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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
3
A feature traces the path of an American missionary who travels through distant regions, recording encounters with diverse communities and noting the challenges faced in spreading education and faith. The piece highlights perseverance, cultural exchange, and the motive to serve.
A missionary recounts scenes from Kiangpin and Suchien where famine causes starvation and disease. Beggars, corpses, and destitution mark the streets as refugees shelter in makeshift huts while aid is throttled by mobs and the need for clothing, food, and medical care grows daily.
A Chicago attorney in a courtroom habitually interrupts with illustrative anecdotes. He is warned by the judge after using a risqué tale, pays a fine, then resumes pleading. He perks up again to tell another story but pauses to consider affordability as he resumes.
The piece profiles Richard A. Canfield once dubbed the world’s top gambler. It details his Providence gambling house beginnings, a 1902 conviction for being a common gambler, and his rise to run the Saratoga clubhouse and expansive grounds. It notes his fortune, social circles, and eventual sale signs signaling his passing from the scene.
A Hawleys Notch to Cedarville ride prompts questions about old houses and age. Hiram Locke recalls a Massachusetts passenger who aged oaks to 507 years and insists on precise timing, then shifts to reflections on losing time and wealth in Canfield’s park and Wall Street luck, urging efficient use of fragmented moments.
The Philadelphia Record notes the Lapps are dwindling with estimates not exceeding 54,000 across Norway Sweden and Russia. Reindeer herds have fallen sharply in areas like Botten from about 30,000 to 7,000 in twelve years due to demand for meat and drift toward settled life aided by rail lines. Some attribute decline to alcohol and loss of roaming culture, while others blame Swedish state schooling pushing youth toward indoor life.
The article promotes a 25 by 48 foot cottage built without an attic to reduce cost, yet offering light rooms and practical cellar design. It argues modern amenities like hot water, gas and electric lighting make small homes healthier and more comfortable, with careful cellar construction to prevent dampness.
The article traces India’s perfume heritage dating to ancient times and explains why scents are heavy due to sandalwood oil as the vehicle. It notes hundreds of香 yielding plants, including jessamines champa rose and keora, and cites agra grass oil usage plus a call to modernize methods to boost exports.
An auctioneer touts a Dryden marginal note as valuable while the autograph margins mock the claim. A reporter seeking the dead millionaire’s obituary questions the heir about his father’s senate years, the heir declining. The text also cites ancient bread making and loaves found in Pompeii ruins.
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