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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1905
Page
3
A Chicago Tribune piece argues for unity among Christians based on Christlike character rather than creeds. It emphasizes living the life of Christ as the true test of orthodoxy and the basis for church unity, citing practical action over doctrinal agreement.
The piece extols direct personal testimony as the strongest proof of Christianity. It likens faith to the immediacy of a firsthand encounter at the well with Jesus, arguing that experiential evidence surpasses abstract calculations or credentials in proving spiritual truth.
Dr Macklaren argues that obeying Christ's commandments brings blessing and power to endure. He contrasts the easy yoke with self rule, saying true reward comes from following Jesus, whose burden sustains like sails or wings and leads to the highest good.
A sermon-like meditation on choosing simple, loving language to aid others in following Jesus. It argues purified words can unlock hearts, offering comfort to the sorrowing and hope to the hesitant, with phrases like Be of good cheer and Be of good courage fueling later growth and victory.
The passage portrays God as a loving Father who desires children to call on Him in trouble. It emphasizes natural parental delight in a child’s plea for comfort, protection, and needs, noting that prayer reflects trust and dependence in the divine relationship. Rev Newman Hall frames prayer as rightful and comforting dialogue with God.
The passage quotes William E. Russell contrasting mere wealth and status with genuine life purpose. It condemns prioritizing power or money over character and a Christlike, forgiving life, noting that some seek distinction while neglecting virtuous conduct.
From Little Folks a tale shows whales forming close bonds and defending their calves. A mother cow whaler threw herself to depths to protect her child, later dying after harpooning. Another story recalls two whales swimming together when one is struck, the wounded whale and its ally resist, sinking a boat, and the surviving companion succumbs by placing its head over the dead partner.
The article notes how common surnames vary by city with five thousand Schmidts in Berlin and Jansen in Brussels. It contrasts European directories with local prominence of names such as Martinet in Paris and Morelli in Naples, while Smith remains globally widespread across directories.
Poem by Edwin Carlisle Litsey in the House keeper about dreams guiding life through trials. It speaks of thorn and bloom, alternate smiles and tears, and diverse dreams like wealth health home and love. The piece emphasizes faith and perseverance shaping each life.
A reader tallies ninety Shakespearean deaths including beheadings poison and drowning. The list cites cold steel as a major cause, with old age and decay, strangling and snake bites also common. It notes Mamillius from The Winter’s Tale as a heartbroken death not included in the tally.
A dozen elderly women staged a sneezing competition in a Lancashire town. Competitors used various means, including snuff, to induce sneezes. The crowd roared as the feats continued until one participant collapsed from exhaustion and won a sovereign and silk handkerchief.
An old English game book from 1820 details a method to kill sparrows by making a brew from wine lees and hemlock juice steeped with wheat overnight. Birds feed, become intoxicated, and die. It warns against using too much hemlock to avoid poisoning the birds or making unsafe food.
The narrator recalls James Fisk and the famed peddler’s outfit that traveled Northern New Hampshire and Vermont. The group featured four whip horses, a colored driver with white gloves, brillant harness mountings, and glossy varnish for the warehouse on wheels.
The article explains a mechanical exposure meter for photography. It uses a light inlet, adjustable sleeve, and ground glass comparison to fix illumination intensity. Operators can perform the exposure with defined, repeatable steps, reducing most processes to a mechanical basis while preserving artistic composition as the remaining factor.
In the sick room many improvised devices exist. a new medicine spoon features a bent handle that hooks onto a vessel rim to hold the spoon steady. This design prevents spills when the spoon sits in a receptacle and offers an easy grasp for patients or attendants during medicine administration.
Mr Walter Maunder explains the periodicity of magnetic storms to the British Astronomical Association after examining hundreds of Greenwich records. He concludes storms recur about twenty seven days eight hours after sun spot activity, with solar material streaming toward Earth like water from a hose.
A compact barn layout details a ground floor 22 by 20 feet to house two horses and two cows with a driveway for hay deliveries. It includes a three ton hay loft and one ton straw loft, a hog house with manure yard and feed areas, plus beams and braces to support an undershot hay loft over the drive. Figures 1 and 2 show end bent and center bent construction, braces, and a horse fork access for hay loading.
A reader proposes lining cellar walls with a six inch concrete wall on the inside atop the stone to stop seepage, plastering with cement mortar, and adding a two inch concrete floor over the brick. Drainage would lead to an external concrete cistern, reducing the need to pump. In very low sites, a three inch floor with sand Portland cement mix would be used and all drains closed.
Detailed steps describe lifting a barn, placing ground planks and rollers every eight feet, laying extra rollers, and using a double pulley block with teams to move the structure. The method allows moving long distances, adjusting direction with angled rollers, and circling by creating a circular plank track.
A plan for a plain two story house with a 16 by 16 sitting room and 10 by 18 dining room plus a small kitchen, pantry, downstairs bed room, upstairs bedrooms and closets, and a cellar could be built for 600 dollars. A simple two story home measuring 28 by 42 feet with cellar might cost about 800 to 900 dollars. An 18 by 34 foot house would probably cost about 600 dollars.
The Fleeka or arrow dance of the Pueblo Indians in Arizona is described as picturesque. A young Malluchi maiden, richly dressed, leads the dance with bells on her scarf while a brave kneels with bow and arrow. She enacts the warpath, the fight, and the scalp taken, then returns the arrow as firearms fire and the party moves to the public square to continue until dark.
A Yale faculty meeting misprinted the course In Old Norse as Old Horse triggering laughs. Professor Billy Phelps and others joked about the error while Simeon Ford from Yale explained the mix up as a dining hall course.
A brisk daily walk or a ride on horseback is presented as the most efficient simple exercise. Walking uses many muscles, expands circulation and lungs, and suits professionals who follow normal health rules. If digestion is weak, horseback riding is a curative, though secondary, option.
A New York Press excerpt notes skunk farming transforming fur trade, with women wearing skunk pelts as valued ornaments. It recalls a New Canaan incident where a local killed a skunk and caused a strong odor, while a New Yorker quips on the animal being its own weapon and a city beauty laments the creature’s surprising sympathy.
A Cleveland Leader poem fragment shows a speaker seeking guidance from a Master on aiding others. The Master repeatedly counsels, Dare to praise, to lift weary souls. The passage explores consolation amid grief and hardship through praise.
A Havana Post letter laments widespread knife carrying among Cuba's lower classes. It argues for continued crackdown to reduce murders, noting many carry improvised steel blades wrapped in paper. The author suggests police vigilance would swiftly curb the practice and provoke public disapproval of knife carriers.
A Florida light-station keeper reported a seven foot, silver skinned fish with red plumes and a long under jaw, later identified as a garfish Regalecus glesne. The piece describes its enormous size, deep-sea habits, and notes that many so-called sea serpents may be garfish, with specimens reaching 20 feet or more.
In Russia a person with a fine singing nightingale acts as a teacher for nearby birds. Neighbors bring cakes to the owner of the best singer to let inexperie nced birds listen. The birds listen quietly, then chirp, learn, and finally sing after watching the others. The nightingale seems to rehearse internally before bursting into song.
James Tibbets, longtime Maine barber, died this week in Brunswick. Aged 82, he carried 60 years in his trade and operated a single shop for half a century since 1854. He counted many loyal customers, including several who rose to national and international fame. Nennehec Journal
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