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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
2
Defiance Ohio based Daily Evening Edition mailed as second class matter. Delivery by carriers to city subscribers. Rates listed for in city and outside city subscriptions. Weekly and yearly pricing indicates subscription options and cash in advance terms.
A mix of opinions on Central American federation and U S Mexico guardianship surfaces as arbitration treaties clash with arms. Other notes mention railway safety, a Vera Cruz quicksilver lake, Rhode Island population density, and light humor about finance and marriage patterns.
A roadside preacher from the Highway and Byway denomination presents a compact tale titled Testing of King Saul. The piece frames Saul’s trials and divine approval in accessible language for a broad audience.
A sermonette on 1 Samuel 13 questions Saul’s excuses after the prophet Samuel probes his guilt. It contrasts fear of men with obedience to God, warns that breaking divine law is folly, and calls believers to moral courage and faith. The piece notes God seeks a man after his heart and urges readiness to destroy the Amalekites of sin.
King Saul paces before his tent as a messenger reports mounting desertions and fear among remaining troops. He orders a gathering with burnt and peace offerings, unsure how to rally his forces without Samuel's promised aid to turn the tide against the Philistines.
A long, reflective essay warns against bargain hunting that hides moral and physical danger. It contrasts legitimate discounts from efficient, well‑run factories with illegitimate deals tied to sweatshops, contracted labor, or stolen goods. The piece stresses health risks like tuberculosis, urges consumer vigilance, and calls for guaranties and ethical purchasing.
The piece surveys devices used to induce sleep in hypnotism, describing the hypnotic ball and electro hypnotic head bands, candles and mirrors. It links consumer demand to sweatshop abuses in garment making and notes campaigns for ethical labeling and transparent production conditions. It quotes Hamerton on intellectual friendship and contemplates the moral use of money.
A California inventor adds rubber tired wheels to a rocker, allowing quick conversion from a rocking chair to a wheeling chair. A lever system hooks a rod to the wheel axle for wheeling, then releases to restore rocking mode, unseen details emphasize ease for caregivers and invalids.
Modern fruit preservation method from England, involving brief immersion in cold water with a 40 percent formaldehyde solution, is under discussion for adoption in France. After immersion, fruits drain and dry on screens, with variations for soft and hard pulps. Formaldehyde antiseptic action is noted as suppressing fungi and bacteria on fruit surfaces.
A Sunday Magazine piece recounts Representative John Sharp Williams describing a Georgia coroner inquest. A colored witness Ben Botts struggles to define “deceased” and explains “the rattling of the brain” as a rough, painful condition near heart and nerves, illustrating misunderstandings in medical terminology.
A teacher shows pussy willows to a girl who misreads their fur as coats and pink hues. The child whispers she wants a brown twig tomorrow to make fur things on her own, implying courage through a simple act.
An oriental casket sold to a Parisian amateur hid a double bottom containing gold sequins worth about £160. The antiquary M Maurice and the jeweller divided the treasure with the honest workman, each sharing a portion, while a police commissary presided. The tale ends with praise for unseen heroes who battle disease and danger.
A publisher recalls a typographical mishap where a compliment to a father became a misread line. The writer praised nature's nobleman, but the compositor, in haste, printed a garbled version implying imprisonment.
It is astonishing how all of us are generally cumbered up with the thou sand and one hindrances and duties which are not such, but which, never theles, wind us about with the spider thread and fetter the movement of our wings. It is the lack of order which makes us slaves, the confusion of today discounts the freedom of to morrow.
Major Baden-Powell unveils a pocket sized single converging lens device about 2.5 inches wide, adjustable via a clip to a walking stick or umbrella. With extended distance it yields up to four diameters magnification, remaining in focus for quick use in viewing distant objects and architectural details. A wireless cross continental note follows with tests across Pensacola to California and remarks on atmospheric conditions. The piece closes with a quip about dogs and men.
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