Judiths Bold Venture Save Her Beloved Jerusalem
A note on the Apocryphal Book of Judith outlines the heroine as a symbol of piety beauty courage and chastity. It notes Judith’s descent from Simeon and her bold role in the Bethulia raid against Nebuchadnezzar’s forces, though questioning the book’s historicity. The text mentions 16 chapters in the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith
Jerusalem
Simeon
Tobit
Nebuchadnezzar
Nineveh
Holofernes
Bethulia
Judith the Beautiful Heroine In Sermonette
A sermonette extols true piety expressed through heroic deeds. It praises Judith as a God fearing Jewish widow whose inner beauty and noble life deliver her city, arguing that outward looks matter only when matched by a pure heart and righteous actions. Blessed memory of such women is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith
Ozias
Chabris
Charmis
God
Israel
Ourlas
Jerusalem
Simeon
Israal
Manasses
Elde
Judith Plans Bold Rescue Before Five Days End
Judith, famed for virtue and influence, urges city leaders Ozias Chebris and Chamis to act as Holofernes besieges Bethulla. With five days remaining before gates open and city falls to Nebuchadnezzar’s general, she weighs swift rescue using wealth and devout resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith
Holofernes
Nebuchadnezzar
Bethulla
Holofernea
Ozias
Chebris
Chamis
Profitable Truck Farming in Atlantic Coast States
The article traces truck farming growth along the Atlantic coast from Norfolk and Charleston, noting winter climate advantages, rail and ship links to northern markets, and crop patterns. It describes cabbage as a principal fall and winter money crop, sauerkraut production, and regional variations including water garden crops and tender crops protected lightly in winter. It also highlights Norfolk’s development, the shift to all-rail shipments by 1885, and regional crops like oranges in protected Atlantic zones with warm currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast States
Norfolk
Charleston
8. C
United States
Gulf Stream
Oelober
South Atlantic Coast
South Carolina
Hugh Bates
New Jersey
New Territory
Ivery Soft
The Useless Surplus Poem by Geee 3 Asa Binet
A fragmentary verse argues that surplus wealth time drink and food spoil by excess and that frugality is best. It critiques waste and urges earning only what is needed through thrift and effort.
Helpful Children and Mothers Roles in Domestic Life
The piece argues mothers are at fault when children are unhelpful, then contrasts two mother types. One egoistically does tasks for children, the other overcautiously shields them, warning that early responsibility builds character. Small duties train mind and body for bigger tasks.
Simple Life Debate Across The Household Strife
In a domestic vignette, a wife muses on the meaning of the simple life while her husband calls it poetry. Tension rises as she notes his worry over meals versus water, and mother’s views on diet. Jim’s hobby and Jane’s plan clash with daily routines, so she continues managing the home as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Ani
Jane
Bridget's Beatitudes and Rules for Baking Meats
A fragmented historical excerpt lists culinary maxims. It praises whipped cream with mayonnaise, citrus and fruit salads with roast duck, melted butter warmed for basting, warm water for ironing, and cautions on cold water affecting starch. It also provides baking times: beef eight to twelve minutes per pound for rare to well done, pork thirty, lamb ten to fifteen, chicken about one and a half hours for four pounds, halibut fifteen minutes per pound, other fish varying.
Beef Dripping Use In Cooking And Pastry
Beef dripping, when properly clarified, can replace butter in cooking. French cooks even use it for puff pastry. For pastry use one pound of flour to four ounces of clarified dripping. It is especially good for frying pur es.
Burdens Lifted by Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs Wesley Clemens of Manchester Iowa reports constant sewing work caused kidney trouble and severe back pain. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she felt much better quickly and remained free of trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Wesley Clemens
Marion St
Manchester
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. J
Yale Faculty Meeting Sparks Waterloo Reference
A Yale faculty discussion over a fast student echoes Waterloo Wheeler lore. While upholding scholarship and attendance, officials contemplated dismissal for misconduct after the student was seen with a woman of poor reputation. Professor Ladd questioned positive identification of the student, and Wheeler added the need to identify the other party.
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Yale
Waterloo
Wheeler
Ladd
The Hint Gentile and the Clocking Moment
The passage shows Mr Laphead and Miss Smartwell debating lateness as the clock nears noon. A quip about delaying tasks echoes the proverb never put off till tomorrow what you can do today, reflecting a light conversational tone.
Fragmented 19th Century Anecdotes and Advertisements
A collage of humorous quotes and quick product notices spans jokes about business ethics and aging, a mock dialogue on consignments, a quip about a duke marriage, and several old advertisements for Pettis Eye Salve and Wrigley’s Spearmint. Also references Uncle Josh humor and a line about truss blues that preserves clothes.
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Atlantic Coast
Georgia
Maryland
Engineer Magazine
New England
Sauerkraut Factory
Geee
Asa Binet
Henry
Holden
Hobbs & Rawson
Duke
Pettis
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Josh
Wrigley's
Truss
Des Moines Directory
State Insurance Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Our Victor, Evans
Nandla Haldow
Pee Blue
Kavi
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