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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
3
An analysis of England’s Boer War lessons and military failures. It argues England lacked preparedness, critiques leadership, and notes the prominence of second sons of titled families in the army, who favor parade over drill and discipline while noncommissioned officers bear the burden of duties.
An assessment questions England's claimed military strength. It notes Lord Roberts and the army's failures to match paper expectations, citing a 1,170,000 force only on paper, with actual field numbers far lower and recruiting drawn from a shrinking, underpaid working class. It praises West Point style training but laments British officer quality and the shift away from traditional recruiting.
Daniel Cleverton argues that Britain’s reliance on volunteer enlistment clashes with Europe’s conscription armies. He says England cannot expect its generals to match compulsory service abroad, calling the task practically impossible.
A New York Sun feature describes puddling for bullhead catfish by bare feet in marshes at the Head of the Lake season when they hole in. Puddler uses a bag to collect fish, wading in old clothes, rolling sleeves, and feeling mud to locate the smooth bodies before grabbing the fish swiftly. The piece ends with a Chicago American quip about envy over warts.
A condensed digest from the department of commerce and the Anglo-Indian Review outlines radium prospects. It notes medical uses in X rays cancer and blindness treatment, limited industrial supply, and a claim that a fraction of an ounce could light several rooms without renewal this century. It cites an ounce driving a 50 HP car 20 miles around the world.
A New York Sun report describes a brindle medium sized dog crate tied to an express wagon awaiting shipment to a Pacific coast city. The traveler notes the dog’s intelligent, friendly face and hopes it will be treated well on the long journey, predicting it will win friends from expressmen along the way. The piece segues into a village barber and circuit preacher anecdote.
Panama’s General Vazquez Cobos, angered by a drink offered by “el Americano,” leads a short revolt after tampering with a highball. He overwhelms the government, seizes control, then sleeps through his seizure before being arrested and hidden away while the country reels from the odd crisis.
The Brooklyn Eagle surveys tonight's fashion trends with broadtail tideline in black and white, plum and Havana brown shades, vivid Persian passementerie, and silk laces in black white cream ecru and champagne. Embroideries, sashes, and plumes adorn gowns hats and fur garments as chiffons velvets and laces shape the season.
A fragment from a period sketch features a dialogue about idealism and reality. The son-in-law and Mire Weaderty discuss love, matrimony, and the tensions of married life, with a humorous note on romantic dreams versus practical bonds.
A collage of light anecdotes and punch lines from nineteenth and early twentieth century papers. It lampoons language quirks fashion follies and social manners through short quips about charm deception marriage calling cards and stock chatter. The sketches mix humorous dialogues and city phrases with regional humor.
Franklin Matthews explains in Outing that a ship's launch rests on heavy calculations. The process begins with determining the vessel’s specific gravity to ensure proper balance and buoyancy before any physical steps are taken.
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a wandering village barber who signs a window with Saturday and offers shave and hair cut at five and ten cents. The tale follows his rounds among nearby villages, verified by locals as the barber’s itinerant routine. Excerpts describe electric tramways on Petersburg ice and the craft of shipbuilding, plus brief items on Argentina butter exports, a Dresden cakewalk protest, and a Kansas dyspepsia cure.
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