Missionary of Black Rock Returns to Lead Men Home
The narrator recalls Craig, Graeme, and the Black Rock men as Craig heals and guides from the mountains to a life of purpose. Mrs. Mavor joins the voyage, bringing hardship and hope, while the camp community celebrates their return with song, work, and renewed faith.
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Cottice
Billy Breen
Billy
Ant’ Ilis
Indine
Lonm
Tam
Craig
Graeme
London
Mrs. Mavor
West
Christ
Paris
Vienna
Mia
Edinburgh
Hell
Crescents
Gardens
Black Rock
Ania Graeme
Nixon
Shaw
Sandy
Abe
Geordie
Baptiste
Great Divide
Campbells
Nelson
Selkirks
Be Slow to Believe It
A reflection on charity and judgment urging reluctance to believe evil of others without trustworthy testimony. It contrasts legal innocence with public slander and argues that real virtue lies in resisting scandal and doubt. It emphasizes the burden of proof and the harm of quick condemnation.
An Early Organist in Sunday School Lesson
A Sunday school teacher discusses the lame beggar at the beautiful gate and the healing by Peter and John. A child jokes that he could have got a hand organ. The same class recites the golden text on temperance, noting wine mocks and strong drink raging and deceiving souls.
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Mrs. Mavor
Graeme
Connor
Abe
Marjorie
Peter
John
Lippineatt
The Merchant’s Russian Sales Blunder
The judge recalls a past error selling patent medicines in Russia. During a market review a crack regiment sneezed violently, prompting the seller to open his sample case to hawk anti cough pellets. The commissary corrects him noting the troops cheer the arrival of General Akachoochebedooski.
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Russia
Akachoochebedooski
Imbecility Rumors Prompt Critique Note
A subeditor named Mr X was tasked with an article on superstition and imbecility. The printed piece opens with That imbecility is not on the wane perusal of the following lines will amply demonstrate, cited by Courrier du Centre.
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Courrier du Centre
Socrates Urges Athens to Thwart Endless Wealth Hoarding
A Socratic reflection laments Athens citizens piling wealth while neglecting children. The speaker asks why people scrape every stone to amass money and neglect the future, urging moral restraint and civic care.
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Athens
Ciitizens
Socrates
Crowded City Life Reflected in Tenement Rates
London remains crowded while 9.4 percent of its residents live in one room tenements, compared with Bombay where about 30 percent endure the same compact living conditions.
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London
Bombay
A Musical Accompaniment Laughs At Singing
A Denver News playful quote notes Will’s musical laugh as he laughs when others sing and a friend teases that he brightens gatherings with his humor.
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Will
Denver News
Encouragement as Self-Drive, Not Outside Help
A Globe quotation notes that most seek encouragement from others, but top men succeed by encouraging themselves, implying inner motivation drives achievement.
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Atchtson Globe
The Collector Who Knew a Quarter of Venetian Glass
A narrator recalls a Venice encounter with a dealer who claims rare value in a carnelian glass jewel box. The collector misreads a glass piece as carnelian, pays four times the price, and humorously admits the error while salvaging a near-unique cinque cento Venetian glass piece for a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Venice
New York
Ural Mountains
Signore
New York Post
Buritanic Offer Of Warships To Edward
King John offers King Edward several hundred warships on demand to aid in any time of need without disrupting regular naval operations. The pledge emphasizes a substantial lendable fleet and strong royal cooperation between the two rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Edward
A Cure for Cholera Infantum Treatment Hit Mends Child
Mrs Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio reports a neighbor’s infant healed from cholera infantum after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She credits directions followed and notes repeated successful recommendations. For sale by D Q Storie. The notice also references poetic justice in a runaway horse story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Baker
Bookwalter
Ohio
Chamberlain
D. Q. Storie
Notice To Stockmen for Iowa State Fair Exhibits
Notice to stockmen announcing preparations for the Iowa State Fair August 22 to 30. Exhibitors should write S B Packard in Marshalltown Iowa to reserve stalls for their cattle display. The cattle exhibit is expected to be large and early reservation is advised. A Chicago rich man seeks $225000 added to his property's assessed value, prompting reflection on the city.
Cough Cure Credited to Foley’s Honey and Tar
A Champaign resident at 211 Maple St. says a yearlong hacking cough and fear of consumption were relieved after using Foley’s Honey and Tar. He reports months of medical care and trying many remedies before one bottle cured him. he has not been troubled since.
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OC. Unger
Maple St
Champaign
Ill
Foley
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Tie
Sandy McNaughton
Jerusalem
Jean
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West Side
Stewart’s
M. Throckrorton
Lucas County
A L. Yocom
Ofice and Sanatorium
First National Bank
Chariton, Iowa
J. A. McKlveen
Theo. Barnes
McKlveen & Barnes Physicians and Surgeons
Southwest Corner Square
W- Thomas
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Newbern
Iowa
Marion
Lucas
Warren Counties
Mary Montgomery Osteopathic Physician Office
John A. Bown, D. V.S
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Hickman Block
East Side Square
Chariton
Ungan ,& Aten
Smyth's Clothing Store
Shiloh
C. Wetts & Co
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Karl
F.E. Oakes & CO
Noah’s Ark
Southeast Corner Square
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