Jesus Cleansing the Temple and Passover Lessons
Lesson on John 2 13 22 and Jesus zeal for His fathers house. The study urges reverence and care for God's house with focus on temple cleansing, the authority of Jesus and the sign of His death and resurrection as proof of divine sonship. It emphasizes living faith, regeneration and steadfast commitment in worship.
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House of Prayer
Matt
Jesus
Jeans
Temple Traders
God
Jerusalem
Christ
Fils
Ftagen
Man
Christlan
Zebra Mongoose Speech Astonishes Naturalist
Hans Coudenhove notes zebra mongooses speak in a near human language with varied sounds and intonations. They converse at a distance, sleep talking, and watch terrain ahead from high perches, detecting birds of prey with remarkable eyesight.
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Hans Coudenhove
The
Atlantc Monthly
The Walk to Emmaus
Rev George E Guille presents The Walk to Emmaus from Moody Bible Institute Extension Department Chicago exploring spiritual renewal and guidance through a scripture based journey for believers. The work emphasizes discipleship, prayer, and community in Christian life.
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P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
George E. Guille
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Walking with the risen Lord on the Emmaus road
A devotional meditation on Jesus joining two distraught disciples on the road to Emmaus. He opens Scripture from Moses and the prophets, clarifies the Christ event, and invites believers to walk with Him in faith, urging ministers to preach Christ from the Old Testament and welcome Him into the home.
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Holy
Jesus
Hlm
Pheliese
Ells
Jerusalem
Christ
Moses
God
Apostle
Christ Jesus
Lord
Science Poor Second in Light Production
The article argues that nature's light sources are far more efficient than artificial lamps. It cites glow worms and fireflies with about 90 percent luminous efficiency, while artificial lights waste energy as heat with efficiencies around 0.5 to 4 percent.
Ben Franklin Enjoyed Life's Riches and Vices
A portrait recalls Benjamin Franklin as a lively, practical man who drank, ate, played chess, and enjoyed pleasures alongside public service. He aged to eighty four, left a quarter million dollars, and lived by common sense, hot baths, fresh air, and frank humor amid his faults.
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Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Richil
William Feather
Good Detective Work on Part of Chemist
An epidemic of abusive anonymous letters in a town near Albany led the police to hire a chemist. The scientist used ink analysis and poison pellets to trace the writer, posing as an inspector to test open ink wells. He trapped a middle aged woman who had sent the letters, ending the case in Sherlock Holmes style.
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Albany
Old Income Taxes and the Birth of Federal Tax Law
The Detroit News notes early income tax attempts in colonial and Civil War eras, then highlights 1919 as the first successful federal income tax act. It says the law targeted corporate net income over a threshold, and the Sixteenth Amendment later empowered Congress to levy modern income taxes.
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Congress
Detroit News
Homer as Historian in a Fragmented Rhapsody
The passage praises Homer translating history through myth and epic. It references Odysseus and Menelaus, Calchas and Nausicaa, a yellow monarch with ivory scepter, and Hector, imagining vivid scenes inside places of ancient power. It muses on Penelope’s patient wit.
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Menelaus
Alclheus
Naustelan
Hector
Penelope
English Bird Sanctuary Near London A Quiet Woodland Preserve
The English Bird Sanctuary on the outskirts of London lies a half hour from the city, a treasured woodland with protected birds. Created as a memorial to Gilbert White by the Shelborne society, it has operated for about twenty years guarding a diverse avifauna including warblers finches owls and thrushes in fenced woodland and coppice.
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London
England
Brent Salley
Gilbert White
Shelborne
Shelborne Society
Sanctary
Assyrian Horticulture Reveals Ancient Plant Tablet
An ancient cunei tablet from Rabslon and other Assyrian sites identifies fifty more plants, many used as drugs. Researchers compare terms to flower names and reveal Ammote among newly recognized species including rose daless mustard asafoetida sumac hemp chamomile apricot cherry and mulberry.
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Rabslon
Dickens Etymology and Euphemism in Historic Texts
The article explains that Dickens is an exclamation of astonishment and patience not tied to Charles Dickens. It notes Shakespeare usage long before Dickens birth and suggests the term may be a euphemism for deuce or devil in older phrases.
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
Shakespeare
Dlekens
Mrx
Page
Puthfinder
Wealthy but Without Power to Enjoy Life
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt quotes a retired St Louis businessman who laments wealth without fulfillment. He admits he worked hard yet finds little joy in leisure, noting money doesn’t guarantee happiness, cultural ease, or social charm. He warns against letting money dominate life.
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St Louis
Europe
Jis
Stu
Philadelphia
Dutch Unfortunate in Colonization Ventures
A tercentenary note recalls New York origins as New Amsterdam and British takeover in 1664. The piece traces Dutch colonial losses in New York state and Pennsylvania, Cape of Good Hope, and Indian presence before British dominance, noting earlier French protectorate and European shifts.
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New York
New Amsterdam
New York State
Pennsylvania
Cape of Good Hope
London
Clive
India
Fear and Grandma Snow Never Got Acquainted
An excerpt from Youth's Companion recounts Grandma Snow, brave and practical, urging her son to join the war effort and offering to serve herself. It recalls her late life visit to a son and a calm breakfast conversation after hearing men on the veranda.
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Fear
Grandma Snow
Bos
la Secon
Abd Wintlayg
Tothiak
Portor
Julia
Granding Snow
Grandma
South Carolina Railroad First in the South to 100 Mile Reach
The South Carolina line from Charleston to Hamburg, 135 miles, was completed in two years and became a landmark as the first in the South and second in the United States to cover 100 miles. The Best Friend locomotive and a fatal accident following a safety valve tampering are noted, with the line run from six in the morning to six at night.
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Theorailroad
Charleston
Hamburg
S. C
South
United States
Detroit News
South Carolina
Savannah River
Augusta
Europe
Parrots Talk Through Ages In Ancient Times
A medieval sense of wonder traces parrots as long believed able to mimic speech with praise from Aristotle and earlier writers. The piece notes their celebrated plumage andRoman taste for exotic birds in households and at feasts, where parrots were valued as decorative pets.
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Aristotle
Rome
May Be Hard Task to Teach Parrot to Talk
A period style guide explains teaching a gray parrot to talk on the West Coast of Africa. Start with confused attempts, reward with treats, and train sentences separately. With weeks the parrot may say greetings or “Time to be going” and, after months, become a speaking bird or stop improving.
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Africa
English Card Face Designs Through History
The article notes English influence on playing card face designs while French decks repeated portraits to honor different royals. It highlights Henry VII and Elizabeth of York as enduring references, the Jack as a court jester, and mentions the Ace as likely from Latin origin with other suit names deriving from Spanish.
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Weronce
Henry VII
Elizabeth
York
Henry VI
Detroit News
Kanve
Jack
Pence
Trey
Religious Art Gems Among the Twelve Great Paintings
A list notes that ten of the supposed twelve great paintings depict religious subjects. Works cited include The Last Supper by Leonardo, The Last Judgment by Michelangelo, Descent from the Cross by Daniele da Volterra, Sistine Madonna by Raphael, and others by Titian, Correggio, Domenichino, Rubens, and Raphael.
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Leonardo da Vinet
Michelangela
Druggist's Witticism in a Window Display
A humorous local item about a corner druggist who removes sciencey products from his front window. A dog climbs in and sleeps, sparking a quip from a neighbor about the shelves of barking goods.
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Chin
Magnate Visits Old Store as Child Holds Purchases
A famed commercial magnate enters a small candy shop without reason, spends thirty minutes watching the elderly proprietor attend a child who balks at spending. The scene ends as the child departs and the magnate invites the proprietor to the floor of his department store.
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Pop
Othe
Pioanahe
Louisville Courier-Journal
Circles Around Moon Explained by Atmospheric Moisture
Amateur observations explain moon rings form when atmospheric moisture refracts moonlight. The size and clarity of the ring depend on the moisture level in the air, with more moisture creating larger or more pronounced halos and circles.
Pains to Soothe Man’s Ruffled Feeling
A fragmentary review notes Samuel Butler’s noted but unsettling novel The Way of AMD Flesh and his troubled home life. It recalls Butler’s odd bond with a servant and cites a letter exchange showing social tensions and apology.
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Samuel Utter
Melellvedeh
Boti
Butler
Hutler
Whardt
Alfred
Cortire
Horseshoe Superstitions in Love and Luck Across Lands
A 19th century snippet explains a girl finding a horseshoe on the road should hang it over a window open end inward for luck and later cast others toward a hopedfor beau. The final thrown shoe over the window supposedly signals marriage timing and the possibility of remaining single if misread. If no shoe is found the girl should spin and flip a horseshoe for luck, with open end toward the finder indicating good luck or bad luck.
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Meauns
When High Churchmen Laid Aside Dignity
The Manchester Guardian questions clerical restraint after reports of Richard Corbet’s harsh handling of ceremony. It recounts how Corbet and his chaplain Lushington joked at a confirmation scene, drinking and carousing in the bishop’s hall as he set aside formal attire and toasted colleagues.
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Exeter
Manchester Guardian
Richard Corbet
Norwich
Corbet
John Aubrey
Lushington
Ives
Odd Larynx Case Described by St Clair Thompson
In a note from the Medical Research Council, St Clair Thompson reports a patient with throat affliction treated at a hospital. He describes sudden voice loss and notes tiny black bodies seen under the microscope, identified as aspergillus fumigatus, a fungus new to laryngeal disease, with Thompson stating he had never seen such a case described before.
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Ino Santtorium
Counciir St. Clair
Si Qalr Thompson
Beelzebub as Ekronite Fire Lord and Devil King
Beelzebub or Beelzebul is identified as the Ekronite god Baal known as lord of fires. The Jews attributed this deity to the chief of demons, while Milton places Beelzebub second to Satan in Paradise Lost.
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Matthew
Baal
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Maryland
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