Elisha and Naaman the leper in Damascus tale
A lesson describes Elisha healing Naaman the Syrian leper. The narrative links Naaman’s cure to humility, obedience, and Jehovah worship, contrasting earthly status with divine judgment and personal transformation. The account highlights the Jordan cleansing as symbol and its moral impact on Naaman.
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Elisha
Naaman
Damascus
Samaria
Syria
Israel
Jehoram
Christ
Hirsha
River Jordan
Calvary
Jordan
Jesus
Markets and prices for livestock grains and staples
Official milk quotations are unavailable. Live stock shows dressed beef at 12 to 14 percent per pound for city dressed sides and calves at 15 to 20 cents for city dressed, country 13 to 18 cents. Sheep and lambs steady with medium lambs at 38.75 to 9.60 per 100 pounds and dressed mutton 7½ cents per pound. No live hog trade. buffalo area prices firm. spot wheat No 1 spring, corn 15 0nts, flour spring patent 6.26. Prime lard west 8.85. Rio coffee 7 1b 0.6. Sugar fine granulate 4.90. Butter 29½ cent. Eggs extra firsts unspecified. Tomatoes 88, dozen.
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Inclding
Eavy
Canada
Rio
Cy White
Phila
L.L & RL
Jersey
averrone 18 @ 19 CKENS.—12 t Milk fed, 48 Ibs and, ox, soft meat. Zoe .orn
Jsy
Csccaeneuss
Euveser
Eeeers
Smc
Gma
Orange Co
State & Jsy
Long Island
New Croft Wolf River
Serer
McIntosh Eeoees
Alexander Eeae
Jonathan Erenee Seaened
Uchess
An Baldwin Seow
Eveel
Becke Bartlett
Bskt
Damson
Ranberri
Cape Cod
Moore
Delaware
Niagara
Porto Rico
Timothy
Has His Own Cage Now in Divorce Story
A Cleveland Antidivorce lecture recounts a man who married in a cage with wild animals and later faced the question of his prior crime at a magistrate. The tale underscores how unusual marriages and accusations of nonsupport affect divorce proceedings.
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L. Watts Ingersoll
Cleveland Antidivorce League
Cleveland
Lost and Found light dialogue and social quips
A fragmentary exchange parodies domestic misfortune and social commentary. Snippets show a husband losing temper joked about finding it, with brief banter about a woman named Maggie and a quip on graft and life insurance as invested by husbands.
Chaplain Sparks with Dusty War Road Humor
A British supply wagon stalls in mud after weeks of rain and a chaplain offers help. The sergeant rejects assistance to avoid frightening the horses, explaining they cannot speak to them with the chaplain present. The piece also features comic lines from Henry Ford and a joke about appetite and dyspepsia.
Foreman Forgets Man On Drill Mast In Culebra Cut
A drill foreman in Culebra Cut sends a worker up a mast to fix a rope. The general foreman chats for half an hour then leaves. The man remains atop the mast until discovered, and the foreman questions him about coming down. The conversation ends with a pointed moral remark.
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Culebra
Dinner with the grown ups Aunts and uncles gather
Jacky sits at the table among relatives and watches an elderly carver slice the enormous turkey. He requests more of the small portion offered and declares he would like a larger share.
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Henry Ford
New York
John
Jacky
Jack
Frustrated Man Demands Water Service Change
An angry man burst into an eastern city water office and demanded the clerk send a worker to turn off his water. He complained that he had mistaken the gas office for water, insisting he would not walk a mile and a half for nothing.
Vacation misadventure in Great Lakes rescue tale
Godspur recounts being tossed for forty eight hours in a disabled launch on a great lake during summer vacation before rescue. The ordeal is framed as harrowing with a humorous note about not knowing stock market activity during the event.
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Godspur
Great Lakes
Alpine scenes praised amid wartime resilience
A Kansas City Journal line extols alpine scenery as grand and sturdy, suggesting it will endure wartime strains and pull through the conflict. The brief reflects morale and admiration for rugged landscapes during difficult times.
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Kansas City Journal
Fitting Reception for Candy Lectures Draws Women
A lighthearted note on women audience response to candy making talks. The quip suggests they “eat them up” in a playful exchange about lectures and demonstrations.
The War Spirit and a Washing Board Fight
A court case recounts a large Black woman nicknamed a Mammy from the old school who threw a washing board at a neighbor's husband a "Georgia Cracker" described as poor white trash. The judge questions the strike and provocation as the woman defends herself saying the man insulted her by calling her neutral during a discussion of Germans and others.
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Johnis Bull
Love’s Way and the Missing Electricity
A dialogue hints at a money shortage as Charlie claims love will find a solution. The exchange notes that about twenty eight dollars worth of electricity has vanished.
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Charlie
Maiden Speech Sparks Lighthearted Self-Description
A man delivering his maiden speech admits feeling girlish at times. The remark highlights a humorous moment reflecting on new public speaking nerves and personal perception during a formal address.
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International Sunday School
B. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Rehovah
Mother Geese
The
Wrigley Spearmen
Wrigley Spears
WM. Wrigley JR
Kesner Bridge
David
Kennedy
James Cook
Catskill
Kennedy Co
Rondout
N. Y
Howard Ernest Hinsley
St. Louis
Baltimore
Antwerp
Navy
Hinsley
Dumfries
Scotland
Christian Herald
Sadie
Maggie
Pauline
Puck
Wrigley’s
Whaeweccdd
Libby
du Pont
Handbook of Explosives
DU Pont Powder Company
Swilmington Delaware
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