Sunday School Lesson on Acts and Paul's Third Mission
Readable excerpt covers Paul’s third and final missionary journey with Priscilla and Aquila in Ephesus, Peters in Tyrannus school, and miracles, opposition, and riot aspects tied to the temple cult of Artemis. Emphasizes spirit baptism, being a temple of the Spirit, and spreading the gospel despite hostility.
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Paul
Ephesus
Jesus
Tyrannus
Asia
Pando
Timothy
Erastus
Marcenia
Diana
Dan
Ancient Football Folklore Warns of Bloodier Roots
Stubbes in 1553 argued football resembled combat more than sport. He warned that players risked injuries such as bloody blows, broken noses, and gory clashes as the crowd urged courts to discipline the game and keep peace.
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Alp
Stubbes
A Flower Garden for Every Home
Maryland State College of Agriculture offers detailed methods to start a home flower garden in frames or beds. Steps include preparing a cold frame, soil amendments, sowing in four inch rows, labeling varieties, covering seeds appropriately, shading seedlings, and hardening transplants. By September, perennials can be set in permanent locations with careful watering and weed control.
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Galliardia
Guard Against Poor Clover Seed Practices
Guidance on crimson clover seed quality and germination. Two-year-old seed is often worthless. buy guaranteed germination seed. First class crimson clover weighs 60 pounds per bushel. Complete failure can occur from lack of inoculation. inoculate by spreading soil from a Crimson Clover field and harrowing in two bushels per acre to protect bacteria from sunlight.
Gardens Guide for Succession Crops and Maintenance
Guidance on continuous garden cropping with beans tomatoes and sweet corn. Advice includes staking pruning removing leaf axil shoots, frequent cultivation, and using horse cultivation or a wheel hoe. Emphasizes small outlay and efficient garden tours to save time and labor.
Vernet's Storm At Sea Sparks Noble Scene Praise
A historic note on Vernet, famed for sea paintings, who voyaged to study nature. During a brutal gale, he urged a sailor to lash him to a mast, as thunder and lightning raged. He remained absorbed in the art, exclaiming at intervals, "Good heavens, what a noble scene!" The piece ends with a light quip about ups and downs and financial woes.
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Vernet
Ancient War Weapons and Their Menacing Rise
A vivid survey of historic arms from halberds to maces, tracing their use in Europe and among Celts and Scandinavians. The piece notes the halberd’s strategic edge against cavalry, the Swiss favoring the axe, and the mace as a symbol of authority, with brief modern echoes in the British House of Commons and U.S. Congress.
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Europe
Philip II
France
Richard VI
House of Commons
London
Congress
Sam
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
DARING WHALERS AND THE HAZARDS OF HARPOONING
Japanese whalemen display great daring as they corner and harpoon a whale. After a successful strike, an expert must cling to the quarry while the crew prays for the creature's passing. The and the ritual ends with a service days later and a mass of dissection as the ship’s work continues.
Quirks of Quaker and Rye Justice in New England
A compact reminiscence from Youth's Companion recalls two honest Quakers and anecdotes about old Delinquent acts. It notes Whitther quoting from Haverhill fields, a Mayland memory of Timothy Swan’s assailant paying fines with rye, and a rustic remedy of three bushels to three poor widows. The piece shows rural justice, village gossip, and moral humor from a colonial past.
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John Greenleaf Whitther
Haverhill
Timothy Swan
Old Timothy
Ebenezer Snell
Wiliam Cullen Bryant
New England
Dill Estate Sale Sought for Partition in Caroline County Court
In Equity No 1785 Chy the Circuit Court for Caroline County orders sale of the real estate of Robert H Dill to effect partition among heirs. Properties include a 90 acre farm near Henderson, a Henderson storehouse lot, and several adjoining parcels. Milton Dill, a minor resident of Wilmington Delaware, is to be notified by four weekly newspaper publications before September 6 to show cause why a decree should not be granted.
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Caroline County
Robert H. Dill
Elizabeth Dill
Smith W. Dill
Pearl Dill
Bertie Edith Pritchett
T. Corwin Pritchett
Milton Dill
Maryland
Wilmington
Delaware
Henderson
Clarence Kenyon
Kenyon
Melville
M. Zion Church
Harvey L. Cooper
M. Zion
J. Dukes Downes
S.C. Faulkner
Hinson C. Gooden
Circuit Court
Carse
Lawrence B. Towers
Doans Kidney Pills Help Denton Man Says Relief Came
Denton resident C K Evans of Sixth Street reports backache weakness and sleep trouble due to kidney strain. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with restoring kidney function and ending attacks. Price and distributor details note the product available at dealers.
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Doan
Denton
C.K. Evans
Amer
Onn
Evans
Foster-Miburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N.Y
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Adea
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Dover
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WM. Denny
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Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover, Delaware
Kire
Lightning
Carter & Deen, Agts
L. Irving Jones
Agt
Threenabero, Md
Alex. Noble
Preston, Md
Gilpin, Langdon & Company, Inc
Mr. Noah
s-Maryland College
Conservatory of Music
Charles Wesley Gallagher
D.D
Lutherville, Md
National Temperance Life Insurance Society
Jobo D. Knapp
William Sr
New York
G. K. Ebling
Ridgely
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Denton, Bld
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