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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
10
A reader recounts a letter from Philadelphia offering bridge whist tips and social missives. Gladys Jones asks about play without dames and the correspondent replies with humorous rules spoofing etiquette and Monroe doctrine. The tale ends with a department store mob anecdote and a Ro jestvensky glide jab.
A narrator recounts a chaotic quest for a wife’s gift across five department store floors. He dodges crowds, asked strangers for ideas, and faces sharp service clerks who refuse to play along, ending with no present and a chastising stare from a salesperson.
A narrative of the Hebrews in the desert seeking water at Marah. The Cloud leads Moses and the people despite murmuring, Jahziel sows rebellion, and Moses prays to reveal God can sweeten bitter waters. The episode ends with faith restored as God blesses the waters, while Jahziel and followers fail and perish.
The article describes frontier growth where log houses are rare and construction moves with timbermen. Communities form swiftly with sawyers telephones and insulated wires, and a town emerges around saloons shops schools churches and a local newspaper within a month of settlement. D H Brock notes the rapid readiness for daily life and communication in early Northwest towns.
A bottle dropped in the Gulf of Mexico is carried by the Gulf Stream toward the Atlantic and is expected to reach Europe in roughly six months.
The vignette recalls Thomas Jefferson as a college student scholar in Virginia, earning 2000 dollars a year at 21, and a six foot two athlete violinist and dancer. It notes his later view on state sovereignty, Washington’s stance on centralization, and Jefferson’s modest inaugural day ride without pomp or guard. He is described as gentle yet firm.
A device under patent in New York rings a bell on railway engines automatically when trains are three miles apart, promising to nearly eliminate collisions.
A Bohemian village convert in Minnesota closed his store on Sundays and refused tobacco sales. He donates one third of his income to the Lord. He and his younger brother started beekeeping, with 15 hives earning ten dollars each in year one, versus three dollars per hive statewide. The Lord's bees earned three and a half times the average.
In Wabash Indiana piano tuner M J Archer tuned a piano by telephone to a South Bend buyer Thomas Pilkington. Miss Pilkington rang Archer as she sounded the piano near the phone. Instructions were given remotely to adjust tension until the tone was normal and perfectly tuned.
The article notes the Birmingham pin works as the world’s largest, producing 37,000,000 pins each working day. It highlights the scale of the operation and its global significance in pin manufacture.
A gprim-looking woman with a bandbox rides an elevator with several others. The elevator boy accuses her of losing her lid, prompting a sharp retort about slang and manners before she grows rosy and silent.
Giuseppe Rouchi aged 70 is admitted to the hospital of Novaro Itays. His beard measures about a yard and a half, reaching to his feet.
An aphorism states it is better not to be loved than to be badly loved. It also notes that for an ardent mind hesitation and anxiety surpass despair as feelings.
The lord chancellor acts as custodian of England's great seal and uses more than four hundredweight of sealing wax monthly to seal official documents.
A concise reflection asserts that even noble efforts can degrade when marred by corruption, warning that integrity lost leads to outcomes darker than initial flaws.
In Craigie a wild mare White Lady defends herself against Gipsy Tim during a stable fire. Ben, a 15 year old groom, uses quick thinking and a tied kerchief to guide White Lady and Pilot to safety as the flames engulf the barn. The mare remains wary of gipsies, fearing them even after the rescue.
A description of a guessing game where one player encodes a proverb as dots and the other guesses letters, placing correct letters in their spots. Wrong guesses add to a penalty drawing of a gibbet, with the loser paying in their “hanging.” The piece explains the mechanics and variations for experts.
A Valdosta man driving near his home observed a large bald eagle eating a goose by the roadside. He stepped from his car, picked up a light wood knot, and struck the eagle, which collapsed rather than fled as he approached.
A comic exchange features a woman teasing Mr Spooner about age. He jokes no woman should marry before 33. She retorts she will be 33 on her next birthday, but he misses the remark, prompting humorous back and forth from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The governor general of Canada has announced a handsome trophy to promote figure skating next season. Philippe Hebert, a Canadian sculptor who recently returned from Paris, will design the trophy.
The latest census shows about 26 percent of Paris's population is indigenous, the smallest share among major European capitals. In contrast St. Petersburg is 40 percent, Berlin 41 percent, Vienna 43.5 percent, and London 65 percent.
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