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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
7
A rustic essay notes city families face exclusion and nuisance from children while countryside homes embrace them. It argues urban children are a financial burden to city workers, whereas farm children contribute to productive labor and bring cheer to long winters.
An article argues the Latin alphabet, derived from Irish origins, should become the global standard, replacing Chinese characters in Japan and influencing world writing. It credits the Irish monks for the script and asserts universal adoption would stabilize letter values.
A German observer notes in 1906 St Petersburg and Moscow want ads show social distress. Noble family daughter pleads for adoption or work after robbers killed her parents. Many adverts cite starvation and last pennies, urging immediate aid and charity.
Finland’s foreign commerce reached 98,584,400 in 1905, up from 1904. Exports totaled 46,860,400 and imports 51,740,000, led by lumber at 23,989,900 and breadstuffs as the largest imports at 796,618,000 pounds. paper and pulp rose to 6,735,700 with butter and animal products at 8,009,800.
A balloon ascends above Mont Blanc and San tos Dumont flies over Paris in an ambitious aeroplane. Skeptics doubt the feasibility of navigating the air at will.
Readers are invited to study a proposed 20 percent markup on mirrors and offer recommendations through local women’s clubs, framing possible impacts and community response.
The piece notes that divorces are believed to be most frequent in small towns and villages, attributing the trend to more active gossip in these communities.
The excerpt references Joshua chapter 6 and credits W. 8. Edson as author for a 1906 publication. It frames Jericho's fall as a scriptural authority tied to biblical siege events.
A sermon contrasts human planning with God directed conquest. Joshua receives the vision of Jericho’s fall and, trusting divine will, moves to make the promise real. The message urges Christians to seize their own Jerichos with courage, under God’s leadership.
In Jericho the night before the Israelite siege, terror grips the city as watchers report the Jordan crossing and a large force advancing. Rahab and her kin shelter in her wall house as the wall guards warn that the army is near and the city braces for a fateful dawn.
Rahab and her family are saved under the scarlet cord as the Israelites circle Jericho seven times, the walls fall, and Rahab and her kin are brought out before the city is burned. Separate note describes James R. Keene's racehorse Sysonby skeleton exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.
In Rome the Vatican houses the largest topaz known, weighing seven pounds and bearing carvings that lapidaries worked on for sixty one years to complete.
Spanish violinist Saraste earns about $50 000 yearly from his craft. He attributes success to six hours of daily practice since age twelve. He rebukes inattentive audiences and once halted a private concert to scold a talking, fanning lady for beating time, restoring quiet.
Warren M. Van Norden of Rye New York starts a zebroid farm bringing in Grevy zebra and Bohimi zebras. He claims zebroids exceed horses in longevity and toughness and will fetch 800 to 1000 dollars. the project aims to address telegony with breeding trials sparking scientific debate between breeders and Prof W Ewart of Edinburgh.
The speaker muses that a man as strong as a flea could, when an automobile threatens, lift the vehicle and fling it over a nineteen-story office building. He dismisses modern danger with hyperbolic bravado, framing strength as ultimate defense.
The Houston Post quotes a remark about a minister's vocabulary in a humorous exchange. The line asks if the minister has a large vocabulary and quips that the speaker has never seen him fall down, implying unexpected limits or humility.
A witty exchange unfolds as a young woman questions a politician about the index number and its relation to the monetary standard and policy. He grows flustered, suspecting she is mocking him as a financier and political economist.
A Milwaukee Sentinel item quotes a woman telling a burglar she will give him house keys and show valuables if he will remove the gas meter. The exchange frames a curious demand as police consider possible motives.
Cartoonish humorous note reflects domestic life in a 19th century paper. Dialogue contrasts Mrs. Knicker and Mrs. Smartset on whether a cook is treated like family. Wry snapshot of social norms in playful column.
A poem recalls a sturdy boy named John Howard with laughing eyes and rosy cheeks. He vows to face danger without flinching, while his storyteller grandfather, a veteran, shares Canon’s roar and rebel fights. The narrator notes the boy’s bravado in wartime lore.
Orson Nickerson of Oconto Wisconsin recalls a life spanning the Mexican War under Gen Winfield Scott and Civil War service with Gen Grant. He fought at Gettysburg and later deserts, rejoining the Union Army, and settled in Canton New York before moving to Wisconsin. now elderly, he enjoys a fruitful orchard and quiet retirement.
In 1863 General Gillmore and Colonel Serrell built a swamp artillery battery near Charleston. Men hauled 13,000 sand bags and a 200-pound Parrott gun across mud to place the siege gun, firing on Charleston on August 22 and 23, then the gun failed. The effort proved a swamp battery was feasible and boosted Northern morale.
Pattern No 5493 in cream white challis features under arm and shoulder shaping with three quarter sleeves.Upper front and back fullness reduced by fine tucks with ribbon beading at edges. China silk cotton crepe albatross and dimity suitable. Size 34 38 40 bust. two and five eighths yards of 36 inch fabric. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and pattern number.
In a humorous exchange, Muldoon discovers his wife’s birthday gift of cigars, but he cleverly removes the flashy paper rings and hides the leaves, sparing him from forced tasting as she urges him to enjoy the box. The gag hinges on frugal practicality and marital banter.
Detroit Free Press item notes a humorous exchange where a floorwalker jokes about a customer laughing at a clerk who recalls a woman asking for mesmerized cotton. The brief exchange captures a snapshot of retail banter in a period newspaper tone.
A Bath inquest heard signs of lead poisoning in a man described as a heavy drinker. The doctor linked it to him being an early morning customer at pubs where beer sat in lead pipes overnight.
A compact aphorism contrasts men and gold as tests of character. The quote asserts gold tests human nature while humans test gold, reflecting a moral measurement of worth beyond wealth.
Arthur MacArthur who joined the army during the civil war has reached lieutenant general. He succeeded Lieut Gen Corbin on September 15 and will hold the rank until his retirement in June 1909. MacArthur was born in Massachusetts and entered from Wisconsin where his father was lieutenant governor. He served as adjutant of the Twenty fourth Wisconsin regiment at age 17.
A Washington Star exchange shows a censorious friend telling Sorghum he overlooks life’s other considerations for money. Sorghum responds that when he wants something done he can’t make the other person realize it.
A concise reflection on gradual steadfast effort overcoming large obstacles. The quote emphasizes patience and persistence as a path to yield what seems insurmountable when faced all at once. It notes that effort, though modest, accumulates toward overcoming difficulty.
Pattern No. 5664 presents a natural colored pongee shirt waist with front tucks creating fullness or optional gathering. Yoke can be omitted, cuffs close at full length or elbow sleeves with a narrow band. Suitable fabrics include taffeta cashmere linen and mercerized textiles. For 36 inch bust use 3 5/8 yards of 27 inch width. Sizes 32 to 42 inches. Address.
A Stratford-on-Avon Map or Statute fair drew a huge crowd from across England. Seven oxen and several pigs were roasted whole in street fires and eaten. The Humanitarian League protested the ox-roasting as barbarous and unworthy of a civilized community in this renowned borough.
Professor Paul Milyoukov, a noted Russian liberal, has been sentenced to death by the government. He gave lectures at the Lowell Institute in Boston in 1905 and later left the United States to confer with leaders of the liberal movement.
Prof Skeat notes Shakespeare used sixt for sixth in Henry the Six Parts and Life of Henry the Fift. He attributes authorship to Shakespeare for the three Henry VI plays and cites Anglo-Saxon variants sifta and siexta as forms in the era.
Frances Put, under Mammas watch, began writing letters. Recently with mamma away Frances drafted a note unaided using slang and a new spelling style. She wrote Grandma got a letter from Any and the news in it wort her out.
A small Cape Cod village lists several locals with fitting surnames. Lam bert the lumber dealer, Waterman the milkman, Phinney the fish merchant, Paradise the minister, and Bacon the provision dealer appear among the town’s citizens.
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