Watchers of the Gable and the Farrelleys Heroic Man
Jim Callahan, a long time power house wiper, recalls Tim Farrelley who saved a runaway cable car by crawling through a tar stained shaft to stop a sixth wheel. Farrelley, once a watcher, later becomes a respected man in the city’s main office, proving you cannot tell a man’s strength until danger arrives.
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Jim Callahan
Powell Street Railway
Callahan
Farrelleys
Tim Farrelley
Farrelley
East
Old 265
Ripman
265
Sutter Street
Monahan
Monohan
Old Farrelley
Long Hill
Powell Street Hill
Big Callahan
Young Farrelley
Death by Embolism Thought Behind English Chauffeur Case
The chauffeur for Hon. W. F. D. Smith died suddenly while driving in England. Two women in the car observed the engine stop, the car veered into a hedge, and the chauffeur clung to the steering gear with his head on his chest and his foot on the brake. Theories suggest embolism caused instantaneous death and the final action of pressing the brake occurred in death throes.
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W. F. D. Smith
England
New York Times
New Zealand Savings Banks Growth and Potential
Postal savings banks began in New Zealand in 1867. By December 31, 1906, 540 post offices offered savings bank service with 298,746 accounts and deposits totaling 48,766,825 dollars, averaging 166 50 per account and representing 54 per head of the population. Extrapolating, a U S post office system could reach 27,400,000 accounts and 4 6 billion dollars in deposits.
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New Zealand
United States
Post Office
Esau's Temptation sermon at Lafayette Avenue Church
Professor Hugh Black of Union Theological Seminary preached on Esau's Temptation from Genesis 25:32 at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian. He argued Esau sacrificed spiritual birthright for a momentary meal, exposing a lack of self-control and appreciation for unseen values, warning believers to guard against profane choices that disinherit the soul.
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Brooklyn, N. Y
Hugh Black
Union Theological Seminary
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Esau
Black
Jacob
Grace
Abraham
God
Christ
Animal Kingdom
Kingdom of Heaven
Hsau
Then and Now Sermon Conversion Paradox Cited
A Baptist preacher Rev T J Villers of Indianapolis notes a shift in evangelism saying one sermon once converted 3000 souls, now it requires 3000 sermons to reach a single goal. The remark contrasts past and present outreach approaches.
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T. J. Villers
Baptist
Indianapolis
How God Judges and Moral Influence on Neighbors
A Home Herald quotation notes God can read hearts yet judges men by their effect on the neighborhood. It emphasizes social consequences over inner certainty and frames morality through communal impact.
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Home Herald
Nature and a Woman's Work Promises a Remedy
An advertising feature extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women's ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri recounts twelve years of suffering, eleven doctors, and eventual recovery after following Pinkham's advice. The piece praises roots and herbs from field knowledge and Indian remedies on the Western Plains.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Bad Taste Inquisitive Quote From Life Magazine
A fragment quotes a Life magazine line questioning Barker's wife attire. The dialog suggests a critique of social propriety, noting she wears "forty horse-power toys" in a runabout, illustrating snobbery and fashion judgments of the era.
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Barker
Dean's Kidney Pills Trusted In Moscow Woman's Recovery
Mrs. Frank Roseboom of Moscow Idaho describes inherited kidney trouble that worsened to cause nervousness dizziness and sleep loss. After using Dean's Kidney Pills her symptoms subsided and she regained comfort. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Frank Roseboom
Washington St
Moscow
Idaho
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Preparing Silk for Surgery Inventions by Wederlake
A Munich medi weekly describes silk treatment methods for surgical sutures. Wederlake's process removes oils with ether, sterilizes in mercuric chloride, deposits silver, then coats with india rubber to resist infection. Other method soaks silk in sulfuric acid, dries, and hardens in absolute alcohol to gain strength and flexibility.
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Medi
Munich
Wederlake
Piano training based on future needs in apartment life
A father explains to his daughter why she should learn piano, saying she might need to hold her own in notes competitions if she ends up living in an apartment building someday. The Washington Star conveys a light家庭 tone.
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Washington Star
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