Christmas and the Bible Gideons in early hotel room outreach
The Gideons formed July 1 1899 in Janesville Wisconsin by John Nicholson W J Knight and S E Hill three traveling men. Their idea from 1898 grew into an international organization with hundreds of thousands of members placing about 600000 Bibles in American hotel rooms. Are these Bibles used the article questions the hotel management.
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Gideons
Christian Commercial Traveling Men’s Association
Janesville
Wis
John H. Nicholson
W. J. Knight
That City
S. E. Hill
Beloit
Nicholson
Hill
Central Hotel
Boscobel
America
Chicago
Italy
Borso d’Este
Ferrara
Signor Treccani
Milan
Paris
Taddeo di Nicolo Crivelli
Franco di Giovanni de Rossi
Mantua
Modena
Francesco V
Austria
Francesco Ferdinando
Francis Joseph
Charles I
Bible as the World’s Best Seller Through the Ages
The piece extols the Bible as humanity’s constant bestseller and Christmas favorite. It surveys translations and publications, notes vast sales to the Orient, highlights major auctions and notable copies, and recounts the Borso d Este Borso edition sold to Signor Treccani for Italy.
The Kitchen Cabinet poem verse from 1924 feature
A brief line from The Kitchen Cabinet dated 1924 presents a reflective verse on time and memory. It contrasts Yesterday and the Past with the fleeting Present, attributing permanence to what is gone and decay to what we now experience. The epigraph invokes Eugene Lee Hamilton.
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Eugene Lee-Hamilton
Classic Peanut and Vanilla Candies From Grandma’s Kitchen
Vintage recipe excerpt detailing Christmas candy making with a candy thermometer. Instructions for peanut candy caramel mixture cream candy and peppermint creams provide step by step measures and cooking times for uniform results. Includes sugared ingredients and cooling methods.
A Yuletide Feast Brightens Neighboring Homes
The text paints a scene of joyful Christmas celebration with decorated rooms, holly, smoking chimneys, and ovens full of roasted meats. It contrasts sorrow outside with merriment indoors, as the community embraces festive cheer and a lasting spirit of happiness.
Fondant Based Candies and Grilled Almonds Guide
Step by step candy making notes cover fondant preparation with sugar water cream of tartar and optional thermometer to 238 degrees, forming a ripening loaf. It also details almond fondant stuffed raisins agar paste cubes and glossy fondant with glycerin plus grilled almonds with olive oil salt.
Woman praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Dover Delaware resident Mrs Samuel Murphy shares a testimonial about relief from cramps faint spells and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound She says the remedy transformed her energy allowing longer workdays and more active evenings and recommends it to other women.
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Del
Lydia E. Pinkham
Samuel Murphy
Dover, Delaware
Britain Speeds Mail Train From Plymouth To London
Mail service accelerates a 226 mile journey from Plymouth to London arriving in three hours and fifteen minutes. The train reached speeds up to 95 miles per hour during the run.
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America
Plymouth
London
India Buys U S Hosiery and Raw Materials
India shows strong demand for American hosiery and textile fibers as it orders cheap cotton, silk, artificial silk and Lisle stockings produced in the United States, signaling growing trade ties and supply chain reliance.
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India
U. S
Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Promises Fresh Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and economical powder for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims superior fragrance and positions it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio alongside Soap and Ointment.
Hidden Light Reflections Prompt Longing for Recognition
A terse proverb-like line notes that those who hide their talents suffer in silence, wishing someone would notice their value and call forth their brightness. The sentiment warns against concealing one's abilities and urges visible contribution.
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Jill Peoples
Ter
John Dickinson Sherman
Jesus
Bethlehem
Judea
Herod
Jerusalem
Christ
Juda
Israel
Mary
Asia
Africa
British and Foreign Bible Society
The
American Bible Society
Edwin Francis Hyde
New York
New Yorker
United States
Massachusetts Bible Society
Orient
American Society
Bible Society of France
Belgian Gospel Mission
Evangelical Society of Geneva
Carl H. Pforzheimer
Standard Oil Securities
Mazarin
Cardinal Mazar
General Theological Seminary
J. W. Ellsworth
Gabriel Wells
American Revision Committee
Edgar J. Goodspeed
University of Chicago
Doctor Goodspeed
Burne Jones
Gutenberg Bible
Western Newspaper Union
Britain
Bellans
LLANS
J. B. Bergeson
Leonard
Resinos
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
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