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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
9
A desert journey tale from Exodus 15 27 depicts the weary Hebrews murmuring under heat and thirst. Jahziel leads, the Cloud guides, and a palm shaded oasis near the camp reveals God s care amid doubt and fatigue. The lesson notes stress trust in divine leading and acceptance of blessing.
The article explains light arising from rapid electrical oscillations in atoms. It reviews Bartoli’s 1881 sun light to electricity experiment and Dr. Davis’s more sensitive setup, which found no measurable galvanometer deflection, suggesting outside disturbances or an effect too small to detect with current instruments.
A British oversight of religions in Ceylon after a century of rule prompts a report accusing Buddhist temples of decay due to incompetent and dishonest clergy. The commission urges resuming state supervision, drawing opposition from Christians and Muslims who question favoring one faith. No action taken yet as observers watch the government's response.
A wolf at the door is driven away by a stern warning It tucks its tail and flees after a commanding voice from Harper's Bazar notes.
In Atlanta, officials note the Navy’s achievements deserve more recognition on U S postage stamps. A naval officer argues the post office should honor eminent naval officers, contrasting the army’s frequent commemoration on stamp issues.
The Cleveland Leader reports a congressman suggests immigrants should adopt American names. The notion, proposing names like O'Brien Schwartzmeister and Cohn, prompts controversy about identity and assimilation in the context of immigration.
A quip contrasts the editor in chief as the public figure who attends banquets and takes glory with the aging editor who does the hard labor behind the scenes. The joke frames hierarchy in newsroom leadership.
Digest of a brief, fragmented quotation from the New York Sun noting difficulty in interpreting a saying about a wife and a playful wordplay. The text is an OCR fragment with no clear news event or identifiable persons beyond generic references.
The temple elephant in southern India inspires great respect as contact with him is believed to cure ailments more effectively than medicine. Adults touch his legs and press them to their eyes, and sick children may be carried on his back for a short distance for healing. A Hebrew saying warns that sin thrice makes wrongdoing seem permissible.
A new signaling system uses a submerged bell and shipboard receivers to locate shoals lighthouses and other vessels. With port and starboard transmitters the pilot can determine bearing, aiding navigation in fog. Tests showed clear sound differences enabling position fixes. The Cunarder Lucania reportedly picked Nantucket lightship at seven and a half miles.
A German developed system uses a flaming arc with direct current to fuse rail ends. The positive wire to carbon and negative to rail create a molten steel melt that runs into a mold around the joint forming a perfect weld. Current is stepped from 550 to 60 volts. a trolley wire powers the setup with a wagon carrying a dynamo and an auxiliary storage battery. The process allows repairs while trains run and has been used on machines and steam engine components.
Mrs Liscom denounces piazza gossip as a waste and hotbed of rumor during a seaside summer. She recalls newcomers learning to avoid talk, while neighbors discuss tables, cottagers, Swansley quarrels, Rand girls, and Muriel engagement as a pattern of social chatter.
Dr. Vogel reports German consumption at about 22 000 tons with 9 800 tons produced domestically, leaving over 12 000 tons import needs. Norway contributes 9 500 tons, Sweden 8 200 tons, Switzerland 21 000 tons, Austria Hungary 15 000, with Germany France and Italy the top European users. World consumption estimated at 100 000 tons.
A vivid Civil War anecdote follows a young guard on a dangerous post along the Northern Central rail road. L. endures four hours alone under a tree fearing a Confederate ambush, while distant bats and owls heighten his tense vigil until a loud fall reveals the intruder was a heavy coon escaping through the cornfield.
A publishing house plans a joint Union General Howard and Confederate Lieutenant General Lee history. The piece critiques standard battle descriptions and proposes a comprehensive, readable battle account with clear troop positions, movements, and outcomes. It cites a sample description with detailed lines, formations, casualties, and captures to illustrate the desired style.
The full blouse waist style for young girls features tucked shoulders and a five gore skirt with options for inverted pleat or gathered back. Uses cashmere serge Henrietta mohair or stylish plaids and requires two and three quarters yards of 44 inch material in medium size. Sizes 8 to 14 years. Send 10 cents plus size and pattern number to the Pattern Department with name and address.
The National Tribune reports that Chinese and Japanese shooters used American flags as targets in Los Angeles shooting galleries. Police stopped the activity, closed the galleries, and dispersed the participants.
A bookkeeper says a large bill will be sent to Mr Fix emup after a dentist notes the man who fixed plumbing at his house is Mr Fix emup. The exchange hints at a retaliatory motive and a dispute over payment.
A Plymouth Rock hen at W. A. McClain's farm near Arcola voluntarily mothers five newborn piglets after being denied eggs. She stays with the litter day and night and gathers two under her wings each evening.
Development of light blue crepe de chine waist with black velvet straps across front. Upper part tucked to yoke, new sleeves with fullness tucked over a close cuff. Suitable fabrics include tafetta pongee cashmere voile net. Medium size needs three yards of 36 inch material. Sizes 32 to 42 inch bust. 5539.
A busy man debates his barber about hair color and the sun’s likeness. The barber jokes that none of color or variegation matches, then quips the hair vanishes quickly as he uses the tonic bottle like a fire extinguisher.
A tale about Mayor McClellan hosting Tammany leaders at his Washington Square home where a knee breeches wearing butler greets guests and a guest whispers in disbelief that it is a masquerade party.
Clara questions a man's professed love after only two days of acquaintance, while Maude suggests doubt may be the reason for his declarations in this Chicago Daily News exchange.
A rural wedding tale has the bridegroom recalling a Chicago honeymoon ride in a sightseeing car. He jokes that Jen saw everything while Jem saw only him, eliciting amused gasps from villagers at the post office.
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