The Mirror of Character and Divine Reflection
A 1907 sermon urges self knowledge through mirrors of friends foes and God. It compares true friends honest critique to a hall of mirrors and warns against enemies distortions. It urges viewing Christ’s example for moral transformation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Anthony Vandyke
Elizabeth
Cromwell
Rts
Ourney
Charlie
Ares
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus
Louis Klopsch
The Blood of Our Presidents
A Pathfinder note analyzes the ancestry of U S presidents. It states only Van Buren and Roosevelt were non British in origin while the rest are of English Irish Scottish or Welsh descent. The piece assigns presidents to British subgroups and notes no German French Italian or other European blood has mingled with the presidents yet.
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God
van Buren
Roosevelt
Jackson
Polk
Buchanan
Arthur
McKinley
Monroe
Grant
Hayes
Jefferson
Pathfinder
Shaw Writes Plays on Buses The Philanderer Tale
A biographer recounts George Bernard Shaw pressuring Sir Charles Windham to act in a Shaw play. Shaw shows seven notebooks from his pockets, claiming he writes plays on top of buses and uses notebooks to capture ideas. The anecdote centers on Shaw and his work on The Philanderer.
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Shaw
Charles Windham
George Bernard Shaw
Charles
Bernard Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Philanderer
The Eccentric Shah of Persia and His Quirks
Muzaffar ed Din, the late shah of Persia, is described as nervous before Europeans and fond of music and humane toward people and animals. He enjoyed photography and innovations, even hiring a state photographer and watching new gadgets with interest. He disliked thunder and sought refuge in a vault during storms.
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Persia
Muzaffar Ed Din
England
Turkey
Muyzaffared Din
Muzaffared Din
Europe
Marconi
Chicago News
Pronunciation of Missouri Stirs Language Debate
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat argues Missourians should pronounce Missouri with the first syllable’s short I and the second sound as in Missouri, not Mussouri or Missourah. It notes Arkansas settled on Arkansaw by law and urges adherence to Missouri’s legislative spelling Missouri.
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Missouri
Missourah
Mississippi
Mussouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Vengeance by Prayer in a Japanese Village
In Shirokubo Soshu a wave of robberies alarms seventy households. Villagers hold a mass meeting to curse the thief to death. A local priest refuses such cruelty and vows to paralyze the robber with prayers. The villagers continue daily prayers to doom the culprit to an early death.
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Japan Times
Shirokubo
Soshu
Mails and post office hours in four districts listed
The notice lists mail close and arrival times for Hocking Valley, Big Four, Northern Ohio and Findlay districts. It specifies Sunday operations and express pouch cutoffs, with arrivals from North and South and Sunday service windows detailed.
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Hocking Valley
North
Big Four
Ohio
Findlay
Bellcester
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Talmage
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New Yor City
Broney Torror
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Washington, D.C
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Bert Mitten
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Outlook Building
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G. W. Croker‘ Curey
H. KE. Myers
V.S Res
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J. E. Nichols
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