The Beatitude Sermon at First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church heard Rev. Chas E Dunn preach on the first beatitude Blessed are the poor in spirit The sermon argued poverty in spirit as the key to true riches and kingdom entry, contrasting worldly wealth and pride with spiritual dependency on God and faith The piece also notes church notices and local highlights.
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First Presbyterian Church
John the Baptist
Earth
Christ
Heaven
God
Kingdom of Heaven
Nome
St. James
Apostle’s College
Apostle
John
Paul
Kingdom of Hell
Kingdom of
Hell
Old Age and Stomach Health in Aging
An essay links aging to stomach care and argues that weak digestion accelerates decline. It praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as beneficial for elderly individuals whose stomachs are weak and digestion poor, noting benefits to both mind and body.
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Dr. Pierce
Market quotes from Curcano and Union stock yards
Closing Board of Trade quotations for wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and cattle hogs at Curcano with prices and activity notes. Union stock yards figures show cattle hogs sheep and stocker prices with broker data from C W Killen Fry's block New York stock market summary follows, with grain and futures figures.
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Board of Trade
Union Stock Yard
C. W. Killen
Fry’s Block
New York
Freeport
Fry’s
Broken Commandments and a Childs Wise Retort
A young preacher seeks to guide youth through parochial lessons while waiting for Elsie’s mother in Cass avenue. The child jokes that there are seven or eight commandments, noting her father said the preacher had broken two or three, leaving only seven or eight. The anecdote appears in the Detroit Free Press.
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Cass Avenue
Elsie
Papa
Mamma
Detroit
Ree Press
The Sex of Shipa as a Sailor’s Ship Lady
An excerpt discusses gendering ships across languages and cultures. It notes French Italian Spanish Portuguese use masculine ship terms or neuter in Teutonic tongues, while Greeks may have feminized ships out of Athene’s influence. English sailors personify ships as female, regardless of ship type, attributing feminine features.
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Shipa
Athene
Collier’s Weekly
Gold carat meanings and a cheeky newspaper ad
The passage outlines carat gold compositions from 24k to 12k, then jumps to a dialogue about George's affections in the Boston Transcript with Edith noting mean comments by George. It quotes a proverb about trusting friends and mentions a Canterbury link to a choral service from 677 in England and a Hooky Mountain Tea slogan with a price 35c from Emmett and Burrell.
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Hettie
George
Edith
Boston ‘Transcript
Ladies Jackets and Shoes at Sacrifice Prices
A sale advertisement offers multiple jacket lots with clearances from four ninety eight to five fifty and stacks of jackets for children and misses. Ladies capes begin at 1.29 with sales to 8.00. Blankets, underwear, hosiery, and remnants are deeply discounted including undergarments at reduced prices and shoes marked at cost or below in a wide savings event.
Homeseeker Fare Deals Via Chicago Great Western Rail
Tickets go on sale at all CGW offices on the 1st and 8th Tuesdays of February March and April at one fare plus 2.00 round trip. Return within 21 days. Inquiries to CGW agents or F H Lord 118 Adams St Chicago. Also mentions a book and a doorstep promotion involving Mr T Clover and Milwaukee & St Paul railway interests.
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United States
Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Ba Y
F. H. Lord
Adams St
Chicago
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Chas. E. Dunn
The
First Presbyterian
Church Notes
Jesse Wilson
High ‘Street
Free Methodist Church
Grace Episcopal Church
United Brethren Church
Embury Church
English Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Union
Embury Methodist Church
Mildred Baymiller
Dra, B. A
W. D. Arnolds
Hoods
Sap Safari
Claas Atchinson
HSM
Brooklyn
Chea
Ohio
Federal Steel
Manhattan
Acroeresee
Esnesenrens Yeeene
Norf
Pacific Mail
People's Ak
Bisa Nk
Southerniit
Union “Pacific
Eccess
Union Pacific
Union Peapeaway
England
Canterbury
Peop's
Hooky Mountain Tea
Emmert & Burrell
Great Banks of the World
Bank of England
Bank of France
Imperial Bank of Germany
Bank of Russia
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Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company of York
Richard A. McCurdy
George Standart
B. F. Jones
Boston
Stephenson Street
Messrs. McPherson & Ser
Michigan
John D. McPherson
Rochester
Crea
Homeseeker’s Excursion
T. Clover
Auth
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Geo. H. Heafford
Old Chicago
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