were unknown. Sugar was rare and pricey in drugstores.
A 1905 essay argues that grief after a spouse dies lessens with time and that second marriages can be as fulfilling as first ones if built on mutual esteem not convenience. It warns against marrying for wealth or to be a good housekeeper and urges age-appropriate partners and lasting love as foundations.
Pimples on the face or any part of the body are unclean and unpleasant. Bathe the arms with tepid salt water, use a fresh brush, dry and rub afterward with listerine. This will heal the wretched little clots and bumps.
A brief note contrasts how some girls appear more slender in plain waist ribbons than in the latest high priced belts, suggesting fashion impact on figure perception.
Describes a delicate voile bodice with a tight lining hooking at the front, a lace yoke and collar over silk, fine tucks below the yoke, rows of galloon insertion, front points crossing below the bust with silk ornaments, and puff sleeves with four lace frills on net. Materials listed include 2 1/2 yards of 44 inch fabric, lace, ornaments, and lining.
A snappy Washington Post exchange hints at private graft in public office. A mysterious figure named Tertium Quid brags of immunity while denying direct identity as the man who struck Billy Patterson, prompting bets on who is truly “the Man Higher Up.”
Skibe Mr. Carnegie's Highland estate spans about 20 000 acres with 10 000 acres moor 6 000 arable and 4 000 wood. Expected game includes 600 to 800 brace of grouse 22 stags four fallow bucks 42 roe deer black game partridges pheasants snipe woodcock hares rabbits and wild fowl. Salmon and sea trout fishing are available on 15 miles of the Eve lix with trout fishing in Lochs Migdale Laggan Lars and Buidhe.
Advice on treating hangnails by softening with vaseline then carefully trimming with pointed scissors. Recommends lifting the cuticle to prevent adherence and future irritation for healthier nails.
Seven miles of broad automobile road is planned to run from Sandy Hook through the government reservation to Highland beach under the Navesink light. It will be used by army officers and their friends with a minimum width of 15 feet and will parallel the New Jersey coast, connecting with the Highland beach to Sew bright county road.
A religious study outlines Ezekiel 47 1 12 with the temple stream imagery interpreting spiritual blessing. It traces waters from the temple east to the Dead Sea highlighting growth trees healing of waters and the tree of life reference with practical points from scriptures.
In the House of Lords a practice called docketing preserves spots in the cloakroom for young peers. A special seat is set aside for the baby Marquis of Donegal until his twenty first birthday arrives.
Frank W. Pettygrove of Seattle held the penny that decided Portland Ore non among rival city names. On two tails outcomes the town was named Portland after Portland Maine, the home of his father. A L Lovejoy of Massachusetts favored Boston. Pettygrove pressed for Portland.
A playful beach vignette describes a hermit crab with a house on its back changing shells as a moving day comedy. Two hermits encounter each other and glare in gray tone as they vie for a better shell, amid curious beachgoers observing the scene.
A naturalist sketches hermit crabs choosing new homes and fighting over space. The piece then describes horseshoe like creatures and fiddler crabs living along the Atlantic coast south of Cape Cod, their habits, defenses, and feeding.
The piece urges boys and girls to cultivate saving as a lifelong habit, highlighting penny Provident plans and savings banks. It encourages small investors to buy property gradually, illustrates a hypothetical sale to show compound growth, and promotes saving as the path to future business opportunities.
A small fly can run three inches in half a second and take 440 steps. In proportion a man would need to run 20 miles per minute. A common fly leaps 200 times its length. a six foot man would need to jump 1200 feet. The cheese mite, quarter inch long, can leap from six inch deep vessels. a man would need to leap from 144 feet.
Remarkable Cherokee nation tale tells of a boy climbing a cornstalk to see the crop, only to find the stalk growing rapidly. Three men attempt to cut it down with axes to rescue him from starvation, but the stalk keeps growing and resisting their efforts. The boy reportedly subsists on raw corn and has discarded over four bushels of cobs.
A brief, dated fragment chronicles a humorous exchange between Nordy and an older man. The conversation hints at travel or absence with a playful line about a wife being away for the summer.
A Boston household reaction to a parrot repeating profane language shocks residents. The anecdote centers on a father named Bobby being surprised by the bird’s crude phrases, prompting the quip about hearing such language at home. The piece captures a humorous moment in domestic life.
A French torpedo boat has been sent to battle porpoises along the Brittany coast, claimed to be spoiling sardine fishing. The action reflects wartime tensions and maritime disruption affecting local fisheries.
Instructions advise removing embedded stingers with tweezers or a sharp object. Then apply diluted ammonia or home remedies such as mud baking soda or onion juice to reduce pain and swelling.
A Maine Woods correspondent under Fly Rod title recounts a couple met on July 2 last year while fishing for salmon. They welcomed a baby girl this July 2 weighing the same as last year’s catch, a seemingly idyllic coincidence praised in the column.
Satirical Town Topics item questions public safety focus on arresting a speeding car owner or chauffeur and proposes arresting the odor as a public benefit. The brief reflects humor about law enforcement priorities and odor as a civic concern.
A humorous exchange notes a reporter asking for a list of books that aided a millionaire. The reply offers a list of books the millionaire has helped, as reported by the New York Sun.
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