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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
7
The sermon argues extravagance drives financial panics and debt. It condemns living beyond means, ostentatious dress, and lavish entertainment, warning that such waste harms families and the church while urging prudent spending and honest debt payment.
At the Findlay Ohio boulevard carnival run by the Ladies Aid of First Presbyterian, a kissing booth offered five cent kisses and later a one dollar option labeled The real thing. Patrons paid nickels for candy kisses and few paid the higher price, triggering church member outrage over immorality and prudishness.
Report from Chicago Daily News notes the ambulance was kept busy at Cassidy’s wedding. One guest allegedly threw a pair of Officer Reilly’s shoes at the couple, and the wedding carriage was wrecked.
A playful exchange reveals domestic tension as a wife asserts equal devotion to her husband and their dog, while a husband rebukes the notion with affectionate banter. The note captures lighthearted relationship dynamics.
The July 21 1901 Sunday School lesson recounts Noah's preservation in the flood Genesis 6 8 9 and 22, Noah's altar offering, Gods covenant with a rainbow, and the moral that righteousness pays amid widespread wickedness. It notes Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord and emphasizes a new start after the flood.
Reading of miscellaneous facts: water weighs ten pounds a gallon and mercury 1375 pounds. mortality shows 60 boys and 50 girls die under five per 1000 children. Britain yields 9000 tons of wire for screws yearly. Cork tonnage 150 cubic feet, gold two cubic feet. US cotton exports 120000 bales in 1800 and 9436000 bales in 1900. Manitoba equals UK in area but hosts 210000 people. Global solar heat could melt a 46 foot ice coat yearly. Germany has 2918 public baths, 1 to 18000 inhabitants. Loamy clay absorbs 21 grains water per 1000 earth hours, garden mold 35. Alcohols: beer four percent, cider eight, claret 14. Port 23 of 100 and whisky 53 to 54. A 39 inch pendulum gains eight seconds per day with 30 degree warmth rise. Heat lengthens pendulum by 1 128 inch.
Miss Sarah Grand, author of Heavenly Twins, has found notable success on the lecture platform. Born in Ireland to a naval father, she married young to a brigade surgeon who died in 1898, and traveled with him through the East. She supports women's uplift and serves as vice president of an English woman suffrage association.
A tortoise shell cradle in Naples style with gold inlay and golden rockers is sent to Rome for Italy’s future king. It was first used by Victor Emmanuel I. and was crafted for him as the royal heir’s cradle.
The piece outlines seating ideas for country homes featuring corner hugging chairs with a single carved end, low cushioned couches and matching cushions. It suggests holly or bass wood pyrography, shelves inside the end, and light or dark backgrounds to suit the burnished designs. It notes fabrics like cotton tapestries and Priscilla silk cushions, plus the Darby and Joan chair a two seat rocker in forest green with bright red seats.
The article describes Eastlake style rooms with woods like ash walnut and heavy pine painted in dark colors. It highlights the King Arthur chair that converts to a table, walnut construction, leathered oval back, built in shelves, and striped plaid lounge chairs with bold draperies and cream dimity top borders in a Chicago Record-Herald feature.
Hard soap is recommended for washing clothes. Boil white garments with a spoonful of turpentine to aid whitening. Boiled starch improves with salt or gum arabic dissolved. Ironing with starch mixed in soapy water helps prevent sticking.
A breakfast dish from Australia uses boiled mashed potatoes formed in a dish with butter and seasonings. It is topped with lobster or salmon from a tin, covered with more potatoes, baked until browned, and finished with melted anchovy butter poured over.
A sprig of parsley with a dash of salt eaten after onions may remove the unpleasant breath odor. The claim notes this combination as an effective remedy for lingering onion scent.
New York now operates 60 000 telephone stations, making it the largest city telephone system in the world. The achievement highlights the city’s rapid communications growth and infrastructure scale.
The Rontgen rays are now used as a test for death, the body after death being far more opaque to them than during life.
Two El Dorado fishermen left gear on the creek bank with whisky and a six shooter. On their return a note claimed the jug and pistol had been taken. The thieves threatened to follow up and shoot for the drinks if challenged.
A New York woman seeks divorce after alleging spankings by her husband, a Chicago judge suggests a husband spank to enforce an agreement, and a Denver man pays a $200 fine for spanking his wife over coffee grounds. The Record-Herald notes the confusing direction civilization is headed.
The article notes hair styling as a key indicator of a Chinese woman's district and social status. It describes young girls wearing coils similar to Western styles upon reaching a certain age, while upper and middle classes favor a simple behind coil held with pins and adorned with jade or stones.
A Chicago Record-Herald item quotes an assessor asking about musical instruments. The citizen replies that there are two, both boys, revealing a quip about twins and a mistaken search for instruments.
Miss Kathleen Graham and Miss Florence Allan praise Peruna as a tonic that revives energy and cures dyspepsia while Dr. S B Hartman offers free advice and will take cases of female catarrh during the summer months. Applications addressed to Dr S B Hartman Columbus Ohio.
A fragment from a Chicago Daily News column mocks a prune company and a newspaper ad misplacement humorous asides appear. A Boston Transcript quip questions a fiancé, a Detroit Journal letter tells of infant formula and a dog, quoting a reader John Jones.
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