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Church Notice Sparks Sermon on Reading Ads in Church Time
A ruined OCR fragment tells of a Sabbath notice about not reading advertisements printed on the reverse page. A patron misreads a dealer’s sale notice of doors and cheese while the church crowd is puzzled by sermon content about reading notices. The rector questions inducements and reading practices, urging restraint and moral reflection.
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Supreme Youth of
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Con- Briss
bank the great
Thomas II
Bur- Tuwes
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R. Coburn
Sovenber
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Lol. Wickersham
F.Fordt
Sukary Aucpi
Washington
WA. Greggy
Bates
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Gettysburg Nationsl cemetery
Kildelphia
James Worrell
Susquehagga
Irbes
State Lunatic Hospital
Nations
Antietam
Quaeraino
RK. Brook
Wai. H. Istsir
J. Alerrill Linn
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Ellen Wharton
Elion
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George
Lucie
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Susie
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Henry
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