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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1905
Page
3
A compact Bible story caption recounts Jacob’s meeting with Rachel at the well in Haran. The Highway and Byway Preacher frames the Genesis 29 passage with brief narrative notes and scriptural quotation.
Jacob, staying with his uncle Laban, grows close to his cousin Rachel while Leah watches with hidden longing. Rachel’s distance grows as Leah and a bargain-minded mother push for Jacob to stay, leaving Jacob torn between love and family duty as repeated chances to meet Rachel slip away.
Guide Tom Miller battles a muskellunge on Jag Lake Wisconsin. A bite tears teeth from his mouth and the fish swallows his gold denture. His dog Wellington II drags a rope to pull the fish ashore while Miller recovers his teeth and eats a steak.
London report of a Sydney New South Wales divorce case in which Matilda Maud Crocker hid a second life with Harry Bedford. Crocker alleges two marriages, hysteria driven by Bedford’s stalking, and two children placed in his custody after a decree nisi.
Rumor puts His company building torpedo craft for two great powers using the Den’s hydro carbon engines with fuel oil at low speeds to extend range. Expected cruising radius about 3000 miles. Plans prepared at American and British Manufacturing works Bridgeport Conn. Den moored at Park City Yacht Club Bridgeport.
The Den shows lean graceful lines and extraordinary speed as engineers repair the damaged stem and fit an aluminum exhaust stack. Despite a recent capsize, the two cylinder engine drives the craft to 35 miles an hour, sparking talk of a new era in fast naval craft. Russell Woodard.
George Odom, long on the American turf, quits riding after July 4 at Sheepshead Bay to devote himself to training a stable with his father. His career includes riding McChesney in the 1902 Montgomery handicap and His Eminence in the American Derby, with lasting controversy over the McChesney ride though no questions about his honesty remain.
The article reports that manganese glass darkens to violet under sunlight, and Crookes notes radium produces strong violet coloration quickly. Fischer’s experiments with ultraviolet light from a mercury arc lamp show partial color after 15 minutes and strong violet hue after 12 hours in manganese silicate glasses.
A St. Helena obituary notes Mrs. Mary Smith died at 95, having served in Napoleon Bonaparte's Longwood house household. She knew both Napoleon and his jailer Sir Hudson Lowe. The piece recalls that only a few living residents still remember Napoleon from decades ago.
A Nebraska editorial argues money can spoil hospitality. It notes a ten cent cigar or a show ticket elicits affection, but giving cash or asking for money damages warmth. The piece contends money substitutes cannot replace genuine fellowship or kindness.
Jacob Schrader, a teamster, owns a horse that frequents saloons and drinks beer from a glass. The animal is often brought into bars where it is treated to a schooner of beer and receives several drinks before leaving.
A brief Cleveland Leader cartoon caption shows a stranger offering to sell burglar alarms, claiming to be neither jobber nor manufacturer but a burglar, prompting a humorous exchange with the dealer. The exchange highlights a witty confrontation over deception in a city setting. The strip reflects local humor and crime awareness from the era.
A playful exchange quotes Little Ike asking if the pen is mightier than the sword. The joke notes that a man would not transfer property to his wife by sword, quoting Tit-Bits in a humorous aside.
Workers from the Maryland Academy of Sciences unearthed eight nearly eight foot skeletons along the Choptank river in Baltimore. The remains, possibly 1000 years old, include adults, women, and children. They are being articulated at the academy and show signs of later Indian camps above the graves.
Max Fogel claimed to be a petrified ant and crawled into a police court on all fours under guard after terrorizing tenants in his building. He bit Sergi Ivory and Patrolman Long on the hands as officers tried to restrain him after a night of window smashing and threats. In court he tore off all clothing except trousers and a high celluloid collar.
Edward Yost of Sugar Run near Lock Haven reports many young ducks vanished this season. He protected the flock at night in a back kitchen, but ducks kept disappearing. A steel trap was set. at midnight a copperhead snake was found caught, then killed.
A humorous exchange in the Cleveland Leader features Jokesmith asking for more pay after improving jokes, while the editor retorts to quit. The dialogue highlights wit and newsroom humor about compensation.
Humorous Tit Bits column snippet plays on a wife waking Henry about a house fire and the couple facing a need to move again, underscoring domestic chaos with comic timing.
A short exchange in a Chicago Daily News clipping features a young man praising poets and a stranger in a smoking car who says he would starve if everyone were a poet. The stranger reveals his occupation as a barber.
A brief comic exchange shows a jaded customer seeking relief and a druggist offering ginger as a remedy. The snippet, framed in a Chicago Tribune voice, hints at a light human moment and humor around choosing remedies.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote notes Miss De Snipp refused to enter the water, fearing contact with water used by many ordinary people. The remark highlights concerns about public bathing practices and cleanliness.
A brief humor item notes a man lacking a sense of humor, with an exchange about his laughter at his boss’s jokes as cited by the Houston Post. The quote underscores a humorous observation about workplace wit and social nuance.
Two Chicago men Ned Sawyer and H Chandler Egan reached the national amateur final at Wheaton Illinois. Egan wins again but Sawyer’s rally from three down at the seventh hole and late approaches prove Western vigor over Eastern form in an intense match. Harold Weber of Toledo and W C Fownes of Pittsburg also drew praise for strong play.
Retired champion James J. Jeffries reportedly closed a deal for ten acres of Lucky Baldwin land in Arcadia California to build an amphitheater for boxing. The first show will feature a twenty round heavyweight title bout between Marvin Hart and Jack Jeffries and include Baldwin’s Oakwood hotel. Jeffries plans a physical culture sanitarium with the athletic club.
A reflective piece argues the world isn’t as bad as critics claim and notes gold cannot buy love or loyalty, offering a hopeful counterpoint to pessimism.
A quip exchanges between A Candid Friend and M Cush about an engagement. M Cush mockingly refuses congratulations, saying he cannot praise any woman who would marry him. The light exchange ends with playful sarcasm.
The judge mocks Dr Lance as an appendicitis expert and jokes about not letting him remove an appendix from a dictionary. The exchange highlights skepticism toward the medical authority.
A home chemistry styled guide describes making a smoke ring box using a pasteboard or wooden box, a hole, muslin, and bottles heated from below to produce dense white smoke rings. It explains tapping the muslin to project rings and even extinguish a candle across the room.
The article defines volley ball as a mixed handball tennis game for many players with a 50 by 25 foot court and a net seven and a half feet high. It describes service faults, dribbling prohibition, ball material and size, scoring to 21 points, and rules on outs, nets, and boundaries. It explains serve order, rallying, and point consequences for faults or net contact.
Boots are worn by officials servants soldiers sailors and special hob nailed boots. Common people use straw or leather sandals or go barefoot. Women's shoes are home made and rarely sold in shops outside Shanghai. Manchu women wear a perched sandal on a small stilt. In winter boots are lined with sheepskin and rubber reproductions from the United States and Germany have entered treaty ports.
Four players per table compete for twenty minutes to remove peanuts one by one using candy tongs without stirring nearby nuts. The participant who removes the most peanuts wins a simple prize.
The famed press builder Robert Hoe favors the idea that steady work behind a project matters more than pushing from the front. His reserve explains why he avoids newspaper interviews and maintains a persona of elegant leisure while deeply supervising his vast business.
In a playful exchange, Johnny says the stars are controlled by the solar system while Mr. Lan sing questions whether heavenly bodies also fall under a conspiracy. The Courier Journal notes the curious discussion as a teaching moment for young readers.
A Yonkers Statesman amusement notes a man proposing in a canoe. The girl jumps from the boat in surprise, creating a humorous scene.
York Pennsylvania features a one story tin church 40 by 50 feet built for St. Pauls United Evangelical. The structure cost 1500 dollars and was chosen after stone brick and lumber proved too costly. The black tin church is painted to imitate brick.
A classroom joke from the Chicago Inter Ocean where a teacher asks what country is opposite us on the globe and a student answers with a simple punch line about coming out of a hole. The exchange ends with the teacher giving up on questions.
Barbers report they see about a twenty percent rise in business during extremely hot spells. Men shave less often in hot weather, leaving more days between shaves, though irritability makes barbers’ work harder and less satisfactory.
An exchange notes McBluff’s rheumatism, described by a doctor as gout. The remark suggests pride and cheerfulness despite illness, reflecting fashionable slang in a Philadelphia Press item.
A brief dialogue shows Cassels pressing Tom for corroboration over spelling while Jack questions dictionary use. The exchange hints at underlying tension about accuracy and verification.
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