Sinai and Sinai Monastery Amid Desert and History
A reflective tour describes Mount Sinai, Ras es Safsafeh, and the Sinaitic monastery, detailing the biblical origin of Moses, the valley of Sinai, and the enduring yet fading monastic community. It contrasts ancient sacred sites with modern desert silence and notes Asia Minor routes and Armenian life in Aflum Kara-Hissar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Mount Sinai
Israel
Ras-es-Safsafeh
Ras-esaf Safeh
Peninsula
Sinai
Red Sea
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Akabah
Jebelght
el Katerin
Ithern
Jebel Umm Cr
Jebel Umm Shomer
Jebel Musa
Eusebius
Jerome
Cosmas Indicaeustes
Lepsius
Ebers
Ras-es
Blage
Justinian
Brotherhood of
Wadi el
Loja
St. Catherine
Asia Minor
Canaan
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Constantinople
Konia
Aflum Kara-Hissar
Acroenus
Sidel Battel Oi Ghazi
Assum Kara-Hissar
Jochebed
Amram
Nile
An Artistic Triumph And Curious Wedding Pictures
A humorous mock dialogue portrays wedding moving pictures praised as splendid while capturing a bride’s misstep from an old shoe. Interwoven quips cover politics police responses penny parables army umpire and Gridiron days with playful banter about football and society.
Bear Wife of Matoti Hill Legend
A South Dakota tale tells of a hunter who marries a woman who forbids him to hunt bears. He breaks the vow to save his wife, killing a bear only to find her dead, and the hill she lived on is named Matoti or Bear's House. Also quoted are brief interjections about public concern and political boarders from a Washington Star snippet.
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Cheyenne River
South Dakota
Bear
Matoti Hill
Without Friends We Blame Ourselves Find Honest Measure
An essay urges self-examination to avoid blaming others for faults and to build true friendship. Diogenes sought an honest man, but the author notes one must first be genuine. A practical plan invites readers to improve character and influence their circle and business by positive self-change. A courtroom anecdote recounts a colored woman on trial for mistreatment of a child, with the judge allowing a pointed question about ruthless parenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
McWade
Duluth
Diogenes
Cary
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Castoria and remedies ad rattle in a humorous clipping
A fragmented newspaper insert blends old time drug ads with a gag about a one cent safety pin injuring a $3,000,000 baby. It also touts Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted infant remedy and promotes Oxidine for malaria alongside Dr Pierce's Pellets for digestive health. The humor note ends with a quip about a man and his wife and neighbors.
Daughter Chooses Ice Seller Over Wealthy Proposals
A father quizzes his eldest daughter about marriage proposals from an ice man and a plumber. She explains she accepted the ice man who sells ice in summer and is a plumber in winter, valuing character over wealth. The father laughs, noting a man rarely recalls a woman's proposal while confessing his pride.
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Midian
Egypt
Desert
Leo Land
Flas
Asset IL
Culechan
Arthur
Mr. Chump
Tan
Skye
Norry
Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Fletcher
Dr. Pierce
Dean
Kentucky
A. G. Packham
Lakeland
Doan
Pris
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
New York
Defiance
Sulestoro
Ria
Charlotte
N. C
Teven
Mrs. Rosa Srus
Wyona St
Charlotte, N. C
Oma Kali Works, Inc
Empire Eig
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