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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
6
A sermon exploring Jesus as the True Vine with God the Father as the husbandman. Nature mirrors divine will, teaching spiritual truths from vine imagery and agricultural parables. The talk links Isaiah and Paul with Jesus birth, death, and union with believers through nature and scripture.
A devotional meditation on Christ as the True Vine with believers as branches. It emphasizes humility, dependence on the Vine, and the Father as the Husbandman, urging abiding in Christ, patient growth, and unity among denominations while avoiding pride. It calls readers to endure dark hours, wait for growth, and bear fruit through humble obedience.
A Chicago Tribune piece recalls a rain day scene in a Dearborn Street restaurant. Two umbrellas hanging on the same pillar lead to a chance clash of two strangers as fate makes two identical umbrellas cause a misunderstanding and trouble for innocent bystanders.
Helen Gladstone, daughter of the British prime minister, widens charity in London Southwark as warden of the Women’s University Settlement. She left Newnham College to aid her father in his final year, later serving as his confidante and unofficial secretary. Her Cambridge leadership helped raise women’s education standards in England.
The Chicago Chronicle notes Mrs. Grover Cleveland will spend much of the winter in New York enjoying society. Once first lady, she impressed with elegance and charity, though not popular, and now lives in Princeton with her husband. She remains active in children’s education and kindergarten work on the East Side.
A Health column extols honey’s digestive benefits and easy assimilation similar to starch and sugar. It notes honey’s nutritional value, medicinal roles for lung and throat ailments, kidney and bladder remedies, and its use as a preservative and in cooking, with historical references to milk and honey.
A Berlin court examined if a starving man can eat a large eight pence loaf in one meal. German law treats bread theft by starving individuals as not theft if the bread is shared. The worker who stole from a bakery and shared with a starving friend was acquitted.
The Ladies' Field club for women opens in London near Bond Street and Piccadilly. It will offer billiard and card rooms and a club drag for members who prefer horses to cars, appealing to sport and country pursuits enthusiasts.
Guidance on ironing handkerchiefs emphasizes starting with the middle to prevent swelling, followed by ironing the edges. It advises testing the iron beforehand and keeping a rag handy for cleaning or testing.
London sees a tea shop fad with crowded afternoon and evening crowds from Bond Street to penny cups. The trend expands with rooms decorated in foreign styles such as a fashionable Regent Street tea room the Far East with Japanese decor and geisha staff. A new Scotch themed tea room plans to feature Gaelic attire and tweed accents with imported staff.
Text covers Samuel’s divine call as a boy at Shiloh, after which God reveals plans against Eli’s house. It notes Hannah’s prayer, Samuel’s early faith, Eli’s failure to restrain his sons, and the moral lesson of starting life devoted to God. The piece links Samuel’s youth to his future leadership and the nation’s spiritual unity.
A tip suggests adding a tablespoonful of turpentine to the copper used for boiling clothes to help whiten fabrics. The note frames this as a practical whitening aid for laundry tasks of the era.
In New York a hotel installs an automatic call system that rings guests at precise times. A master clock in the office can set alarms for any room and never sleeps, unlike overworked bellboys. The system aids hotel staff during late hour train schedules and ensures timely wakeups.
Numerous parcels across Michigan and Ohio described with acreage, soil, buildings, and prices. Notable items include 82 acre small farm near Toledo at 1300, 100 acre Missouri listing at 4000, 500 acre stock farm at 35 per acre, and Michigan tracts from 5 to 160 acres priced per acre or with exchange options. Multiple county locations and building specs listed.
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