Shift Your Gears Sermon Illustration on High Gear
A sermon idea uses a motor car climbing a hill to warn against forcing life to run on high gear. The author cautions that pride can make engines fret stall or wreck if one insists on the top speed. The moral urges proper gear shifting before ruin.
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B. P. Frost
Atlantic
Paradoxical Precaution Sparks Coal Industry Quip
A witty remark notes the oddity of a coal trust restricting output yet lacking coal to burn, highlighting tensions in early 20th century industrial policy and energy markets. The exchange captures public skepticism toward monopoly behavior and supply manipulation.
Paul Bartlett at Capitol Studio Finishing Frieze Model
Sculptor Paul Bartlett is pictured at the door of his large Washington studio while completing the full size plaster model for the frieze to be placed above the entrance to the house wing of the capitol.
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Paul Bartlett
Capitol
Washington
National Capital
Militant Suffragists Clash With Police at Buckingham Gates
A militant suffragist raid on Buckingham Palace gates ends with police restraining the attacker as officers tighten control. The confrontation shows authorities treating dissenters with the force used against serious offenders in London.
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Buckingham Palace
London
Cubist Art Refines Asylum Rooms Into Studios
An eminent alienist notes cubist influence on civilization. He says at the asylum several rooms once called cells are now designated studios. The remark frames art’s impact as a refining force within institutional space.
Clean Rocks for Royal Fleet at Vosges Maneuvers
The Emperor William will attend maneuvers near the Cross-Epis in the Vosges. Colmar Garrison scrubs rocks where he will stand, washes and mosses them to a neat appearance. A broken jaw in a beast is treated. Major Marx installs an artificial aluminum jaw.
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William
Vosges
Cross-Epis
Colmar
Paris Npan
Marx
Dangerous Dentistry Crocodile Practice in Germany
The Frankford Zoo houses a unique Gangetic gavial in Germany. The sole specimen has caused significant tribulation as handlers address challenges tied to its care and public interest.
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Germany
Frankford “Zoo
Cleaning Mother-of-Pearl Articles With Olive Oil
A vintage tip advises restoring dull mother-of-pearl pieces by cleaning with pure olive oil. After oiling, use an ordinary nail brush and rub with a chamois to bring back luster.
Prince Oscar and Countess Ina Poised for Morganatic Marriage
Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son of the Kaiser, has won his father’s consent after a long effort to wed Countess Ina Maria von Bassewitz, who has served as a lady in waiting to the Kaiserin.
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Prince Oscar
Prussia
Ina Maria von Bassewitz
Red Cross Holiday Stamp Designs For Christmas Seals
The American Red Cross announces the annual Christmas seals sale to fund tuberculosis relief. Since 1908 the program has raised over 1.8 million dollars for the crusade against the white plague, with the holiday design selected for the coming season.
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American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
A Patchwork Of Curious Facts From 19th Century News
Various tidbits report on Kettlewell lacking telephones after electric lighting, 483 iron mines with 65 176 workers cost 74 017 830, England’s envoy salaries, New York potato consumption totals, Labrador’s 200 000 square miles with 4000 people, a man carrying kite, smoke nuisance costs, feathering propeller for dirigibles, voluntary book eating, Ogier de Busbecq on Tartars eating books, and Klingenberg Germans freed from taxes with town money gifts.
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Kettlewell
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France
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Ogier de Busbecq
Klingenberg
Germany
How Women Avoid Operations in 19th Century Health Ads
In Cleveland and Hanover, women recount relief from female troubles using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Griffith and Mrs. Wilt credit the remedy with easing pains and avoiding surgery, praising its effectiveness and confidentiality of correspondence with the company in Lynn Mass.
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Ohio
Lydia
C. H. Griffith
Madison Ave
Hanover
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ada Wilt
Stock St
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