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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
3
Ancient Egyptians ferried the dead across the Nile in funeral boats to the western tombs where final rites sealed the body. Boats accompanied the mummy in the tombs and were believed to carry the soul to the happy isles beyond. A boatman named Turnface greeted the departed, with inscriptions claiming deeds of charity could guarantee passage.
Military circles push for a short-barreled cavalry rifle to ease handling and reduce weight. A marine sergeant has shortened service rifles by four inches for big game with satisfactory results, fueling interest in possible cavalry gun modifications through these experiments.
Lord Roberts notes that in past eras national sports like cricket and football were banned under penalties as they distracted from military training. Edward IV era law condemned cricket for keeping youth from archery, with two years’ imprisonment. Harrow also restricted games except archery.
The piece argues age should not define worth or efficiency. It explores whether development and sharpness matter more than years lived, urging focus on abilities and progress rather than birthdays.
A German scientist explains hailstones form by the electrical effects of accompanying thunderstorms.
United States Department of Agriculture reports a seed corn dry house costing 550 dollars yielded 1500 dollars profit in a year across 740 acres. Tests compared crib stored seed with seed dried in the house, showing higher yields and uniform stalk standing. Stirring milk speeds cooling and reduces bacteria growth. advice on improving farm egg marketing in the Middle West is offered.
The article notes high fruit prices due to bad packing and poor storage in city warehouses. It advises selecting rocky idle land for apple trees, using wood ashes on stiff clay soils, avoiding late fall cultivation to prevent cold injury, and protecting hillside trees from sun scald.
A call to catalog local trees with names descriptions and wood bark fruit where preservable. Readers are urged to study barks by touch and sight with eyes closed, request free forestry literature from Washington DC, and learn lumber care to maximize returns, plus advice on orchard manure.
The author outlines Judas Iscariot's fall in Matthew 26, detailing his motive of cupidity, the price of thirty pieces of silver, the four stages of the betrayal in the upper room and garden, and Judas’s remorse culminating in his suicide, with cautions on true repentance versus remorse.
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