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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1910
Page
6
Charles T Russell, pastor from Brooklyn Tabernacle, preached twice at the Chicago Auditorium. He urged careful, rational New Year vows, explaining consecration as a cross bearing commitment to Christ, baptism symbolic of the body of believers, and the rewards of eternal life and millennial service for the faithful.
A sermon excerpt urges consecrated believers to renew vows to the Lord. It links Christian gratitude to living sacrifices, taking the cup of salvation, and openly affirming faith in public worship. The piece stresses knowledge, prayer, and daily commitment as means to strengthen will and endure trials.
A vow declaration from a Brooklyn Tabernacle member listing commitments to God. It covers worship, daily remembrance of harvest work, guarding thoughts and speech, resisting spirit ism and occult influences, and conduct with the opposite sex with specified room safety rules and family exceptions. The signer invites通知 notices at a Brooklyn address.
A London Spare Moments description explains the camel’s desert diet and extraordinary endurance. It notes its sparse meals of barren twigs and palm fibers, its water retention, and freight loads of 500 to 1,000 pounds for 25 miles daily, with some camels moving 50 miles for five days without water.
A St Nicholas tale praises the tiny hummingbird for its rapid wingbeats and weightless midair hover. The bird sips nectar while hovering, chases rivals, and shows fearless independence despite its small size.
In St James's Gazette account, Garrick stands mute yet eloquent as Parliament debates clearing the gallery. Burke and Fox praise him, while the house votes that the stranger may remain, and Garrick does not move.
The New York World reports on Mexican peasants catching water bugs and pulque worms to eat. They dry and fry the insects, describing their chestnutlike flavor, and sell pulque worm papers in bundles of a dozen for two cents, earning a decent living for collectors.
In Turkey the piastre is the main unit, divided into 40 paras, with each para split into 3 aspes. The piastre equals 4.4 cents, the para a bit over a tenth of a cent, and an aspe about one twenty seventh of a cent. An American in Turkey may spend 2,700 aspes to feel rich in the bazaars.
A compact quotation from Samuel Johnson urging avoidance of poverty. He warns poverty as a great evil full of temptation and misery and urges living within means without borrowing for vanity or pleasure. The note highlights character and frugality.
The Boston Herald notes Patrick Henry as a great man with thousands of followers. It contrasts orators and patriots with a remark on the crowd being a mass of mismatches.
A humorous dialogue from London scraps features Farmer Barnes noting golf’s appeal is you can skip playing if you don’t want to. Farmer Fal cons questions the idea as Barnes emphasizes choice and ease in golf.
The Philadelphia Record notes critics describe the new tenor as frail and glassy with a nearly transparent quality. The debate centers on whether the voice conveys warmth or lacks substance, sparking lively discussion among readers.
The article describes Ramazan fasting from sunrise to sunset and the end of daily fast at sunset with iftar. It notes watchmen, drums, and cannon signals marking meal times and the social meaning of being invited to iftar as a sign of friendship. It cites Scribner's Magazine as the source.
In a mid tenth century collection a wealthy French noblewoman keeps a secret grief secreted in a closet. She reveals to a friend that she endures daily the ritual of kissing a skeletal head, the skull of her husband's rival she would have married.
Two well dressed women gave a street child a ride in their car then brought her back after half an hour. The girl revealed her father was a chauffeur and admitted she preferred the car to home. The New York Tribune notes the ironic lesson.
An omnibus conductor praised Dr. Parker of the City temple noting the ride to the church was so enjoyable that he would attend again. He said Parker did not make religion too serious and the audience laughed cried and had a rare time.
Instructions describe filling eggshell halves with rich soil, sowing seeds, keeping them warm and moist, then transplanting when weather allows. The method preserves roots and aims for healthy growth with minimal wilting.
Personal Recollections of Suth erland Edwards notes after 1815 peace hussars commonly wore black mustaches or dyed ones. Those without natural facial hair were required to paint the semblance of a black mustache on the upper lip as a rule of appearance.
The Boston Transcript sketches a witty exchange where Mrs. Sharp remarks that she wished to be single again to marry her darling, a playful line hinting at renewed vows and romantic optimism.
A humorous exchange shows a couple sparring over whose faults their son inherited. Madam jokes she lacks knowledge of the boy's faults while Mon sieur counters that she has not lost any of hers, highlighting mutual wit.
A brief quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson on trust and treatment shaping character and actions. It states that honest faith earns loyalty and generous respect inspires greatness.
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