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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
6
A preacher recounts the healing of a paralytic in Capernaum, stressing that Jesus first forgives sin before restoring physical strength. The sermon links faith, repentance, and the lasting joy of a cleansed soul, with implications for personal transformation and home life.
A learned society member, Prof. Dash, after a party, pressed his brow to an electric light post and became pinned by current. He remained immobilized as the lamp fed through him, while a nearby policeman removed the coat and freed him, the incident described with macabre humor.
A late Dr. Talmage once amused students by answering five to the question how many angels stand on a needle. He recited a stormy night anecdote of visiting a poor widow sewing by lamp with five sleeping children, ending that scene as the five angels on the needle.
The Department of Agriculture operates well equipped laboratories in Washington City Florida and California for studying plant diseases. It also runs about 50 experiment stations where plant diseases are researched and roughly half as many colleges offer practical courses on plant life.
The plan Cecil Rhodes expressed about death was stark and unembellished. He said there should be no fuss when he dies, that he should be laid in the grave and left to pass on, confident he would have completed his work.
Court record excerpts show Mr Plowhard asserting self made status while Miss Cutting cautions he need not incriminate himself. The Ohio State Journal style quotes a back and forth reflecting legal prudence in self incrimination concerns.
A summary of Acts 15 22 33 noting the apostolic decision to send Judas Barsabas and Silas to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas The Holy Spirit guides the church to grant Gentiles freedom from the Jewish ceremonial law while outlining necessary conduct abstaining from idols blood things strangled and fornication The message promotes Christian liberty and unity in early church history.
A summary of technical notes notes include a chimney 115 feet tall swaying ten inches safely in high wind. Steel weights differ per cubic foot with soft steel at 4891 pounds and hard steel lighter by one pound. Aluminium derives from cryolite in Iceland. German textile growth to 1.7 million spindles by 1900. Nitrogen use for gunpowder exceeds 143 million pounds yearly. US leads in water power with 56 500 water wheels delivering over 114 million horsepower.
A miscellany notes 151 snow crystal forms and 10 000 squid beaks in a bottle nose whale. It records a 70 year heart cycle covering 4 292 000 miles and compares sound speeds of 1432 feet in air 4900 in water and 17 500 in iron. It cites a June 6 1889 thunderstorm in southern England with 1 244 lightning flashes.
A short verse notes a name change from Catharine Mary to Kathryn Mae and asserts it is none of the reader's business what name she uses. The excerpt reflects casual newspaper verse phrasing from the Philadelphia Press.
A quotable exchange features Clara and Dora discussing men who smoke and how to react. Clara argues smoking is appealing and describes a playful lamp remark to mislead. The snippet reflects social attitudes toward smoking in a humorous dialogue.
A customer seeks a burglar-proof safe combined with a refrigerator but the salesman warns such an article does not exist. The man asks what to store his meat in nowadays.
A narrator muses on gauging a woman's thoughts about him. A suggestion arises to learn the girl she confides in and visit her to uncover her view. Observant tone reflects a romantic curiosity from a Chicago Record-Herald piece.
A Baltimore News quip notes that A Fine Hand Binkham has welcomed triplets while his twins just turn two. The joke credits Binkham’s fortune to poker habits with a remark that a full house is a mighty good hand.
A humorous exchange contrasts the idea of a mother-in-law living with a couple with the difficulty of sending a wife away to visit her. The New York Sun quip highlights family dynamics and marital strain in a light, jokey tone.
In a brief exchange, a mother recalls her solitary walk while a daughter confirms she walked alone. The conversation ends with the puzzling detail that the daughter took an umbrella out yet returned with a cane, prompting curiosity from the mother.
In a Chicago scene Mrs Jones-John alerts her husband that burglars are downstairs. Mr Jones hesitates, then suggests she stay upstairs as danger looms. The exchange ends with tension and a quiet resolve in a nighttime domestic setting.
A brief exchange shows a man burdened by thoughts and a prisoner whom the dialogue misreads as intoxicated. The Ohio State Journal captures a sketch of behavior and speech signaling social mood.
A brief exchange notes the pianist recalls a stylish crowd with all listeners silent in the room, highlighting a notable moment from the Somerville Journal.
A crusty remark notes a hired man’s slowness as a pallbearer drawing bemused responses. The quoted line contrasts forgiveness with memory, reflecting humor in a Baltimore American moment.
In the Philippines locals described as hard drinkers are misread phenomena, with the water cure blamed for their appearance. TheNew York Herald notes the natives’ condition is due to hydration, not intoxication.
In a Puck dialogue fragment Gladys rejects marrying to reform a man while Ethel doubts harsh measures. The mock exchange highlights friction over social reform methods in relationships.
A fragment notes a question about Miss Homeleigh being kissed, answered by a witness that she was kissed once by a man who paid an election bet, quoted from the New York Evening World.
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