The Statistics Fiend and the Immense Count
A fragment from the North Adams Transcript laments the overbearing weight of statistics in public life. The piece critiques a relentless figure who promises vast tallies from creation to kingdom come, urging restraint and dignity in data while echoing public weariness.
Night Surprise Ends With Grizzly Rescue Near Ancona
Charley Wilson and Harry Fison return to camp with provisions when a grizzly bear drags Harry from his tent. Charley shoots the bear, rescues Harry, and fights the cub. The dog aids, the bear is slain, and both men survive with injuries as Charley saves his partner until help home.
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Charles Wilson
Harry Fison
Santa Cruz
Ancona
Tais
Charley
ChisTey
Harry
Nocar
Sharon
Rascal
San Francisco
Sammy and the Heaven Lesson in a Sunday School Row
A Boston Budget item recalls a Sunday school scene where a teacher admonishes children about good conduct after a wad of chewed paper strikes the superintendent’s cheek. Sammy, the accused boy with dark skin, is pressed on heaven and moral behavior.
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Sammy
Heaven
Miss Goode
Boston
Children’s Rights and Jephthah’s Daughter Sacrifice Sermon
A preacher discusses children’s rights using Jephthah’s vow and his daughter’s sacrifice as a moral warning. He condemns harsh education, rigid discipline, and worldly pressures while urging prayerful, balanced parenting to protect children from modern forms of sacrifice.
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Mansfield
Daughters of America
Heavenly Ministries
Charleston
South Carolina
Jephthah
New York
House of God
Heaven
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