Value of the Book of Judith in the Second Century B C
The work, though fictitious, serves as an ideal type of heroism aligned with independence wars. Likely rooted in the Maccabean period and dated to the second century B C, broader dating claims to Alexander Jannaeus or Demetrius II lack solid support. Individual sections may carry distinct symbolic meanings reflecting its character and era.
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Alexander Jannaeus
Demetrius II
Antiochus Epiphanes
Sermonette on Purity and Self-Control in Face of Temptation
A sermonette warns that Assyrian general Holo fernes falls for Judith due to base passion, urging that true chastity comes from inner purity. It cites scripture on thoughts shaping deeds, noting that thoughts harboring lust lead to sin and ruin, and that keeping the heart pure guards home and nation.
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Holofernes
Judith
Jesus
Judith Inks Deliverance From Holofernes Camp
Judith with her maid enters the Assyrian camp, feigns alliance, and after a drunken feast she beheads Holofernes, delivering Israel. She prays for strength, seizes the enemy leader's head, and flees past guards toward Bethulia, securing victory through divine aid.
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Holofernes
Judith
Jerusalem
Israel
Bethusa
Memorial proposed for Champlain at Champlainy site
New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary commission discussed a permanent memorial for Samuel de Champlain to observe the 1609 discovery of Lake Champlain. A lighthouse museum and statue, costing about 50000 dollars, would be built near Isle La Motte on a Vermont boundary site.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Lake Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
Champlain
Isle la Motte
United States
Vermont
New York
Fort Ste. Anne
Ste. Anne
Boudoir Shadow Clock For Roosevelt Wife Unveiled
New York inventor R B Smith crafts a novel two dial Boudoir Shadow timepiece for the wife of former President Roosevelt to be presented on his return from Africa. The clock, plated in twenty two carat gold, is only the second of its kind and features separate day and night dials.
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New York
R. B. Smith
Roosevelt
Ingenious Night Dial Clock Illuminates Ceiling Shadow
A clock features a night dial that can be oriented toward the ceiling when the owner retires. A cord and electric push-button at the bed head activates a small light under the dial, projecting the dial’s outline as a four to five foot shadow on the ceiling.
Youth Finds New York Less Than Wonderful
A 23 year old returning from his first trip to New York told friends in a Rockland County store that he saw little to admire. He stayed with a friend who works in a stable, helped around, visited a Bowery cinema, walked the city, then headed home. He singled out the elevated as the only notable feature.
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Judith
Holofernes
Isreal
Bethulla
Nabuchadoneser
New York
Rockland County
Bowery
New York Tribune
Woman's Worth and Deathbed Farewell in Anecdotes
A column mixes headlines and vignettes: a witticism about selling a wife for a shilling, Artemus Ward's deathbed exchange urging a deadly medicine, and Dr. Osler on tuberculosis. Ward dies hours after his friend's insistence, while Osler notes progress and lingering challenge in eradicating the disease.
Weight on Old Age Through Postum Testimony
A southern state public schools superintendent recounts his mother's long heart and stomach troubles softened after switching from coffee to Postum. He notes the family all preferred Postum, with the mother’s health improving markedly and headaches diminishing. He cites his mother as the six-victim in the long-standing family case.
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Wellville
Help for the Artists and Commonplace Quips
A column of comic relief and brief consumer tips notes a hastily dressed man with an umbrella in rain, a doorway chat about sharing the umbrella, advice on starch for laundry, a pun about an automobile loving figure, and a testimonial praising Allen’s Ease for tired feet from Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence Rhode Island.
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Allen
Matilda Holtert
Providence
R. I
Correction and advertising snippets in a 19th century page
The clipping lists varied lines including corrections about card clubs, quips on Marine Eye Remedy, Beecher quotes, medical claims for Wizard Oil and Ball Blue, tobacco ads for Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and a marriage remark. The items reflect era advertising style and settle into a miscellaneous, public notices like fragment.
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Champlainy
Lake Champlain
America
Artemus Ward
Robertson
Tom
Stu
Ward
William Osler
Castoria
What Is
Gunner
Old Foggman
Mr. Automobile
Guyer
Beecher
Lewis
Dodds
Bell
Kansas City
Dr.d.jayne
Carters
Harry Stuckley
Mauch Chunk
Bison Antom
McIntosn
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