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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
12
An extended reading of Genesis recounts Jacob’s sojourn at Shechem, his delayed return toward Bethel, and the dangers of lingering for profit and pleasure. Dinah’s fate and Shechem’s offer unfold amid shifting faith as the family confronts calamity and divine promises.
Zechariah 4 1 10 forms the fifth vision in 519 BCE focusing on Jerusalem. The lesson stresses divine enablement over human strength and notes the Holy Spirit animating the candlestick and olive trees. The text urges faith in God s Spirit to complete his work despite adversity.
The article recounts how Dickens found the village near Boscobel inspiring for Little Nell scenes in The Old Curiosity Shop. It notes Dickens visits, the oak where Charles II hid, and a later relative’s sketches aiding memory. It contrasts past Black Country with present industrial changes.
The piece describes Little Nell’s Cottage near Wolverhampton as the rural setting of Dickens’s story. It notes the canal journey and the grim ironworks, then the return to sweet country lanes ending at Tong, with emphasis on the churchyard monuments and Nell’s imagined resting place.
Mathewson dominated the season with 29 wins and six losses, going 16 straight wins with two exceptions, and finishing four games for others. Waddell led strikeouts with 280 to Mathewson’s 169, as both teams eye the world series. McGinnity and Plank projects show Plank ahead 22 and 11 versus 20 and 14. Columbus clinches the American Association pennant 100-52, while Des Moines wins the Western league title.
Ex governor George W. Peck recounts the Bad Boy's homecoming in a humorous sketch. A grocer worries over a bank note as the familiar rascal meets his uncle, a new dog, and a peppery meal, in a light tale of mischief and reunion.
The piece outlines Jimmy Gardner as a leading lightweight prospect for Nelson Britt with critics praising his speed endurance and power. It notes Gardner’s wins over Oscar Gardner Buddy Ryan and others and cites his Irish origins and youth in Lowell Massachusetts.
Marshall Williams proposes a universal information system with local bureaus to classify and coordinate world knowledge. The device, described as infallible, would assimilate past present and future to produce logical views on any subject, reducing mental strain.
A Houston Post anecdote riffs on a lawyer charging a client for suit handling. The client fears a farm mortgage, and the enterprising lawyer offers to draw up the mortgage at half rates, highlighting a cheeky bargain in a legal matter.
A basic method suggests using oatmeal as a whitening agent. Powdered oats are mixed into water, allowed to settle, and then the clarified liquid is used as if it were plain water for cleaning or whitening tasks.
A brief quip from the Washington Star features Mrs. Comrox confessing she has not read the earlier Pompeii novels while discussing an old-time literature lover. The exchange highlights a playful tension between fans and new readers.
A Bavarian widow long resident in Milan leaves her entire fortune of 2 000 000 dollars to tenor Vincenzo Jirpo in recognition of the happiness his singing gave her.
Town Topics notes Billington quips that Got rox is free of his daughter, while Willington counters he will soon need to place her husband on his feet.
A farmer debates rain benefits for crops and laments its spoilage of his wife’s hat. He moans about losing money as he weighs weather against personal loss in a rural exchange.
Harry L. Hillman Jr of the Thir teenth regiment New York national guard established a 300 yard hurdle world record in 34 3 5 seconds, beating A C Kraenzlein’s 36 35 set at Chicago on May 12 1897. Dan Patch paced to 2 01 for a mile with H C Hersey driving at Allentown Pa fair, then cut his sire Joe Patchen’s pacing mark to 2 05. Rhud Meizner won the 25 mile Marathon in Chicago with Kennedy of Boston placing 30 seconds back.
A dialogue from the Cleveland Leader shows Pa and Ma Twaddles debating discipline for Tommy. Ma insists on a lesson to impress it on his mind while Pa critiques the idea as inappropriate and odd.
A Cleveland Leader quotation notes the question Why did Mohammed go to the mountain and answers he believed better fates awaited there than at the seashore.
A discussion on male duties within marriage and fatherhood argues that women face growing reluctance to marry as roles grow heavier. It calls for mutual cooperation, shared duties, and communication to sustain happiness, suggesting men must engage more in home life and support their wives and children.
An Austrian artisan Adolph loves aristocrat Anna who returns his affection while an ambassador Alfred loves Anna. After Alfred attempts abduction and abuses Adolph, Anna aids Adolph. The trio’s conflict ends with Alfred stepping down, and Adolph and Anna fleeing Austria for Antwerp and living abroad thereafter.
A brief notice claims the price of cremating a body in France is three francs, presenting a strikingly low figure for end of life services.
Col. Bent Murdock criticizes fast living among leaders and elites. He argues that reckless habits shorten life and that rational living leads to longer, more peaceful days. The Kansas City Journal cites a moralizing view on excess and self-indulgence.
The text claims Norwegians are generally literate with exceptional physical fitness. It notes army service is universal and only 2.3 percent of youths are rejected for physical defects.
John D. Rockefeller’s gifts are tallied at 51,272,666 dollars. The two largest gifts are 13,000,000 to a Chicago university and 10,600,000 to the General Education Board announced recently.
Archaeological notes claim Peru showed a high degree of culture as early as 1500 years before Christ. The findings suggest advanced social organization and artistic achievement in early Peruvian civilizations.
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