We Are Sailing on a Sinking Ship in Modern Faith
A layman’s plain talk critiques modern religion as a fire escape for the self. He contrasts complacent upper class indifference with trials that reveal true faith, citing Washington at Valley Forge, hospital ordeals, and a call to genuine devotion beyond comfort and show. He warns that many drift through church life, choosing God last until crisis forces reconsideration.
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God
Jesus Christ
Lord Washington
Valley Forge
George Washington
Cripp
Ana
Hell
Heaven
Christ
Fanny J. Grosby
The Ute Legend Of Creation From Indian Lodge Tales
Ford C Frick presents the Ute legend of creation where the Manitou shapes the world from skyward Hill through rain snow and dirt forming mountains forests lakes and rivers. He then rests in the plains, awaiting living beings to inhabit the newly formed earth, setting a mythic start for the mountain tribe.
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Heaven
Manitou
Clever in laws end up blocking couple on the move
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recounts a newlywed couple whose plan to live with the wife's parents faltered after the father proved shrewd. The groom sold the family home before returning from the honeymoon and moved to a hotel.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Hand to Spare in a Private Exchange
A fragment from a social note hints at a private moment between Edwin and Angelina. Harold and Angelina are referenced in a tense exchange about holding hands and an unfulfilled meeting, with Angelina noting she saved one hand for Edwin. The passage centers on a personal missed connection and unresolved emotions.
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Edwin
Harold
Angelina
State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Capacity in Georgia
The State Tuberculosis Sanatorium is full to capacity with 100 beds, facing a long waiting list. Georgia has about 30,000 tubercular residents, but the system serves at most 300 patients per year and provides no beds for Black patients. The Georgia State Board of Health proposes a larger sanatorium to treat 220 white patients, with $500,000 needed and funded by counties.
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Georgia
Alto
Georgia State Board of Health
Board of Health
A Reading Seat on Trains By William Lyon Phelps
The piece argues the best place to read on a train is the right side to avoid windows of passing freight cars and the rearward seat to ease eye strain. It describes how freight trains seem long and the reader escapes distraction as the train clears each one, ending with a preference for backward riding.
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William Lyon Phelps
Scribner’s Magazine
Varieties of Topaz Display Color Range and Luster
The article describes topaz in pink blue yellow and colorless forms and notes a rich reddish brown Colorado topaz at the museum. It compares clear topaz from Maine New Hampshire Utah and the Urals to diamonds, but with less brilliance than diamond, the hardest stone.
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Colorado
Maine
New Hampshire
Utah
Ural Mountains
What Happened to the Violets
A girl named Blue Belle was upset when a fine bouquet of violets disappeared after being placed in the refrigerator to stay fresh. Her father confesses he ate the violets in a mayonnaise salad, joking about his mistake.
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Dad
Bluebelle
Peanuts Top In-Train Snack Popular On Ride
A Long Island train from Pennsylvania Station to Jamaica reports salted peanuts as the top snack among 14 of 100 passengers. Other choices included a big red apple, raisins, fruit tablets, chocolate peppermints, dates, and a child licking a lollipop, reflecting a nickel buys a lot.
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Long Island
Pennsylvania Station
Jamaica
New York Sun
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Americus, Georgia
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