Sunday School Lesson Fourth December I Good Wife Pleaded for Him
A Kansas City police court scene shows an elderly man charged with drunk and disorderly. his wife explains he drinks due to whiskey and vows to quit. The judge, after hearing her plea and the man’s remorse, discharges him and the couple depart together. The page includes multiple Bible lesson summaries from Mark, Matthew, Luke, and Isaiah, outlined as weekly study topics with golden texts and lessons on faith and temperance.
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The
Kansas City Star
Pappie
Jasper County
Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven
John
Lisson
Jesus
Bethany
Pater
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Egypt
Gethsemane
Caiaphas
Isa Lh
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Pilate
Christ
David
Hedyen
Beer Consumption Misleading Figures in The Sun
The New York Evening Sun cites 50 million barrels annually to claim one glass per person per workday. The Defender counters that most people, including nine tenths of children and many adults, drink little or none, leaving a large remainder to hydrate a minority of habitual, often moderate, drinkers.
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New York Evening Sun
Drunkenness Arrests in West London Court
At West London police court 33 persons faced drunkenness charges in one day. Of these, 22 were women, many married and from respectable classes. The cases revealed desolate homes, poverty, and hardship amid drinkers, with no evident shame at their position.
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West London
The Secret of Happiness in a Godward Life
The article argues happiness comes from aligning with God through Jesus Christ rather than wealth power or pleasure. It emphasizes inner peace, forgiveness, and living with God, finding joy in daily work, and hope in immortality. It presents Jesus as the ultimate example whose joy remains in believers and urges embodying Christ's teachings in society and daily life.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Euclid
Frederick von Schiller
Joseph Addison
The
Spectator
Thomas Carlyle
Colley Cibler
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ
Iscvnmiental
Nazareth
God
Father
Lfe
Rome
Greece
Paul
Son of
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted for Asthma Relief
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cured many asthma cases once deemed hopeless. A Davenport Iowa woman reports twelve years of asthma improving after using the product, stating a single fifty cent bottle ended years of suffering. The text also mentions airship rumors and a 1679 pamphlet by Francesco Lana describing aerial navigation.
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Foley
Adolph Buesing
West Third St
Davenport
Iowa
Dreler & Bro
Following the Flag and the Moral Call to Service
Reading fragments cite a 19th century stance on soldiers heading to Cuba and the Philippines, stressing health as vital. Mentions include William Morgan and a Concord, N. source referencing moral duty and commissary or sergeant roles in wartime provisioning.
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Cuba
Philippines
William
T. ‘Morgan
Moral Brera
Concord, N
Electric Bitters touted as cure for digestive and liver disorders
The advertisement claims Electric Bitters restore health for dyspepsia and torpid liver, citing S. A. Brown of Bennettsville S C. as a testimonial. It lists benefits for chills fever malaria biliousness back pain kidney and bladder issues. Sold with guarantee by Dreies & Bro. druggists at 50c.
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India
S. A. Brown
Bennettsville
S. C
Dreies & Bro
Pension disbursement totals for 1896 to 1905 listed
The pension disbursements for fiscal years 1896 through 1905, in order, were 139,280,675 dollars to start, followed by 140,845,972 dollars, 145,748,865 dollars, 139,482,696 dollars, 139,381,392 dollars, 139,583,231 dollars, 138,491,822 dollars, 138,890,088 dollars, 142,092,818 dollars, and 142,099,286 dollars.
Urine Laxative Syrup Promises Relief for Constipation
Dreier & Bro advertise Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup as a safe permanent remedy for habitual constipation. It claims to stimulate the liver and restore normal bowel action without irritation or nausea. Also notes Pineules non alcoholic from resin for bladder and kidney disease at one dollar for thirty days from Rhoads’ drug store.
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Dreier & Bro
Sy Rhoads
Rhodesian elephants remove mile pegs by trunks
A puzzling behavior observed in Rhodesia shows elephants uprooting mile pegs along the railway line with their trunks. The cause remains undiscovered as reports note frequent tampering with ground markers.
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Rhodesia
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Harrison St
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Wyoming
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