What Is Gods Due and Our Christian Debt
Commentary for the week starting April 20 by Rev. Hl. Doyle on Jesus rendering unto Caesar and God the obligations owed. It stresses gratitude for unmerited mercy, debt of love through Christ, and service to God as owner of our lives. Includes prayer meeting format and Bible readings.
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Popte
Hl. Doyle
Cesar
Belung
Crsar
Caesar
Busial
God
Jesus Christ
Ever Coming Lord Leads Quiet Morning Noon And Evening
A devotional poem pondering the Lord's constant presence through daily tasks. The speaker asks if the Lord could come at morning noon or evening unseen, yet acceptably, and concludes that daily work becomes lighter when the Master is near and one acts at His feet.
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Briti
Mutual Benefit Column Provides Brief Community Notes
A long, late 19th or early 20th century column text outlines purpose and rules for mutual benefit communications. It includes verses about a wife’s absence, a poetry snippet from Fruit Grower’s Journal, and several reader letters about housework, helpfulness, and crafts. The reading contains Aunt Madge, Dear M B, and South Deer Lake bylines, plus biscuit rug instructions and coffee swap praise.
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Madge
The Pinkham Record Cures Women’s Troubles and Fears
The Pinkham Record promotes Mrs. Pinkham's free advice from Lynn Massachusetts claiming to cure women's health troubles and reassure them with trusted guidance. It mentions recipes and heartfelt verses and urges praise for Esther’s helpful hints and a positive outlook amid hardship.
The Cracker Box Philosopher Observed In Quirky Prose
A fragmentary piece from The American pages presents a cranky, humorous meditation on honesty, hypocrisy, love, and success. It contrasts blunt wisdom with fanciful aphorisms, noting that public judgment and divine judgment diverge in interesting ways. The excerpt ends with a medicinal ad for Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup claiming to cure coughs and near-consumption.
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Wood
Det
Debate Over Town Versus District School System
Correspondence from April 1900 discusses support for the town system over the district model. The writer cites better schoolhouses, longer programs, and higher quality teachers, arguing districts neglected duties when funding is low. A second letter notes maintenance neglect at East Surry under the new system, with a faulty door light and broken windows blamed on funding and repairs.
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West Flaxicux
the American
Tam
Patrict
Nxt
Rast
East Surry
Backache cure touted across Ellsworth and nation
A local newspaper promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the universal remedy for backache. It features Warren G. Jordan, a traveling salesman, who swears the pills relieved his chronic kidney pain after trying other medicines. Sold by Wiggin's drug store in Ellsworth. price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY sells mail order Doan's Kidney Pills.
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Ellsworth
Union
Dean
Warren G. Jordan
J.T. Crippen
Hancock County
Marinville
Wiggin’s
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
U.S
Doan’s
Town blame and aging schools haunt Surry concerns
In a spirited critique, citizens fault town officials and taxpayers for failing to keep the schoolhouse warm and dry. The writer questions whether the schools are still adequate in Surry and laments long-standing neglect and mismanagement blamed on past agents and collective inaction. Apr 17 Former Bluehill Man Dead Lester I Washburn dies at fifty in Bangor. He served in the Ninth Army Corps and witnessed Appomattox, later returning to masonry with family ties to Flanders. He held G.A.R. and lodge memberships and was once commander of the Billiau post.
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Surry
Bluehill
Lester I. Washburn
Washburn & Flanders
Masons
Bangor
Fangor
Chicago
Moston
Albert A. Flanders
Washburn
Curreac
Smith
Brower
U.S
Bangor Lodge
Rikon
G. A. R. Post
Billeaul
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Ast Manor
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Saleswen
New England
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H. H. Gurney ,Co
Auburn
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Hobby Spar
Perry Davis
Wall Paan
Busworthe
H. B. Estey
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Maine
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Hancock County Savings
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Charles ©. Burrile
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F. Canmore Burrile
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Yawood F. Giles
Firet National Bank
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Mase
Joan E. Bunker, JR
Bar Harbor
Bluent
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R. H. Greely
Philadelphia Dental Colls Clase
Ser Urvick
Giles Block
Charles H. Drummey
Fimer Nar
Koow
Carroll Burrill
LAW
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Tim Peser
Harrill National Tank
State Street
Ellawouri
H. L. D. Woodruff
Harden's
New Tore
A. ¥. Burnham
L. A. Stewart
M. D. Momopathist
West Brooksville
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Boston University
Hunt Hemaopathic Medeat Asciety Seers
Nomaopathy
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Boston Homeopathie Medical Cit
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