Moving Day Lessons From a Soul’s Long Home
A 1902 sermon compares May moving season to the soul’s move to God. It argues death is the soul’s moving day, urges securing a heavenly lease through Jesus, and contrasts old homes with the New Home in Heaven, highlighting new neighbors, a just landlord, and readiness at death.
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A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Chicago
Drummond
Christ Jesus
God
Jesus Christ
Ecclesiastes
Bunyan
Celestial Kingdom
Abraham
Jesus
Christ
Frances E. Townsley
Moody
Heaven
Paradise
Gadara
Jacob’s Well
Oil Does Not Baffle Hounds In Florida Forgery Case
Raymond Farley, charged with forgery, was tracked by bloodhounds after kerosene oil was poured on his feet to mask scent. Police Chief Brinkley and Deputy Sheriff Norfleet led the pursuit, guiding dogs to Pleasant Hill where Farley hid in an empty outhouse before arrest. He confessed pouring the oil, then was jailed.
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Raymond Farley
Brinkley
Suffolk
Chicago Inter Ocean
Farley
W. V. Keller
T. J. Thompson
Peculiar Currency in Abyssinia Described by Count Gleichen
An Abyssinian currency story notes standard money as Maria Theresa 1780 dollars while small change is salt bars ten inches long and two and a half wide. Five bars equal a dollar at the capital. Fineness matters. fake or cracked bars are rejected and a shared mournful lick devalues the bar as a token of affection.
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Abyssinia
Curious Jap English Shop Signs
A set of mangled English phrases seen in Japan signs. Wording includes attempts like The all countries boot and shoe small or fine wares and Horse shoe maker instruct by French horse leech, reflecting humorous or awkward translations.
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Japan
Marina
Ocean Waves Not So Tall Says Prof Fleming
In a Royal Institution lecture Professor Fleming challenged the idea of colossal Atlantic waves. He said the longest waves did not exceed 300 feet, commonly under 100 feet, and the highest measured waves were about 40 feet in height.
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Fleming
Royal Institution
Preserving Butter With Gum Arabic Method
Fehling showed gum arabic solutions do not ferment. Emile de Meulemeester of Brussels found that mixing powdered gum arabic with butter absorbs water to keep butter from rancidity. Adding a little salt preserves aroma. issues include large gum amounts and impurity concerns. He refines the process by dissolving raw gum arabic in water, filtering, mixing with butter, and extracting excess liquid.
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Fehling
Emile de Meulemeester
Brussels
Belgium
M. de Meulemeester
Deceptive Posts Show Perspective Tricks in Diagrams
The Detroit Free Press notes that three posts in a perspective drawing appear unequal, with the leftmost or farthest seeming longest and the nearest right post shortest. Actual measurements reveal all three posts are equal in length. illusion stems from inclined top and bottom lines of the wall.
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Detroit Free Press
Steel Railway Ties Show Steel Rail Reuse Trial
A Sandusky trial tests steel ties made from old rails cut into 81 1 2 foot sections and laid with plates and angle irons. The designer claims the steel tie outlasts four sets of oak ties and costs about 2.92 dollars versus 2.40 for oak. About 150 ties were laid on the Lake Shore main line east of Sandusky for hard testing.
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Sandusky
Lake Shore Road
N. Y. Tribune
Discovery of a Big Pearl in West Australia
A pearl nearly 1.25 inches long with graceful shape and perfect luster has been found in West Australia. The same oyster yielded two additional smaller pearls.
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West
Australia
Unclear remark on elephant by Uncle Ephrum
Extract notes a Chicago Tribune quote describing Uncle Ephrum and an elephant scene with strong emphasis but no clear event or outcome. The fragment hints at a silent but firm action by a kin figure, yet provides no concrete facts or names beyond the speakers.
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Ephr’m
Chicago Tribune
Rain Weathering and Infrastructure in India and Mysore
Rain dissolves substances from rocks and wears surfaces down shaping weathered features on cathedrals and tombs. It feeds springs and rivers and even supports a transmission plant in Mysore, where poles in sockets seven feet high deter elephants and wiring avoids their reach.
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Canvery
India
Kolar
Mysore
The Runaway Star 1830 Groombridge Rates Through Space
The article explains extreme stellar speeds and motions across the cosmos. It notes the dipper group receding from the solar system, stars moving at tens of miles per second, and Arcturus traveling about 409000 miles per hour. It highlights 1830 Groombridge racing nearly 700000 miles an hour, a pace unmatched by known cosmic motion.
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Dipper
Arcturus
Constellation
Boozes
Solar System
Groombridge
Behring Advances in Tuberculosis Research at Marburg
Advance sheets from Prof Behring’s upcoming tuberculosis book reveal six years of Marburg work with Drs Rupppel and Roemer. He claims identical bacilli propagate tuberculosis in man and cattle and that differences stem from host adaptation. He reports infecting cattle with human bacilli and a vaccine method to immunize calves young.
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Behring
Berlin
Marburg
Ruppel
Roemer
Man
Prof. Behring
Benzozone Tested in India by Michigan Professors
Profs. Victor C. Vaughan and Frederick G. Novy of the University of Michigan Medical College will depart for Asia in mid June to test benzozone an organic peroxide. They seek its antiseptic powers in the intestinal tract and its potential to prevent and treat tropical dysentery and other intestinal diseases.
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India
Victor C. Vaughan
Frederick G. Novy
Medical College of the
University of Michigan
Asia
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