Living Bread and Healing Faith in Mark and John
A Sunday school treatment of Mark 7 24 35 and John 6 35 37 8 36 notes Jesus teaching on inner defilement and the need for faith that moves beyond outward ritual It recounts the Syro Phoenician woman’s persistent plea for her daughter and Jesus responding to great faith and ends with the healing of a deaf man who spoke plainly The commentary emphasizes hearing of Jesus faith enduring rather than outward worship and warns of heart deceit in the age ahead.
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Ezek
Earth
Jesus
David
Jacob
Tyre
Sidon
Sea of Galilee
Jairus
Cement Roof Trick Helps Refineries With Steel Shortage
Due to structural steel scarcity, cement filled roof trusses were used in refinery buildings. Trusses were wrapped in waterproof paper, surrounded by expanded metal, and spaced from the surface. A cement mortar outer layer was applied, with a monolithic stair roof built in place and reinforced by wire mesh. Final surface sealed with hot asphalt paint.
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Olf
Wheat rationing urged to back war effort
National Food Administration warns that U S wheat consumption must drop to meet demand of 20 million bushels monthly for the army navy and allies. President Hoover urges voluntary conservations with a fallback to compulsory rationing if zeal wanes. Marsland officials anticipate short-term inconvenience but stress loyally observing orders to support soldiers and victory. Kipling quote cited to reinforce sacrifice.
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National Food Administration
America
King George Down
London
United States
Marsland
Baetjer
Washington
Rudyard Kipling
Tap a Tree Poem About Spring Sugar Work
A verse urges starting spring sugar work with energy and collective effort. It calls to tap trees, gather spiles and buckets, clear kettles, and revive the sugar line, promising a fresh start for all.
New Food Ruling Limits Wheat Flour and Victory Bread
The rule allows one and a half pounds of wheat flour per person per week in the United States. Each household member may buy two loaves of Victory Bread, 16 ounces and 12 ounces, without exceeding the limit.
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U.S.A
Why Ice Your Cake Aims To Reduce Sugar Use
A fragmented note suggests skipping icing and reducing sugar in cake recipes. It advocates using smaller sugar quantities and favoring cakes sweetened with molasses or syrup to save sugar during baking.
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Escen
Cut Down on Candy for a Balanced Diet
Advice urges moderation with candy, noting it is not essential and should be consumed with meals to replace other foods. Eating candy between meals can waste sugar and reduce appetite for other tastes, diminishing nutrition.
Ambiguous OCR Summary of War Era Ration Note
Fragmentary text discusses average consumption and potential savings if cuts are made. Mentions Amy and people of FPradee and War era context with Cheebalt pow Aompeat reference. Details are unclear due to corrupted OCR.
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Evers Bods
Fpradee
Cheebalt
Siamese Study in United States Students Attract Scholarships
About fifteen students from Siam have registered at American educational institutions this year to qualify in law medicine and civil engineering. Several Siamese students have previously graduated from American colleges and engineering schools and are now employed by their government on public works. They have introduced American machinery and scientific apparatus into Siam. Among those who left the United States in August were four king's scholars whose education will be funded by the Siamese government.
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United States
Stain
Medicine
Civnic Engineering
Aund Engineering Schoals
Dash or General Ian Hainisten Feels Censored Messages Misread
General Ian Hainisten complains his front line reports were censored and rewritten. The Bustop Transcript recalls a writer's protest over an historic charge, noting the phrase Our army advanced with great dash was misrendered as Onur vriny swore terribly in Flogders.
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Ian Hainisten
Wileh
Onur Vriny
Bustop
Laughs and critics over Shaw in theater chats
Frank Ekarris recalls dustups with theater managers after Shaw’s work with Mine on the Saturday Review. Managers mocked his tweed dress and red beard while he laughed at their complaints. The piece notes Shaw’s ability to reveal the unspoken humor in performances and that audiences laughed with him.
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Shaw
Saturday Review
Lessing
Theater Omanigers
Frank Ekarris
Pearson’s
Ife
Theore da Wray
Cards Doomed Heroic Trench Bridge Tale
Captain McWhims recounts a trench night in which a game of bridge triggered a combat pause. Sergeant McBride seized the moment, cards in hand, as attackers rushed the line and later three braving men recovered the missing pack in No Man's Land. Victoria Cross honors follow such feats.
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Cptain McWhiams
McBride
Bess Hua Miurdons
Trick to make a matchbox seem to rise and fall
A typed guide describes a simple illusion using a matchbox and the back of the hand. By a tiny pinch and subtle pressure, the box appears to sit up or lie down without wires or magnets. The seeming movement relies on skin tension and careful finger placement.
New Writing Implement by Akron Inventor
William C. Wer of Akron claims a novel writing tool combining wax and pumice stone with ink to replace pens and crayons. The device forms a solid wax-ink amalgam that releases ink upon use and hardens when cooled, creating a continuous ink supply without traditional nibs.
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Wiliam C.wer
Akron
Popular Science Monthly
They're Changing Shoes Again In Wartime Economy
Writers report Massachusetts shoe districts consider drastic leather-saving measures. Tongues may be omitted from pumps and shafts reduced to save hides. Reels, sock linings, and heels will be minimized or skeletonized to conserve leather during wartime.
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Massachusetts
Useless Whisky Stops Care for Rheumatic Neighbor
Old Mrs. Siapuss, reputed to suffer rheumatism, relied on neighbors to bring drops of whisky while bedridden. When whisky failed, she was found working at the wash tub the next day. Neighbors exclaimed in alarm at her condition and the rising cost of spirits.
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Weekly Telegraph
Prizes Awarded by French Academy for Virtue and Merit
The French Academy awards literary prizes and virtue prizes since 1914. Merit prizes reward literary merit while virtue prizes honor individuals who live pure useful lives. Winners are recognized for service to family or country over selfish aims.
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French Academy
Nmiore
Only a brakeman in rail disaster remembered
The Milwaukee Journal reflects on a single brakeman killed in a recent railway accident. The article honors the unnamed worker, noting his isolation from fame, his immigrant background, and crucial role in moving goods and sustaining daily life. It laments how official reports reduce his death to a statistic.
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Russh
Ameriica
Aly
Milwaukee Journal
One of World’s Curiosities Tree Found in Belgium
An extraordinary tree, claimed as one of the world’s curiosities, was found in Belgium by M. Louis Pire. The fir tree stands about 4,400 feet above sea level in AHuz forests, with a 10 meter trunk and seven side shoots near the ground that have grown into parallel trunks. The two largest stubs connect to the main stem with brace-like girders likely formed by processions of branches, a rare feature among conifers.
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Belgium
M. Louis Pire
Stoyat Bathinent Society
Belzhim
St Isa
Ahuz
Canton
Vid
Vhre
Gils
Prices Rise On Pelts And Apparel In Arizona
Prices for coyotes segments and furs climb amid high costs for clothing and adornments. Records show coyote pelts fetching up to 60 dollars with other furs near 500 dollars while industry lobbies urge restraint as market conditions strain trade. The Prescott Journal notes government bounty remains tied to coyotes and foxes, with pelts entering a constrained market as auctions stall and depictions of supply decline.
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Aso
St. Tans
Prescott Tournaal-Ainer
Explorers Map Labrador Interior with Carnegie and Nitta Geographic Party
A mixed expedition from the Carnegie Museum and the Nitta Geographic Society reached St Johns Newfoundland and traced a route through Labrador interior by canoe and portage. The party included F E B Todd ornithology curator and J Maurie, Alfred Marshall, leaving Seven Islands at Gulf of St Lawrence end of May and arriving August 22. They noted many maps mislead by Indigenous information and lack of large district data.
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Labrador
Nitta Geographic Socety
Carnegie Museum
Pitsburgh
St Johns
N BF
FE. B.C. Todd
Carnegie Museum of
J. Maurie
Orater
Trammits
Alfred Marshall
Chicaga
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fort Chino
Ureava Bay
Todd
Indhins
Ben Franklin Diet in Brief Prankton Tale
A historical snippet claims Benjamin Franklin thrived on simple fare. It praises bread, water, rice, potatoes and a pastry, arguing temperance in eating sharpened intellect and calm, aiding longevity to eighty four years.
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Ben Franklin
Pranklin
Anirica
Mano
Benjamin
Wasteful social functions spark prudish debate on tea rooms
A fragment discusses sug social issues around charitable events and cream trade at tea rooms, critiquing indulgence and revealing tensions over propriety during wartime. It notes women’s groups meeting, objections to hotels and restaurants, and a push for restraint in serving refreshments at social functions.
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Caine
Tor
Battish
Vormien
Servis
Iron Ore Riches Hidden in Russian Mountains
In the Ural range vast ore veins yield up to fifty percent iron, with deposits such as Vysokaya and Mignltimya, while Russia’s total iron ore output reaches about 8.69 million tons, including 1.89 million from the Urals, and though other metals like silver copper tin and zinc exist, mining lags behind demand and industry development remains insufficient.
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Ural Range
Vysokaya
Vielainy
Ural
Russia
Death of Bishop Brewer Shocks Remote Montana District
An American missionary records the death of Bishop Brewer in a distant Montana mountain district. A woman, not of the church, raised an American flag at half mast over a schoolhouse to mark his passing. She had long attended his services when he visited each spring, and kept the log for over a month before the missionary explained the meaning.
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Brewer
Montana
Bishop Brewer
Hospital Unit Complete At Sand Hospital
A mixed unit formed from University of Chicago students and alumni, Presbyterian Hospital of Chicago staff, and enlisted men from the University of Michigan and other Midwestern schools has completed its organization. The personnel include doctors, nurses, and support staff prepared for active duty.
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Anit No
Blind Maryland workshop aids the deaf and blind
A historical notice describes efforts by the Maryland Workshop for the Blind in Baltimore to educate and employ blind adults and youth. It details home instruction by Virginia Kelly, the Home Teacher, and aims to place blind individuals in productive work, including knitting and other crafts, with subscriptions and donations supporting the Workshop.
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Mavsland
Maryland School
Overles
Fayette
Paea
Baltimore
Milas Virginia Kelly
Uncle Nat
Dana
Maryland
Aml
Bfe
Indians No Longer Outcasts
In the Chicuzo Evening Post report commissioner Cato Setis notes Indians show self-supporting progress via cooperative effort and modernization. Since few years 42,110 Indian families have moved from tepees to houses, and many Army officers rise to high ranks, signaling a shift toward a self-respecting, integrated society under government views that wars with Indians may be unlikely.
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Cato Setis
Tadhin Affairs
Ely- Hilzation
Tdi
United States Army
Imeinvarin
Pli
Chicuzo Evening Post
Added Her Tribute At Feuth Reunion Joke Mention
Fragmentary OCR text describes a reunion with family banter and jokes attributed to grandpa. Phrases appear garbled but hint at affectionate reminiscence and storytelling. The readable bits suggest a personal memorial moment within a family gathering.
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HW Johnson
Malvin & Johnson
D. M. Stearns
George Bernard Shaw
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Switt Company
Swift & Company
Eerste
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
U.S. A
de Witte
Red Man
Grandpa
Pratt
Fis
Ford
Denton Auto CO
Denton, Md
Cleveland
Standard Motor CO
Wesley Collegiate
T Chratian School
Nenry G. Budd
Dover, Delaware
Cumberland
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