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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
6
Defiance Express entered at the post office in Defiance Ohio as second class mail. Daily Evening Edition only delivered by city carriers. Subscription rates listed for in city and outside city plus long distance and Northwestern telephone numbers.
The piece discusses criticism that illustrators misinterpret authors work, citing Dickens objections to Brown and Cruikshank drawings. It notes Dickens avoided unsuitable depictions and preferred consulting authors but rarely accepted peers input. The article argues artists should consult authors to avoid misrepresentation.
A preacher’s excerpt outlines Joshua’s rise to leadership and divine mandate in the early chapters of the Book of Joshua. It frames Joshua as successor to Moses and emphasizes obedience to God as central to Israelite conquest and settlement in Canaan.
The piece argues that active minds stay sharper and that many financiers remain engaged into old age. It cites Russell Sage, Edward B. Wesley, and Commodore Vanderbilt as examples of late-life financial activity. The takeaway: a sound constitution and steady effort help sustain happiness in business until nature ends the run.
In 1905 natural gas production and sales in the United States totaled 41 562 855 dollars as output rose despite wasteful methods. The prospect of fuel shortages appears to rest on a weak foundation amid expanding supplies and ongoing inefficiencies.
A train robber was captured while sleeping near West after a few days on the run. Detectives were surprised to learn the outlaw chose rest over evasion during the arrest.
A reflection on God’s promise to Joshua and the example of Moses Moody and Paul, stressing divine union as the source of power. The text urges believers to seek closeness to God to hear his voice and to wait for empowerment before stepping into leadership. It emphasizes preparation, humility, and reliance on divine guidance for onward progress.
The story recalls Israel’s 30 days of mourning in Moab after Moses’ death. Joshua, amid quiet contemplation in his tent, seeks God’s will, recalls past rebellion and unbelief, and weighs the heavy duty of leading the people toward the Promised Land.
The Tokio Y M C A. doubles membership from 484 to 1008 within six months. At Nagasaki, on the site of a Shinto temple, a Y M C A building costing 24000 yen has just been erected.
A concise remark attributes to the everyday editor a grand sense of duty, picturing the smaller, human role in shaping the vast, unwritten laws of existence. The line provocatively elevates modest influence to cosmic proportionality.
The line reflects a poetic maxim about the impossibility of engraving a name on paradise’s doors with any diamond, suggesting the futility of fame or fame-seeking marks in the afterlife.
The passage portrays Joshua seeking divine guidance through prayer before leading Israel across the Jordan. It highlights Moses’ blessing, God’s promise to be with Joshua, and the people's renewed faith as they await the vision of conquest and the three day call to prepare to pass over Jordan.
The Alliance Israelite has allotted a large sum for educating Bialystok pogrom orphans. Local relief committee, constrained by limited funds, can only offer modest aid.
Oberlin supports the Shansi mission in Central China while Yale began mission work there years ago. Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania soon joined, and Princeton plans to expand by funding a complete YMCA mission in Peking.
A terse remark suggests a man whose appearance hints at religious conflict insists others share his dose, highlighting tension between personal belief and communal expectations.
A devotional study on Jesus rising from the tomb near Calvary on Sunday morning April 9 AD 30. It cites parallel accounts in Mark Luke and John, explains angelic messages to disciples and guards, and offers practical thoughts from 1 Corinthians 15 Hebrews 12 John 16 and Philippians 4.
A 1906 bowled essay extols the southern girl as charming and capable. It highlights her elegance, social polish, and disciplined upbringing, noting her balance of gentleness and command. The piece praises education music and manners, career potential, and the married matron’s grace within the home.
The Sunday Magazine notes Shakespeare based Shylock on a Venice incident. A wager of a pound of flesh between Christian and Jew around Santo Domingo is cited as the probable source for The Merchant of Venice.
An essay notes mans appetite stretches beyond animals to reptiles insects and other creatures. It argues humans cling to diverse foods despite grotesque forms and repellent traits, upheld by an enduring hunger and social need.
In a brief exchange from the New York Sun a couple jokes about ark building and humor. The man boasts a better match while she responds with a pout and muted laughter. The line ends on his conviction she lacks humor.
The excerpt portrays Muggs as claiming high principles while failing to apply them, highlighting a pattern of hypocrisy rather than virtue. It sketches a character who rhetorically cites ideals but acts contrary to them, exposing a gap between talk and conduct.
A Southern newspaper tribute honors Margaret Sangster for her role in rallying hearts of the Sunny South. Women of the community recall her leadership and the southern spirit she embodied.
Description of a pale blue gown showing a robin's egg blue cloth suit with a lace waist and shoulder straps, pleated skirt with soutache braids, deep yoke, rhinestone buckles, a matching velvet belt, and a long blue coat with elaborate braiding, finished by a blue felt hat and ostrich plume.
This satin stitch pattern suits many ornamentation needs. It can be effectively stitched on box pleats or straps to trim blouses or linen dresses, infant flannel head squares, flannel petticoat flounces, or on straps for trimming flannel dresses, jackets, and gowns.
A simple children’s activity using a mix of cornstarch and table salt to form molds. Kids wet the craft pieces, shape them into balls cubes or other forms, then dry them slowly by baking or air drying for several days. Suitable for rainy days and can aid older children with relief maps.
The article suggests adding a narrow shelf above the doorway lintel to display extra plates and a tall vase. It notes staining to match woodwork and that a home carpenter can install this contrivance to fill the blank space above a high ceiling.
A shoulder form now on the market at a nominal cost fits all shoulders including square drooping and mismatched. It gives an absolutely tailored look that lasts as long as the garment and can be placed in waists or coats with one style having padding attached.
Authorities agree silks of all kinds will be worn extensively this winter as a reaction to the lingerie craze of prior seasons. Soft satin crepes Pekinese silks and similar fabrics will be used for tea gowns. brocades and embossed velvets will appear in evening wear. Broche satins with gold and silver embroidery have arrived.
Instructions describe crafting two tops a button and a whip top. A button top uses a peg through a center hole with care to balance for spinning on long or short ends. The whip top guides shaping a wooden cylinder with a wire insert and two circular cuts to form a pointed tip for spin and display.
A puzzle-style note outlines how ten matches are laid first as in Fig 1 and asks how to rearrange them into five pairs by taking each match in turn across the arrangement, challenging readers to complete the pairing sequence.
The text describes two match tricks. It guides counting matches left to right to pair numbers, then solving with assignments 4 to 1, 6 to 9, 8 to 3, 10 to 7, and 2 to 5. It then completes the second trick by removing two matches and forming four right angled triangles and two squares, first a smaller square with four matches, then adding the remaining four to finish the second square and reveal the geometric result.
A Success Magazine idea stresses that true progress requires thorough self-respect. One must think well of oneself or others will not respect you.
A London Tit-Bits snippet laments how removing vanity and selfishness from some people leaves little behind, reflecting a sharp social critique.
A thoughtful note presents fourteen common life errors. It urges against judging others by personal standards and chasing perfection while recognizing limits to knowledge and power. The list cautions against assuming universality of opinion and the impossibility of knowing all.
The article introduces double tit tat te a variant of tic tac toe with four cross lines creating more spaces for moves. Players strive to get four in a row, making the game harder and more complex. It claims adults can enjoy it as a test of quick thinking and strategy.
The British association examined sleep duration for youths with no universal rule. They noted Wellington's eight‑hour guideline as a plausible target for many. An emphasis on more sleep during growth was urged, supported by a school letter citing improved work after delaying breakfast from seven to eight.
An English critic’s remark that Henry James gropes through English is rebuked by the London Globe which argues his method is better than writers who “dance through the language as if they were doing a cake walk.”
Prof Williams Jackson recounts a Persia Past and Present tale where a man with inflamed eyes seeks horse doctor remedies. The vet administers animal salve and the man loses his sight, suing for damages. The judge weighs evidence but his ruling remains unclear in the fragment.
A quoted remark claims the man would not have visited a veterinarian if not for being an ass, illustrating a heated exchange over damages.
A plain citizen complains of lacking consideration as a taxpayer. The billionaire retorts that with savings and wise investing one might escape taxes and become a tax dodger.
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