If God is for us Who can be against us
Sunday School lesson primer on Romans 8 31 applied to Joseph life and Moses childhood. It argues God’s favor nullifies human scheming, notes Joseph’s trials from envy to prison to exaltation, and praises maternal training of Moses while contrasting Pharaohs opposition with divine sovereignty.
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John Lindsay Withrow
Park Street Church
Boston
Chicago
God
Joseph
Egypt
Jacob
Potiphar
Paul
Philippian
Rome
John Bunyan
Bedford
Jesus
Rotenid T
Moses
Jochxibed
Amram
Miriam
Jochebed
Christ
Alvis
Mineptzh
Rameses Iti
Fharach
Messi
Marken
Jehovash
Moss
Praraon
Bandit on Jesse James Plan Terrorizes Amish Settlers
Sheriff and squire capture a 35-year-old man named Brown after a spree of robberies in Berne Indiana area. He built a shanty in Swartz woods and terrorized locals by breaking in demanding food and valuables. He was cornered, captured wearing shackles, and held without resistance.
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Decatur
Ind
Dan Erwin
Squire J. H. Smith
Berne
Brown
Swartz Woods
Beardslee Praises Schley as Hero Amid Controversy
Rear Admiral Lester A. Beardslee, retired, in Albany says he declines to judge the Schley case but calls Admiral Schley a hero. He credits Admiral Dewey’s supplementary statement for clarifying facts and condemns the publicity and accusations against Schley as a shameful affair. He echoes Erben and Miller on the matter.
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Albany
Lester A. Beardslee
John E. McElroy
Schley
Erben
Miller
Shaft for Tippecanoe in Indiana Officials
Governor Durbin urged Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge and Indiana representatives to back a congressional appropriation for a monument on Tippecanoe battle ground. The Tippecanoe Battle Ground Memorial association, formed in 1891, seeks a shaft honoring General William Henry Harrison and his troops who defeated the Indians on November 7, 1811.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Tippecanoe Battle Ground Memorial Association
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Indiana
Congress
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Great Northwest
Harrison
Lischy Biography and Fort Wayne Public Life Views
Aaron Lischy writes a personal sketch tracing birth in 1829 Pennsylvania, moves across Ohio Indiana and Kosciusko County, three marriages, age 73, describes farming skills, religion, and Democratic affiliation. He criticizes local officials as corrupt except county officers, and condemns the city election results and officials with blunt remarks.
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Fort Wayne
Pennsyvana
Mon Hime Township
York County
Wayne County
Ohio
Indiana
Kosciusko
Palestine
Kosciusko Indiana
Allen County
Fortwayne
Owen
John H. Akens Cleark Shhmid
Rich Indian Babies Landed in Oklahoma Under Government Grants
The Kiowa Comanche Apache Wichita and Caddo children in Oklahoma receive 160 acre allotments each and U S citizenship after the 1901 opening. Their land remains in the youths names, though parents may manage it. Kiowa Annie, four, is valued at about 20000 and may profit when townsites develop. Indian schooling replaces names with English dress and language, and tepee life is described with little playthings and early sleep routines.
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Southwest
Okla Loma
United States
Kiowa Annie
Iobart
Wachita
Darlington
Tepee Ife
Tepee
W. BR. Draper
New York Herald
From Poor Boy to Presidents Loubet and Jackson
A compact portrait of two leaders rising from humble origins. It recounts President Loubet’s peasant mother and plain life contrasted with his palace duties, and young Andrew Jackson’s defiant capture by British soldiers, his refusal to polish boots, and his four-year imprisonment before escaping.
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Loubet
President Loubet
France
Marsanne
Lyons
M. Loubet
Elysee Palace
Paris
Emile
Crest
Andrew Jackson
Young Jackson
United States
Jackson
England
Fort Wayne Citizen Reporter Details Aaron Lischy’s Biography
Fort Wayne veteran Aaron Lischy, a familiar figure in the city, writes personal notes on his life and offers casual observations on municipal affairs. The column sketches his own experiences and musings while touching on local governance.
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Aaron Lischy
Fort Wayne
Grant county farmers push bill to curb liquor sales
In Marion Indiana 300 farmers at the institute adopt a resolution urging a legislative amendment to ban liquor sales in municipalities without police regulation. The plan requires vendor name and liquor type and quantity on bottle labels and patent medicines to show alcohol content. A factory accident at Wayne Biscuit injures Bert Mains with two fingers mangled.
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Marion
Ind
Grant County
Wayne Biscuit Company
Bert Mains
The Squirrel's Arithmetic
A bright eyed squirrel sits high in a walnut tree counting how many nuts he can store for winter. He ponders how many the babies could eat and searches for the best way to gather and hide his hoard.
How to Become Wise A Fable
A Wing asks a Sage how to become wise. The Sage says no books but careful thinking and doing each task well. The King agrees that study alone cannot prevent folly and that wisdom comes from practicing wise deeds. Moral: books are valuable only when applied.
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H. Berkeley
A Goose For a Guide in a German Village
A blind elderly woman is guided to church each Sunday by a gander that grips her gown with its bill. After church the bird returns to the graveyard to graze until service ends, then leads her home. A visitor is surprised by the woman’s independence, but the daughter explains the gander is always with her.
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Germany
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Pharaoh
Jesse James
Provender
Northwest
E. D. Crumparcker
Beardslee Lauds
The
Sentinel
Indiana Officials
tives—Harrison and His
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Municipal Matters
Elmer Chester Hazelrig
Decatur Ill
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