Tragic tale of a mother’s remorse and near tragedy
A mother recounts breaking her vase in a child’s play and scolding her five year old. The boy slips away and nearly drowns after ice breaks on a pond. A spiritual reckoning follows, leading to penitence, renewed love, and vows to never again speak harshly to her children. The piece then shifts to other scattered items and notices from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Kly
Eddy Potter
Mrs
Eddie
Harry Loring
Mrs. Loring
Mrs. Potter
Harold
Ella
Classified Advertising Rates And Rules
Public notices outline advertising rates with per insertion charges and bulk discounts. It warns of 25 percent extra if paid after the advertised period and requires mark the number of insertions or continuation until forbidden. Obituary notices over five lines billed at standard rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Voxx
Nowak
Age rules across nations and a curious math puzzle
The excerpt surveys marriage ages across countries and regions, noting diverse laws in Hungary Austria Denmark and Scandinavia, Switzerland cantons, Belgium France Greece Romania Russia Lapland and Hesse Darmstadt. It also includes a quirky arithmetic puzzle about multiplying by five and adding a cipher under various remainders and cites a McLean County Progress anecdote about a girl swallowing percussion caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Austria
Scandinavia
Belgium
France
Bavaria
Hesse-Darmstadt
Switzerland
Greece
Roumania
Russia
Lapland
Life and mortality thread through daily peril and faith
A reflective meditation on life’s fragility and the need for humility before God, urging forgiveness and grace. It contrasts a grim view of decay with a call to imitate Christ and seek righteousness despite daily dangers.
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Bridget
George Gray
Gray
Reser Sratz Sratsia
Buffalo
St, Anid
Griffin News
Forsyth
Lampkin
Pye
Macon
Pye & Lampkin
Agricultural Statistics
Department of Agriculture
N. B
Thomas P. Jones
Suatt
Nellie
Sartoris
Washington Gymnasium
Detroit
McLean County
Georgia
Germany
United States
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