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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1904
Page
7
A San Francisco Bulletin poem extols a cheerful companion who lifts spirits with sly jollies and fits of merriment. It notes how this friend chafes at others joy, finds fault, yet brings comfort, prompting belief that luck remains nearby and troubles fade with a shared drink to celebrate uplifting morale.
Martin traps David Curtis with a cash option to secure Mizzy power and land above the falls while probing Amzi's fate. Old Cy warns of danger as Angie’s rights loom, and Martin’s plan to marry Angie deepens the risk of a courtroom clash over Greenvale’s future.
The article highlights travel aids such as a center slide coat hanger that halves in size for packing and a leather twine ball holder with scissors. It then extolls scrapbooks as valuable learning tools and describes beauty routines with milk baths and bran or cornmeal bath bags for skin care.
A New York Weekly excerpt outlines the fair sex's most appealing traits. Animation and brightness are praised, yet a mix of moments of sobriety and tenderness heightens appeal. The piece stresses good temper, natural ease, and sympathetic charm as the core of enduring allure.
A London sale shows marquis jewelry priced from 775 to 20 000 dollars, with Louis XIV’s button obsession highlighted by monumental sums. In contrast, home remedies and quips appear, noting cucumber cream as a cheap cosmetic and satirical gags about modern life and science.
Textile styles for autumn shown as cadet blue cloth and blue liberty silk ensembles. Designs include a railroad freight coat in gray broadcloth with velta trim, a dinner gown in gray soutache and white lace, and a fall suit with white silk yoke and passementerie. The pieces are illustrated in figures and tied to a National Dressmakers display in Chicago and St Louis from September 12 to 19.
In a Good Housekeeping inspired stanza by Hannah G. Fernald, a bluejay greedily snatches crumbs and chases away smaller birds, while sparrows quarrel over food. The calm, polite chickadees eat neatly, prompting maternal praise for good manners.
The rhinoceros hornbill from Borneo is a remarkable and little known bird. It dwells in high fruit forests, travels in large flocks that sound like thunder when disturbed, and faces many predators. The male seals the female in a nest after laying eggs, an example of animal unselfishness.
A male hornbill walls his mate inside a nest using dirt tree gum and debris to protect her during brooding. He continues feeding her despite guarding against large predators like pythons and monitor lizards, an act noted by naturalists as selfless devotion.
A west ern miner cites the compass plant as a north pointing guide on the western plains. He says its leaves always point due north, helping travelers push toward home. He notes trees moss and trunk exposure also aid navigation, per a Louisville Courier Journal report.
A reformer asks how a man clean in private can make dirty deals in politics. The practical man replies that private bathing and public life share similar consequences, a biting exchange from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The brigands of Corsica employ trained dogs to detain and pin victims until their crew arrives, increasing the effectiveness of ambushes and robberies.
Newspaper excerpt explains do it yourself rope vaulting using a tree limb, rope, and wooden posts. Instructions cover setup, crossing technique, and safety, noting high vaults are hard but entertaining for boys and a healthful pastime. Cites Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dispatchers run trains and bear the safety burden, a plain American figure who works night after night without rest, facing storms, blockades, and wrecks, with their nerves and vigilance serving the nation’s travel and commerce. Also notes elephant grooming costs and a bishop sleeping on the Vancouver wharf during travel.
The Midland Farmer notes a hedge-row system for strawberry beds to reduce care and boost fruit. Space plants six inches apart with clean ground between, allow three feet between rows, and maintain roots with ample feeding ground to grow large berries over several years.
A simple human operated gate latch could prevent crop loss by ensuring the gate opens only by human hands. The design calls for two elbow slots cut in the latch to slide on a nail, with upright slots about one and a half inches and horizontal about four inches, mortise length two inches longer than latch width.
A Farmers' Review summary notes great daily variation in milk fat content. England tests by Prof Ingle show morning fat around 3.2 percent and evening fat about 4.5 percent, with some samples over 9 percent. Milk yield shows morning 18 pounds, evening 32 pounds, and long nighttime intervals between milking. Legal standards risk prosecution if fat falls below 3 percent, yet sampling timing can mislead, suggesting potential watering cases.
A low cost fly trap using a tight water filled barrel and a baited cylinder draws flies into a water submerged cage. Flies crawl under the cylinder as they seek bait, rise inside, and can be drowned by lifting and soaking the cylinder. Demonstrated by Orange Judd Farmer.
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