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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
6
Sir Lauder Brunton notes life expectancy rose from just under 40 in 1854 to about 48 in 1900, an eight year gain. The piece links longer lives to historical perspective, leisure, and social behavior, and cites New York Post on medieval life expectancy shaping risk.
Scriptural meditation on confession and judgment citing Joshua and Luke. It contrasts confession at mercy with forced confession at judgment, urging repentance today before the mercy seat and warning that unrepentant sin faces the day of wrath.
In a vivid biblical scene Achan deserts his camp mates and seizes gold and silver from the king's palace as a divine warning to avoid the accursed thing. He debates whether a single gold wedge matters against the treasury of the Lord, then continues gathering wealth while conscience wrestles with him.
The article retells the Cain and Abel story focusing on covetousness and punishment. It contrasts Abel’s righteous offering with Cain’s sin, notes Abel’s blood still speaks, and links the tale to personal responsibility toward others and God. It includes moral reflections and illustrative anecdotes from other topics of the era.
Prof W D Miller of Berlin University, long known as a leading expert in dental science, has accepted a position at the University of Michigan. Miller, an American by birth, graduated from the University of Michigan thirty years ago and has resided in Berlin since 1879. Passengers at railway stations in Russia may file complaints in books kept for that purpose.
A 1906 Bowles essay argues crowded tenement homes in New York force working girls outdoors for rest and sociability. It highlights lack of privacy, harsh rents, noisy families, and saloon temptations, urging parish houses and clubs as healthier outlets for study and social life.
A home crafted work bag makes a dainty welcome gift for housekeepers. Use art cretonne for the outside and pink sateen lining. cut circles, add a pocket, pinked flannel for needles, and ring closures with ribbon. Enhancements like crochet edging and featherstitching boost value. include a thimble or scissors for a practical touch.
The article describes care for velvet and velveteen including stain removal with turpentine, raising velvet pile with boiling water and a brush, and washing methods. It notes jet buttons in demand for winter wear and details lace allovers as a 1906 season feature with embroidery on net foundations and fine designs.
The article explains how to start netting as a simple, engaging craft for both sexes. It covers needed tools a seven to ten inch needle and a mesh stick, explains winding cord, the two main movements of the stitch, and how to finish and fasten the net for use on hammocks chairs or fishing gear.
The article profiles Norbert Wiener, an eleven year old freshman at Tufts College, said to be the youngest collegian in the country. Wiener, of Medford Hillside, is the son of Professor Veto Wiener of Harvard, and could graduate three years ahead of typical peers if his progress continues.
The New York Tribune reports Norbert Wiener, a Cambridge boy born November 26 1894 in Columbia Missouri, mastered the alphabet by 18 months and read by three. His father, an assistant professor of Slavonic languages at Harvard, notes the boy’s vast linguistic and scientific interests and plans to major in philosophy at Tufts while pursuing history and calculus.
A collage of old tales and brief vignettes. An Indian legend explains leaves gaining wings to become birds after fall. Brief notes debate Shakespeare authorship with Roger Rutland and Karl Bleibtreau. Huxley on heart valves and royal height contrasts close the column with light quips.
Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, a potential successor to Lord Kitchener as commander in chief in India, has been wounded in almost every action he has participated in.
Mark Reading for Kaiser notes two secretaries chiefly provide magazines papers and books for the royal table. Passages marked with green pencil receive special attention reflecting his interest in foreign politics. Algiers last year produced cork wood sales totaling 6 600 tons from state forests.
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