Jacob Wrestles with God and Prevails in Prayer
Sunday School lesson by John Lindsay Withrow analyzes Jacob at Jabbok, showing his struggle with God, humbling pride, and ultimate blessing after prayer. It contrasts Jacob’s craft with reliance on divine mercy, ending in Israel meaning prince of God.
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John Lindsay Withrow
Park Street Church
Boston
Chicago Record-Herald
Jacob
God
Isaac
House of Israel
Tiach
Esau
Jordan
Saul
Tarsus
Jabbok Lord
Laban
Iman
Tod
Israel
Mercy
Ptomaine Poisoning Sickens Fort McPherson Troops
In Atlanta on September 5 1920 Col J W French orders a rigid investigation after 226 enlisted men of the Twenty seventh Infantry at Fort McPherson fall ill from ptomaine poisoning believed linked to Tuesday night food. Only 190 of 416 in Companies A B C and D were on duty. Cooks deny preparation and blame ice. Canned goods unused for six months and no copper cooking since March.
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Atlanta
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Fort McPherson
J. W. French
Eleventh Infantry
Fort Wayne and Southwestern officials visit Fort Wayne for line extensions plan
Officials of the Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction company arrived in Fort Wayne at noon for a business meeting and territory inspection. The party includes Sumner Wallace of New Hampshire G E Macomber of Maine W B McKinley of Illinois and General Manager S L Nelson headquartered here. They will drive the city to decide on proposed street car line extensions and the west entrance for the Fort Wayne and Southwestern road. Tomorrow they tour to Huntington by steam engine then return, with a probable important decision by then.
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Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Company
Sumner Wallace
New Hampshire
G. E. Macomber
Maine
W. B. McKinley
Illinois
S. L. Nelson
Fort Wayne and
Fort Wayne
Huntington
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Aids Weak Women
An advertisement-style piece claims that women suffer dizziness from feminine illnesses and promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures. It quotes Mrs Mitton Grimes of Adair Iowa praising relief from long term female trouble and related ailments after using nine bottles and emphasizes sleep, energy, and daily work return.
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Mitton Grimes
Adair
Adair Co
Iowa
Bright
Pierce
Captives Return From Exile of Tampa Cigarmakers Leaders
Thirteen leaders of the Resistencia union from Tampa who were abducted and marooned on a barren Honduran island have returned to civilization. They traveled via Ballast Point and Key West aboard the schooner Gertrude, assisted by locals and Cuban comrades, with Washington ordered a federal probe into the kidnapping.
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New York
Herald
Key West
Tampa
Fla
Central Committee
Resistencia Union
Gertrude
Honduras
Washington
United States District Attorney
Jacksonville
Luis Barcia
Ballast Point
Hillsborough Bay
Bruno
Ecuador May Mix in the Trouble
A cable from Colombia reports Ecuador has intervened with an army and warships. Colombia plans to counter with its vessels in Pacific waters near the Colombia Ecuador frontier. The note suggests Ecuador may join forces with Panama rebels, breaking its neutrality.
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Ecuador
Washington
Colombia
Pacific
Panama
Visitors from Kenia and Dayton inspect Fort Wayne court building
George Little Henry Barber A Wickershop John Fudge John C Stevenson W Ferguson and Lewis Smith of Kenia are in the city with A A Ohmer of Dayton to view the Allen county courthouse and furnishings. Custodian Scherer guided them. the commissioners hosted them and the visitors praised Fort Wayne as the finest county building they have seen.
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George Little
Henry Barber
A. Wickershop
John Fudge
John C. Stevenson
W. Ferguson
Lewis Smith
Kenia
A. A. Ohmer
Dayton
Allen County Court House
Court House
Scherer
Board of Commissioners
Fort Wayne
Ottawa Physician Marries Miss Jessie McAllister
Miss Jessie Elizabeth McAllister wed Dr. Albert M. Shaw of Ottawa Illinois in a Thursday ceremony at Plymouth Congregational church officiated by Rev. J Webster Bailey. About twenty relatives attended and a wedding breakfast followed. The couple traveled to Chicago after the ceremony and plan to reside in Ottawa after October 15.
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Jessie Elizabeth McAllister
G. W. McAllister
Albert M. Shaw
Ottawa
Ill
J. Webster Bailey
Plymouth
Wheelman's Narrow Escape On Busy Street Collision
Frank Friedman of Holton Avenue on Harrison Street near Main was knocked to the ground after colliding with a team driven by William Preece. Friedman was violently thrown to the ground in the Wednesday incident.
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Frank Friedman
Holton Avenue
Harrison Street
Main
William Preece
Friedman Avas
Car Crash Leaves Preece with Damaged Wheel and Repairs
A collision left Preece bruised and cut with a ruined wheel. He was driving on the wrong side of the road and had to settle the damage.
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Preece
Name Chase Used by Imitators as Public Deceit
An 1900 era warning warns that imitators use the Chase name to sell fake medicines. It urges buyers to verify the portrait and signature of A W Chase on boxes to ensure genuineness of Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills. The notice lists symptoms treated and directs purchases from Meyer Bros OU in Fort Wayne.
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Chase
Birds of Prey
A. W. Chase
A. W
A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Fort Wayne
Meyer Bros OU
The Story of Runway Bob and a Bible Mission
A Sunday school teacher helps a rough boy named Bob who repeatedly loses his clothes. After three suits and steady effort, Bob becomes a missionary, Rev Robert Morrison, translator of the Bible in Chinese. A Bengal tiger at Philadelphia zoo traps flies with muddy paws.
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Bob
Jim
Ife
Bop
Robert ‘Morrison
China
Chatterbox
Philadelphia Zoo
Mediger
Mr. Liger
Freddie’s Apology Exchange
In a brief scene Freddie responds to Marmma’s rebuke by apologizing to his sister Bessie and then immediately insults her, saying he is sorry that she is so stupid. The exchange ends with Freddie’s quip.
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Freddie
Marmma
Bessie
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Fort M'Pherson Hospital
Ders Investigation
Barren Isle
Schower Marie Cooper
United States
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Glolalseen
Caroline Te Oherell
Rurnway Bob
Mother Goose
Dame Goose
Hans
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