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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1900
Page
2
The sermon discusses the parable of the rich fool, urging that true riches lie in faith and good deeds, not material wealth. It contrasts earthly treasures with heavenly ones, notes the dangers of covetousness, and emphasizes being rich toward God through spiritual wealth and generosity.
The Lutheran Observer recalls Yale College President Porter's terse counsel to students. He urged abstinence from drink, chewing, smoking, swearing, deception, and reading novels, and advised delaying marriage until able to support a wife. He pressed sincerity, self reliance, generosity, civility, reading the paper, advertising business, making money, doing good, and loving God and neighbors.
A ballroom scene centers on Tonnelle the radiant queen while a weary dressmaker toils to finish a luxury gown. The piece links social excess and overtaxed nerves to illness, praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for nervous prostration and related female ailments with a testimonial from a grateful reader.
Mrs. Sarah Swoder of La Porte Indiana reports long term female trouble relief from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After years of suffering she found relief after six bottles, saying she was cured and now recommends the remedy to friends.
This column explains its motto helpful and hopeful and invites concise public communications for common good. It recalls Aunt Madge sending a box of fragrant blossoms as a token of friendship, with lasting notes and pressed leaves symbolizing the bond within the M. B. circle and Janet.
Reader letters reflect on ordinary life versus warriors, praising common folks and the poet Janet. A columnist recalls a reader's note about balancing time between duties, home tasks, and mental pursuits, sharing a humorous misadventure in applying a learning tip.
A customer letter from Fastane Williams cites coffee harm to his mother and praises Grain-O as a substitute improving health. The note mentions frequent use, a request for product, and ends with a drugstore ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents.
A reflective piece by Luetta K. Spencer urges women to balance motherhood with personal growth and spiritual life. It critiques overwork and praises homemaking while calling for pursuit of talents and useful gifts for God's world. The essay questions how busy mothers can divide time between family duties and self development.
The Frances E Willard union met at a schoolroom due to a misplaced key. Resolutions from Wyoming legislators praised women’s thirty year suffrage, urging universal enfranchisement, and requesting copies to be shared worldwide. Officers were re elected and members paid dues. two delegates were chosen for the state convention at Calais.
A letter from Dr A. C. Jackson of Gosnen Ib Venenee Pure Food Con Le Roy reports trying Ghatno as a coffee substitute. He describes it as palatable and superior to his usual Java and Mocha, noting positive reception at home after trial. He signs respectfully.
Bertha Hobbins and Mrs Excellent remarks were made by Mrs A Clark Evelyn Neal Cordelia Gilles Fiske and others J M Mason Recording secretary The Maine W C T U last week elected officers President Mrs L M N Stevens Portland Corresponding secretary Miss Cornela M Dow Rockland Recording secretary Miss Clara M Farwell Rockland Treasurer Mrs W S Johnston Fort Fairfield Delegates to the national convention at Washington DC Mrs A Warren Mrs A E Bradford Mrs Oscar Holway Mrs Sarah L Cram Mrs N F Curtis Mrs E R Morton Miss Elie Littlefield Delegate at large Mrs HL Beedy
The article suggests gentle cleaning of art using a raw potato cut end rubbed on the painting. If soil remains, trim the potato, or rub with a wet finger or water then sponge with tepid suds. For stubborn grime, let a softened layer sit before washing.
A fragment notes hair from Ve mu Obuer anamais in Russia being crafted into bowls and dishes valued for strength and lightness. It quotes a patient cured of dyspepsia offering a Burns blessing and promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Care as a food digestion aid.
A fragment notes that the book may be obtained from author Dr H W Small of Atlantic Maine or from H W Derant of 225 Middle Street Portland, or from publishers Mascot County Funitsitsa Co Ellsworth Maine.
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