Intolerance in the Lord's service through history and call to truth
A reflection on intolerance across Christian history from Daniel to Luther, Puritans, Lincoln, and Nehemiah. The piece argues intolerance toward false doctrine is justified when essential truths are at stake, warns against tolerating error, and urges firm stand against heresy to preserve the church.
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Daniel
Babylon
Apostle Paul
Peter
Antioch
Martin Luther
England
Holland
America
Old South Church
Boston
New England
Lincoln
God
Jesus
Nehemiah
Jerusalem
Church of Jesus Christ
Value of Smiles Quote Reflected In Life
A brief reader note cites stars quote about smiles and laughter adding to life as a fragment of existence. It quotes Sterne on how a smile or laugh enriches a man’s days and shapes his memory.
Eph Brown Leads Baptismal Rally in River Impromptu Tragedy
In a January event described by American Legion Weekly, Eph Brown, a devout believer and informal chaplain to a colored labor battalion, led about a dozen men in an open air baptism. A hole was cut in the river for immersion, but a swift current dragged a participant away, beyond recovery. Brown remained undisturbed, uttering that the Lord giveth and taketh away, and asking for another recruit.
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Eph Brown
Fce
Eph
Ephc
American Legion Weekly
Boat Racing Emerges as Modern Amateur Sport
The article traces boat racing from a harsh punishment to a modern pastime. It notes its rise in public schools like Eton and Westminster, then Oxford and Cambridge. It cites the Temple barristers versus Westminster in the first recorded amateur race and Henley Regatta and Wingfield Sculls as late 19th century milestones.
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Eton
Westminster
Oxford
Cambridge
Detroit News
Barristers of the Temple
Westminster School
War of Rival Cities Ends In Humorous Unite Plan
An old Minneapolis St Paul rivalry was addressed at a joint banquet aimed at reconciliation. A Minneapolis speaker praised the Twinkles and united city benefits while a St Paul guest asked to name the merged metropolis. The Minneapolis response coined Minnetiaha.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
United City
Forbes Magazine
Old Clothes Man Mocks Detroit Buyer Tale
A neatly dressed man with a black mustache denied buying old clothing outside a station. After several failed attempts by a woman seeking to sell her husband’s overcoat she finally confronted him, but he replied he does not buy old clothes, leaving her apologetic and surprised.
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Detroit Free Press
Science of Spinning Tops and Centrifugal Force
A Scientific American excerpt explains centrifugal force in spinning tops. It compares the pull outward to gravity’s hold, noting all particles share equal force to maintain balance. As spin slows, centrifugal force wanes and gravity reclaims control, causing the top to fall.
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Scientific American
Borderland of Sleep and Dream Study by Dr Carrington
Dr Hereward T Carrington argues that crossing the threshold of sleep enters a border land where the conscious quiets and the subconscious awakens. He notes dreaming is continuous though often not remembered and outlines how most sleep discoveries occur in this phase. Some dreams leave vivid impressions after waking.
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Hereward T. Carrington
Dog that Could Fly Becomes Bird Dog Tale Told
Grandmother visits her son the pastor as Mary, five, entertains with a story of a wonderful dog that flew away into the sky. Grandmother corrects the tale saying dogs cannot fly. Mary insists the dog was a bird dog, a lighthearted faith in flight from St Louis Christian Evangelist.
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Mary
St. Lguig
Draco's Laws and Solon’s Reforms in Ancient Athens
Draco's laws were enacted by Draco when Archon of Athens in 621 B C. They were said to be written in blood for their severity. Idleness faced punishments as harsh as murder until Solon’s code supplanted them.
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Draco
Athens
Solon
Dusty Traveler's Dry Bath Story Echoes Homeland Hills
A Boston Transcript fragment describes Mary as the sweet contour of homeland hills to a returning traveler. Elon bathes in her gentle presence and regards her gracious, washable face, framed by a nostalgic vignette of memory and place.
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Mary
Elon
Boston Transcript
Strength That Counts in Will and Knowledge
A compact reflection on how strength hinges on will to act and knowledge to apply it. It argues physical power alone fails without decisive choice and directed brains to convert effort into profitable outcomes.
Water Strength Measured by Experiments
A historical report states that factual experiments show a water sphere one inch in diameter can deliver explosive force sufficient to burst a brass vessel with a resisting power of 27,000 pounds. The finding highlights the unexpected strength of water under pressure and its potential effects on containment metals.
New York Pace Fails To Fit Haste Stereotype
The Times notes New Yorkers hurry in traffic yet pause to watch street scenes and gossip. They crowd around accidents, quarrels, a purse snatcher, and a broken tire while grumbling at a delayed subway. The piece contrasts city bustle with sudden stops and social curiosity.
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Times
New York
Mo al
French as the Language of Diplomacy Through Centuries
The article explains why French became the international language for diplomats for about 800 years. It notes its clarity and nuance as well as its polite, courtly associations replacing Latin, with widespread use in England Germany and across Europe, and the shift to using French mainly for spoken discourse while written messages followed the sender's language.
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Europe
England
Germany
Louis XIV
France
Carrying realism too far in Arthur Hopkins stage critique
A stage manager argues realism on stage fails to convey truth as the audience compares a restaurant setting to its mental photograph, noting Hopkins praises fusion of actuality with theater. The result is a perceived precise, but unreal, reproduction that underscores theater's unreality rather than realism.
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Arthur Hopkins
Hopkins
Death in a Box Fur In Bourges a fox fur caused a fatal wound
A Bourges case recounts a fox fur head posed as if alive. Teeth pricked a girl’s nose days later, infection fatal after failed surgery. The wound appeared insignificant yet proved deadly, with antiseptic measures arriving too late. Paris Correspondence, London Telegraph.
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Bourges
Lawa
Paris
London Telegraph
Fishy Golf Shot Hits Sturgeon on Lake Erie
J W Williams drove a ball from a Erie Lake cliff and a giant sturgeon surfaced, catching the ball. He stunned the fish and hauled it ashore where the ball remained wedged in its gullet. The club's members then feasted on sturgeon for a week.
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J. W. Williams
Lake Erie
Willams
Attractive Mount Hunter National Park in Washington
Mount Hunter National Park, 24 square miles in west central Washington, was created in 1899. It features the world’s largest accessible single-peak system with 28 glaciers, including some enormous formations. The park contains 48 square miles of glacier, 50 to 1,000 feet thick, and vibrant subalpine wildflower fields. Mount Ranier rises 14,408 feet above tidewater in Puget Sound. The area offers excellent roads and trails, ice rivers, snow-covered peaks, many waterfalls, giant cedar trees, and deep rainbow-colored lakes.
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Mount Hunter National Park
Washington
Mount Ranier
Tidewater
Puget Sound
How Birds Raise Families In Nest Building And Egg Laying
The Chicago Journal explains bird nesting as a week to build a nest with variation if destroyed. Egg laying begins after nest building at about one per day, with egg color variation and incubation periods for robins ducks geese owls and sparrows. Incubation ranges from fourteen to thirty five days with turning and moisture requirements.
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Chicago Journal
Hiawatha Legend Across Atlantic Coasts and Landforms
The article recounts how Hiawatha, known as Glooskap to the Passamaquoddy, wed at Blomidon Nova Scotia and created jewels from agates for his grandmother. It describes his feats shaping terrain from Fort Cumberland to Mount Desert, turning bones and entrails of a slain moose into enduring rocks at Bar Harbor and nearby shores.
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Hiawatha
Glooskap
Passamaquoddies
Blomidon
Midas Basin
Novia Scotia
Fort Cumberland
Parrsboro
Nova Scotia
Mount Kineo
Kineo
Kettle Mountain
Mount Desert
Bar Harbor
Bay
Perfectly Beautiful Handwriting Envelopes Misread
A Portland Oregonian anecdote recalls an office good natured exchange about handwriting. The narrator misaddresses a reply envelope and is gently mocked when the boss realizes the handwriting belongs to the narrator. The moment highlights vanity and a practical joke about self addressed envelopes.
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Portland Oregonian
Witty Western Camping Tale Involving a Digger Indian
A touring motorist in the West sets up a two week camp and hires a stray Digger Indian to handle tasks. Each morning the worker digs his own hair, prompting the tourist to note he cannot trust him with worms as the Indian esteems one worm as a delicacy greater than fish.
Learned Lesson About Hats In The House
A country neighbor visits with his hat on, prompting a boy to declare that his mother says it is not polite for a man to sit in the house with his hat on. The anecdote ends with the speaker recalling the embarrassment of the moment.
Evolution of the Congressional Record through names
The text traces the publication history of the Congressional Record from 1799, noting open regular sessions after secret ones and publication requirements except for executive sessions. It recalls the name changes from Annals of Congress to Register of Debates and Congressional Globe before final adoption as Congressional Record in 1874.
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Congressional Record
Proceedings of Congress
Senate
Oldest Educational Institutions Claim Britain and England
Aberdeen grammar school claims to be the oldest in the British empire with a 1262 abbey register entry naming Thomas de Bennum as Rector Scholarum de Aberdene. Merton College, Oxford, traces to 1274 as the earliest southern foundation, while Winchester is cited as England’s oldest school dating from 1987.
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Grammar School of
Aberdeen
Prospectus
Abbey of
Arbroath
Thomas de Bennum
Cecil County Candidate Appeals for Resident Judge Seat
Omar D. Crothers announces his Democratic bid for Associate Judge in the five-county circuit. He argues Cecil County should have a resident judge due to population, court terms, and accessibility, noting past precedent and the deaths of Chief Judge Constable, with Cecil’s 23,612 population versus Queen Anne’s 15,641 in 1920 and Cecil's three jury terms to Queen Anne's two. He appeals to voters to prefer Cecil for the resident judge based on mentions of distance to Chestertown and Centreville.
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Cecil County
Cecil
Kent
Queen Anne’s
Caroline
Talbot
Caroline County
Queen Anne’s County
Legg
Queen Anne's County
Chestertown
Centreville
Albert Constable
Omar D. Crothers
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Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
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Draco’s
Oly
Death In A Box
Attractive National Park
United States Forest Service
American Society For Testing Materials
Atlantic City
Wildwood
Ocean City
Cape May
Stone Harbor
Avalon
Sea Isle City
Beach Haven
Island Heights
Seaside Park
Seaside Heights
Bay Head
Sea Girt
Spring Lake
Bradley Beach
Ocean Grove
Asbury Park
Long Branch
New Jersey Seashore
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Standard Railroad
The
Goldsboro Bank
OUR Savings Department
Goldsboro
Maryland
Robert Jarrell, JR
M. K. Newnam
R. C. Jackson
Greensboro
Hamilton
Illinois
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Denton
Journal
Telothes
Baltimore
Western Maryland College
Westminster, MD
Albert Norman Ward
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College Farm
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