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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
3
A sermon on Acts where Paul escapes Damascus by a basket lowered from a wall. The speaker argues life hinges on tiny acts and unseen helpers, noting mothers and workers as the rope sustaining history, with reflections on Providence and the value of small deeds.
Sunday School lesson notes on Jacob at Bethel from Genesis 28 recount the dream of a ladder to Heaven and the Lord’s covenant promising land and blessing to Jacob and his descendants. It notes Jacob’s awe at the sacred place, the anointing of the stone, and his vow, marking a spiritual awakening.
Four percent of boys at school are color blind versus one percent of girls. Yale’s memorial hall will house a $25,000 organ donated by Mrs. J. S. Newberry of Detroit. Public school costs require about nine dollars per person. Europe’s population up 33 percent, yet school attendance up 150 percent in 60 years. Bush Medical College in Chicago will admit women to the first two years. gradual reform expected. Mississippi opens what may be the world’s best equipped textile school this September. A Raleigh mechanical college debuts October 1 with $25,000 of textile machinery installed.
Across Germany, Berlin shows the smallest excess of births over deaths. The Chinese silk crop rises 5 to 10 percent from last year while European and Japanese crops fall about 12 percent. The army worm is a grass eating insect that also feeds on other plants and favors leaves over corn.
The Ohio Republican platform lauds McKinley era reforms, tariff protection, naval build up, and territorial governance. It backs Gov Nash for re-election, endorses Foraker for a U.S. Senate second term, and stresses tax reform to ease real estate burdens while praising state fiscal leadership.
The article surveys Cairo as Africa’s largest city with 490000 residents including 25000 Europeans and notes London’s 8815 acres of parks and 800 gardeners. It cites 336 entertainment venues in London with 400000 total seats and Nice as a peak holiday traffic area. It recalls a London case where a messenger missed an ad deadline and the paper won nominal damages. It compares Parisian consumption and household averages, listing annual intakes of alcohol eggs butter meats fish and fowl.
Vague verse lines describe hay fever misfortune and imagined scenes at a scene described as pleasing. The fragment paints a dreamlike image of violets and a foolish unit observed by a condemning narrator.
A gruff Citizen and Puck banter about dinner plans and uncertainty over next meals. The terse exchange highlights tension and humor as they grapple with hunger.
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