Perils of Coll Life for One Who Is Not a Christian
A sermon style ad for religious awakening by Rev Howard W. Popt. It extols choosing Christ despite doubts, cites historical figures like Darwin and Huxley, and urges immediate conversion with stark moral claims. The piece weaves theology, quotes, and exhortations about salvation and spiritual life.
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Jesua
Christ
Christ Died and Eyacuin
Hietory
J. Douglass Adam
D. D
New York
Northfeld
T. E. Hextey
Coustey
Muxley
Tam
Husley
Huxley
Hurley
Morley
House of Entmons
Ireland
Sareame
Reasim
Oncce
Dave Red
Peter
Patriot Author Refuses Pay For War Front Article
Anatole Prance, famed writer, declined monetary payment for a patriotic piece written for a Paris daily. The publisher offered compensation and front-line dispatch, but Prance insisted on honor, leading to a compromise: the newspaper sent a carload of coal to warm frozen soldiers, marked as “Bent by M. Anatole Prance.”
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Mtonymouth
Anatole Pravce
Ft Parikian
Anatale Prance
M. Anatole
Relief for Galician Peasants Reference Request
A compact exchange notes a request for a reference from a last employer. The applicant claims six months of self employment and offers to vouch for himself. The citation marks a humorous Boston Evening Transcript tone about job references.
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Hiram Daly
Boston ‘Evening Transcript
Catbird Tale Outshines Kitten Quest In Summer Garden
In a rural scene the catbird rings out as kids search for a lost kitten, drawn by doleful mews near a cherry tree. A mock waxwing bird perches nearby while the family plans a milk reward for the kitten, illustrating early summer garden lore and birdplay.
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Wen
The Northern Mockingbird Description in Field Notes
The text details the extbird also called Galeoscoptes carolinensis. It notes a male length of eight and three fourths inches, slate color with black crown tail and chestnut undertail, its singing after cat calls, breeding in the North and wintering in Florida, and its role as a strong insect feeder.
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Florida
Drew Lessons From Nature In A Mechanical Design Talk
A college professor of machine design urges students to study nature for better engineering. He cites balance from a cow’s stance and a kangaroo’s equilibrium to illustrate elastic design over rigid certainty, urging thoughtful, practical alignment of parts.
Fragmentary physics note about trees and ladders
A brief fragment discusses how smaller trees survive gales while larger ones fall. It contrasts rigid structures with flexible growth and alludes to engineering ideas about efficiency and motion. The text mentions an engineering magazine and a metaphor about a ladder not needing a moving stairway.
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Hearers
World aviation heroine tours United States as war lecturer
Mile. Helene Dutrieu, age twenty five, celebrated as the world champion woman aviator who helped guard Paria from air raids in the war, arrives in the United States to lecture on the use of the airplane in warfare. She has been decorated by France with the Legion of Honor ribbon.
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Helene Dutrieu
Paria
United States
SEEK TO IMPROVE SUBMARINE ENGINES AND WEAPONS
Engineers discussed by Mim Engineering Record push to enhance submarine power and weaponry. Goals include replacing rigid uranium battery with surface rolling fuel, submerged operation via soda boiler, better hull design for undersea stability, larger fuel and air stores, and improved signaling under water for stronger offense.
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Mim
Patriotism Unveils Long Lost Wealth in Prague Bank
An elderly woman presented a 16th century savings book to a Prague bank clerk asking if it could seed a war loan. After experts confirmed the book dated to 1536, the $48 grew, with interest, to about $3,200. Her patriotism revealed the hidden wealth.
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Prague
Submarine Potential Varies With Design And Conditions
The text discusses how submarines could lay mines, carry light armor, use light disappearing guns, and have two or three propellers. It notes submarines are highly variable in design but risky in confined waters near bases, and that vast constructive work is needed before they rival battleships for ocean control.
Learn to Tell Good Stories to Your Child
Optimistic advice from the Philadelphia Ledger on how mothers can read aloud effectively. Encourages selecting quality stories, reading with voice and eye contact, and using pictures to engage children. Promotes seeking stories from editors if needed and valuing timeless tales as mirrors of human experience.
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Office Claimed Cure for Female Troubles
An Ohio Tennessee clipping touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Mrs H E Maben credits the remedy with relief from weakness and displacement after doctors failed, urging other sufferers to try the product and contact the firm for advice. A final Tid-Bits moment notes a child’s smart joke about crowns of glory.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Genisel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Finkham
H. E. Mazen
S. Spring St. Dam
Esboro
Lydia E Pinkham
Voca
Lynn
E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Tonkatin Lynn
Ah Teeree
Waswis
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Peare Acti
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Gallipoli
Lady Bird
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Abdurrazzak
Botan
Kurdistan
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Kingdom of
Russia
Philadelphia
Gome
Philadelphia Ledger
Doan
Buffalo
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Stewe
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Daisy Fly Killer
Srowkira
Easton
Martie Gs
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