Forward and Backward Look for a Fresh Year
A reflective church note discusses balancing past and future progress. It urges forgetting past sins, avoiding pride, and pressing toward spiritual goals, using Pauls imagery of a runner for Christ. It ends with a New Year prayer service plan and suggested Bible readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toric
Dana
Pal
le Ft
Vo Cot Ton Paul
Gals
Lee Os
Wily
God
Christ Jesus
Fle
Christ
Paul
Love as a Path to Service in Daily Life
A Sunday School Times reflection asserts love grows through actions for others, not through receiving. It argues God overflows with gifts yet invites us to act and give, training us to love the Doer and Giver of all good. A mother example shows teaching love by guiding a child to do for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Times
Barry Cornwall
Faithful Cate Death Inspires Teaching Until Death
John Eliot dies at eighty while still teaching an Indian child the alphabet at his bedside. He explains he prayed to be useful in his sphere and believes God granted strength to continue serving the Master. The Lutheran Observer quotes his devotion to the command Be ye faithful until death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate
John Eliot
Flo
Obeying God Encourages Faithful Living
A Presbyterian message emphasizes that obedience to God's commandments brings no loss, with providence and grace working together for the good of those who keep divine rules. The text urges steadfast faith and alignment with biblical guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Presbyterian
Change of Life and Hot Flushes A Woman’s Trial
A period in a woman’s life described as the change of life brings hot flashes and fainting spells. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is promoted as strengthening the nervous system to help women pass the change triumphantly. Mrs Jessie Noute of Germantown testifies she was cured after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jessie Noute
Keyser St
Germantown
Mutual Benefit Column and New Year Hope
A historic mutual aid column promotes helpful ideas for common use and hopeful living. It includes poems about time and gentle guidance for the year, plus a personal note wishing a Happy New Year and reflection on courage, faith, and shared burdens. The piece closes with a testimonial praising Dr King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs, claiming it cured a whole family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris, Reltter
Saginaw
Mich
Dr King
Ia Grippe
Wil
Jung ‘Row
Vicary & Moonw
Thal
Reading Notes On Books And The Holiday Season
The excerpt discusses good deeds and the idea of spreading sunshine in small acts. It touches on literary taste, the role of authorial novelty, and the notion that true literature depends on honest portrayals of life, while urging readers to share book recommendations and critiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mast
Rayt. Connor
Hantee
Canada
M. B. Friends
Janet
Probate Court Reaches December Terms Bucksport
Proceedings detail wills admitted to probate for Surat N. Cannell Laura McCres Lucy Phelps Euseworth Martha Young Edna Greenlaw and more. Administrations granted, inventories filed, petitions heard, accounts settled and bonds and guardians named as diverse estates and notices move through Bucksport Ellsworth Castine and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucksport
Surat N. Cannell
Philadepus
Penn
Laura D. McCres
Philadelphia
Lucy T. Phelps
Euseworth
Martha E. Young
Gouldsboro
Edna H. Greenlaw
Deer Isle
Carn B. Ordway
Sullivan
Elizabet Leith
Tremont
Emily W. Lymeburner
Irving W. Haslam
Ellsworth
Macomber
Franklin
Lowell
George W. Gra
Castine
Charles Eaton
Stonington
Charles H. Drummey
Deer Bai
Sylvanis C. Lowel
Faebe i Suumiliage
McDenert
Pate
Evtate Geantes
Winnie Fy Clarienth Davin
Geor Frevluve
B. Varner
Surry. Ni
Bluebill musical colony and the Wrights of Hancock
A writer notes Bluebill in Hancock county as a lively musical colony with Wulf Fries and Franz Knelse among key figures. The piece describes a future of increasing musical activity, the arrival of visitors, and the Holden Grove groups’ performances, with local reverence for the old church and the Rev. Fries family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geowthag
Notabie
Fie
Bestons
Bluebilt
Hancock County
Old
New England
Cota
Mpilweny
Riveloet
Murti
Winghtir
Kotsel
Kar Omtrteek
Gutewlan
Alwin Mebroeer
Wilhelm Gericke
Tostonssimphoniy Orchestra
WK. Krehbiel
Amt
Mies Neale Beil Collier
Coe Fonveet
Mass
Helen Furrosh
Lawrence-camne
Macht
Enter
Kvelvel
Lewiing
Dow Parker's Point
Brooke Ail
Wall Fries
Ewhlist
Hil
Wellealey College
Minehill
Bluchit
Wulf Fries
Ermal
Lowes
Walt Pri
Pny Ng Ku
Mernbuars
New York City
Gornammite
Alston
Lyeonder
Maine
Blue- Anil
Westmorrish County
England
Wordsworth, Scott, Southey
Lamb
Coleridge
du Qui
Liptons Shamrock II Yacht Jobs Split Between Henderson and Denny
Rumors swirl over who builds the next America’s Cup challenger as Sir Thomas Lipton reportedly commissions two vessels. Watson’s designs prompted Henderson’s to begin keel moulding and framing, with Denny’s also active, all pointing to Lipton as owner and both boats planned for completion and launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Lipton
Secon
Denny
Dis
Rive
Prince of Wales
Royal Yacht
Watson
Royal
Thomas
Elstaciturniky
Mleten
Nderson
Denny Rach Bull
Sie Thomas
Henderson's
Denny's
Glasgow
Sir Thomas Lipton
Denny’s
Yachting World
Electric Bitters Work Wonders for Various Ailments
A Deep Mystery. It is a mystery why women endure back ache headache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troubles. Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Ta writes she suffered kidney trouble and a lame back that pained her so she could not dress herself but Electric Bitters wholly cured her and at 73 she can do house work. It overcomes constipation improves appetite and restores health. Only at Moon's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Cherley
Peterson, Ta
Sty& Moon's
Good Manners at Home in Victorian Guidance
A fragmentary excerpt from a Ladies' Home Journal piece stresses privacy, courtesy, and restraint in home life. It warns against intrusive curiosity, praises seclusion behind closed doors, and condemns public boasting about private family matters while endorsing dignity and loyalty within domestic spheres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Kingaland
Ladies’ Home Journal
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Cain
Saul
Endor
Judas
Moody
Muutual Benet
Madge
Ita
Ammacax
Kileworth
Vidal
Linmi
Mancock
Probate Court
Alonzo Blainde
Rebecca H. Wescott
Sarah E. C
Lizzie A. Conley
Alien Lampire
James H. Orcutt
Bauer
Waltham
Saunders
James G Bimden
Gilmworth
Almira ‘Gray
Bille
William Smail
Horace Gardell
Bloenill
Booker T. Washington
Outlook
Tuskegee
Pat
Flood
Bartaparilin
Hood
Mkcua
SCU
Fenner
Me Moore
Hale
Bailey
Hopkins
West Tremont, Me
Kb, Estey & CO
Wout End Bridge
Kibeworth
Harry
JoxEs
Medical
Smith
Green Mountain Renovator
Archer of Old Mint
Smith's
Gree Mountains
Mountain Renovator
Peart Street
Albany
First National Bank Safe Deposit Vaults
Dlauick County Savings Bank
Ellsworth, ME
Diag
N. B. Coolidge
Joan F. Whatcomd
Charles
Burrill
Arch
Mnase
Jons F. Warrooms
Coontoyn
F. Caxmolt Roegle
Chantne
Burkile
Hank
A.W. Kino
Attorney AT Law
Bar Harbor
Bluehill
H.W. Hats AS
Ls Yatrons
Greely, Ist
Philadelphia Dental
D*. H. L. D. Woodruff
Main ST
Harden's
New York
EF. Carroll Burrill
Notary Public
Justice OF the Praces
Harrill National Bank
State Street
A. Burnham
United Buatee
Ellawouth
Moone
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