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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
7
Poem recalling a father’s rest day and memories of farming life with lilacs, harvest tasks, and a mother’s touch, as the speaker reflects on aging, family, and the scent of lilacs in Youth's Companion.
In the Manila scene Maidie Ray recovers from illness with help from her guardian, while Miss Perkins probes for truth and a tall mysterious man draws attention. A pistol, the revolver, and a cryptic card hint at danger as Captain Stuyvesant arrives and a portrait reveals a deeper connection.
Mr. Miller cites an old Indian tale in True Bear Stories about a manzanita picker who escapes a grizzly and her cub by diving into a hollow log. The bear blocks both ends, returns and watches, then calmly withdraws, prompting belief the bear was amused rather than menacing.
A century old analysis notes per capita match consumption in Great Britain influences U S demand, with American machinery boosting output and winning overseas. It highlights vast production capacity in New Jersey and Barberton Ohio, the central role of aspen wood, and European competition driven by aspen shortages and forestry policies.
Juxtaposed quips about a jealous captain’s wife in a maritime setting. The exchange centers on envy toward affectionate shore hugging, highlighting nautical romance and rivalries. The brief lines appear in a Chicago Daily News humor column.
London Express notes the lime tree prized for honey with a long history in England. Pollard limes frame farmhouses while lime avenues adorn manors, and Lithuanian forests yield notably fine honey described as greenish in hue.
The piece notes American matches crack like a pistol shot when struck, unlike foreign matches. It credits Sweden with inventing the safety match that lights only on its own box by placing phosphorus on the box rather than the match.
Indianapolis News reports a playful argument about traits as a child asks if they resemble their father. The exchange captures family humor and a light moment reflecting on lineage.
Bruce Baxter narrates a humorous scene in Youth's Companion where Captain Great Toe and Corporal Little Toe lead a pretend brigade. Baby counts ten soldiers, marches them in, and, with a topple, elevates Baby to major general in a playful dress parade.
A clever Brooklyn post office horse has been stealing double rations by backing into the next horse at rest, pushing it forward and then feasting on both oats, leaving the final horse to bear the shortage. The trick is played while carts wait for collection at Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue.
Martha R. Fitch tells of Nick the black and tan dog challenging Old Ironclad the turtle. The turtle defends its shell and the two form an unlikely bond after a tense standoff. Nick becomes crestfallen and avoids the yard as Old Ironclad rules.
In a Brooklyn suburb a one legged hen trailed its Irish mistress to the churchyard for her funeral. The bird hopped two miles to the church steps and then died on the steps. Citizens say it died of a broken heart or exhaustion from the long hop before burial near the fence.
Dwight L. Moody offered Northfield pupils a $500 prize for the best thought. The winning line noted men grumble because God puts thorns with roses and suggested thanking God for roses with thorns.
A brief exchange where a daughter asks her mother about a kiss from a young man named Custor and the mother’s opinion is sought. The snippet preserves a domestic tone and newspaper dialogue style.
A Baltimore newsboy triggers chaotic circus style stunts when an automobile, driven in reverse, speeds around Calvert and Baltimore streets. Onlookers flee as the car slams into a railing beside the Alexander Brown Sons bank, then halts after a friend stops the engine.
Master Oliver Ryder of Stamford Connecticut keeps a colony of thirty seven rats living in an empty henhouse. He began with two and raised them for sale as pets. His parents consented under the condition he feed and care for them or they would be removed.
An engraver, H A Houseal, has etched the entire alphabet on the head of a common pin, two circular letter rings A to M and N to Z with a central mark, each letter about a quarter the size of those on the Lord's Prayer on a dollar. The pinhead measures about a sixteenth of an inch and the work took roughly ninety minutes.
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