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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1904
Page
3
Poetic meditation by L. Mitchell from Springfield Republican reflecting on winter furrows as the past year’s graves cultivated by time. The verses compare rows of plowed earth to thoughts of love and faith, portraying memory as sacred soil.
Martin Frisbie returns after 12 years to the village of Greenvale finds Angie singing with others and a cool reception. He discovers old tensions around Amzi Curtis and Angie inheritance, while Dr Sol recounts local changes and keeps his distance from past dreams. He resolves to seek Cy Walker for fishing and more village lore.
Aunt Comfort recalls her herbs and “arbs” as she and Angie return from gathering roots. Martin Frisbie arrives incognito, exchanges cheerful greeting with Aunt Comfort, while Angie stays reserved and silent amid the friendly fuss.
Martin revisits the old farm at Greenvale and walks through memories of the site he once owned. He recalls the old house, the woodshed, the pear tree, the garden, the apple orchard, and cider mill scenes. Angie appears in a nearby by road, exchanging a startled greeting as their paths briefly cross.
Mary Simmerson Cunningham wed John A. Logan in 1855 and supported him through the Civil War. She inspired his courage, funded a home, and helped win his fame with her bold public stance and devotion. The Boston Globe notes her charm and broad religious faith as Garfield Hospital expanded.
A Chicago Chronicle note recounts a thoughtful girl’s claim that putting on all her finest garments lifts spirits and dispels melancholy. She describes dressing elaborately, styling hair, and walking to regain hope, noting the transformative effect on mood and self perception.
A moral essay by Epitomist urging control of temper to avoid social damage and personal shame. It contrasts male and female outbursts, likening rash behavior to living near a volcano and warning of wrecked relationships and family distress.
The article reviews economical orchid supports suitable for modest homes. Lead crown holders and a solid lead block with drilled holes keep stems erect in shallow dishes, enabling two or three blooms to look like more. Disadvantage noted is their unattractiveness for clear glass vases.
A young man tells a rejecting girl he will die of a broken heart, prompting her worry during the rest of the evening as he plays a solid pool game at a venue. The vignette captures quirky urban humor from the New York Press.
Ruth Coston, aged 100, of Rochester Heights Washington, lives bedbound yet alert, recalls memories from 1852 crossing to The Dalles and Roger Williams meeting. Her daughter Mattie Smith, 52, resides in Seattle. She welcomes visits and speaks of faith and gratitude toward life and the Lord.
A recipe describes making a custard like fruit pudding with cornstarch milk eggs orange rind and extract. It instructs lining a mold with oiled paper lady fingers chilling the base then arranging pineapple cherries banana and strawberries with a thick syrup and serving with a cherry garnish.
A New York Sun letter quotes a joke about diplomats: a diplomat is a person who does not mean what he means for others to think he means, used to describe public officials or figures in a witty, newspaper style.
A brief poetic notice praises a cheerful three year old girl who wakes joyful, sings, cooks, sweeps, and cares for dollies. The piece notes her sparkling presence makes dull days brighter and that she is loved by everyone. L. W. A. writes in Union Signal.
The piece contrasts sea birds that dive and swim, shore birds that run and fly, mergansers near outlets, and gulls near piers. It notes many sea birds cannot return home until they breed, leaving young last year around beaches. Auks and penguins nest near water with one egg, sometimes two or more hatchlings, and occasional fatal entanglements occur when two birds clash.
An Oklahoma man named Lawson, while wolf hunting alone near Adobe Walls in the Texas Panhandle, fell into a wolf den. His horse spooked, the bank collapsed, and Lawson was buried under dirt for two days and a half with his arms trapped. Neighbors, led by Blodgett, found him after a lengthy search.
A waterspout spins constantly and collapses when sensed. At roughly a quarter mile above the sea it reportedly spins at about six miles per minute.
The Hartford Times notes unusual animal bonds in Oroville California where a Newfoundland protects a deer from other dogs and a fawn grazes with cattle. It recalls Eden Valley near Mendocino with fierce hunting dogs and a tame deer drinking milk together, highlighting surprising cross-species interactions observed by readers.
A crafty cardboard star illusion uses two cut four point stars offset at 45 degrees. Candles light the star projections onto white paper to form a central white octagon and tri colored rays in red green and white. Colored glass or colored liquid in a cup creates the color effects.
A reflective meditation by William D. Little on humanity as pupils in a vast school. The crowd is the class,experience the lesson,and each graduate moves onward. Man learns slowly, uncovering the spiritual beyond the physical motive that hides behind concrete action.
The Straits Echo praises Chinese workers for building railways across the continent and for making Straits settlements and Federated Malay States among the empire's wealthiest regions citing cheap labor, enterprise, thrift, and intelligence as key factors.
Shell peanuts and chop fine. Measure peanuts and sugar equal in a cup. Cook on heat, shaking until sugar dissolves. Add peanuts, pour into buttered tins. Delicious candy and easy to make.
E N Cobb explains a practical silo construction method using 2x4s, timbers, and coal tar coatings. The guide covers foundation layout, circular inside diameter marking, wall assembly with spiked joints, tar painting, hoop installation, and door construction, arguing against cement.
A farmer explains a wall cut design to feed calves without getting lather on clothes. A hinged shelf and rope system lets a pail be swung from the feeding alley into the pen while a button keeps the calf from reaching through.
Notes on hog feeding for new stock and the growing use of portable hog houses especially in disease prone districts. Caution against feeding large amounts of cottonseed meal to cows as it hurts butter and cow milk. sweet cream butter gains popularity though not made from sweet milk cream and is unsalted. A cow’s milk production responds to good feed and care, but only to natural capacity. many cows are fed unscientifically.
A Agricultural Economist notes chemists turn boots into jelly and skirts into glucose. Others craft letter pens from copper pots and paper from collars. Sewage in New York could yield artificial milk equivalent to 100,000 cows yearly. Waste soapsuds become pressed bricks for illuminating gas.
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