Merryman and Bowman Farewell to Irene Rebekah Lodge
The Irene Rebekah Lodge No. 207 bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Merryman and Mr. and Mrs. Bowman as they relocate to Toledo. Mrs. Merryman aided lodge progress by advancing the decree staff and gifting gavels, while Mrs. Bowman presented a pitcher tied to fourteen years of home lodge service. The group offers blessings for their future.
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Irene Rebekah
Sydney Merryman
Toledo
Ohio
C. W. Bowman
Bowman
Methodist Church Notes Sunday Services and Meetings
The pastor will preach at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. next Sunday. Sunday school meets at 9 45 a.m. Junior League at 2 p.m. Epworth League at 6 p.m. The Ladies Chorus in the morning and Men's Chorus in the evening are praised. Bible school at 10 o'clock. Christian Endeavor at 6 p.m. A cordial invitation to all not worshipping elsewhere to attend and seek a church home. H. KK Fox Ph D Minister.
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Methodist Church
Epworth
Cheap Land in Show Me State Offered at Low Prices
Land advertised to grow 8 bushels of wheat and 70 bushels of corn per acre is available at 30 to 860 dollars per acre with rents from 5 to 7 dollars per acre in Missouri.
Faraday's Loyal Assistant Keeps Stirring All Night
Sir Henry Roscoe recounts how Faraday's uneducated yet obedient assistant Sergeant Anderson stirred a pot of chemicals for an entire night. Faraday had left to tea and forgot to retu rn, leaving Anderson to continue the instruction until dawn.
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Sir Henry Roscoe
Faraday
Sergeant Anderson
Anderson
Anderton
America’s Education Proves Mass Uplift Through Knowledge
The passage asserts that America has shown it is feasible to elevate the laboring class to self respect and civic participation. By education and disseminating knowledge, the nation provides an example far more generous than Europe, motivating the majority toward self government and empowerment.
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America
Haan
Europe
Arkansas Pearls Spark Rich Market In Pearl Industry
Arkansas leads the nation in fresh water pearl production with hundreds active in pearl hunting. True pearls fetch high prices, while baroques and slugs rate lower. The Mississippi river system yields pearl bearing mussels for jewelry, pins, cufflinks and buttons, including the chicken feed grade.
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Arkansas
Union
South
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Was the Forbidden Fruit an Apple or Quince
The article argues Genesis 3 names no fruit and scholars favor the quince over the apple. It notes oriental reverence for quince and Venus links, with Babylonian origins for the creation myth suggesting the fruit was more likely quince than apple.
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Garden of Eden
Venus
Babylonia
Ishtar
Wordsworth Foresees Real Estate Boom at Martineau House
A story told by A. C. Benson in Century Magazine recalls Wordsworth visiting Miss Harriet Martineau in Ambleside. After admiring the landscape, he praised her domain and predicted the property would triple in value within ten years, prompting guests to expect a moral about nature.
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Wordsworth
Harriet Martineau
Ambleside
A. C. Benson
Century Magazine
Miss Martineau
Living in Poise and Imagination for Self Improvement
The text urges avoiding energy waste by living in poise and using imagination to visualize immediate goals. It advises picturing larger talents to guide the mind’s creative forces toward a bigger, better self model, which then shapes actual abilities according to the new standard attributed to Larson.
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Larson
Supposing a Lawyer Steals a Horse in Kansas Court
A Kansas lawyer tests a judge with a hypothetical case about stealing a horse. The judge corrects the setup, then allows the lawyer to proceed with the scenario as a different matter. The exchange illustrates courtroom line drawing and legal rhetoric.
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Kansas
Wandering Carroll Riley Co Owners Large Southern Real Estate
The Carrolls and Rileys from Roscommon Ireland travel as a nomadic horse trading clan. They own extensive real estate in the south including a block in central Atlanta valued over $100,000, with properties in Chattanooga Nashville Rome and Cartersville. They live in tents but are health minded and observe Catholic norms on cousin marriage.
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County Roscommon
Ireland
Carroll, Riley & Co
Carrolls
Rileys
Shylocks
Roscommon
South
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Nashville
Rome
Cartersville
Georgia
America
Historical Medical Museum Opens in London
An Historical Medical Museum linked to the forthcoming International Medical Congress showcases medical culture from Hippocrates to Avicenna and includes artifacts from ancient apothecaries to 18th century hospital scenes. Exhibits feature Babylonian and Egyptian pieces, surgical relics, and modern pathology studies.
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Historical Medical Museum
London
Hippocrates
Galen
Avicenna
Babylonia
Where the Pins Go To From Paris Scientist Discovery
A Paris scientist Dr. Xavier reports that pins hairpins and needles vanish by turning into ferrous oxide then dust. Hairpin disappears in 154 days steel nib in just under 15 months common pin in 18 months and polished steel needle lasts two and a half years.
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Paris
Xavier
Something to His Credit Quotable Line from Detroit Free Press
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a man who valued humility over elevated status from living in New York. The remark underlines a belief in equality beyond place or privilege and offers a reflective perspective on ego after life.
A Persian Tale of Jealousy and a Fatal Cat
In Isfahan a wealthy merchant Aly Khan seeks a son in law for his daughter. Abdullah boasts of a ruse with his sword to pacify her temper, while Housseyn faces a counter with his own wife, ending in a fatal misjudgment and a sharp, corrective twist.
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Persia
Abdullah
Aly Khan
Ispahan
Housseyn
Quote on diligence and duty by Carlyle
A compact exhortation urges steadfast effort, framing work as a moral duty to apply full effort and value to every task. It emphasizes resolve, constancy, and the belief that duties deserve complete dedication.
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Carlyle
A Regular Babe in the Wood and Other Tales
A London Tatler anecdote recalls a timber case where counsel Tim Healy humorously discredited a young timber expert by calling him a babe in the wood. Another tale follows Black Jack Percival sailing to New York with Spanish jacks, confronting an unsaluted harbor as jack heads peered from every port.
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Tim Healy
Tim
London Tatler
Black Jack Percival
United States
Spain
New York
When to Shoot a Critic at the Garrick Club
An anecdote from a London supper at the Garrick Club recalls a manager joking that critics should be shot. Josefa Knight replies with wit, saying mercy requires they be shot before being invited to witness such entertainments as a particular friend has produced.
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Garrick Club
London
Josefa Knight
Mercy
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