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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1904
Page
2
A sunny disposition is an art not a gift of nature. Cheerfulness comes from selecting what to notice and shaping the narrative. Passivity or gloom is a form of voluntary servitude to darkness, while choosing the bright side reveals a mature, artistic optimism.
The piece urges every young man to save part of earnings monthly even if only one dollar to gain security against job loss or illness. It argues debtors who spend beyond means without plans to repay harm their character and citizenship, while those borrowing out of necessity may be excused.
Ambassador Choate cited Emerson’s island remark at a Pilgrims dinner in London for Lord Roberts. Mr Justice Darling noted that while Emerson’s view may hold, every American he met seemed like a continent.
An odd marriage notice circulated with lines praising the bride as strong and precocious from infancy. It claims the couple took a bridal trip to Westly and will reside with the groom’s father until they are asked to leave.
The article notes aging Japanese generals directing the campaign. Field Marshal Yamagata is 66, Field Marshal Oyama 62, Count Nodzu 63, Count Katsura 57, Viscount Sakuma 59, Baron Kuroki 60, and Baron Oku 58, highlighting their advanced ages for frontline command.
Rev. Mr. Brownback of Pennsylvania criticizes ministers who refuse to marry divorced individuals as cruelly inconsiderate after his own romantic quest was covered by the press.
The line of text hints at a figure nicknamed Hit the Czarevitch tied to a New England school teachers' term for a case. It notes a father’s act of abolishing corporal punishment around the birth, implying a reform angle and personal motive connected to the birth celebration.
The statement argues that Beijing’s neutrality stance shifts by the power and presence of the largest warships at any port. It implies strategic behavior where China reacts to naval force rather than applying a fixed rule of neutrality.
A Russian ruler provides a single heir to fill the gap left by vast war casualties. The move signals efforts to stabilize succession amid ongoing conflict and mounting losses for the nation.
The Chicago Tribune condemns Mr. Davis as weakest national candidate in memory and questions his mental vigor. It notes his acceptance speech omits key issues and warns money alone cannot carry a national campaign.
A compilation of editorials and quips notes Democrats favor the gold standard with fundraising for gold. Taggart near Maine Vermont Iowa bets the outcome while others mock Parker and Roosevelt. Headlines lampoon common law and party lines, reflecting a Roosevelt focus in Democratic commentary.
The Springfield Republican notes President Roosevelt's rebuke of Philadelphia postmaster Clayton MacMichael as a firm stand for civil service reform. It argues his violations were more of the spirit than the letter of the civil service law, reflecting entrenched patronage and political favoritism.
President Roosevelt writes to the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston praising the veterans and the men in blue for their loyalty and willingness to sacrifice to preserve the nation. He and the soldiers share the belief that America is worth saving and must be saved through the country’s manhood.
In a lively political column the writer riffs on Parker and Bryan with playful labels. The piece muses on party loyalties, gold bugs and silverites, and hints at shifting alliances ahead of the next election, forecasting a tense political showdown between Parker, Bryan, and Roosevelt.
A Washington dispatch reports the Democratic National Committee will keep Henry G. Davis at West Virginia, citing a weak accepting speech. Davis may be useful by writing if he cannot speak, while the Chicago Inter Ocean notes money as the persuasive force behind his vice presidential nomination.
A Cleveland Leader editorial notes Democrats admit defeat on the honest money issue and shift to tariff as the 1900 campaign focus. It argues Republicans stand for steady employment at American wages and will prevail over tariff tinkers and dollar gnawers.
The Kansas City Journal notes that the republicans and democrats share a spoken unity yet retain deep policy differences. The piece argues the GOP remains the party of progress while the Democrats cling to fading maxims, hinting at a long-standing ideological rift.
Editorials question large donations for a Roosevelt campaign and doubt Carnegie would fund such an effort. They argue a president should not have a major citizen investor. The New York voters are urged to back Roosevelt, while an Egyptian astrologer forecasts Parker’s defeat and Roosevelt’s rise.
The Union Jack, a famous Civil War dog, belonged to a Confederate jailer at Front Royal Virginia. He joined the First Maryland regiment in guard duty and loyally aided Union officers, sharing thirst water and food, protecting wounded, and fighting alongside them while remaining hostile to Confederates. He survived prison life and traveled to Baltimore with the Maryland troops.
An 87 year old witness, Mrs. Lucinda Dogan, recalls the first Bull Run clash near Groveton. She describes Jacksons line along a railroad cut, Longstreet’s breakfast visit, and the shifting positions that defined the 1861 engagement and the Porter court martial reversal.
A Civil War anecdote recalls Hooker’s white Arabian charger at Chancellorsville. Discovered near Good Hope Hill Maryland by a Sickles man, the horse was given to Sickles, then vanished, later found in Hooker’s hands and kept in federal service despite owners’ protests.
In 1862 Lieutenant H R Merrill avoided Confederate capture after a local girl warned him. He escaped with his detachment into the mountains and returned to Union lines unharmed. Recently Merrill learned her address, they began corresponding, and a wedding may be in sight.
The Houston Post notes a quip about a doctor's warning that a husband has water on the brain and his wife’s witty reply that hers has whisky on the brain, reflecting a lighthearted local exchange.
Excerpt from Henry Villard memoirs recounts a rain sheltered meeting where he recalls early goals to join the state legislature, doubts about the U S Senate, and his wife Mary predicting that he would become senator and even president, followed by laughter at the notion.
Capt. George Brown repaid $68 to Mayor H. S. Benner of Gettysburg for a 40 year loan of $20 with 6 percent simple interest made while both served in the One Hundred and First Pennsylvania volunteers and imprisoned at Plymouth, N C after the 1864 campaign. Brown, attending a G A R encampment, offered payment. Benner initially declined, saying no recollection of the loan.
Augustus Michie of Washington presents Sergt. W R Wood of Fifty sixth Virginia in Garnett's brigade Pickett's division as the man who fired the shot that wounded Gen Winfield S Hancock during Pickett's charge on July 2 1863. Capt Michie recalls directing Wood to shoot after asking for a cartridge and witnessing the officer fall.
A noiseless electro-magnetic gun was successfully tested in Norway, marking a notable advancement in silent weapon technology. The test demonstrates capability for reduced acoustic signature while delivering energy.
A detailed 1904 house prospectus outlines a cozy four room home on a small or larger plot, priced at 4500, with a full cellar, brick walls, cement floor, hot water boiler, radiators, and gas electric lighting. Exterior cedar shingles, North Carolina pine trim, plaster walls, brick mantels, and modern fixtures throughout. Plans available from the architects who designed and erected the building.
C E Matteson explains a colony house system for raising chicks away from older fowls. He describes six by six foot structures with south facing windows and attached yards, enabling ventilation and outdoor exposure to reduce insect damage and boost growth.
The department of agriculture relays Prof. Poffa of the University of California findings on workers and students relying on cheap energy. Peanuts provide high protein with low cost, 3.6 cents per 1000 calories, more economical than animal foods or potatoes. Dried beans offer even higher protein at five cents a pound with 3040 calories. Fifteen cents daily buys fruits nuts beans cottage cheese and eggs.
The Automobile Club of Great Britain conducted reliability trials for motor boats in London to prove suitability for continuous operation. Sixteen boats started a 9.55 knot course, needing ten hours of running over two days with no repairs allowed. on day one one boat retired, and on day two all fifteen remaining completed the period.
Prof Robert MacDougall of New York studies traits of five American scientists through 12 judges to show executive ability correlates with physical health while general mental efficiency may rise with unsound health. He notes central nervous system overdevelopment may come at body cost and asserts willpower and leadership decline with extreme weakness yet thrive in medium health.
Chicago Tribune reports a plan to use a modified gasoline locomotive for interurban service in dense trolley districts. Front section houses the locomotive with passenger seating behind, vertical engine placement, single cylinder with measured oil feeds, and spark ignition.
160000000 horseshoes are used annually in the United States and Canada. S L Martin of Boston notes rubber horseshoes, while limited to big cities, aid manufacturers by maintaining high sales of traditional shoes and allowing steel rims to be produced, widening profit margins.
Sir William Ramsay proposes using the immense energy of radium to induce chemical changes such as converting bromine to iodine, suggesting a potential experimental path for twentieth century chemists. The idea treats radioactive energy as a tool to sculpt elemental transmutation under careful study.
An experienced housewife warns to monitor towels as even careful maids may reuse discarded towels to dust or dry items, spreading skin diseases and eye infections.
A lighthearted exchange frames a good Samaritan as someone who does for others what he himself would not expect to receive. The Chicago Record-Herald uses humor to define virtue in everyday acts.
Apiarist Edwin Bevins outlines two methods to dispose of laying workers while preserving colony numbers. One uses a newspaper barrier over a strong colony to unite hives and raise a new queen from brood. The other transfers brood frames to a nucleus hive over a strong colony and moves frames regularly until the queen settles.
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