Lesson for May 27 The Holy Spirit and His Work
Summarizes John 15 26 27 16 7 14 and Golden Text John 14 3. The Paraclete Spirit of Truth sent by the Father will guide believers into truth, convict the world of sin righteousness and judgment, and dwell in believers to enable testimony to Jesus. Emphasizes persecution readiness and intimate Christian relation progression from servant to brother.
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Jesus Christ
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John
Firing Big Guns Uses Science and Precise Corrections
The article explains that modern big guns rely on scientific methods rather than sighting along the barrel. In World War I style artillery, gunners apply about fifteen corrections, each needing five adjustments, to account for air resistance, Earth's curvature, and gravity. Advances in mathematics, physics, and chemistry replace guesswork.
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Popular Science Monthly
Gradual Clock Shift Proposal Jumpstarts Daylight Change
Professor Lecorbin proposes a gradual time adjustment by slightly changing pendulum lengths at solstices. From December 21 clocks gain 30 seconds daily, from June 21 they lose 30 seconds daily, reaching 45 minutes ahead by March 21 and 1 hour 30 minutes by June 21, then resetting. Watches would require a half minute adjustment nightly.
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Lecorbin
French Academy of Scientists
Ancient Carthage Tanks Echo Modern War Parallels
An Irvington professor notes tanks are not new to war and compares modern mechanized warfare to Carthaginian elephants. He cites elephants at Zama as invulnerable chargers, hamstrung to avert danger, and asserts no German commander has yet hamstrung modern tanks.
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Irvington
Carthage
Zama
Scipio
Indianapolis News
Modern Circuit Rider Returns as Convention Pastor
The old time circuit rider reappears in Spokane country as a convention pastor. Instead of a saddle horse he will use passenger coaches or drive his own car to assist weak churches and neglected fields. Dr. A H Bailey, Baptist missions superintendent, announces the plan via the Spokane Chronicle.
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Spokane
A. H. Bailey
Baptist Missions
Spokane Chronicle
Convention
Rumor of War Ending Before Lecture Spreads in London
A friend praises a professor after a lecture titled How to Stop the War while noting a rumor that the war would end before the talk. The exchange reflects wartime mood and social chatter in London as the talk concludes.
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London
If law limited couples to six months apart
W. L. George argues in the Atlantic Monthly that forcing separation would be intolerable. He says people would endure hunger and punishment to stay together, and that love of home would birth a more touching family life than Queen Victoria imagined.
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W. L. George
Atlantic Monthly
Queen Victoria
Fortune teller claims skill in predicting goods trends
A fortune teller boasts to a skeptic that she can forecast which goods people will seek as accurately as a dry goods clerk. The exchange underscores a belief in intuitive pattern reading and market insight.
Short Range Pigeon Shoot Sets High Bizarre Record
At the gun club this morning Ernie boasts he broke 99 pigeons out of 100. Jack asks how he did it and Ernie replies he dropped a box of them, implying a chaotic mishap rather than skill.
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Ernie
Jack
Africans sent to France as fighters and laborers return changed
The article discusses African subjects taken from British and French Africa to serve in France during the war. It notes promises of return to their homelands with a changed outlook, learning agriculture and industry, and the potential for accelerated civilization upon their return. It also calls out limited natural wealth and highlights fertile plateau regions for future development.
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Africa
France
England
North America
Central North America
Tropics
Plateau
Governor veto blocks jackrabbit bounty plan
Governor Ferguson vetoes a bill that would pay 5 cents per jackrabbit scalp and raise a $200,000 extermination bounty for jackrabbits wolves and wildcats. He supports wolf and wildcat control but opposes funding hunts for jackrabbits stating meat may be needed if shortages arise and the plan would overstate rabbit consumption.
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Texas
Ferguson
City brother meets farmer over horse fed to lions
Edward Jones of Orange county once lived in the city and toured the country with his brother Benjamin. A spring wagon ride ends with the brothers trading quips about a rough horse. The country man says the horse was sold for twenty dollars to a circus to feed the lions for one night.
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Edward Jones
Orange County
Benjamin
Jones
Pennsylvania Street
Edward
Roy
Indianapolis
Flo
Indianapolis News
Metal flag design offers lasting Boone Indiana solution
A Boone resident creates a metal flag made of hollow tubing wire cloth brass tin and copper that mimics a cloth flag. Wind passes through the mesh reducing pressure and the flag stays light and unfurled even without wind. It only needs repainting every two to three years and is raised atop a Boone bank building.
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Boone
The Poet Pye Remembered As Laurel Figure Of Fun
The London Observer notes poet Pye, grandfather to a deceased Pinner relative, became a figure of fun and not the worst laureate. He offered an annual ode on birthdays and New Year, often praising Georgius Rex with Neptune Flora and Bellona allusions, a style George III preferred over Scott or Wordsworth.
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Pinner
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Flora
Bellona
Georgius Rex
George III
Scott
Wordsworth
London Observer
World War II Field Rations Described
A description of improvised rations used by Allied and German armies. The British Tommy uses dog biscuit bread substitutes, four inch squares weighing three ounces. The French war bread swells in water or soup. The German pea sausage blends pea meal with bacon and fat, invented by a Berlin cook to resist spoilage. one eight inch sausage yields twelve plates of soup.
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Tommy
Berlin
Man Comes Home To Surprise Supper Time Confusion
Roscoe Boone, a Muncie electrical contractor, returns home to find Mrs Boone hosting a group of women at cards. He jokes he came home to see what time it was, not for supper, catching guests by surprise in the mid afternoon.
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Roscoe Boone
Muncie
Trustees Notices for Greene County Townships
Notice to residents that the trustees will transact township business at Scotland Indiana on Fridays and Saturdays each week. W E Doris Trustee of Jackson township Greene county will conduct business at his residence on Tuesdays and Fridays and at Owensburg on the last Saturday each month William Raverr Trustee
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Richland Township
Greene County
Indiana
A. B. Titus
Allen Williams
Taylor Township
Scotland
W. E. Doris
Jackson Township
Owensburg
William
Approaching Storm Picture Used as Wedding Present Gag
London art dealer Iwan displayed two reproductions of The Approaching Storm. One was placed in the show window but failed to sell. To attract attention he attached a card claiming the painting was especially suitable as a wedding present.
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Hubert Herkomer
London
Iwan
Beginning Early
A conversation shows a father offering a baby sister to his son while the boy expresses discomfort with girls at school. The exchange reveals family dynamics and the son's preference to avoid attention from female classmates.
Doing His Bit in Wartime Home Front Scene
George and his little brother observe the milkman's horse as it chews and imagine the idea of “doing his bit” amid patriotic talk. George muses on his mother’s phrase about doing her bit and what it means in daily life.
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George
Little Tom
Different Playmates
Greene claims no harm in cards versus chess while Black cites associations. Greene questions associations, and Black notes chess uses two bishops whereas cards use four knaves in a pointed comparison.
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Greene
Unerring Instinct in Birds and People
The Kansas City Star quotes Professor Pate on the remarkable sense of direction in migratory birds. He notes that last year’s martins return to familiar boxes after visiting Brazil, comparing the bird instinct to a friend who instinctively tracks you when nearly broke, finally catching up and embracing you.
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Pate
Martin Boxes
Brazil
Kansas City Star
Moravian governor urges donkey meat for scarce supply
The Moravian governor directs the province in Austria Hungary to eat donkey meat as much as possible to conserve scarce other meats. The article says donkey flesh tastes like fine game and experiments prove satisfactory, calling it an exceptional table delicacy.
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Moravia
Austria
Hungary
Changed Her Mind in a Discriminating Woman Tale
A voice describes Mrs Gabby Mrs Finnicky as highly discerning and notes prior deception until the speaker observed her husband. The wording suggests a humorous or satirical social observation with character sketches.
Notice of Final Settlement for Sharples Estate
Arista R. Shields as executor of Alonzo R. Sharples deceased has filed a final settlement with vouchers. The Greene Circuit Court May Term 1917 will examine the account on June 18 1917. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the settlement should not be approved.
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Arista R. Shields
Alonzo R. Sharples
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Indiana
E. Kirby Ashcraft
Greene Circuit
D. W. McIntosh
Notice of Administration for Joseph Wautelet Estate
Joseph Mercier appointed administrator by Greene County Indiana Circuit Court to manage the late Joseph Wautelet estate. The estate is declared insolvent and the administrator is tasked with settlement following Indiana probate procedures.
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Circuit Court
Greene County
State of Indiana
Joseph Wautelet
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