The Lesson of a Day Remains Fretful Over Carpets
Mrs. Mason frets over a shabby parlor and envies neighbors carpet luxuries while her husband resists further spending. A neighbor socializes about real vs imitation wealth and a fire loss prompts renewed charity talk, revealing tensions between restraint and envy in a coastal town.
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Mrs. Mason
Pacific
Far East
Mason
Will
Freemans
Caddie
Smiths
Mr. Mason
Mary ‘van Dyne
San Francisco
The Mason Home and a City in Fire
Mrs. Mason's stingy talk on missions yields to gratitude after an earthquake and citywide fire. Mr. and Mrs. Mason flee to the hills with others, return to find their home miraculously intact, then reevaluate their misplaced priorities and vows to help those in need.
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Mr. Mason
Mrs. Mason
Will
When the heart's doors swing easily in youth
The piece argues that childhood is the time Jesus should enter hearts. It cites Riis on juvenile crime and prison demographics, then urges adults to guide youth toward faith. It warns that evil can enter early while urging proactive religious influence and care from older youths toward younger ones.
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Robert E. Speer
A. M
Christ
Feaz
Jacob A. Riis
New York City
Texas
Georgia
Starbuck
God
Franklin
Hood
United States
The Griffin Motor Car Co Adverts for Cars and Services
The Griffin Motor Car Co. promotes the White Steamer, Win ton, Cadillac and Bratick along with the Pope and Columbia brands. It offers modern charging plant repair as a specialty and operates day and night with Home 2100 and Bell 200 contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Winton
Cadillac
Bratick
Pope
Owrerly Electric
Columbis
Bell
Plain Talk With The Boys On Tobacco Dangers
A speaker warns that smoking starts in youth and blights brain and body. He cites medical authority and international bans in schools and military academies. He notes rising cigarette use, bank hiring impacts, and cites statistics from 1889 about cigar production and parental responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
West Point
Annapolis
Maj. Hunton
Marine Corps
Washington Navy Barracks
C. M. Southgate
National Advocate
Beer money could fund land allotments say temperance league
The British Temperance League argues that pooled working class drink expenditure could buy 2.5 million acres at £20 an acre and settle 500,000 families on five acre plots. They claim £50 million yearly could supply £100 capital for each allotment and note beer spend of about 7s 8d weekly or £20 annually would cover one or two acres in a year.
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British Temperance League
Robert Edgcumbe
Man Takes Morphine After Struggle With Drink
Edward Herner a laborer of 1276 Silver Avenue West Indianapolis fought a drinking problem and ended his life by taking a large quantity of morphine. The piece notes a contrary view from a group of young men who claim people should control alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Herner
Silver Avenue
West
Indianapolis
Herner
Help the Other Home
A United Presbyterian admonition questions why men demand purity in their own homes while tolerating impurity in others. It argues that only impure hearts justify such double standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian
Saloons and Slums in Urban Poverty Debate
A city missionary told the Presbyterian Social Union in Philadelphia that saloons fuel slums, linking alcohol to urban decline. The Revue de Paris notes typhoid and tuberculosis ravaging the French army amid drinking-related health harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revue de Paris
Presbyterian Social Union
Philadelphia
Trust in God’s Promises If Conditions Are Met
The Recorder notes promises may fail without will or ability but asserts God’s promises never fail when conditions are met. It contrasts human shortcomings with divine certainty, urging faith in God’s will and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Fort Wayne
Habibullah Khan Ameer of Afghanistan Reported Aged Thirty Four
A report identifies Habibullah Khan as a 34 year old ruler from Afghanistan noted in current dispatches. The notice places him as a leading Afghan figure of interest amid ongoing regional coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habibullah Khan
Public notice for agent address and schedule
Public notice lists West Northwest Southwest and South on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Provides full information of agent or address C. A. Melin, T. P. A., Fort Wayne, Indiana. July 31.
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C. A. Melin
Fort Wayne
Ind
W-S&k
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