Win Christ, Paul as Exemplar in a Religious Message
A sermon dated November 9 emphasizes winning Christ over worldly gains, urging conversion as turning from sin to the right path. It cites Philippians and Abrahamic promises, describes the gospel plan, and roots the Kingdom class as the future hope of believers.
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Rae
Paul
Buswell
St. Paul
Christ
Christ Moana
Theledy
Abraham
Israel
Jesus
St Paul
Church
Jeans
St. Pay
St Pal
Reporter Presses Grand Jury Question in Seattle Story
A San Francisco style scrap book recounts reporter Jack Raftery ordered to cover a Seattle grand jury. The judge and district attorney warn jurors on secrecy as Raftery sends daily full reports. Raftery insists he asked only one question to a witness: What will you have to speak. The piece blends other humorous clips from the era with brief anecdotes about clergy, weddings, a christening, and travel agents in Yellowstone.
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Jack Raftery
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Beott Bone
Raftery
Eacrecy
Saturday Evening Post
Virginia wife doubts hunter partridge deceit tale
A Virginia wife discovers her husband’s boastful hunting failure when he buys partridges to prove his skill. He presents the birds at table but she grimly points out the deception, underscoring his lack of real prowess and the ruse’s poor outcome.
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Virginia
Notables in the Limelight Francis Burton Harrison Named Governor General
Francis Burton Harrison, appointed by President Wilson as governor general of the Philippines, serves his fourth term in Congress from New York. A Yale and New York Law School graduate, Harrison is a longtime Ways and Means member and tariff leader who once traveled with Taft to the Philippines during the war era. Born 1878 in New York, he is son of Burton Harrison, Jefferson Davis's former private secretary. His mother, a writer, is from the Cary family related to Custis and Washington. He rose from private in the Spanish War to captain and adjutant general in the U.S. Volunteers, then to Congress in 1902, with later runs for lieutenant governor. Harrison played a key role in tariff legislation and the Underwood tariff bill, steering the wool schedule in debate.
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Frediint
Wilsoe
Philippines
Congress
New York
Ways and Means
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Harrison
Taft
New York City
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Jefferson Davis
Constance Cary
Virginia Cary
Custis
Washington
Yale
New York Law School
New York Volunteer Cavalry
United States Volunteers
Sarvie
Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt Surrenders to Camera at Newport
Mrs Reginald G Vanderbilt known as Mrs Reggie Vanderbilt fears the camera yet yields when a photographer’s lens is poised during a Newport tennis match. The socialite, formerly Miss Cathleen Nettson, is a leading New York society figure who hosted a famed Newport summer reception celebrated for its informality and lavish preparation.
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Reggie Vanderbilt
Reginald G. Vanderbilt
Newport
Quaker Breakfast Etiquette and Victoria Whisky Tale
A central Ohio Quaker family breakfast scene from fifty years ago is recounted with strict manners. A hungry neighbor tries to join but is refused, illustrating Friends discipline. The piece also recalls Queen Victoria seeking shelter and whisky courtesy at Balmoral in a Highland snowfall anecdote.
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Ohio
John
Sect of Friends
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Youngest Minister Designate for United States to Portugal
Colonel Thomas H. Birch of Burlington N I has been named minister to the republic of Portugal by President Wilson, becoming the youngest U S minister designated to represent the country. Birch, active in politics since 1886, has supported Bryan and aided Wilson through New Jersey affairs and the 1912 convention, later serving as a Wilson elector and inaugural presenter.
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Wilson
Thomas A. Birch
Burlington
N. I
Republic of
Portugal
United States
Bryan
Bryam
Gince
Cojousi Birch
New Jersey
Birch Wis Yers
Bulmore
Luttle
Colonel Birch
Hebertz Bia
New Minister to Portugal Named Birch of Burlington
Colonel Thomas A Birch of Burlington New Jersey selected for minister to Portugal. He served on President Wilsons New Jersey governor staff and was among Democrats favoring a more prominent post. Birch, youngest son of James H Birch, had ties to Bryan and Wilson through party campaigns and early meetings in Burlington.
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Portugal
Ooslonel Thomas A. Birch
Buriington
N. J
Midster
Wilson
New Jersey
Colona Birch
Perida
New Oiluister Plenipotentiary
James H. Birch
Realistic Stage Fight Ends In Earnest Onstage
A Philadelphia Telegraph note recalls Florence Stockwell detailing a famous actor’s convincing onstage Othello duel with Iago. The fight was so authentic that a friend questioned its intensity, prompting the reply that the actor was genuinely acting to safeguard the scene.
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Taya
Othello
Othallo
Ingo
Othalio
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