Lesson on Jesus Triumphal Entry in John 12
The April 1 30 date marks the start of Jesus last week. The crowd hails him as Messiah with palm branches and garments. Disciples obey the Lord by retrieving a colt, symbolizing peace, while Pharisees protest and Jesus foresees the outcome. The lesson shifts to reverence, authority, and faith in Christ as Lord and Savior. Greeks seeking Jesus signal the Gentile mission, with Jesus’ death yielding vast spiritual fruit.
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Four Lord
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Bethphage
Jesus
Jerusalem
Messiah
Philip
Christ
Wife Retains Freedom in Mutual Marriage Pact
A New York college graduate and a known literary man enter an experiment in marriage with a mutual pledge instead of a ceremony. They keep separate finances and names, share meals, and work independently while jointly supporting the household, arguing for individual intellectual liberty and autonomy.
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New York
Mr. Marsh
Miss Taylor
San Blas once a great Spanish stronghold
A world traveler discusses San Blas, now a small Mexican village spread along a single cobbled main street. Shops, adobe houses, and cafes are run by Chinamen, with a central plaza, an open-air theatre, and a busy market. Side lanes branch into muddy huts with thatched roofs amid lush tropical growth.
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Cordilleras
San Blas
Unlikely Crash Between Plane And Steam Roller
An airman attempting a landing at an aviation field near Buffalo New York collided with a stationary steam roller. The plane nose struck the roller rear causing a broken propeller damaged landing gear and a smashed radiator though no serious injuries were reported.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Buffalo
N. Y
Credit Man's Mistakes Go Unforgiven Says Credit Bulletin
A Weathered quip contrasts how various professionals are treated for errors. It notes that a credit man faces harsh consequences for mistakes, while others like plumbers lawyers doctors judges preachers and electricians receive leniency or technical excuses. The piece closes with the remark that the poor credit man has no excuse.
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Pittsburgh Credit Bulletin
Russian Expedition to Examine Juban Mineral Beds
A Russian geological expedition will explore the Juban region in the South Caucasus to assess coal and ware mineral deposits. Leader is renowned geologist M. Androussov.
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Juban
South Caucasus
M. Androussov
City to Close London Churches in War Reallocation Plan
The City of London will close forty or fifty churches until after the war to release clergy for national war work. Presently about 20,000 residents remain in the central city, and under the plan only eight churches would stay open for local use.
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London
German Inventive Solder Reduces Tin Use in Wartime
Under pressure from necessity German chemists developed a solder with very little tin. Initial mixes used cadmium with lead, but for food containers a non poisonous alloy emerged using cadmium and bismuth. This reduces Germanys tin imports by replacing a quarter of annual tin usage, aiding wartime shortages.
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Germany
Radio Telegraphy in 1916 Progress Review
The Journal Telegraphique lists key radio telegraph stations opened in 1916, noting communications between Isle of Tahiti and Samanza Islands to New Zealand, Atar and Chinquetti to Port Etienne, Cape Juby to Isle of Teneriffe, Australia to Tulagi and Gilbert islands, Seattle to Yokohama, and Barcelona to Budapest. Transatlantic links are active between Sayville and Nauen, Tuckerton and Eilyese, Chatham and Stavanger, Marion and Nairbo, Belmar and Carnarvon, New Brunswick and Towyn, Glace Bay and Letterfrack, Louisburg and Clifden.
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Journal Telegraphique
Isle of Tahiti
Samanza Islands
New Zealand
Atar
Chinquetti
Manchuria
Port Etienne
Cape Juby
Isle of Teneriffe
Australia
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Gilbert Archipelago
Seattle
Yokohama
Barcelona
Budapest
Sayville
N. J
Nauen
Prussia
Tuckerton
N. 4
Eilyese
Chatham
Mass
Stavanger
Norway
Marion
Nairbo
Belmar
Carnarvon
Wales
New Brunswick
Towyn
Glace Bay
N. S
Letterfrack
Ireland
Louisburg
Clifden
Father of Socialism Karl Marx Remembered
Karl Marx the German thinker and founder of modern socialism is honored as the movement's founder and ablest pioneer who endured Prussian imprisonment. Engels Bebel and Liebknecht are cited as successors while Liebknecht's son faces prison for treason related to antiwar stance. Marx's Capital is called the Bible of Socialism.
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Karl Marx
Marx
Friedrich Engels
Ferdinand Bebel
Wilhelm Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht
Social Democracy
Australia Renames South Australian Towns to English Origins
South Australia passes a bill to rename towns and districts of foreign origin to English or native names. A committee counted 67 places historically named to commemorate notable non natives.
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Australia
South Australia
Notice to non residents in Greene County estate sale action
Notice published in Greene Circuit Court May Term 1917 directs William Brown and Benjamin Brown non residents to appear May 23 1917 in Bloomfield Indiana to answer a petition seeking order to sell real estate of Adam R Brown decd to pay debts. Samuel E Bruner administrator warns absence will lead to judgment. Clerk E Kirby Ashcraft seals the notice.
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State of Indiana
Greene County
Greene Circuit Court
Samuel E. Bruner
Admr
Adam R. Brown
Sarah R. Brown
William Brown
Benjamin Brown
Indiana
Bloomfield
E. Kirby Ashcraft
Calvin F. McIntosh
Quieting Title Suit in Greene County Indiana 1917
The plaintiff Spangler and Rundell files a complaint to quiet title on real estate in Greene County Indiana. Defendants are unknown or non residents and include multiple Smiths Usreys and Stalcups. The parcel covers five acres in Worthington near section 20 and the court set a May 23 1917 appearance at Bloomfield Court House.
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Sarah Smith
William Smith
David Smith
Henry Smith
Elizabeth Usrey
Benson Usrey
Elizabeth Usiri
Benson Usiri
William Smith Jr
Henry Smith Jr
Elizabeth
Mary Ann Smith
Polly Smith
Sally Smith
Thomas Smith
Isaac Stalcup
Smith Stalcup
James Stalcup
Elizabeth Smith
Greene County
Indiana
Topping
Worthington
Charles W. Jean
Lizzie N. Jean
Alfonzo F. Wilson
Ebenezer Fiscus
Worthington and
Johnstown
Jean
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
E. Kirby Ashcraft
Spangler & Rundell, Atty’s
Sheriff Sale Notice in Greene County Indiana 1917
A sheriff sale announces public auction of real estate owned by Peter T. Peterson et al to satisfy a $9006.20 decree. The auction is set for May 19, 1917, at the Greene County Courthouse in Bloomfield with rents and profits for 240 acres across sections 5 and 8, township 7N range 6W, plus potential fee simple sale if needed.
Township Trustees Set Regular Office Hours in Greene County
Notice to Taylor and Jackson townships in Greene County Indiana announces weekly business hours. W E Dosss trustee will transact at his Scotland office on Fridays and Saturdays. William Raperr trustee will transact at his home on Tuesdays and Fridays and at Owensburg on the last Saturday each month.
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Richland Township
Greene County
Indiana
A. B. Titus
Allen Williams
Taylor Township
Scotland
W. E. Dosss
Jackson Township
Owensburg
Public Auction of Real Estate Rents in Greene County
Daniel H. Skemp sues Anna F. Reed for 533.62 dollars plus interest and costs and will offer the rents and profits of part of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter in Section 4 Township 6 North Range 6 West for up to seven years. If needed, the sale will include the fee simple of the property to satisfy the decree at the Greene County Courthouse in Bloomfield on May 5, 1917, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The sale is without valuation or appraisement relief.
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Greene Circuit Court
Aetna Insurance Company
Peter T. Peterson
Bloomfield
Greene County
Indiana
Jeptha Moss
Hays & Hays, Attys
A. D
Daniel H. Skemp
Anna F. Reed
Broad Street
Lyons
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Cure for Deafness
An 19th century advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as affecting the bloodstream to treat mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case of deafness not cured by the remedy.
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Hall
HENEY @ CO
Toledo
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E. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Israel
Sheriff’s Sale
Slinkard & Vosloh
Law
Democrat
Guy H. Humphreys
W. R. Cravens
North Side Public Square
T. Roy Cook
Westside Square
Richland
James M. Hudson
Square Bloomfield
Frank A. VanSandt
Joan W. Jackson
Greene County Slinkard & Vosloh
Bloomfield Sheet Metal Works
S. D. Miles
Hasler Bros
the Farmers’ Store
VanMeter Hardware Co
Josephine Turck Baker
Evanston
Illinois
Elliston
O. F. Musselman
Newberry
Hart Bros
Sandborn
Lex V. Deckard
W. L. Slinkard
Russia
Ukraine
Little
Dnieper
Pinsk
Ekaterinoslav
Lithuania
Turkey
Oscow
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