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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1904
Page
4
An entry documents mail matter classified as second class at the Defiance Ohio Post Office. The note records handling status and routing within local postal operations.
Advertisement outlines subscription options for city and outside city delivery. Rates include 10 cents weekly, $3 yearly by mail, six months and three months plans, with cash in advance. The notice emphasizes subscriber convenience and payment terms.
The Republicans of Defiance county Ohio announce a delegate convention to nominate sheriff, county commissioner, surveyor, infirmary director, and coroner. Representation bases include votes for Myron T Herrick in 1908 and ward township delegations. Local caucuses will select central committeemen and delegates on Sept 5 with details by ward.
Milford township Republicans meet at the town house on Friday September 9 at 2 PM to select delegates for the county convention at Ney September 17 and address caucus business. Mark township Republicans meet at Mark Center on September 8 at 3 PM to select delegates for Ney September 11 and elect a committeeman with other business.
The Shawhan in Tiffin opened its doors to guests on Tuesday signaling the start of its public operation. The hotel welcomed visitors and offered accommodations as part of its debut.
Five men perish after a naptha launch capsized on Lake Erie while traveling from Cleveland to Vermillion. The Sunday night incident occurred in rough water with authorities launching a search for remaining survivors.
Observation that Vermont often predicts national outcomes holds as Republicans win the state by over 33 000 in this election. Bell secures the governorship by the largest margin since 1896, illustrating the party's statewide strength.
Sunday visits from B H and Emma Kellermier, and Peter Grim with Wm Dickman families from South Ridge. Picnics at Gates Grove and Ridgeville attended by locals. birthdays, school term start in district No 6, Epworth League social, and missionary events noted. Occasional travel to Michigan and local acts of vandalism condemned.
Returns from 233 of 246 towns indicate Republican Charles J Bell wins the governorship with a plurality near or above 28 000, matching the 1900 Stickney–Senter outcome. Republicans also pick Stearns Bacon Greetwood Abraham and the state offices as Democrats sought to cut the GOP majority.
A southbound Wabash passenger train from Des Moines to St Louis wrecked at Pendleton Missouri killing seven passengers and injuring more than 30. About 500 people were aboard as the day coach plunged down an embankment after leaving the track while the dining car collapsed atop it.
The piece contrasts copperheads and rattlesnakes noting the copperhead’s poor reputation and tendency to avoid confrontation while the rattler warns then stands and fights. It claims copperheads cause more snake business per specimen and suggests danger is signaled by green cucumber smells.
A concise proverb from Harper's Bazaar advises that the best pursuit for a young man is to devote attention to his own business. The remark implies personal enterprise as the wisest path for success.
Within a few weeks active work will begin in China on what is deemed destined to be the country’s largest college dedicated to broad educational principles in English and aligned with modern high school and college methods. The Canton M Christian college will stand as a landmark in education.
The poem traces a Manchuria general who changes banners with every postponement of battle, ending with a grim cry Gonebumpski as the siege never comes. A famous criminal dies in an English prison leaving an estate of 2000000 dollars, illustrating peculiarities of English courts.
An observer named Ali Hamid responds to every warship heave in sight with his promis Inge machine, indicating a specialized or recurring reaction to naval appearances.
The page lists rates for eggs per dozen butter per pound oats hay and various meats and poultry. It shows prices for hogs lambs chickens ducks turkeys and fowl along with hides and corn related items, reflecting a midday ag market snapshot.
The article notes no telegrams from General Kuropatkin since September 5 and describes a retreat toward Mukden hindered by roads and floods. It reports Japanese forces following closely, cautioning against claims of a complete rear-guard destruction, and mentions Viceroy Alexieff traveling toward Mukden and ongoing attacks on Port Arthur with expectations of a land and sea assault.
The scene unfolds in Milwaukee where Eugene Field and friend George Yenowine trick a solemn bookshop owner. Field buys a fake expurgated edition titled The Poems of Mrs Felicia Hemans with passages excised, paying $5. Yenowine vanishes to head for Standing Rock to meet Sitting Bull.
The piece argues exercise as a general remedy for bodily ills, stressing morning activity before breakfast. It notes energy benefits, better digestion, appetite, and sleep, with examples and encouragement from the idea that many successful people, like Joseph Chamberlain, would benefit from body care.
The financier Cyrus W Field, famed for the submarine cable, obsessed over tea. He challenged a veteran tea taster, dismissed the expert after brewing, and left muttering that the industry needed divine help for tea drinkers. The tasters mocked his zeal as he pays high prices for his brew.
A quoted reflection argues that temper inflicts widespread misery, darkening homes and hearts. It notes temper’s harm to innocent victims, compares bright faces to sunshine, and describes a gloomy countenance as depressingly as an Arctic night.
A teacher explains the meaning of recuperate to Willie by discussing a tired father after a day's work and asking what he does at night. Willie responds with a humorous request for the answer, reflecting a child’s curiosity.
Dr Mahon, a Rush Medical College graduate, is noted for special study of eye ear nose and throat diseases and chronic illnesses. He claims many phenomenal cures across the state from his experience in major hospitals. He treats acute and chronic catarrh.
A Chicago Record-Herald writer recalls a tale told by a Chinese acquaintance about doctors in China. He describes calling several doctors for illness, praising Dr Han Kou and Dr Sam Sing, then crediting Dr Euden who finally saved his life.
The Siwash Indians fish for a living around Puget Sound. The buck uses a long pole with a comb-like nail arrangement at both ends to spear fish from his canoe. He paddles with the pole and lifts fish onto the canoe, dropping them in with a shake and continuing his sail.
Jennie learns of a telegram delaying her guest until tomorrow and muses that if the guest starts at the same time, she will miss the train again. The exchange shows a sharp, humorous moment around plans and travel timing.
Hicks asks for 200 dollars to borrow. Wicks advises borrowing 300 and repaying 100 in two installments over a month or so. The aim is to convince the lender that the remaining funds are forthcoming. Source: Somerville Journal.
The man endured taunts about his large appetite, replying that he inherited it from both parents. He said one parent ate slowly and the other ate a lot, explaining why he "puts away" food without disturbance.
A barber shop owner quips the motto Terms Strictly Cash should be painted on the ceiling, while a sign painter notes no suitable vacant space on the walls. Chicago.
A ferronniere is a headband or chair with a jewel at the forehead dating back to antiquity. Mrs. Earle notes its appearance in transatlantic fashion early in the nineteenth century, with earlier use in Europe and possible ancient Egyptian Jewish connections linked to phylacteries. Leonardo da Vinci’s La Belle Ferronniere is linked to Lucrezia Crivelli and the revived name.
The Brooklyn Eagle outlines fall fashion trends with a return to black for evening wear, chestnut and onion shades, and heavy jet in winter. Directoire and Louis XV coats return, high crowns with paradise plume trim, grape red tones under electric light, and novel braid edging appear on gowns.
The article traces vegetarian ideals from ancient thinkers like Plato and Pythagoras to Virgil and classical poetry. It highlights belief in fruits and vegetables as mankind’s proper food, citing georgic passages urging avoidance of slaughter and bloodshed for a natural diet.
The London Answers essay speculates the phrase may stem from ducks reacting to electrical disturbances during storms. It draws a parallel to hens' eggs spoiled by thunder and cites Shakespeare to suggest the image of a sinking deck.
The article explains turbine propulsion in steamers provides quiet operation and hull stability by low machinery placement. It highlights reduced oil use, compact design, and long bearing life with oil lubrication. It cites Parsons turbine plants of 400 and 1800 horsepower as reliable, with no repair costs reported. The steam turbine dates to Hero of Alexandria in 120 B C.
A visiting politician arrived in a small town to speak next day and found two hotels full. With no prior arrangements, he slept on a wire cot with limited blankets. He admitted he slept fairly well, joking that he looked like a waffle when he rose.
In 1594 Thomas Nashe describes Lake Wetter in Sweden as bottomless. He alleges that no foul can fly above it without freezing to death and no man can pass it unmoved. He claims inhabitants nearby are deafened by a gruesome roar and a sulfurous smoke erupts from its center poisoning the countryside.
A brief moral reflection citing Charles Kingsley urges focus on present duties and resisting future worries. It emphasizes trust in God's justice and mercy, rewarding each person according to their actions. The tone is exhortatory and devotional.
The text argues that human nature is inherently kind and generous yet limited by narrow perception. People struggle to conceive ideas beyond what they directly see and feel, shaping how they respond to others and events.
A Cincinnati Times Star line notes that when a man pursues trouble it seems to evade him for a moment but eventually catches up, underscoring inevitability of consequences for those who chase danger.
A Princeton Tiger quips about romance turning on money with the line Did he fall in love at first sight Yes, first sight of her bank account. The witty remark plays on love and finance as a humorous social observation.
W. J. Slough and H. Curtland dissolve their partnership by mutual consent. Curtland retires and Slough assumes all accounts and obligations. The elevator and warehouse business will continue as Farmers' Elevator Co. in Defiance Ohio, under Slough management. Date Sept 2, 1904.
A Carlyle quotation contrasts concentration with scattered effort. It notes that focused power on one object can achieve, while overwhelming force may fail. The image of a drop boring rock through persistence and a rushing torrent causing uproar without impact underscores disciplined progress.
A Philadelphia Press quip contrasts the upper ten club with a prideful tenor in a city church choir. The organist notes the swell church has a finer singer whose stature surpasses the social elite in church performance.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Benedict praising her cook while Mr Benedict jokes about paying her higher wages about once a week, in a light Illustrated Bits vignette.
Advertises mortgages funded by the seller with personal land and title checks. Loans offered on real estate security with quick funding and money-back guarantee if not as represented. No delays and immediate access once security is satisfactory.
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