Pilgrim's Progress themes in a Sunday school study
A Sunday school lesson discusses divine sovereignty and human free will, citing Peter's Pentecost sermon and passages from Psalms and Isaiah. It links the early church’s growth to faith in Christ, then pivots to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress as a devotional allegory of conviction, conversion, and the Christian journey from Destruction to the Celestial City, urging personal repentance and faith.
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Jobo Bunyan
Bunyan
Bedford
Paul
Silas
Christ
God
Christian
Bunyant
Jesus
Saul of
Tarsus
Evangelist
Despond
Celestial City
Pilgrim's Progress Topic On Church Endeavor Meeting
Prayer meeting begins January 17 1909 led by Tov S H Doyle with topical study on Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress titled Pillain's Progress series I Leaving the City of Destruction. Ad notes and program details appear in the issue.
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Tov
S. H. Doyle
Pillain
Bunyan
Message From Dr. Clark To New York Endeavorers
Dr. Francis E Clark, founder of Christian Endeavor, sends a message to the New York state union biennial convention. He cannot be present in Albany but asks Endeavorers to remain strong in the Lord and pray. He urges the Empire State to show what God can do when Endeavorers are strong in His power.
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Dr. Clark
Christian Endeavor
Europe
New York State Union
Albany
New York
Francis. E. Clark
International Brotherhood Idea Inspires German Visitors
German Endeavorers who visited England at the invitation of English brothers engaged in sightseeing and music. The departing group expressed the international brotherhood idea by singing Blest Be the Tie That Binds, reflecting shared bonds among the travelers and hosts.
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International Brotherhood
England
Joroing Bands
Patrons Urged to Notify Office on Missed Newspapers
Readers who do not receive their paper regularly are asked to inform the newspaper office. Prompt reporting helps ensure timely delivery and address any distribution issues.
Humphreys D D Queres 1 Worms and Diseases Cured
Fragmented OCR lists various remedies and ailments such as influenza colds pleurisy pneumonia stomach issues and kidney bladder disorders implying a historical medical advertisement. It mentions multiple names and terms without coherent narrative.
Death of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky Aboard
News from Saint Petersburg dated January 15 reports the death of Vice Admiral Ro jestvensky noted for command of the Russian fleet in 1905 during the Battle of Tsushima. The article recounts his neuralgia linked death and a wartime indictment of cowardice, with pleas and commutations for the officers.
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Rueelan
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
The
Seca
Japan
Senator at a hotel fire saves 4 lives
Tropeka Kansas January 15 The body of Isaac E Lambert Emporia attorney and politician who perished in the Cope land hotel blaze has been found He was believed suffocated while seeking to escape a smoke filled hallway Fourteen guests were injured but expected to recover Representative A W Smith the most severely hurt State Senator J W Stewart rescued several people by leaping from a fourth story window to a mattress on a adjoining roof He saved editor T B Murdock editor W Y Morgan and Mrs Morgan though Mrs Morgan broke a leg Stewart jumped after ensuring all were clear of the burning hotel
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Tropeka
Kan
Isaac E. Lambert
Emporia
Copeland Hotel
A. W. Smith
J. W. Stewart
T. B. Murdock
el Dorado Republican
Stewart
Murdock
W. Y. Morgan
Hutchinson News
Senator Stewart
Nine Prisoners Escape Jail by Arson in Thomson Georgia
In Thomson Georgia on January 15 nine inmates escaped the county jail by burning the heavy wooden door to the outside sheet iron cover. Three inmates faced murder charges and two faced arson. One prisoner surrendered, two were recaptured.
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Thomson
Explosion entombs 240 in Hungarian coal mine disaster
Veszprim Hungary Jan 15 an explosion of fire damp in the Auka coal mine followed by a dust explosion and fire entombed 240 miners. Sixteen rescued and forty five bodies recovered, with efforts focused on a single locality and hope others survive.
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Veszprim
Hungary
Auka
Triple Tragedy on Farm in Modena Missouri
In Modena Missouri on January 14 John Brooks a farm hand shot and killed Mrs John Thompson an invalid and Butler Thompson then killed himself Brooks was reportedly intoxicated and mentally affected by drink authorities said the incident occurred after he forced his employer off the premises with a revolver and then killed the two victims before taking his own life.
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Modena
John Brooks
John Thompson
Butler Thompson
Brooks
Hill to pay fare on own road in Minnesota plan
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, will pay fare on his own road hereafter and told Governor Johnson he would accept appointment as a member of the state highway commission.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Johnson
Public Elopements in Bulgaria Highlight Moral Standards
The Bulgarian public ethos emphasizes high morality with elopements seen as simple, private acts by couples to wed without costly official ceremonies. Typically both parents consent and friends are informed, with the event arranged discreetly outside the bride's home to avoid the formal wedding expense.
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Europe
Real Literary Labor in Charles Dudley Warner's Painstaking Work
An account in New Amstel magnaline describes novelist Charles Dudley Warner crafting a personal tribute to Mrs Youmans. He toiled from morning until midday, revised proofs thrice, and even urged lifting a sentence in the final paragraph. Printing delays followed as editors and Warner debated perfection.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Amstel
Warner
Edward Ll. Youmans
Youmans
Mr. Warner
O. I
First Nights and Famous French Playwright Reactions
On opening nights famous French authors faced nerves and quirks. Sardou trembled, Dumas fils dined after acts, Lamartine hunted a cafe, Balane sold tickets for profit, de Kock heckled, Delavigne stayed home, Soumet joked at shaving, Scribe stayed cheerful then anxious, Rossini paced, Auber avoided premieres, Bayard felt sudden illness on first nights.
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Dumas Fils
Dumas Pere
Lamartine
Balane
de Quinola
Paul de Kock
Casmir Delavigne
Alexandre Soumet
Jeanne dArc
Scribe
Rossini
Auber
Bayard
Public servants and a Warsaw goose fair tale
A New York man doubts city efficiency after a rail station miscue in SKan gag City. Tarper’s notes Warsaw goose fair facts claim five million geese annually driven 49 to 150 miles. Geese are shod by tar to endure long journeys with durable shoes.
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Skangag City
Chicago
Warsaw
Vilna
Poland
New York Tribune
Wig fashion in courts sparks legal wig adoption
In a London Globe note, judges shifted from velvet caps and three cornered hats to the periwig around 1600, a French import that altered demeanor and sparked early adoption among judges. Barristers tried to imitate but faced pushback until wigs became universal in law courts about fifty years later.
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France
Oime
London Globe
Food adulteration in ancient and modern times
The piece argues that food adulteration is a timeless vice rooted in human greed. It cites ancient civilizations including Greece, Rome, Egypt, Chaldea, and Assyria and notes English history from King John’s era (1208) with bread and cake quality proclamations, alongside similar European laws on adulterated wines and bakers’ goods.
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Rome
Egypt
Chaldean
Assyria
John
New York
Two Young Husbands Trade Domestic Dinners Jokes
A humorous exchange from Puck features two new husbands who confess ignorance about their wives cooking. One recounts praising a dinner and being accused of loving only the cook, prompting the other to remark that his wife had a cry coming.
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Puck
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted in Freeport Testimony
People with kidney pain and back trouble in Freeport seek a reliable remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised as the best option, backed by local testimonial from John Smith who reports relief and kidney strength restoration after using the product purchased at Emmett's drug store. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo is listed as sale agent.
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Freeport
Dean
John Smith
West Stephenson Street
Doan
Emmett
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Vessels Capsize in Bay of Fundy Tides Often
The bay of Fundy and its tributaries see frequent vessel capsizings as tides rise forty to sixty feet. Ships rest on wooden shoes fixed to the bottom at low tide. if not snug, a strong wind can topple them into shifting chocolate mud, burying craft under the next tide.
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Bay of Fundy
Woeful Boarding School Romance At The Parlor
Six months before graduation a girl became engaged with parental and school consent to visit a boy twice weekly at a small parlor left of the boarding house. Rumors say conversations were often overheard and one girl asked if her fiancé had kissed others, to which she warned she would throw him to the dogs if he did. Bowwow.
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Ie Mentos
Portieres
Minneapolis Journal
Leap in the Dark Phrase Origins Across Centuries
The article traces the expression leap in the dark to 1867 parliamentary debate by Lord Cranbourne on Dusraeli's reform bill, noting prior attributions to Hobbes and late 17th century utterances about a voyage into obscurity. It cites varying attributions and scholarly commentary on who first used the phrase.
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Lord Cranbourne
Dusraeli
Hobbes
Bartlett
Rabelais in Motteux Life Form Language
A fragmentary note discusses Rabelais in Motteux style and a line about leaping into the dark. It links French phrasing to a quip about seeking a great perhaps where neither leap nor dark exists. Penned as a literary aside in Pentson's Weekly.
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Rabelais
Lan
Pentson's Weekly
Minute Rotifer Descriptions From London Scraps
The passage notes rotifers as tiny animals about a thousandth of an inch long needing a microscope to observe. Ten thousand could occupy a small eggcup without more disturbance than a single fish. It compares associated minute species to rats and horses and mentions their minuscule scale at one hundred thousandth of an inch.
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Fitte
London
Parsing the Word That That That That That
A Louisville Courier-Journal writer reports a local high school instructor explaining how the word that can serve as five different parts of speech in a single sentence. He demonstrates with a line where five consecutive occurrences of that refer to it as conjunction adjective noun etc. The lesson highlights grammar parsing challenges for freshmen students.
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Louisville
Courier-Jourenal
Tie
The Berliner's Chief Virtue and Duty
A Century excerpt praises Berliners for honesty and discipline. It cites Frederick the Great and Empress Augusta on duty and endurance, claiming a city’s character rests on a sturdy sense of right and service and a strict administrative spirit.
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Frederick the Great
Augusta
Robert Haven Schauffler
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