Gentile Woman Faith Shows Jesus Mercy in Tyre and Sidon
Sunday school lesson on the Gentile woman of Syrophoenicia seeking Jesus for her daughter's exorcism. The account emphasizes humility, faith over ceremonial law, and Jesus’s measured mercy toward Gentiles. The mother's bold, modest plea leads to immediate deliverance, illustrating the power of persistent, dependent faith.
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John Lindsay Withrow
D. D
Park Street Church
Boston
Chicago
Jesus
John
Mark
Christ
Ursus
Mark vii
Tyre
Sidoru
Mediterranean
Sidon
Using Opportunity with Equal Fidelity in Faith Work
The excerpt urges making the most of available chances in church life and classroom work. It compares crowded pews and full class forms to Jesus using his opportunity and calls for faithful, diligent use of present chances to serve.
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Jesus
Air and Exercise in Infant Schools
Sir John Gorst criticizes early infant education arguing minds should not be pressed before age seven. He cites physiologists who favor air and activity for young children and notes Britain spends large sums on early schooling, suggesting much says the system harms more than it helps and may explain world dances.
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John Gorst
Great Britain
London
Rattlesnake King Runs California Farm
Abner Dodge, an aged San Francisco resident, operates a snake ranch at Lytle Creek headwaters where he raises thousands of rattlers yearly. He markets oil to druggists and sells rattles and skins to curio shops, claiming the oil eases rheumatic pains and other ailments. His "snake business" spans twenty years with about 40,000 snakes handled, aided by a black hog for tracking and his dog Peggy. He notes a banner year during Blaine's presidential run.
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Abner Dodge
San Francisco
Cal
Lytle Creek
Curie
Blaine
Peggy
Man Accuses Post Office of Stamp Justice in U S Registry
A man with a week’s beard confronted a clerk at a post office registry window. He rails against the government over a 10c stamp trade, denounces Philippine policy, and vows to boycott stamps, claiming federal treatment spurred his protest as he continues to register.
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Registry Department
United States
Philippines
Streeter
Impassioned Language With Floorwalker Action
A brief Chicago Tribune note describes a scene where a uniformed floorwalker leads a man away, sparking an impassioned moment. The account focuses on the confrontation and the ceremonial mood surrounding the removal.
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Chicago Tribune
Court finds no equity in Fort Wayne patent case
Judge John H. Baker of the United States court dismissed the action of George E. Johnson and others doing business as Peerless Fountain Cuspidor Co. against John S. McCurdy for infringement. The ruling cites lack of equity and assigns costs to the complainants, with the decision based on non-infringement and novelty issues surrounding the Bardsley fluid motor and the defendant's revolving bowl.
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John H. Baker
United States Court
Fort Wayne
George E. Johnson
John S. McCurdy
Baker
W. P. Denny
L. C. Hunter
A. A. Chapin
Peerless Fountain Cuspidor Company
John & McCurdy
Edward E. Bardsley
Illinois Officers Visit Fort Wayne Court House Model
A Bloomington Illinois party including L Funk John Reed Frank Cowden W C Jones Lee Carlock W A Russell William Reeves and J C Elder visited the New Aveline Fort Wayne building today to study its design for McLean County Illinois new courthouse following the Pixley Co fire. They expressed high praise for the Fort Wayne structure and its features.
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Messrs
L. Funk
John Reed
Frank Cowden
W. C. Jones
Lee Carlock
W. A. Russell
William Reeves
J. C. Elder
Bloomington
Inll
Aveline
Fort Wayne
McLean County
Allen County
Court House
Olinovis
Indiana Success hay press inventor aims factory here
Frank Pollock of 52 Hamilton Street has created the Indiana Success hay press. He manufactures at 165 Fairfield Avenue where 17 machines are in use locally and proving superior to rivals. The hand bailer shows promise, with several gentlemen negotiating for the patent and a factory potential in this city.
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Frank Pollock
Hamilton Street
Indiana
Fairfield Avenue
Love's Blind Folly Ends In Loyal Union
A tale recalls Mr Selwood a well born Englishman who loved the county magnate's daughter. She wed another, so he became footman in her husband’s house for twenty years. After the master’s death his loyalty is rewarded with marriage to the woman he waited for.
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Mr. Selwood
Etroek
Courage Tested by Lions and Law
A Paris glitterati youth earns a wife through a drastic test of nerve. He walked into a cage with two lions to prove himself, then reformed his life. Six years later he became a successful barrister and rising French deputy, after pursuing serious study.
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Paris
Philadelphia Times
Sweets from tar and its medical uses in sugar substitutes
A New York World note explains saccharine from tar as a sweeter than cane sugar used to sweeten jams and beverages. It resists molding and fermentation but does not nourish. doctors recommend it for certain ailments as a sugar substitute in coffee and tea.
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New York World
Fort Wayne Reader Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills
Fort Wayne resident Mrs. Anna Long testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her backache and kidney symptoms after trying the product from Meyer & Co. A note promises Doan's Ointment for skin itch and related disorders with a free sample by mail from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Meyer & Co
Doan
Loxon
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Clowns With Circuses Teach at City Circus School
A local report highlights clowns and performers teaching at the city circus school, training in dressing tricks and tenit techniques, promising hands on lessons for aspiring entertainers.
Circus Clown Dream Fueling a Child’s Early Ambition
A young boy in a circus dreams of becoming a clown after watching riders perform at Madison Square Garden. He practices flip-flops on parallel bars between shows, laments missed clown opportunities, and finds education in the tent a seasonal duty guided by benevolent clowns.
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Madison Square Garden
Gerry Society
Johnnie
Peter's Pence of Pilgrims Reach Rome During Holy Year
The first six months saw 400,000 pilgrims from across Christendom visit Rome. They paid Peter's pence totaling £1,520,000 with hopes the year will close near £4,000,000. The Boniface VIII. institution endures into the nineteenth century.
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Rome
Peter
Vatican
Boniface VIII
London Daily Mail
In His Line A Clergyman Meets a Scare on the Road
A winter scene in Scotland describes a clergyman traveling on a lean horse with a camlet cloak and odd cap when a gentleman on a fine horse startles them both. The rider jokes that the preacher would scare the devil, and the preacher replies it is his business.
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Scotland
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ohio Woman Learns Husband Arrested in France
Ashland Ohio July 7 Mrs T M Metzger of Grafton Ohio has word her husband, in Paris two months, was arrested by French officials for leaving Alsace Lorraine at age fifteen without serving in the army.
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Ashland
Ohio
T. M. Metzger
Grafton
Paris
Alsac-Lorraine
The Turn of Life and Lydia Pinkham’s Advice
A promotional piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a trusted aid for women during menopause. It notes Mrs. Pinkham’s extensive experience and offers free advice from her at Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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