Overcoming the World Conquerors Christ’s Triumph in Adversity
The speaker reflects on Jesus declaring victory over the world despite betrayal, crowding threats, and crucifixion. It emphasizes Jesus overcoming smiles, suspicions, contempt, and neglect without anger or coercion, choosing spiritual means, patient restraint, and enduring love. Believers find peace in Christ, becoming conquerors through him.
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Jesus
Herod
Calvary
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Lord Jesus Christ
the Standard
Sowing for Eternity Faithful Seed and Harvest
A devotional meditation on sowing daily seed for eternal gain. It cites Beel xi6 and compares natural harvest laws to spiritual fruit produced by faith. It asks readers to consider whether their daily sowing will yield a rich harvest for the Master in the coming eternity.
Being Through Doing and the Call to Right Living
The text argues that doing right matters more than desiring it and that hunger for righteousness comes from practice. It compares moral living to mastering a game, noting enjoyment comes with skill and mastery. It asserts God favors those who act on his will and answers prayer through deeds.
Willing Doers of His Word in Proclaiming Progress
A religious exhortation urges faith and action as believers follow divine guidance. It champions Christians as pathfinders advancing humanity, noting that God provides means and strength for the mission. The piece cautions against refusing prophetic calling and mocks perfunctory or empty religion.
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Moses
Plan for Laying Out Small Grounds with Evergreen Rows
The guide advises keeping evergreens 25 to 40 feet from snow free areas and close to the fence. Plant spruces 20 feet apart long term, 10 feet apart now, with thinning later. Use some evergreens as a hedge, cedar at 18 inches, spruce at 3 feet. Leave 12 to 15 feet before terraces for a path and grass, plant ornamental shrubs to form a screen, and possibly place shrubs west of the evergreens toward the highway. Transplant this spring as soon as ground dries.
Bridge grafting for girdled trees and farm accounting notes
Grafting to save girdled trees uses slender scions placed as a bridge under bark, then waxed and tied. Separate section describes Michigan or Ohio State university farm account methods, showing how experiments on Wooster station fields guide profitable land use.
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Ohio State University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Dirt mixed in potatoes prompts inspector action in Kansas City
A pure food inspector found a sack claimed to hold 112 pounds of potatoes contained 98 pounds of potatoes and 14 pounds of dirt. The state board of health will prosecute the seller of dirt for tubers in this case, signaling tighter penalties for adulteration.
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Kansas City
State Board of Health
Corn Yield World Wide Attributed To Columbus Era
Farm Press reports the annual Indian corn yield may reach 150,000,000 bushels in North America including Mexico Central America the West Indies and Canada. The figure, higher than usual crop reports, accounts for harvests in parts of South America and India where maize is grown for domestic use rather than commercial sale. Yearly variations occur.
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Mexico
Central America
South America
India
Farm Press
Stagehand Warns Playwright Before Speech
A young playwright asks to give a speech as the curtain rises. A friendly stagehand with a kind face advises against it noting that the front row supporters labeled Author carry heavy canes.
A Good Recommendation and a Wealthy Defeat
Miss Flint refuses marriage noting Ol Cash-Ah has only wealth to offer. He retorts he has heart disease, implying a personal flaw that undermines his appeal. The exchange spotlights social pressures and romantic bargaining.
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Miss Flint
Landlord complains as boy questions private road use
A terse exchange highlights a dispute over private access when a tenant asks about walking paths. The boy defends his right by noting he has no bicycle, framing a simple exercise in public space versus private property.
Found Key to Success Prompted by Quip
A man proclaims that he has found the key to success. His wife counters with a sharp quip about his habit of fumbling the key and delaying progress. The exchange is concise and humorous.
Not Having Any Harms a Kiss, Nellie Disagrees
Bertie objects to Nellie enjoying a kiss, insisting there is no harm while she resists. The exchange hints at romantic tension and playful banter between the pair.
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Bertie
Nellie
Very Superior Mr Paryenu at my house daughters own plans
A fragment notes a person named Mr Paryenu speaking about domestic life. The speaker claims that at his house each daughter has a plano of her own. The context suggests a personal, perhaps humorously styled remark.
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Mr. Paryenu
Hest
Tea to cure opium habit from Malay plant discovery
A Malay States Agricultural Bulletin reports a tea plant identified as Combretum Sundarium may curb opium addiction. Discovered by wood cutters, the roasted leaves are brewed then mixed with opium refuse, gradually cutting opium craving to nothing. Missionary groups fund distribution free of charge as reports of success spread.
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China
India
Australia
Agricultural Bulletin
Malaytia
Malayan
England
Straits Settlement
M. CG. A
Far East
Anti- Opium Society of
Selangor
Bible Hints On Temperance From Sacred Texts
The piece argues temperance linked to religion, noting Hebrew priests could drink unfermented wine except at worship, Nazarite vows, and NT guidance for women and men to avoid excess. It emphasizes positive spiritual life over mere negation, citing Ephesians 5 18 and Romans 14 21.
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Paul
Drink Expenditure and Lunacy in Great Britain
An annual report by Dr. James Middlemiss of Ryhope lunatic asylum Sunderland links reduced insanity to lower alcohol spending. He notes fewer patients due to less liquor availability and diminished means to seek amusement, illustrating less drink, less lunacy in society.
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Great Britain
James Middlemiss
Ryhope
Sunderland
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