The Baptist Theological Faculties Union Examines Decline
The Baptist Theological Faculties Union notes a fall in theological student numbers across seminaries, attributing it to higher pay in secular work. They urge extra incentives to lure students to the ministry and warn against worldly motives. W H Levering of Lafayette dies leaving the world’s largest Sunday school library to the Indiana State Library Association.
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Baptist Theological Faculties Union
W. H. Levering
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana State Library Association
Dangers of Wood Alcohol In Lamps And Paints
The piece warns that wood alcohol or methylated spirits is a lethal poison and urges a strong movement against its use even in legitimate applications. It cites eye irritation, risk in crowded rooms, a Lynn painter going blind, and a painters union ban on methylated materials, noting tax policy favors the inferior product. It closes with a butter cake and nut bread recipe unrelated to the safety topic.
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Lynn
Mass
Painters’ Union
Internal Revenue Law
Music Aimed at Curbing Graft Promoted as Law Reform
A writer argues music can purge graft and vice, proposing a Congressional commission to regulate tunes and compel testimony. The piece jokes that public servants must prove they enjoy approved air, and guilty grafters deserve music lessons, shaping a future where culture enforces morality.
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Shakespeare
Congress
Dr Klines Great Nerve Cure Ad and Cherry Ice Cream Directions
Promotes Dr Kline s Great Nerve cure with free offer and $2 bottle plus treatise from Philadelphia. Also includes cherry ice cream recipe using sugar syrup, cherries, cream and freezing, plus alternative fruit ice creams and a pitch for Mrs Winslow s soothing syrup for teething children.
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Mrs. Winslow
Pigs Cross Frontier Trick Foils Smugglers Plan
A clever smuggling ruse on the Russo German frontier misleads a customs officer. A peasant warns of sending pigs in batches of three six twelve and two hundred after a half hour interval. Three, six, and twelve pass safely. twenty one pigs are admitted and then hidden.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts and Onion Roasting Tip
An old advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, dated December 6, 1586, with testimony and notary details. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills and a cooking tip on flavoring white meats with grated onion added during roasting and basted to prevent burnt edges.
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Oto
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
KF. J. Cheney & Co
HaLl
Rank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
Plum Jelly Making Guide From a Historic Note
A compact guide explains preparing plum jelly from large or small plums. It covers cooking, draining through a jelly bag, measuring juice, and adding one pound of granulated sugar per pint of juice. The mixture is heated for twelve to fifteen minutes and tested for setting.
Cascarets cure constipation with safe daily use
An advertising promo extols Cascarets as the natural exercise for the bowels, claiming they act like physical work without harsh effects. It touts 10 cent boxes, non bulk sale, and a free French vanity bonbon box offer for readers who mail in stamps mentioning the paper.
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Cascarets
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
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