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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
6
An outline noting Esdras chapters 3 and 4, labeled as apocryphal materials. It references the Mooks and stats, suggesting a critical or comparative discussion of these texts. The entry lacks narrative context but signals a textual analysis focus on named chapters and related commentary.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses apocryphal works such as Wisdom of Solomon and Ben Sira, notes the term Apocrypha meaning hidden or secret, and traces its association with late ancient religious scribal practice and eventual settlement in later traditions.
A sermonette extols truth as the divine expression and the way to God. It warns that pure cold intellect risks idolatry of truth, and that half truths endanger the seeker by claiming full knowledge without love guiding it. Truth must be united with love to reveal real life and direction.
A fragmentary Apocrypha episode recounts three youths among King Darius private guards who craft rival maxims. Wine rules, kings rule, and women rule, but truth endures, prompting Darius to vow aid for Jerusalem while Zorobabel presses for relief and receives royal letters authorizing action. The tale centers on power, gender, and allegiance.
The passage reflects on courtesy as a timeless virtue among the best spirits in American life and literature, contrasted with modern life’s storm and stress. Vernon Murray recalls Whittier and Shakespeare, noting the elusive courteous ghost in a changing era.
The passage argues death carries mystery and dread yet faith and love ease the fear. It urges living fully today to prepare for a larger life beyond, viewing death as graduation to higher being and promising continued growth for others through purposeful living.
Tailo corn has become a staple in the dry uplands of Texas New Mexico Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma. It tolerates 17 to 25 inches of rainfall yearly and ripened at high elevations such as Colorado 6000 feet and South Dakota, with seeds forming around the stalk head like broom corn. It harvests by machinery and yields 30 to 15 bushels per acre, primarily used for feeding stock and cattle.
The piece contrasts attitudes toward money before and after marriage. It notes discussions and tensions arise in matters of wealth, typically mediated by lawyers, with couples often facing changes in financial dynamics after vows.
A period ad touts Br Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative suitable for women and children. It claims gentle action, pleasant taste, and benefits for constipation, liver troubles, sour stomach, and headaches. The piece notes prices of 60 cents or $1 and offers a trial bottle by mail from Dr. W B Saldowell at 201 Caldwell blog Monticello Illinois.
The Afth annual meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will convene in Washington D C at the New Willard hotel on May 13 14 and 15. The group totals nearly 2000 members with reach in Canada Cuba Puerto Rico Philippine Islands and several European countries. Honorary vice Presidents include ex President Roosevelt and Dr William Oster. Dr Vincent Y Bowdlich of Boston is president with Homer Folks of New York and Dr Charles L Minor of Asheville as vice presidents. Gen George M Sternberg is treasurer Dr Henry Barton Jacobs of Baltimore secretary and Dr Livingston Farrand of New York executive secretary.
A man refuses cocktails and cigars due to his wife’s strict rules against intoxicants. He seeks a way to enjoy himself without breaching the vow. The exchange reveals a humorous clash of personal vice and marital oversight. The dialogue implies a social scene where restraint clashes with temptation.
During dinner Mr Gatey smiles for no reason and recalls a tale from the Cornel Widow. His wife cuts him off sharply asking where he met this interesting lady, reflecting the magazine’s literary tone.
A Georgia physician describes his personal health decline and rapid recovery after switching to Grape-Nuts. He credits the cereal with rebuilding nerve and brain tissue, improving digestion, and restoring strength and weight, endorsing it for convalescents and the sick. He urges others to try a 10 day trial when regular foods fail.
Countess Marguerite Cassini, famed social figure and adopted daughter of the late Russian ambassador in Washington, studies singing in Paris with Jean de Rosalie as she pursues an operatic stage career. Her beauty and social prowess are legendary, and her wardrobe once included 80 gowns and three dozen pairs of shoes with as many hats, maintained by three French maids during the social season.
WashingtonCosmos Club members heard Dr R H Chapman recount fifty featherless chicks hatched near Delhi New York in summer. The birds froze in fall and experiments to regrow feathers failed. The club ponders bald poultry to simplify kitchen work and reduce fuss in cooking while noting civilization removed body hair. Further bald poultry experiments are planned.
Correspondence in the Foreign Relations of 1900 reveals that on July 14 1906 Assistant Secretary Bacon inquired of the Italian ambassador about the status of an American heiress who might marry an Italian noble. State Department officials deny any link to the Duke of Abruzzi and Katherine Elkins.
The Taft commission on the Arlington National Cemetery memorial amphitheater has submitted its plan. Members include Taft, Secretary Cortelyou, Elliott Woods, G. Kintball, and Gov. Curtis Guild Jr. The New York design calls for a large roofed arena for about 5,000 with a colonnade and crypt for distinguished burials, plus memorial busts.
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