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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1908
Page
8
A compact feature on Jonah from scripture, focusing on his attempt to flee God’s command as described in Jonah chapters 1 and 2. The piece hones in on the prophet’s reluctance and the ensuing consequences within the biblical narrative.
The tale follows Jonah after delivering a national revival message. Despite royal support, he hesitates to preach to Nineveh and flees toward the sea, seeking distance from his supposed mission while wrestling with obedience and doubt. He ends up at Joppa, eyeing a voyage to escape divine command.
A sermonette on the Book of Jonah urges readers to abandon limited views of God’s work and embrace a global mercy. It contrasts Jonah’s narrow Israel focus with divine concern for Nineveh, citing Paul and the need to preach the gospel to all nations. The lesson highlights disobedience’s harm and faith’s reward.
The Philadelphia Record reports that Congressman Lafean has given out 24000 garden seed packages to constituents in York and Adams counties from an original 10000 per district. It is unclear if a department of agriculture pull influenced the allotment or if seeds came from another congressman.
New York reports France adopts the verb businer to describe bold hustling in business affairs. The term, derived from English business, marks a nod to Anglo-Saxon commercial prowess and a shift in vocabulary among officials and merchants.
A dramatic comparison elevates strong drink above the sword in a sweeping meditation. The wine cup is praised as a universal conqueror whose triumphs span from ancient battles to modern carnage, contrasting its merciless appetite with the sword’s conscience and quarter.
King Edward converts Sherbourne village inn on royal estate into a men’s club with altered rooms for games and reading. Every villager enrolled as a member, club aims to uplift social conditions and curb alcohol use.
In a declaration the famed oarsman Edward Hanlan states that absolute abstinence from alcohol and tobacco yields peak physical performance. He claims three years of rigorous rowing shows better racing form and argues liquor irritates vital organs and weakens the system.
The article presents a religious meditation on heaven as a real locality beyond current knowledge, a cosmopolitan realm where Jesus reigns and the saved worship, serve, and dwell. It emphasizes purity, peace, worship, social life, and wealth in heaven, urging believers to love God and be faithful.
Alfalfa was first brought to Em poria by the late Harrison Parkman after he saw the plant in Chile. He introduced the crop to America and in the late 1870s moved to Emporia where he sowed alfalfa on a purchased farm and it prospered. Slow to gain popularity, it has become one of Kansas' most important forage crops.
A Paris newspaper laments that a journalist still lies unburied in the Pantheon and names notable media figures who should be present, including Chateaubriand, Benjamin Constant, Paul Louis Courier, Amable Carrel, Emile de Girardin, and Louis Vauillot, highlighting press respect and memorial debates.
A vast national training campaign aimed at coastal defenses unfolds from New York to Boston through June and July. Maj. Gen. Grant will command 20 000 troops including state militias and regulars in simulated battles testing fortifications and fire control with 60 000 man enemy landings at Long Branch as a key scenario.
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