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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
2
The item notes Missouri mules sent to Alaska and reindeer seeking new roles. It remarks on pockets and loose change, 2.85 dollars, and lists Japan shipping 631 coolies to the U S. It references English fashion trends and social mores, cites Carrie Catt on marriage training, and wryly comments on lawyers and questions.
Readers are stunned by word that more than 8,000,000 Bibles were sold nationwide in the past year. The column notes expectations, education in the East, and Harvard plans for next fall football courses amid safety concerns over rail and air travel.
Carrie Chapman Catt asserts a wife should discipline her husband like training a mule. She contends authority and direct guidance are necessary and warns against surprising him from behind.
Consul H. J. Harvey from Fort Erie notes that Niagara Ontario’s power development has stimulated many new industries in the district.
Consul General Church Howe of Montreal states Canada welcomed 215 912 immigrants in 1906, a 49 percent rise from 1905. The report highlights overall migration growth and points to sustained regional settlement trends.
Report notes a French aeronaut who has achieved 210 successful attempts and suggests that if he understands probability he should consider quitting soon due to the high odds and fatigue.
The income of Mrs William Astor is put down at $2,500,000 a year, but her resources are practically unlimited. She is now 76 years old and a great grandmother.
Marie Corelli asserts an invisible power compels her to write. Hall Caine may conclude such powers imply unbecoming tendencies.
Dr. Charles Harrington recommends extending the invitation to the coming congress of hygiene and demography in Berlin to hold its meeting in Washington in 1909 or 1910.
King Edward undertakes major revision of the Church of England prayer book amid debate and public interest about liturgical changes and religious practice.
A Chicago man who has retired from business with only 5 000 000 because he says he has enough faces sharp criticism. Critics urge him to continue working to endow universities support educational funds and libraries.
The piece reports Japanese generals critiquing Kuropatkin’s late war account as self defense rather than factual history. It notes that even the Japanese themselves admit flaws in their historical portrayal.
The Baltimore American reports a Mississippi Supreme Court decision allowing damages in a case where parents sued over their boy injured by an electric light on a tree. The article frames the ruling as affirming a child’s right to pursue happiness and to climb trees under the Constitution.
A Kansas City Star report notes a local dealer expects buffalo robes to fade from markets. Six robes were on sale this winter from a citizen unable to keep the skins, five sold, with $500 offer for the last and $600 wanted by the owner. The robes are not unusually large.
Mulberry plantations are being established in India to expand silkworm propagation and to turn mulberry gardens into distribution centers for cuttings and young plants to the public.
A report claims the approaching comet will not damage Earth but may terrify the oversusceptible, a warning framed as an old customary belief about comets.
A vivid colonial-era metaphor portrays ongoing Central American conflicts as animals fighting to a draw. The line suggests persistent, quiet hostility with no decisive victory in sight.
A London paper reports that sixteen Limehouse houses gained rent-free status for years as no landlord could be found. The unusual vacancy pattern leaves tenants without rent obligations while owners avoided liability.
A sermon-like reflection draws on Gideon’s 300 men against 135000, arguing God favors quality over sheer numbers. It highlights faith over flesh, citing Thessalonica, Luther, Knox, Wilberforce, and Moody to show how a few empowered by the Spirit achieve victory. It praises using simple tools under divine guidance.
Gideon learns the Lord will provide victory with fewer soldiers. He tests the men by water and chooses 300 who stay watchful. The Midianite camp is struck at night, the enemy panics, and Israel is delivered.
Gideon leads a swelling Israelite force from 1000 to 30000 as fighters gather from Manasseh Asher Zebulun and Naphtali to overthrow Baal and lift the Midianite threat. At Mount Gilead the army advances but Gideon senses fear among the ranks before the confrontation in the Jezreel valley.
In a tense on train exchange a man with a grave look suddenly imagines an earthquake sweeping from Kingston to Panama. He envisions the canal zone, water, banks, workers, and machines exposed to a quake and a twist, drawing a dramatic, speculative chain of consequences. The other passenger worries about the train departing.
Midnight scene at the Saranac shows proprietor Mr McNulty and actor Mr Montgomery in the bar when a bell boy whispers that No 109 wants to borrow a Bible. McNulty replies there has never been such a thing in this house since it opened.
Fabrics described include lightwsight serge plaits and wash flannel in various qualities. Also featured are poplin weave patterns and a woolen background overplaid with silk noted as one of the prettiest.
A devotional study outlines Joseph as the favored son of Jacob, his brothers' envy, the murder plot, and the family grief at his sale to traders in the Dothan region. It links Joseph's dreams to divine purpose and contrasts his integrity with gossipy reporting.
Rev Dr James I Vance of North Reformed church Newark N J led the fiftieth anniversary observance by urging a mission collection. The goal for 1909 is 200000 dollars for the board of foreign missions and on Golden Jubilee Sunday December 16 a total of 4500 dollars was raised.
News from Australia notes Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists form state committees to advance church union. Practical results are said to be hopeful.
Allan Sankey son of a famous singing revivalist continues the family craft as a hymn composer. Several of his tunes are gaining traction in New England revival meetings.
A craft feature shows three decorative collars with vests for plain serge dresses. It describes white cambric and silk options, plus a white cloth sailor style collar with silk lining and a chemisette.
The butterfly luncheon symbolizes renewal and offers a decorative idea for hosts. Create paper or crepe paper butterflies, suspend them from a chandelier, and use matching candle shades and place cards. Use spring flowers in a low centerpiece with a new pointed flower holder suitable for short stems. contact the author for details if the item is unavailable.
In Washington D C children from all walks of life join the annual Easter Monday egg rolling on the White House grounds. The Marine band plays, gates stay open from opening to closing, and egg baskets churn with confetti like a festive scene. The practice is noted as an ancient custom with a reference to King Edward I’s expense for eggs.
A survey of new purse trends among girls highlights a leather belt attached fob purse, a folded wallet style with coin and bill compartments, a variegated knitted bag, and an umbrella handle purse with a tiny coin receptacle. Also popular are leather folders for car tickets brought inside purses, praised for preventing mix ups.
Knitted project details describe one and a half skeins of Scotch yarn two bone needles and a narrow cast on of 50 stitches. Work knitted back and forth until the piece reaches the suggested size and shape.
Instructions describe casting on 50 stitches on each side of a center panel to create 150 stitches total. Knit back and forth to form 50 ribs on the wider section, bind off, sew long and short parts together, and crochet shell edging around the edge and armholes. Add five stitches for larger sizes.
The notice proposes guest invitations shaped like a fool's cap with a jesters sketch and asks each guest to recount the most foolish act they ever did or heard of.
Plumes remain stylish and new shades appear in hats trimmed with ostrich plumes roses and lace. Simple models are easy to copy at home, though some skill is required to avoid home made looks. A French trio features violet straw hats with lace and ribbon bows, easy to DIY.
A historical how to describe building a simple telephone using two pine boards eight inch central circle, fresh beef bladders stretched for days, and flexible wire from book binding. The article lists materials including tacks gutta percha overcoats leather strips and instructions to shape the board and assemble the device.
Instructions describe making two bladder drums with leather edge and wire buttons to form a functional telephone. Attach weights, dry in sun, connect buttons to main wire with loops, and call by striking buttons. Device claims service range from three feet to three miles.
In a youthful chat, Bobby asks about tacking while his sister recalls her first sailboat experience. She explains that tacking is turning halfway round and then sailing on the bias, noting the learning process as they discuss seamanship.
In Lippincott’s Magazine a small boy, urged by his mother, responds to a request with “Pee it!” while the minister’s wife has given him an apple to calm his evident restlessness.
A humorous exchange questions if the blind can sense color by touch. A quoted example uses a blind man who allegedly identifies a red hot stove by touching it.
An account of ancient Greek and Roman games shows quoits like throwing a discus. The discus measured ten to twelve inches and was pitched with a twist of the body. A similar ancient sport used a perforated heavy ball called throwing the soles with a rope.
A father's tale from Youth's Companion explains optimism through Uncle William. He taught his son to view hard tasks as windows to a brighter view, turning battles into chores and challenges into progress. The father's example defines what he calls an optimist.
A vivid scene shows two caterpillars contending for space on a twig with a fight to the death implied. The image parallels human duel in a ring as each creature seeks the advantage.
Olympian Mercury asks Vulcan if Jupiter’s thunderbolts are real. Vulcan replies that Jupiter forged them, dismissing the claim with a sly retort in a playful mythic exchange.
A humorous exchange between a dear girl and an old bachelor turns on love at first sight. The girl claims belief while the bachelor jokes that men would not fall in love if gifted with second sight.
In a Washington Star column a dialogue shows Senator Sorghum conceding that permitting his political rival to speak will expose the rival's ideas while his own party borrows the good proposals and avoids responsibility for the bad ones.
Correspondent asks how much to write about the pillar in the new square while the editor contends it would make a good column story. The exchange signals local interest in commemorative features and city priorities.
Maeterlinck argues vanity clouds belief in insect intelligence and cites an incident to show bee problem solving. English entomologists would accept bee reasoning if bees showed substituting clay or mortar for wax. Andrew Knight applied cement of wax and turpentine to tree bark and bees immediately used the material, ceasing propolis collection, demonstrating a new idea and action.
A 62 year old Baltimore man proclaims he never told a lie, a claim linked to political vibes as the Milwaukee politician, aged 61, asserts he has never been kissed, highlighting a odd contrast in personal lore.
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