The Obvious Course
A Reverend gentleman in a Sunday school class tried to enforce doctrinal strictness by using a watch to illustrate time. A boy replied with a sharp quip about timing, prompting a gentle lesson about patience.
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
7
A Reverend gentleman in a Sunday school class tried to enforce doctrinal strictness by using a watch to illustrate time. A boy replied with a sharp quip about timing, prompting a gentle lesson about patience.
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Pain Pills promising rapid relief from neuralgia headaches and body pains. It features testimonial claims from W. H. Burkett of Macon Georgia and offers a 25 cent first package guarantee from druggists, noting pills are not sold in bulk.
A self made railway contractor named Davies sank £40,000 into a coal bore that found no coal. He told miners he must abandon the venture, showed a half crown, and sparked renewed resolve among workers. Days later the mine yielded coal and the men returned to work.
A compact note on the influence of Indian mathematics on contemporary science. It asserts that the form and spirit of arithmetic and algebra today are essentially Indian rather than Greek, highlighting the Hindoo contribution to mathematical symbolism.
The text discusses Indian algebraic methods and whether Bengali scholars on the Ganges deserve credit for advances in indeterminate analysis. It remarks that these ideas reached Europe too late to shape earlier mathematical development, referencing Cajon’s History of Mathematics.
A Brooklyn clergyman famed for sport fires at twilight during a trekking expedition with a friend. He shoots a creature, only to find a white owl staring back. He quips that they shot a cherobon by mistake as the owl’s gaze unsettles them.
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