Will Be Greatly Missed At Irene Rebekah Lodge
Members of Irene Rebekah Lodge No 207 L O F regret the departure of Mr and Mrs Sydney Merryman who moved to Toledo Ohio to make their future home Mrs Merryman contributed to lodge work bringing the degree staff to its high state of excellence and was a royal member who attended many meetings At a recent meeting she presented two gavels on behalf of her father C W Bowman Mr and Mrs Bowman also left for Toledo and Mrs Bowman gave the lodge a pitcher carried fourteen years in her home Ohio May success and God s choicest blessings attend them Also an advertisement notes top quality Michigan potatoes and offers a personal car delivery in a promotional message with prices 90 and 95c via phone 128
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Sydney Merryman
Toledo
Ohio
C. W. Bowman
Bowman
Methodist Church Notes Sunday services and choirs
The pastor will preach at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. next Sunday with a 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 2 p.m. Junior League plus 6 p.m. Epworth League. Morning theme The New Heart and evening The Cost of Leadership. Bible school at 10 and Christian Endeavor at 6. A cordial invitation to attend and find a church home. H. K. Fox, Ph. D., Minister.
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Methodist Church
Epworth
New Heart
Bible School
Christian Endeavor Society
H. K. Fox
Land for sale promising high yields at low price
Real estate notice offers land in the show me state that can grow 30 bushels of wheat and 70 bushels of corn per acre priced from 30 to 60 dollars per acre. Rents range from 35 to 7 dollars per acre. W R Massey and Son.
Faraday and the uneducated assistant who kept stirring
Sir Henry Roscoe recounts Faraday’s lone assistant Sergeant Anderson who, despite lacking scientific schooling, could obey orders. He forgot to stop stirring a pot of chemicals over fire, continuing through the night until Faraday returned and found him at the task.
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Sir Henry Roscoe
Faraday
Sergeant Anderson
Anderson
What America Has Proved
A quotation from Daniel Webster extols America's achievements in elevating the mass of humanity through education and knowledge. It asserts that the United States can empower the laboring classes to self govern and participate in civic life, presenting a hopeful example for those born without hereditary fortune or rank.
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America
Europe
Daniel Webster
Pearls Grower Market Reveals Arkansas Pearl Wealth
Arkansas leads pearl production with a thriving pearl hunt drawing hundreds of workers. Fresh water pearls rival deep sea gems in value, while river mussels supply shells used for pins, cuff links, and buttons. Classification includes true pearls, baroques, slugs, and chicken feed.
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Arkansas
Union
South
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Popular Belief About Eden Fruit Misleads Scholars
The article argues the forbidden fruit is unnamed in Genesis. It notes experts doubt it was an apple and lean toward the quince, citing its sacred link to Venus and oriental traditions. It mentions Babylonian origins of the creation myth and Ishtar as a precursor to Venus.
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Garden of Eden
Venus
Babylonia
Ishtar
Wordsworth predicts value rise for Miss Martineau's estate
A story from Century Magazine recounts Wordsworth visiting Harriet Martineau at Ambleside. He admired the landscape from her house, then claimed her "beautiful little domain" will treble in value within ten years. The moment surprised guests who expected a talk on nature's uplifting power.
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Wordsworth
Harriet Martineau
Ambleside
A. C. Benson
Century Magazine
Miss Martineau
Living In Poise and Personal Growth Model
This excerpt emphasizes energy conservation through poise as the first step to self improvement. It urges using imagination to visualize larger, more perfect talents and faculties, arguing the mind reshapes itself to match its mental model.
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Lareon
Supposing a Lawyer Steals a Horse in Court
A Kan sas lawyer tests a judge with a hypothetical theft. The judge interrupts to insist the scenario is not merely a supposition. The lawyer then reframes to stealing a horse, and the judge approves the shift as a distinct matter.
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Kansas
Wandering Carroll Riley Co Own Vast Southern Real Estate
The Carroll Riley Shylock clan from Roscommon Ireland, twenty years in the United States, trades horses and owns extensive southern real estate. They camp in urban blocks in Atlanta and hold property across Chattanooga Nashville Rome and Cartersville. Wealth grew from shrewd horse dealings and long residency, with strict Catholic kin marriage rules among members.
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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 with the forthcoming International Medical congress opens in London. Its exhibits span ancient to modern medical culture, showing Hippocrates Galen Avicenna and other sages, plus curiosities from savage lands, apothecaries shops and hospital life, aiming to form a permanent collection.
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Historical Medical Museum
London
Hippocrates
Galen
Avicenna
Babylonia
Where the Pins Go To
A Paris scientist Dr. Xavier explains pins hairpins and needles vanish by turning into ferrous oxide and blowing away as dust. Hairpins fade in 154 days steel nibs in just under 15 months common pins in 1 month polished steel needles endure about two and a half years. The rusting explains why the world is not buried in pins.
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Paris
Xavier
Something to His Credit in a Detroit Free Press quip
A witty reminiscence mocks pride, quoting a deceased man who insists he never viewed himself superior for having lived in New York. The remark highlights humility and a skeptical take on urban prestige.
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New York
Detroit
Free Presa
A Persian tale of a dangerous wedding mischief
In Isfahan a wealthy merchant marries Abdullah a charming friend. When Abdullah boasted of managing his domineering wife with a grand sword gesture he tells of decapitating their cat to win her submission. Husayn repeats the stunt with deadly results prompting a sharp rebuke from his wife.
Duty as a Call to Persevering Effort, Carlyle Quote
A compact moral note exhorts steadfast labor and diligence. It frames duty as a binding mandate to apply maximum effort and consistency in every task, echoing Carlyle's imperative that one should act with utmost dedication regardless of size or scope.
A Regular Babe in the Wood Discredits Youthful Timber Expert
A London Tatler note recalls a timber law case where Tim Healy defends and cross examines a youthful expert. When asked his age and time in the timber trade the witness says twenty one and two years, prompting Healy to quip that the youth is “a regular babe in the wood,” undercutting the expert’s testimony.
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Tim Healy
Tim
London
They Wouldn't Salute A Jack's Head Amid Naval Maneuvers
Black Jack Percival, a former naval captain, hauled a cargo of Spanish jacks gifted to the United States to New York. Upon entering the Narrows the guns faced away and every jack head remained visible. When ordered to salute, Percival replied he could not as two men twisted each jack’s axis and none of the jacks brayed a sound.
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Black Jack Percival
United States
Spain
New York
Posthaste
Percival
When to Shoot a Critic at a Garrick Supper
At a London Garrick club supper a theater manager joked that masters should be shot offhand to aid drama. Josena Knight, the critic, replied that she would not object to the proposal if mercy came first and critics were shot before being invited to witness such theaters as the friend has produced.
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Garrick Club
London
Josena Knight
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