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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1906
Page
6
Professor Alfred Binet at the Sorbonne tests graphology and concludes it shows little real merit. Analyses of Renan Vidal and Taine vary, with some experts calling handwriting that of a gentler or thinker, while others see little reliable science.
A call to halt millinery slaughter outlines massive bird loss from hats. Market stamps show tens of thousands of hummingbirds parakeets kingfishers and other birds traded. Nations import export trade fuels feather fashion while leagues arise to ban wearing feathers.
A thrifty London accountant once told by doctors he had little time left chose to live freely with his savings. His overstretched life ended in court as he was jailed for six months for obtaining money by false pretenses. The tale ends with a warning against reckless living.
Lieut Lahm, a West Point graduate and Sixth Cavalry officer, won a balloon race from Paris and studied aeronautics. The Troy Times notes his 15 contestant victory against experts from several nations and predicts he will be influential in modern military science.
Inspectors uncover a facility operating as a food hospital recooking or treating cheap canned goods that swelled on spoilage. Thousands of cans were deemed dangerous and placed on the unsafe list.
Another American girl would sever the tie that binds her to a foreign fortune hunter. Far too often the marriage service is nothing but a bill of sale.
An Ann Arbor student was hazed with paste in a case that authorities and peers call a foolish act. The incident adds to campus concerns about hazing and student conduct standards at the university.
V L Duhaime reports on Mexico's progress under President Diaz with emphasis on education expansion, stable governance, and industrial growth. Machinists' union tensions yielded to restraint and peaceful resolution, while Mexico's proximity to the U S drives increasing exports imports and railway travel.
The last half of 1905 saw rising commercial activity in Sydney as cold weather kept harbors iced until May. Rail and steel output grew with open hearth steel rails and allied products. coal shipments increased. American goods entered the market. exports to the United States totaled 1,480,923 for 1905. Dominion Coal shipped 1,746,702 tons. Nova Scotia Steel and Coal sent 100,000 tons. fishing yielded cod and hake but mackerel failed. farming modernized with emphasis on small fruits and vegetables.
A report notes improved quality and quantity of root vegetables and greater production of apples and plums. The text highlights overall enhancements in crops and supplies.
The poem from the Meahineten Star notes that after summer ends the climate shifts from heat to humidity. It contrasts lingering summer chatter with autumn’s arrival and asserts autumn is hard to beat.
William H. Michael argues press reports show millions of acres in India suited for ostrich farming. He notes arid tracts in Sind and Baluchistan could support the industry, with European or native capitalists hiring trained staff to raise birds for feathers, mirroring profits seen in Africa, Egypt, and southern California.
From Gothenburg Sweden an early report by R S S Bergh outlines J R Rydberg a Lund Sweden professor of physics proposes a new element with an atomic weight far below hydrogen. He argues electrons are not a distinct matter type but compose elements and act as a universal atmospheric gas influencing solar magnetism and auroras.
Large imports of evaporated apples arrive from the United States and Canada each year from November to June. The fruit does not keep well in summer and becomes rancid, so canned apples fill the gap. Markets stay strong when in first class condition, with prices around 1.21 per dozen cartons in recent years and peaks near 1.70 at end of May and early June.
A cousin of Victor Hugo, daughter of Gen. Louis Hugo, has died after nearly fifty years as a Carmelite nun. The London Globe notes she survived as yesterday and her life mirrors Hugo’s call to duty. A published response from Hugo praised faith and sacrifice, blessing the nun’s spiritual path.
A brief Houston Post cartoon caption exchange asks if men reveal their first born’s bright words and answers with a witty back and forth about honesty and pride. The sketch pivots on bragging and identity through a playful dialogue about Adam and tintype.
A witty remark about a wife’s illness saving expenses by missing eight receptions four balls and the opera season highlights frugal humor. The exchange notes the saved clothing costs as a punch line.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a colleague praising Soakski for prioritizing his business. The exchange reveals his primary enterprise as running a pawnshop and hints at his strong community presence.
The Winthrop house near Boston is described as the oldest dwelling in Massachusetts built by Capt. William Pierce. The piece notes Pierce’s role in early colonial navigation and printing, his ties to Gov. Winthrop, and his descendants. It highlights the Winthrop Association’s plan to preserve the landmark and house relics related to Pilgrim and Puritan history.
A passage praising the noble stock of modern Spaniards. It links Velasquez and Philip II to Basque peasantry, describes faces, carriage, and dignity, and sketches scenes of Murillo and Goya inspired country life with vivid portraits of picadors, villagers, and dancers.
John Thompson, a totally blind checker player from 251 North Warnock Street, defeats professionals like Pillsbury and Matthew Priest. He uses a custom board and tactile cues to distinguish pieces and has become a regular attraction at the Ninth and Arch streets museum, rarely losing.
Kansas City report profiles William Gabrielson a day laborer and inventor who holds a patent on a fish and animal trap and a violin. He says his ditches work funds his experiments and hopes a market break will make him rich though he remains poor and wary of the costs of innovation.
A humorous exchange recalls a rower who spent four hours afloat with his partner amid talk of bliss, followed by a misheard blisters remark. The odd evening highlights patience, romance, and stubborn waterborne effort.
Paris reports show Newfoundlands trained by M. Lepine join the police staff at the plongeurs headquarters near Notre Dame. Dogs and men practice rescue drills with dummies, with some dogs performing entire rescues unaided. Training lasts about four months, and dogs also guard their masters against thieves under the bridges.
Jim Wray, Harvard rowing coach, dismisses the warning as a dreamlike fabrication. The anecdote recalls a married man overhearing his mother in law praising his son in law Will, urging leniency and routine, with Will waking to realize the tale was not real.
A courtroom exchange ends with a jurist correcting a witness and a lawyer later learning his watch was mislaid by his wife who had handed it to the first thief who called. The tale hinges on accountability and a comic twist about misplaced trust.
Mrs. Arthur T. Ballentine daughter of Thomas B. Reed has entered politics in the extreme west and as editor of the Yellow Ribbon plans to support the woman suffrage movement.
A man known for being hard to please mutters that spelling reform echoes past reforms. He notes that words once difficult to spell remain just as challenging, reflecting skepticism about progress in language changes.
A Baltimore American quip has a lawyer asking a bankrupt press agent about liabilities. The agent replies that his lie abilities are his assets, turning a legal term into a pun on deception.
In a historical reflection from 1908, W. B. Edson explores the wilderness graves as symbolic milestones on the Hebrews journey. The piece cites scripture in explaining how past trials shaped faith and identity through divine guidance.
A sermon notes how Israel’s unbelief kept them from Canaan and warns Christians to avoid a hardened heart. It urges decisive action to repent, bury unbelief, and seek a living hope in God, turning wilderness burden into a land of milk and honey.
Moses observes burial at the wilderness camp as ages pass since Israel’s rebellion. Caleb recounts Shelah, a stubborn elder who opposed faith, and his grandson's newHope after befriending Joshua. The graveyard becomes a beacon toward Canaan as Shelah dies with peace and faith renewed.
The Steel trust builds Colerain eight miles west of Grand Rapids Minnesota, a new city to start with about 4000 residents. Land will be leased for long terms, no saloons allowed, and no sale of land. The piece asserts the move is businesslike with no ethics attached to the Steel trust.
A tough hen jokingly calls this her second childhood as she watches preparations for her execution and being served as spring chicken.
A speaker argues that saloons diminish the value of men in employment and hurt legitimate business by their influence. The remarks claim saloons drag down every valuable element tied to workers and firms.
The kali mujah or death plant of Java emits a potent perfume. Inhalation can overwhelm a grown man and its fumes kill all forms of insect life within its influence.
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