Christian Endeavor Sermon on Life's Priorities in Jan
In a Maple Week issue the Rev. Doyle urges prioritizing life elements. He highlights three core aims: seek first the kingdom of God, offer thanksgiving and prayer, and place service to Christ above all duties, citing Abraham and Jesus to illustrate the supreme claim of Christ.
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Esau
Esaus
God
Christ
Abraham
Land
Canaan
Bethel
Hal
Jesus
Delares
Mutual Benefit Column and New Year Reflections
A long Mutual Benefit column offers greetings, memories, and hopeful verse from readers marking year 1902 and the approaching New Year. It includes poems by Emma and Janet, notes on community support, and a recipe for eggless cake, with thanks to contributors and a call to do good in the coming year.
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M. E
Aunt Madge
M. B
Easy Cure for Dyspepsia in Daily Diet Plan
An article cites Mrs. H. T. Rorer advising a strict diet to cure dyspepsia. It recommends abstaining from solids for a period, then milk and barley water, Koumyss as substitute, slow sipping, and meals every three hours for a week. Additional notes praise Quioine tablets for coughs and colds with a no cure no pay offer.
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8. T. Rorer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Temperance Column Plan and December Meeting Report
A South Southwest Barkor note outlines a new W C T U column for local reports and worker interests. The Wild union met at Mrs. Walker's parsonage on Friday afternoon December 20 to discuss correspondence, temperance topics, and a greeting from Mrs. Stevens about the Portland national convention and preparatory work.
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Walker
Stevens
Portland
Lawton
Alice H. Moore
New Year Omens Through Ages and Nations
The piece surveys New Year fortune telling across cultures, noting that divination on January 1 persists, from Bible readings in Scotland to cards and dice worldwide. It cites animal omens like a dog’s bark as favorable and a snake as deadly, with variations across Italy, Latin countries, and southern Europe, reflecting enduring superstition.
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Milan
Europe
New Year Minuit Dance Reflected in Old Time Charm
A poem excerpt from Ladle's Home Journal by Flavel Scott Mines recalls a New Year Minuit ball. The narrator watches graceful dancers, notes lamps hidden by jalios, shadows and mist, and a beauty whose face glows in candlelight. It contrasts romantic days with modern haste and Mammon’s rise, ending with a wistful backward glance.
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Flavel Scott Mines
Ladlew
Winter Ode From Great Pond On Snowbound Nature
A long verse by Hiram Archer recounts King Winter marching across lakes and forests with white garb and frozen fields. It contrasts savage winter scenes with civilized life, laments tree loss by axe, and invites the observer to seek beauty in moonlit snows and evergreen crests, celebrating nature as God intended.
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Great Pond
Monmouth Academy
King Winter
Sword
Cotteus
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