A Boy King Raised by a Woman of Courage in Judah
In 7 year old Joash’s rise to Judah’s throne Athaliah’s usurpation is thwarted by Jehoiada and his wife. Joash is crowned, anointed, and bound to the law as the people reaffirm a covenant with the Lord. Athaliah is executed and temple worship resumes as Baal’s priests are slain.
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Jehoiada
Judah
Joash
Athalah
Ahab
Jezebel
Athaliah
Jehosheba
Athullah
Athallah
House of the Lord
Jerusalem
Baal
Honolulu Women Boycott Ads Spoiling Island Vistas
Honolulu women protested billboard advertising by pledging to buy no advertised goods on Oahu. Their campaign led to the removal of all advertising billboards on the island, restoring views of the mountains and turquoise sea.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Oahu
Let Us Be Patient Says Hopeful Friend and Senator Sorghum
A Washington Star quote pairs a hopeful friend urging patience with Senator Sorghum noting trouble may blow over like a tornado seen out West. The admonition contrasts optimism with caution about potential sweeping loss.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
There Is no failure more heartbreaking and distraught
A quotation attributed to G Campbell Morgan warns that pursuing wealth fame or power is a trap that mocks the divine bargain. The speaker laments that material success can become the deepest, most disappointing failure when pursued for its own sake.
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G. Campbell Morgan
The Extent of Usefulness Our Duty to Be Useful
A compact archival item cites a maxim about usefulness over personal desires, attributed to an evangelical visitor, with possible header garble and mixed letters suggesting a reprint or scanned page. The readable fragment presents a moral admonition about duty and power.
St John Canada Claims World’s Largest Drydock
St John N B Canada claims the world’s largest dry dock now open for use. It measures 1150 feet long with a 125 foot entrance and 42 feet of water at high tide. The facility allows two moderate vessels or one large vessel, boosting Port of St John’s role as Canada’s Atlantic gateway and winter shipping hub.
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St. John
N. B
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Dominion
United States
Republic
United Kingdom
France
Norway
Ireland
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Bermuda
End of a Curious Town Romance
A dramatic excerpt centers on Viola and Phineas Striker with Kenneth Gwynne returning to town. Viola awaits at Striker's farm to claim her own, and a wedding pawn is noted as a tempting symbol. The scene ends with a poised, enigmatic close and a mysterious vow.
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Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc
Ham
Phineas Striker
Kenneth Gwynne
Viola
Striker
Richest Woman Lies in an Unmarked Grave
Hetty Green, famed financier of the late 19th century, died in 1916 and is interred in an unmarked grave in Bellows Falls Vermont. A churchyard visit reveals a single modest granite stone marking husband Edward H. Green and his father, with Hetty’s name absent, despite her global business reach and Quaker upbringing.
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Hetty Green
New England
Bellows Falls
Immanuel Episcopal Church
Rosexton
Madeward H. Green
Hetty
Ned
Edward HH. J. Green
Glass-Silk Fiber Venus Sponge From Pacific Seas
A glass silk sponge found in tropical Pacific waters from Fujiyama to the Indian Ocean yields long silky fibers used in art and woven into chemical fiber cloths. It furnishes fireproof candlesticks and delicate treproof curtains while the frute work serves steampipes insulation. Certain specimens reach forty inches long and three to four inches in diameter.
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Pacific
Fujiyama
Indian Ocean
Astrological Tip From A Frivolous Prediction
A fragment suggests a girl born in March or April, noting traits of chatter, quarrelsomeness, and beauty. The text appears as a dated astrological aside, with gendered and qualitative judgments lacking substantiation.
Troubled Waters and Quarrel Tale Reveals Chief Yellow Pet
A fragment from a 19th century-tinged dialogue shows Chief Yellow Pet speaking of a recent quarrel with his wife and a hopeful note that the dispute is over. The passage mentions lingering tension and a retreat near a wigwam amid stormy conditions.
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Old Coonskin
Chief Yellow Pet
Wiguam
Hell Sturm
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Denton Journal
Roward Melvin Benj
Johnson Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Pp. B Fitzwater
Mundy Bible Institute of
John Kendrick Bangs
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Noho
George Barr McCutcheon
Coburn’s Baby Shop
Easton
Maryland
DR. Whisler
Nisi
W. Brewstar Deen
Winnie Emory Lena Emory
Caroline County
Chy
Circuit Court For
W. Brewster Deen
Geo. A. Deakyne
Robert
Suidf
Flame
Baby Chicks
Clarence C. Allen
Seaford
Del
Charles H. Steelman
Northard St
Denton, Md
E. S. Adkins & Company
Salisbury, MD
The
American Telephone and Telegraph
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
C. and P
Bell
C. and
Bell Companies
C. and P. Company
Tnto
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
Baltimore City
Universal Service
Boenng
Feld
Henry G. Budd, D. D
Dover, Delaware
Box Shookis
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Denton, Maryland
Atlas
John Bacsak
Denton
Hobbs
Burrsville
Theodore Schulke
Preston, Md
Newspape
Fuer Eee
Haa Myst
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