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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
13
A lyrical meditation on divine reassurance as night deepens. The speaker requests comfort and guidance from God amid stormy, cold seas and looming fears, hearing a quiet summons to sleep well as life ends. The poem invokes guardian angels and heavenly cheer in a bedtime blessing.
Caleb Davis Beadle urges immediate virtue over delayed sanctity. He warns that long delays in goodness ruin our lives and imagines how daily effort in soul culture mirrors industrious business drive. He urges relentless growth, noting we remain unfinished as we strive to become as God would have us to be.
A compact essay urges readers to keep to the right in life as in a crowded city. It argues we should pursue definite personal aims and not meddle in others affairs, warning that idle gossip and meddling disrupt progress. Each person should attend to their own work.
The article reflects on the biblical metaphor of the shepherd and pasture. It discusses lying in green pastures as peace for believers and walking beside still waters as refreshment for those serving God. It notes a paradox of stillness and forward motion within a believer’s life.
The text urges believers to abide in Christ and enjoy liberty through His sacrifice while journeying with Him into a deeper life. It describes resting in redemption's green pastures and still waters of communion, tied to peace yet guided to follow the Shepherd by faith.
A parable of Luke's feast shows a servant obeying his master without hesitation, inviting all from streets and lanes. He travels eagerly, ignores complaints about being overworked, and fulfills every directive to spread the invitation. His single minded devotion drives a full house at the master’s table.
The text notes rising liberalization in England as the established church interacts with nonconforming groups. It cites Balfour opening a Presbyterian bazaar in Manchester and Salfour addressing meetings in nonconforming halls. A Derby October event showed clergy and laymen unanimously backing a bill ending civil registrar attendance at marriages in nonconforming chapels.
Libbie Hellman, at 12, runs Woodman Wisconsin’s sole public worship site a year after reviving a Sunday school started by W. W. Wheeler in 1893. She reorganized after an initial setback, secured funds, and maintained the school solo after her partners moved away, earning praise from a missionary for progress in teaching the scriptures.
Ministerial Stomach Rev Dr Faunce recalls a Hartz mountains pastor who eats heavy Saturday to fuel Sunday work. He dines on sour milk cheese blood sausage and black bread then sharpens minds with a pipe and black beer. By 4 am Sunday he preaches or memorizes, then rests briefly.
The Salvation Army touts a gospel ship among Alaska Indians. A government tug was wrecked on a sharp rock months ago and left. Local Indians rescued and removed parts of the vessel after the incident.
The steamship of the Mission of the Deep Sea Fishermen returns after a six months voyage along Labrador coasts. Its crew, loyal Salvation Army members, patched leaks and spread good news while performing religious and medical work. They covered 2,000 miles and treated nearly 3,000 patients.
Twenty five women at Lake Forest University enroll in a domestic science program studying food drink and house design sanitary and architectural aspects. Students visit homes under construction and interview successful housekeepers for original investigations.
The article compares average earnings across professions, noting teachers are generally worse off than ministers. It cites regional gaps with higher north wages and foreign-born congregations paying less, while most U S ministers remain underpaid despite some clerical incomes reaching high levels.
The author argues that agnostics often take pride in ignorance about God, the afterlife, and the soul. True knowledge requires acknowledging limits, yet a serious seeker cannot settle for uninquiring indolence. If God cannot be known, that would be mankind’s final lesson.
A survey of religious figures profiles Rev William Row Jolley praised as engaging and favored by the queen. Sir James Fitzjames Stephen portrayed as ascetic and stern. It notes Dr George Thomas Dowling’s faith journey and call to Grace Church New York, plus Rev Charles A Fulton’s Reform League election day duties and Rev Claud Raboteau’s critique of international marriages and snobbery in American society.
A religious admonition warns that believers face great peril if they rely on personal power rather than faith in God. The message highlights humility, dependence on divine help, and cautions against self sufficiency.
The Monon Route introduces a new fast train from Chicago to Jacksonville departing 8:32 p.m. daily and arriving Jacksonville about 8:20 a.m. the second morning, claiming the fastest Chicago Florida run. It features Pullman Sleepers and high back seats with connections to Central and Southern Florida. Frank J. Reed, General Passenger Agent, and L. E. Sesone, N. W. Pass. Agt., Minneapolis, oversee timetables and information.
An improved electric target uses bright color wire meshes that trigger a signal and bell when struck. The underground device requires no maintenance and instantly indicates hits, reducing accidents in military shooting drills.
A county map showing principal cities in Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and parts of Mississippi and Florida is offered free. Readers may send their address to P. Sid Jones Passport Agent Birmingham Alabama or C. P. Atmore General Passport Agent Louisville Kentucky. The map folds for convenient use and includes letters from northern settlers along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
A national women’s club named The Home Makers has been incorporated to carry on one phase of women’s work. It has national officers, a constitution, and headquarters in New York. Local clubs with the same name are forming in major cities as auxiliaries, led by founder and national president Mrs. N. Coe Stewart of Cleveland who also heads the Cleveland Sorosis.
The Burlington Route issues a three by four foot seven color wall map showing every state county and railroad. Supplied mounted on rollers it costs more than fifteen cents each and can be ordered by sending the amount in stamps to J. Francis G P T A Burlington Route Omaha Neb. Supply is limited and write immediately.
On December 21 the Monon Route will sell tickets to Atlanta for 15.15 round trip. Tickets are valid ten days. For full information contact Sidney B. Jones City Passenger Agent 232 Clark St Chicago or L B Sessions Traveling Passenger Agent Minneapolis Minn.
In Pike County Pennsylvania two prize rams fought in a public duel. They backed off to about forty feet then charged head to head repeatedly until one ram dropped dead. The unusual contest drew spectators looking for a dramatic end to the unlikely clash.
Comfort to California and economy are promoted for Thursday-departure tours from Omaha. Through tourist sleepers link Omaha with San Francisco and Los Angeles. Second-class tickets accepted. Contact the local agent or J Francis in Omaha for tickets and berths.
Wooden water pipes with a six inch bore are used in several towns of Washington and Oregon. They last as long as iron pipes and cost much less. A seven mile pipeline of pine logs recently laid cost only 2000 dollars.
A catalog note for The Pilgrim featuring sketches prose poetry and illustrations by noted writers and artists. It states the issue is original entertaining and mailed free with six cents postage to any address by sending to Geo H Heafford 415 Old Colony Building Chicago Illinois.
Parisian ladies favor stunted dogs raised by at least forty professional dog-dwarfers. They feed the pups an alcoholic diet causing growth suppression, creating a niche demand in the city.
In North Huron New York a family of four including a man, his brother in law, son in law and father in law, nearly wrecked by tobacco use, all stopped smoking with No-To-Bac. They report complete cure and improved health and urge others to try the remedy. Hundreds of tobacco users are following their example.
A historic household paste recipe combines flour with warm water to a smooth batter, then boiling water is added until stiff and yellow. Pulverized alum is stirred in to harden the paste, deter insects, and reduce stickiness for handling large pasted surfaces.
One hundred dollar reward offered for incurable catarrh claim. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorse the firm as honorable and able. Walding Kinnan & Marvin, wholesale drujists, Toledo, note the cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills 25 cents.
A young mother fits up a nursery in white and rosebuds with a cream tinted paper, garlanded rose bud frieze, and rug. The brass and white enamel crib features white china silk drapery, while chairs table and chiffonier are white with rose bud decorations.
The Modern Mother found Syrup of Figs gentler and more acceptable for children needing a laxative effect. It is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and enjoyed by kids for its pleasant taste and gentle action.
The article explains polite dinner table etiquette, noting that guests should not pressure hosts for serving more than once and that friends visiting should offer to help themselves or be offered more, highlighting subtle distinctions between refined manners and naive hospitality.
The article notes visitors at the Grand Valley aspire to own a ten-acre fruit farm to escape grain farming woes and rainfall dependence. It highlights the appealing, independent, and profitable image of irrigation farming, referencing Zeph. Chas. Felt of Denver for more information.
A Danbury hen produced a rare double egg shaped like a dumb bell one sphere held the white the other the yolk. The hen cackles with delight as villagers note the unusual yolk white separation.
Advertising land in California Nevada olive almond and English walnut runs at five dollars per acre. Five acres pledged to achieve independence for life with payments at twelve percent per month. Contact CALIVADA COLONIZATION CO Suite 502 215 Dearborn St Chicago.
A stump speaker remarked that it is best to be on the right side after the election of the men he had advocated. The item reflects political sentiment and endorsement following the votes.
An old notice advertises the Des Moines Daily News at one dollar per year for subscriptions before January 1st, 1806. The item also notes Chicago shoe stores pricing women’s footwear from thirty to fifty dollars.
Adelina Pattl has earned 5 million dollars as a vocalist marking a new high for the musician's earnings in the field.
A fragmented OCR page shows numerous medical tonics and patent medicines such as Parker's Ginger Tonie Hindercorns and Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It also references a postmaster, a bank suspense, and political notes about congressional districts and aging senators, all presented in a breezy, ad laden newspaper column style.
The text argues against using the whip on a fatigued horse and urges stopping to feed the animal. It stresses that food restores energy and endurance, while a thin, pale rider or horse suffers from weak blood and fatigue. It recommends building up tissues and supplying strength to muscles, digestion, and nerves.
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