Chief of Sinners and the Call to Grace
A devotional on why famed believers labeled themselves chief of sinners. It argues saints recognize inner evil, yet trust Christ came to save sinners, citing Bunyan Wesley and McCheyne and recalling Hadley and Lady Huntington. The piece emphasizes grace evident in transformation and salvation regardless of past sins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
John Bunyan
John Wesley
Robert Burns
Robert Murray McCheyne
Christ's Hospital
Paul
Christ Jesus
Samuel Hadley
Water Street
New York
Jesus
Messiah
Joshua
God
Hig
Nature and religion through divine guidance
The text blends Bible quotes and poet Cowper to argue religion improves through nature. It claims nature names God’s effects and that following a golden rule leads toward heaven among flowers and woods. Reading God’s word is essential for hopeful moral progress.
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Cowper
God
Heaven
Minutes Worth While and the Value of Time
The passage argues that time should be used to build character and fitness rather than frivolity. It warns that reliance on future glory fails if present minutes add no value, urging disciplined living and purposeful exchange rather than levity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Byblos Ivory Throne Prize For City’s Adonis Mystery
In ancient Byblos, every girl could compete for the ivory throne of the high priestess during yearly Adonis rites. The winner, chosen by retrieving a jar at sea, reigned as oracle for a year, gathering gifts and wielding final say on city matters before returning to ordinary life.
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Byblos
Tiber
Gabal
Solomon
Adonis
Svea
Jupiter
Venus
Adams
Sen
Daughters of the Rich
Express Yourself Accurately For Aims Of Self Expression
A brief reader note urges practical books to help a girl express herself in plain language. It counsels seeking a sensible friend to choose profitable subjects and to act on that coaching for efficient self-improvement.
Seashore and mountains spark reflections on home
The author compares living by sea and by mountains noting personal attachment and memory. A separate note reports Canada testing selling eggs by the pound, via Consul Slater, with education as the main hurdle to adoption and eggs' size variations cited as a fairness argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Fred C. Slater
Sarmia
Ontario
Mr. Slater
Before Telegraphs News Gatherers Were Relays and Runners
A history of early news gathering shows Marco Polo’s relay couriers across Tartary, an independent private news boat by David Muir in the 19th and 20th centuries, a horse express during Jacksonian era that birthed the halffax express, and Richard Haughton’s horse relays delivering Massachusetts election returns at 9am in 1830.
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Marco Polo
Anit Genghis Khan
David Mule
New York Journal of Commerce
Boston Atlas
Massachusetts
Attics recalled in eastern paper lamenting modern homes
An eastern newspaper laments the loss of the attic as a relic of family memories in the modern house. It contrasts the old mansion with clock stairs to the current flat, noting fewer storerooms and smaller spaces for attire, while suggesting a substitute in the topmost closet or room. The piece hints at broader social themes like woman suffrage and enduring attic spirit. A separate note discusses rifle marksmanship, arguing steadiness and muscular control trump vision, citing Arthur L Gates and tests from the Journal of Applied Psychology.
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Minneapolis Journal
Arthur L Gates
Teachers’ College
New York
Journal of Applied Psychology
Eastern Shore Trust Company offers will and estate services
The Eastern Shore Trust Company positions itself as a durable guardian for estates, offering administrator, guardian, or trustee roles with higher reliability than individuals. It promises 6 percent on invested trust funds and 4 percent on uninvested funds in savings, plus free safe-keeping for wills. With capital and profits of 600,000 and assets of 8,000,000, it claims the largest Maryland institution outside Baltimore, and directs inquiries to the Federalsb urg Bank.
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Eastern Shore Trust Company
Maryland
Baltimore
Federalsburg Bank
Local names listed for Milton and surrounding area
A collection of names including Milton Delaware W P FitzGERALD Princess Anne Maryland W N and W H CLARK and H L Nock appears, indicating a notice or roster style fragment from a regional page. The fragment lists individuals and places without clear context or actions.
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Denton Journal
Toward
Melvin Suny H John
D. Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Sinners
L. W. Gosnell
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Wapalde
Syria
Holmes
The
Cornell Chick Feed and
Smith & Walls
Denton, Md
Goldsboro Bank
Siz-Pawasender
B. Kenosha
Del-Mar-Vanash Motors CO
Easton, Maryland
E. H. Hirs
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Robert Jarrell, JR
Cambridge, MD
Wesley Collegiate Institut
E Christian School
Sana
Henry G. Budd
Dover, Delaware
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Eglantine Farms
Twilley’s
Greensboro
Maryland State College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Otis S
Twilley
Hurlock
Eastern Shore Nash Dealers
Shannahan & Wrightson Howee, Co
Easton
Kennedyville
James A. Hart, JR
Townsend
Del
H. V. Buckson
St. Georges
Charles H. Dean
Queen Anne
E. W. Reed
East New Market
L. W. Guunby
Salisbury
J. Frank Brown
Delmar
W. E. Walsh
Lewes
I. B. King
Murrau’s
Berlin, Md
Isilis Garage
Pocomoke City
C. W. Wilson
Snow Hill, Md
H. L. Nock
Bloxon
Va. C. D
Nottingham
Seaview
Fordson Tractor
Deering
Oliver
South Bend
Nuttle Hardware CO
Lewis Slaughter
Phone
Harrington, del
Jersey
Bapstch
John Williamson
Preston, Md
Wsppa
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