Lesson for November 4 Defeat Through Drunkenness
A sermon meditation on First Kings 20 uses Samaria siege narratives to warn that pride and heavy drinking lead to downfall. It links Benhadad’s bluster, Ahab’s initial submission, and a divine promise of victory to illustrate moral consequences of intoxication. The piece notes accidents often tied to alcohol and urges sober restraint for personal and spiritual success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samaria
Renhadud
Benhadad
Alab
Ahab
Ruie
Israel
Optimist and doctor praise in odd roadside tale
A fragmented tale features a man asking a physician if he is hurt after a car strike and a battered person scrambling to regain footing. A misread advertisement insists a remedy charms the heart, claiming cures for pain and weakness with a medical ointment and old time patent medicine rhetoric.
Short.Sightedness and Duty for All
Brief aphorisms on miserliness and future gains. Leigh Hunt argues people devalue present capability while chasing future enjoyment. A. C. Beason stresses a duty for all to seek understanding over persuading others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Hunt
A. C. Beason
Boschee's German Syrup Promotes Sleep and Clears Breathing
An advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup for quieting coughing and soothing throat and lung inflammation. It claims relief of bronchial irritation, aids restful sleep, and easy morning expectoration, noting fifty-two years of American sale and broad usefulness in various conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Nature
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad and Japan Christians
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as the best beauty aids with a free mail sample offer. It also notes Christian believers in Japan totaling about 200,000 with Protestant members around 97,350, and mentions war-related sentiments among soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutleura
Dept. L
Boston
Japan
Dodson's Liver Tone Ad Tops Local Health Claims
A garbled advertisement fragment touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless liver remedy while condemning calomel products. The pitch promises a gentle, vegetable-based cleanse and freedom from constipation, boasting safety, pleasant taste, and household use. Names and figures are obscured by OCR noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Dedson
Treatment of Pareities In New Jersey Hospital Findings
Drs Brute ten Evans and Frederick H Thorne report to the Medical Journal that treating pareties with salvarsen seasal varsin and mercury injected into the spinal cord after two and a half years yields little or no value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey State Hospital
Brute Ten 1
Evans
Prederiek H. Thorne
Medical Journal
Stop That Hacking Cough Aid From Mansfield Ady Claim
A fragment describes a medicinal product from Mansfield, formerly Hungariam Covel Batsim, said to heal inflamed membranes calm nervous tension and aid battles and fever. The ad hints at widespread use though text is garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Hungariam
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Castor
Osome
the Gextaun Companet
YORK
Castoria
Ody
Oar Bible
Dr.tutt
DR. Tutt
Hunt
M. Tinerlin
Durant
Oklahoma
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman, Texas
Alice
Gertie
Trners Sen
Maes Roni
Teachyrs Supply
Little Rock
Verse
Anuric
Tam
Bung
Kansas City Star
Rock, Ark
Louisa
Boschee
Luton
Muurker
Sage Beyson
Ten Chant
Guius
Femenina
Howe
Red Cross
Markie Corps Capuiin
Sal
Alvin Sewsiek
United States
Dr. Price
Ao. Nor
Cape Graham
Chicago
Joris
Lilia
Pinkham
D. McApun
Dewey Ave. & Burg
Lydia E Pinkham
Manay
Liam
Newport Ave
Ill
LYDIA E/PINKHAM
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