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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1903
Page
2
Martha pushes for fifteen more dollars to buy a bonnet she craves, while Horatio, aging and deaf, quietly shoulders the burden to keep her from mortification. Their Sunday trek to Jermyn Street reveals a shared longing to preserve youth in a fading union.
Martha revives old affection with Horatio Whitney on Easter in a sunlit city walk. A faded overcoat memory prompts a revival of youth as she re-creates his wedding gray with apple blossom bonnets and Easter lilies, bringing them both to church renewed.
The sun entered the old New York dungeon where Ethan Allen was imprisoned for the first time in 147 years. Workers had to pry up a marble floor block beneath an iron ring said to have connected to executions in the early years after independence while bookbinders and assistants preserved registrar records.
A playful Harvard Lampoon line the notes a witty quip about romance and a slow, gentle idea of love as the world’s motor in a lighthearted feature strip style.
Chicago April 5 1903 sermon by J M Edson on First Corinthians 10 13. Faithful God provides a door of escape at the point of strongest pressure, as Jesus faced temptations in the wilderness. The piece urges honest facing of lust of flesh eye and pride of life, and notes examples from Elijah Noah David Bunyan Columbus and Stanley to show God’s restraint and pathway to safety.
A devotional discourse likens temptation to steel testing, showing how trials prove a Christian's capacity for service. It cites Jesus, Moses, and Job, notes God does not tempt but allows testing, and urges reliance on the opened door of escape while enduring trials toward spiritual crown and growth.
A quotation from Annie M. Toohey in Christian Work counsels those in grief to seek brighter scenes and lighter diversions. It urges turning from shadow to life, praying for loved ones, and sharing gratitude for health, to soften heartaches and sustain the Christian spirit.
A caller volunteers that the newly married man plans to take out an accident insurance policy. The man asks what company the caller represents. The caller replies accident insurance, but the husband jokes that his wife is not ready to cook yet.
A Ludlow youth asks why a wife is called the better half and the Cumminsville Sage replies that she usually gets the best of the other half in a light hearted Cincinnati Enquirer quip.
A quoted exchange notes a mind blank during sleep and asks how one can know when awake, reflecting a philosophical puzzle reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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