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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
5
A 1908 religious tract discusses King Manasseh’s worship of Moloch the fire god. It links Moloch to Ammon, Chemosh, and broader Canaanite rites, detailing brutal child sacrifices and temple practices as described in 2 Chronicles and Jewish traditions.
A sermon argues idolatry as the great sin that brings national destruction, citing the ten commandments and psalmist, Paul, and John. It urges vigilance against heart idolatry, warning that idolaters have no inheritance and urging believers to flee from idols.
Heralds cry Make way as trumpeters lead the royal procession through crowded streets. A royal chariot appears in a sunlit square while crowds cheer The prince The king lifts a smiling infant son, the scene filled with pomp and public adoration.
The passage recounts Manasseh pushing idolatrous worship in Jerusalem, erecting a sevenfold set of chapels for Moloch. He leads his son into the final rite at the seventh chapel, the door opens, and the king collapses in a swoon as the child is sacrificed.
A vivid itinerary highlights Kerry coast beauty from Kenmare to Cahirciveen with Dromore castle Parknasilla and Derrynane mentioned. It notes the Gulf Stream climate at Parknasilla, the Garinish island coves, Waterville fishing, Staigue fort, Skelligs breeding birds, and Ballaghbeama routes plus available salmon trout, shooting, snipe, and golf at New Southern hotel and Caragh river venues.
Prose poem recounts a lovelorn woman termed the Old Maid in the Winding Street who lives unseen among funerals. She drapes in white, haunts graveyards, appears at weddings, and is viewed as a ghostly, blessing presence rather than violent menace.
A 12 year old girl in New York, hoping for a baby brother or sister, secretly followed a carrier and took a baby from a carriage. She fled with the infant but was soon stopped when the mother returned to the empty carriage. The incident highlights a daughter's child theft and parental warning turned cautionary tale.
The Shanghai Mercury notes feng shui influences on trade and prosperity in Yangtze towns. Pei-Shih misplaced pagodas failed to attract traffic, while Wanshien thrives with a perfect feng shui site in a fertile valley. The piece contrasts belief with outcomes and cites broader cultural patterns. Also: a Haarlem school uses soap bubbles to improve chest expansion and a walnut stump gavel once tied to Lincoln is given to the Elks grand lodge.
The text argues that real equality of rights and authority requires substantial parity in wealth and status. It warns against luxury, saying it either results from wealth or compels its own necessity, implying social excess undermines true equality.
An item notes that some diabetics suffer loss of hunger and thirst control and may even eat a cake of grap. The passage highlights diabetic appetite irregularities and potential extreme cravings.
Local quarrel overheard in dialect about stealing food chickens and the challenge of living up to a tainted reputation. The exchange highlights tensions over scarce supplies and community labels amid an era of hardship.
An antique reader endorsement extols Resinol Ointment for skin eruptions as highly useful and efficacious. The testimonial from M. F. Ryan of Bedford London emphasizes broad trust in the product. A dated aside about a girl calling a young man a bear-wwell offers a humorous social note.
Woman from Vienna West Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of pain and illness after doctors failed. The ad cites numerous testimonials and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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