Sunday School Lesson on Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel
The lesson reflects on Nebuchadnezzar’s rise and fall, contrasts human wisdom with divine, and highlights Daniel’s unwavering faith under pressure. It notes Darius’ decree banning petitions and Daniel’s survival in the lions den, affirming God’s deliverance and the coming morning of righteousness for believers. It closes with brief humor items from the era.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Belshazzer
Babylon
God
Heaven
Daniel
Darius
Hons
Sous
Isa
Christ Jesus
Iim
Outlaw Al Brock Faces Falls and Pardoned Rescue
A gaunt outlaw Al Brock is captured and escapes across melting river ice with a pursued sheriff, his wife aiding his flight. After dangerous drifts and near-drownings, Brock is saved by a pursuer Bob Peterson, and a pardon document from the lieutenant governor is delivered by the sheriff’s wife, lifting Brock’s burden at last.
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Sherrif Peterson
al Brock
Ife
Mitch
Joe Porter
Jim
United States and Freedom
Sheriff Peterson
Bridie
Bob
Ned Vietcher
Bob Peterson
Hlu
Reason
Kahn
Pop
Agab
Agauli
Slips of the Pen in Historic Literary Errors
A Westminster Gazette item notes humorous and notable slips in authorship and attribution. It recalls Trevelyan misquotations about Goldsmith and Scott buried in reviews, Archibald Anson misplacing pallbearers, and a title page error listing Jane Porter as author of Pride and Prejudice.
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George Trevelyan
Macaulay
Edinburgh Review
Goldsmith
Waleford
Scott
Napoleon
June Porter
London
Miss Porter
Jane
Charlotte Braute
Jane Austen
Jane Porter
Westwinster Gazette
Magic of a Siphon in Inverted U Shaped Pipe
A description of a siphon shows two equal arms connected by a water filled pipe. When water levels differ, fluid flows from the higher to the lower side until levels equalize, a natural phenomenon described as a siphon and likened to magic by St. Nicholas.
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St. Nicholas
The Burial of Sir John Moore’s Hidden Author Revealed
One hundred years ago the Newry Telegraph published Trev Charles Wolfe’s anonymous ode praised by Byron as the most perfect in the language. The work earned posthumous fame for its author who died in 1823, with Campbell and Byron among the guessed writers.
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Byron
John Moore
Newry Telegraph
Trev
Charles Wolfe
Ballyelog
Campbell
London Chronicle
Light of the Firefly
A scientist claims near 2000 degrees Fahrenheit would be needed to produce Veht equivalent to a firefly light. He argues such vast energy waste in industrial methods makes the firefly example unattainable by humans.
Fountain Pen Tests by Micrometer Standards
Fountain pens are tested with a micrometer to strict tolerances. If any part of the mechanism varies even a six hundredth of an inch, the chi orometer rejects the pen as faulty.
Notice of Appointment of Judges and Clerks of Election
The Caroline County Supervisors of Elections in Denton Maryland on September 6 1917 appointed judges and clerks of election for all districts and precincts with party designations. They must appear October 18 1917 at 10 a m for examination at the Court House Denton with notices to file complaints by that date.
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Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Circuit Court
J. Kemp Stevens
Lawrence B. Towers
Lawrence B. Peeler
Peninsula
Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro
Caroline Bank
Greensboro
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Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
D. M. Stearns
Gibbs
Dallas News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Hurry
Parslrouny
C. B. Newcomb
Death
Neirer
Nwspaper
Judges and Clerks of Election
Office of Supervisors of Elections
William H. Goodwin
Henderson
Alfred G. Dennison
Alonzo B. Cohee
I. Harrison Bennett
Carroll H. Pippin
James E. Curry
Mad
William L. Longfellow
John M. Weaver
First Precinct
William W. Noble
R. W. Emerson
Elmer T. Orme
Clarence & Rice
George Henning
Malcolm M. Laazader
Wilmer Hl. Parker
Sherman ‘Tribbett
James H. Corkran
Preston
Grace Wright
Dillion
Choptank
James QO. Wright
Chas, W. Hackett
Federalsburg
Francis O. Hubbard
Robert K. Noble
Wm. A. Smith
Wm. E. Sylvester
Hillsboro
Edger Blanch
Elwood Fleming
Ridgely
A. Howard Holsinger
Ridgeley
James W. Simon
George W. Towers
F. Linwood Todd
Herbert J. Beauchamp
Ernest C. Collins
Hobbs
John K. Lynch
Richard I. West
Harry B. Mason
C. Leslie Walls
Clark Tar Easton
Case
Vari Company
Maryland
Regal
Regal Blue
William Bullock
Detroit
United States
M. K. Newnam
Nisi
Robert H. Hutson
Elia Hutson
John A. Hutson
Denton Drug CO
Del
Va. Ry
Baltimore
Ar Rehoboth
Rehoboth
Denlot
Dallimore
West Hound
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T. Murnoch Gen
Siamdiv
Ile Jones
M. Kk
Newnam
Greensboro, Md
Luin
Joe Kindig
Lucas Paints
Thomas & Messer CO
Baltimore St
Baltimore, AD
Howard Jones
Second Street
Jas. A, Trazzare
Hughes Lumber & Coal CO
Denton, Md
Burrsville
J. Virgil Moore
Menton, Maryland
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland, Maryland
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