Reasonable Service and Nonconformity to This Age
A sermon outlines three injunctions for Christians: present bodies as a living sacrifice, be not conformed to this evil age, and be transformed by renewing the mind. It cites Romans six and Titus three to urge devotion, bold stance against worldly norms, and reliance on the Holy Spirit to renew thinking, elevating virtue through tempered passions.
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Christ
Paul
Jesus
Word of God
Jesus Christ
Peter
James
John
Lfe
Origin of Sea Serpent as Cuttlefish by Thompson Lecture
Professor D Arcy Thompson proposed at the London Royal Institute that the cuttlefish is the ancient sea serpent. He argued ancient observers misread its wedge tail and long arms as a serpent head and tail. He noted the cuttlefish bone had domestic uses from canaries to parchment and carriage polish.
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D'Arcy Thompson
London Royal Institute
Canaries
The Power and Privilege of Beauty in Society
Beauty is a force beyond birth wealth or genius, opening doors and commanding universal influence. It outshines ornament and knowledge, making individuals worshiped and idolized, while plain virtue may face injustice. This view echoes Tochester Post Express.
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Burns
Poe
Baudelaire
Emerson
Scientific explanation of jaw knockout mechanics
The article explains knockout blows to the jaw with a lower jaw impact driving the ear’s inner structures into the skull. A sideways uppercut shocks the semicircular canals, causing dizziness and temporary paralysis. Side blows are more knockout effective than center blows due to uneven nerve shock distribution.
Meteorite Specimens From Dawson Near River Spur
The British Museum has acquired a small meteorite fragment from Dawson near Kloedike, believed to be from an ancient fall. The two similar masses were found January 1905 buried in the oldest gravels, suggesting a single meteor shower of Tertiary time.
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British Museum
Dawson
Kloedike
Museum of the Geological Survey
Ottawa
R. A. A. Johnson
Newark News
Farmer Ends Showdown With Sewing Machine Man
An old Bangor farmer confronted a traveling sewing machine agent inside his home. The agent boasted of heavy work, and challenged the farmer by stitching a shingle. The farmer replied with a tale of a neighbor’s wife sewing clapboards from gable to eaves. The agent drove off as the farmer taunted his wife Hits. Supper followed.
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Bangor News
Indian Village Unearthed in Cayuga County Site Found
A buried Indian village said to be 500 years old was unearthed by M. A. Cramer Auburn city forester in Cato Cayuga county New York. The dig yielded skeletons and bone implements believed to be of Iroquois origin per Nyack Evening Journal.
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M. A. Cramer
Auburn City Forester
Cato
Cayuga County
New York
Nyack Evening Journal
Chance for Rich Boye in Business Success
A rich man sought to prove his son could rise in industry or science. He surveyed 50 top achievers. 24 were born poor, 17 in moderate means, and 9 rich. The father urged his son not to feel idle rich, noting nine of the 50 successful people were born rich.
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Omaha World-Herald
Matrimonial Process Quip Noted in Old Phrase Book
In a Philadelphia North American snippet a light exchange questions the marriage ritual after a couple says hello and signs in with a maid, noting the bell ring and name given as part of a courting process.
Service of God and Doing Good Quote
A brief quotation emphasizes that serving God and doing good are materially the same, reflecting the view that serving the divine is the imitation of bhim. Notable attribution to Benjamin Whichcote.
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Benjamin Whichcote
Cross bearing and cheerful labor inspire heavenly crowns
A brief faith note cites Spurgeon on bearing crosses below and doing work cheerfully as preparation for reward. It adds E H Naylor urging cheerful, wholehearted effort and readiness for the higher place.
Divergence in Races in Pacific Islands
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes two distinct immigration periods tied to two races in the Pacific. Papuans span New Guinea Solomons New Caledonia and nearby areas and are described as religiously disordered cannibalistic and hostile to outsiders. Polynesians contrast with established hereditary chiefs a social caste system dress loving navigators and widespread tattooing with a common language across New Zealand Hawaii Samoa Tahiti and Paumotu islands.
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Pacific Islands
National Geographic Society
New Guinea
Solomons
New Caledonia
Fnl
New Zealand
Hawaii
Samoa
Tahiti
Paumotu Islands
Restitution for Old Wrongs Shows Conscience At Work
The Ohio State Journal notes that conscience money often comes years after a misdeed. Restitution by individuals or corporations can ease guilt, with stories of belated payments surfacing nationwide, including a North Dakota case where a debt thirty years old was paid with interest to settle the record.
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North Dakota
Ohio State Journal
Stereoscope aided WWI photography and terrain insight
The stereoscope gave height to aerial images, revealing true ground features and guiding attacks. Photographers learned to adapt, using near spacing of lenses to mimic eye perspective. A Berlin theater anecdote contrasts mourning with continued levity, ending with chorus girls in black silk stockings.
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Germany
Frederick Palmer
Berlin
Inventor’s storm cover for boats described by Popular Science Monthly
Louis O. Anderson introduces a storm cover for boats that shields boat and rower from waves and rain. The design includes a rubberized, salt resistant headpiece and a spread tail that rolls water away as a paddling passipan sits in the stern. An additional oar serves as a backbone for the cover, enabling dual adjustment.
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Louis O. Anderson
Popular Science Monthly
Carnegie Hero Fund Established in 1904
In April 1904 Andrew Carnegie created a hero fund of 5 million dollars to aid dependents of those who lose their lives or are injured while saving others. The endowment is managed by a 21 member Pittsburgh committee.
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Carnegie “Hero Fund
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Hero Fund
Pittsburgh
Department of Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
Gilman Hall
Homewood
Maryland
Baltimore City
Howard
Queen Anne’s
Somerset
Act of Assembly
Loyola College
St. John’s College
Washington College
Western Maryland College
Aricultural College
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Rock Hill College
Poetry Demand Sparks Debate on Red-Blooded Verse
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle quote urges Americans to seek poetry that is red-blooded human and vital. The piece notes that such poetry will always exist and warns fiction and movies may serve as substitutes, reflecting nationwide literary taste tensions.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Coconut Usage Expands Across Eighty Methods
The article notes more than eighty distinct uses for the coconut. It states that about 8 billion nuts are cultivated yearly, with a portion consumed in the East and elsewhere as food, around 20 percent pressed into oil, and roughly 80 percent reaching markets.
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