Bible Inspires Writers Says Yale Professor in Detroit News
Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale says the Bible is the greatest book and superior to modern fiction. He argues its stories and Psalms rival the best literature and notes Lincoln valued the Bible and Shakespeare as core texts. The Detroit News report captures his praise for biblical influence on English literature.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Phelps
Job
Hume
Gibbon
Rose
Kipling
de Maupassant
O. Henry
Bunyan
Lincoln
Kent
Detroit News
Warm welcome for twins and a note on sugar rations
Excerpts recount a Bayswater constable joyful at the birth of twins and the delight in two extra sugar rations. The passage also reflects a reflective river of images about a dragonfly on a lily pad and the solace of nature amid turmoil, drawing on Robert M. Gay’s Atlantic Monthly meditation.
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Norman Thwaites
British Intelligence Department
Bayswater
Marble Arch
Golden Mall
Robert M. Gay
The
Atlantic Monthly
Origin of the Turks traced to Noahs grandson
Osmeanic historians claim the first Turk descended from Japheth’s line. They say eight souls aboard the ark, nine at Mount Ararat with Turk born during the flood. Alindra Khan’s twins Tartar Khan and Mogul Khan begin the Turks and Mongols, whose wars resemble family quarrels until Christian era.
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Noah
Mount Arrat
Japhet
Turk
Alindra Khan
Tartar-Khan
Mogul-Khan
Tartar
Mogul
BirminghamTins Salvage Meeting Reports Local Waste Usage
A Birmingham conference with municipal and Midlands authorities, organised with the national war salvage council, discussed waste utilization. The lord mayor noted Birmingham collects 600 tons of old tins yearly, selling recovered tin at 1500 dollars per ton, yielding about 5000 dollars from sales.
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Midlands
Birmingham
National War Salvage Council
Sugar costs and Hoover plan reshape wartime sugar trade
United States food administration regulates sugar from producer to wholesaler as World War I shortages bite. Hoover touts savings of about 180 million and outlines committees to apportion Cuban, East Indian, and allied imports, aiming for consumer price around 8.5 to 9 cents per pound and reduced refiners’ profits.
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America
United States Food Administration
The
Food Administration
France
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
United States
Canada
England
Italy
Germany
West Indies
East Indies
Europe
Java
Seaboard
Wand
Cuba
New York
State Department
Rolph
California
Local residents visit nearby towns and return home
Henry Zink and others traveled between Huntingburg Jasper Mariah Hill and Louisville this week. Many residents report visits to Evansville Indianapolis Nashville and Cincinnati for family business or social calls.
Miss Eustacia Despairs Over Loss of Purpose in Teas
In a candid scene from Youth's Companion, Mrs. Jessup laments Miss Eustacia Eustacia's withdrawal after losing savings and moving to a home. Mrs. Crane recalls her past generosity as she urges Lauretta King to visit and help restore Miss Stacia's sense of usefulness.
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Mrs. Crane
Ellen Jessup
Stacia
Mrs. Jessup
Ellen
An Aviator's Farewell From a Valence Bishop’s Nephew
Monsignor de Gibergues notes the loss of his seventh nephew M Anthelme de Gibergues in the war. A letter found among his papers speaks to his parents with prayers for strength and mercy for France and the souls of the departed, and a vow that his spirit will rise even as his body falls.
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Monsignor de Gibergues
Valence
M. Anthelme de Gibergues
France
Kingdom of God
In Some Old Jokes and Puns from a Reader
A string of dated quips and exchanges presented as brief humorous snippets. Dialogue includes a boastful “miracle man” tale and a judge’s quip about a snores claim, plus a post office exchange about stamping ground and a paradox on dust and vision.
Auction sale of estate land in Ferdinand Indiana
Administrators Gustav C. Woerter and Ferdinand Woerte announce a public auction of Lots 6 and 19 in Ferdinand town Dubois County Indiana. sale set for August 3 1918 at 10 00 am with bids at one third cash one third in six months and remainder in nine months secured by a mortgage and court approval.
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Margaretha Woerter
Doboie Circuit Court
Ferdinand
Dubois County
Indiana
Dubois
Calumet Baking Powder Promotes Kitchen Efficiency
An editorial stresses time efficiency for housewives, linking value of time to family and community. It praises Calumet Baking Powder for reliable leavening, reduced bake times, and ability to reuse dough for multiple bakings, claiming it saves hours and reduces waste.
Mickie Says Ver Anev’s LCADS Of Good Fellers
The note urges vendors to bring their copies and ads early to avoid rushing to print the paper on Tuesday. It mentions the town folks and emphasizes the best of the fellows.
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Anev
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Mary Ketzner
St. Louis
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Verena Sondermann
August Ernst
Joe Voellker
Fulda
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Evansville
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Emma
Hantingburg
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Lucille Beckmann
Paul Schreiner
Philip Limp
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Wom. R. Sauer
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Jaaper
Frank Praff
Miss Angeline Schalk
John B. Schmidt
Genevieve Schmitt
John Gessner
Joe Gerber
Joe Leinenbach
John Lusch
Seger Brothers of
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Irene Lindaver
Indianapolis
Frank Brockmann
Camp Taylor
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Agatha Fitch
Nashville
Tenn
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Herman Theis
Huggedorn
John Schreiner
Tony Buschkoetter
Evanston
Rainbow Threshing Company
John Schoenhoff
Baby
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Cincinnati
TOB
Lena
Browy
Garetha Woerter
G C. Woerter
Ferdinand Woerte
A. L. Gray
Attty
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Woerter Adminiatrators
Mickie
Marcelle
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