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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
2
The piece argues that modern humanity longs for a personal center in the universe, not a distant creator or state church. It asserts that science cannot fully satisfy the soul and that true meaning comes from a living, loving force that offers loyalty, friendship, and comfort across life and eternity.
Sermon argues that uplifting and downward plunges are part of a divine plan. It compares life’s heights and depths to mountains and valleys, minerals and fertility, urging acceptance of both joys and trials as essential to welfare. Nature exemplifies balance and restlessness as grace.
A devotional meditation argues that borrowed worry divides life from faith and urges harmony with God’s providence. It uses the David and harp parable to show sorrow and joy together draw heavenly music, uplifting the heart toward the celestial city where no fall occurs.
Rev E W Caswell presents the law of reciprocity as a core Christian truth. The piece links sowing and reaping to giving, bearing burdens, and selfless acts, noting enduring rewards beyond material return. It cites biblical lines and historical figures to illustrate generosity's fruit and eternal significance.
A collection of maxims on humility, self restraint, and the dangers of pride. It argues that true meekness and right action come from faith and doing what is right, while avoidance of reality and overbearing certainty corrupt character and spirit.
A prose admonition urges pastors to align life with preaching. It warns against hollow rituals and outward show, stressing that true leadership requires genuine character, not imitation of others or solemn Sunday appearances.
A Washington Star pair of quick quotes shows a father hopeful his daughter will develop musical taste while the same page mocks gardening research habits. The exchanges capture light household humor about parental expectations and garden prep delays.
A terse exchange reveals dating and marriage plans. The applicant boasts dodger distribution experience and mobility as a former chauffeur. A partner named Mr. Bullion is referenced in a family context with concerns about age and parental care.
A London joke notes a domino factory worker who puts on the spots and complains that today the company is producing double blanks, reflecting light humor about labor.
A chemistry teacher asks what sea water contains. The exchange names chloride of sodium and adds fish as another component, reflecting a Cleveland Leader quotation.
The column presents brief jokes and witticisms from papers such as the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Washington Star. It includes a doctor’s remark about a hospital visit tied to building plans and a pun involving a mural like Miss Passay.
Yonkers Statesman reports a quarrel between Patience and Patrice about their marriage. Patience claims she married to reform him, while Patrice contends he was a fool to marry her and Patience has not reformed him.
A humorous exchange from Fliegende Blaetter shows a husband reveling in his freedom to return late after women’s suffrage meetings while his wife remains away. The joke critiques domestic gender roles and public activism.
In Feud Zone a stranger asks why locals feud and a remark about taking chances as an innocent bystander appears in the Kansas City Journal. In News in the Zoo a man explains he was neither bull nor bear on Wall Street, only a giraffe due to not investing.
Quotation notes the groom's effeminacy drawing almost as much space as the bride in a Houston Post wedding write up. The remark highlights gender expectations reflected in the newspaper's coverage.
A humorous dialogue features an old gentleman urging a boy toward presidency while Willie laments his chances and admits selling his future for marbles to a character named John ny Billings, per a Harper’s Bazar line.
A humorous exchange centers on a claim of smoking. Genewieve urges fairness as one character admits to smoking while insisting the item is a genuine two-for. The dialogue captures a cautionary family moment with regional speech.
A playful quip notes Old Mother Hubbard surveying fashions and declaring her dress still stylish, reflecting a lighthearted, era-tinged line about staying current.
A Washington Star quote shows a taxicabman confirming a fare indicator, with a wry exchange about taking a short turn and avoiding arrest for scorching. The dialogue captures urban tension and sly self-congratulation over a near-miss in a rapid, risky maneuver.
A brief exchange recalls a brother noted as a fisherman and widely regarded as lucky. The conversation hints at local esteem in a bygone era.
In a brief Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette two men argue over which dessert is better. They ask a third man who remains noncommittal, stating simply that he boards. The exchange highlights a playful dispute and a quiet punchline.
A brief exchange from the Houston Post features a sharp sparring line about marriage. A challenge prompts a candid back and forth as one speaker declares they would marry an idiot if asked, then retracts the claim.
A collection of brief quips and exchanges from Eastern professors, Daisy and Maisie, end-seat hogs, balloon honeymoons, and a parrot joke. The lines come from the Houston Post Yonkers Statesman Baltimore American and showcase playful wordplay and social observations.
A New York based Arabian doctor quips on marriage customs and polygamy, contrasting Muhammedan and New York practices while noting expensive Easter hats and veiled wives. He cites his uncle with 25 wives and a single son, joking about love and domestic life.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes Taft era Republican effort to challenge Democracy in the South with Virginia as key. It cites 1909 Virginia politics, past statewide results, and potential GOP gains through improved organization and a close governor race.
The Des Moines Capital argues the tariff bill should have had all Republicans votes and that party unity follows a majority decision. It warns insurgent dissent weakens party strength, cites 1893 WilsonGorman losses, and notes Nebraska insurgents now voting for final passage while Nebraska senators supported the final tariff measure.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes a counterview that genius can share its joys and not travel solo. The remarkplayfully contrasts solitude with collaboration and shared celebration.
The column critiques sensational calamity rhetoric in 19th century politics, citing Lafollette and others. It argues Americans should pursue farming and productive work, condemns idle loafing, and notes sharp sectional tensions in tariff and coinage debates across Minnesota, Iowa, and the West.
Reports cover cost estimates for a Detroit pyramid replica, cement industry growth with a Chicago show, a gasoline turbine pump for fire engines, aluminum currency in France, telegraphic cable recovery after Messina quake, a possible radioactivity link to potassium, river gradients and Gulf levels on the Mississippi and Nile, discoveries in Central Asia by Dr Stein, and Lord Curzon on the Kashmiri desert finds and historic meetings under desert sand.
The piece argues against rocky and clay soils and promotes made land, sand, and silt as adverse. It favors gravel as the best building soil due to its porosity, drainage, and stability, noting gravelly elevations can be safe foundations with cellars above groundwater. It cites Circle Magazine as the source.
The article notes meteors burn up in the dense air at about 100 miles high, proving the air remains thick enough for friction to heat objects. It adds that humanity has yet to explore beyond sixteen miles in the atmosphere.
A customer from Scranton, Pa writes to Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Medicine Co. praising relief from painful nighttime kidney discomfort after using Haarlem Oil Capsules. He stopped beer and continued the capsules, thanking the company for the coupon and kindness.
Prof. Albert Schinz notes that difficulty in English for foreigners lies in pronunciation rather than orthography. He argues many can read and write but struggle to speak or understand spoken English, while native speakers often mispronounce other languages similarly.
David Price of Corydon Iowa recalls severe kidney trouble and near weakness. After a week on Dean's Kidney Pills his mobility returned and health improved, with seven years of continued well being. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sells. Allen's Foot-Ease praised by Mrs W J Walker for relief from burning itching feet and c o m fort. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
Juan Francisco de St Antonio recounts a Manila 1738 travel account in which he breakfasted on a mermaid and describes its taste as resembling fresh fat pork. The narrative contrasts this unusual meal with other travelers like Frank Buckland.
Advert encourages use of Red Cross Ball Blue for cleaning clothes to keep them clean and sweet smelling as new. Contains promotional tone and mentions common household product. The line ends with stray text.
A conceited man claims fault is small while Knox counters with a plugged nickel analogy. Then an ad line promotes Hamlins Wizard Oil claiming to ease pain and make an old man feel young, amid a note on backache and lumbago.
A shrewd lawyer in a bribery case stopped questioning a witness after a revealing exchange. When asked if he had ever refused a bribe, the man hesitated with a "but" and the lawyer dismissed him, knowing the hint would reveal no bribe attempt.
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