Bible Faith and Deaconess Plan Dominate Church Notes
A Portsmouth anecdote opens with a misread prayer request. The article notes rising Bible circulation, cites Booth Tucker tales, and reports on Jackson church activities including Sunday school diligence, conference action creating deaconesses, and training requirements for women serving in church outreach.
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Friends of the
General Conference
Woman’s Home Mission Society of
Church
M. E. Church
South
Woman’s Board of Home Missions
Woman’s Home Mission Board
Picayune
Wanted Man and Woman of Virtue in City
A call for a gentle honest man and a pure gracious woman in the town. Also an advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm promising cures for blood and skin diseases with a free sample and medical advice by mail from Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promotion at Harris Drag Co.
An advertisement notes Dr King’s New Life Pills promise a cleansed system with lively liver and active bowels. It references a sale location at Ooty 25 Harris Drug Co. Drag Store and touts better appetite and relief from misery.
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Dr. King
Harris ‘Drag Co
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Refund Notice
Druggists refund the money if the Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets fail to cure. E. W. Jroye signs each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Jroye
Sermon Teaches Roses Bloom Only In Shade
A minister uses a gardening analogy to urge care for fuchsias urging shade for growth. After the sermon a grateful woman thanks him and admits she never knew what was wrong with her fuchsias until his lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Portsmouth
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
New York Times
Dyspepsia Relief Sought by Merry Oaks Man
W T Sturdevant of Merry Oaks North Carolina recalls fifteen years of dyspepsia and indigestion. He credits immediate relief to Kodol and endorses its use. The ad warns against dieting and promotes Kodol digesting food without stomach aid. W L Carmichael & Co.
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W. T. Sturdevant
Merry Oaks
N.C
W. L. Carmichael & Co
E. C. Dewitt &Co
Agents Wanted for Life of T. De Witt Talmage
Advertisement by Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage and Christian Herald editors seeks agents for a biography of T. De Witt Talmage. Claims family endorsement and large profits for quick applicants. Outfit ten cents. Reaches out to Clark & Co. at 222 S. 4th St. Philadelphia.
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T. de Witt Talmage
Frank de Witt Talmage
Christian Herald
Talmage
Outfit
Clark & Co
S. 4Th St
Philadelphia
Bloody May 1902 remembered after global disasters and local catastrophes
Frank Srickland notes May 1902 as a bloody month marked by Martinique and St Vincent eruptions with heavy deaths and a wave of disasters. He cites Sheridan Pennsylvania explosion 25 dead 300 injured Goliad Texas tornado 95 Hastings Florida sextuple murder Coal Creek Tennessee mine explosion ~200 and Chicago fire deaths.
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Martinique
St. Vincent
Sheridan
Goliad
Texas
Coal Creek
Tenn
Atlanta
Hastings
Fla
Chicago
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Parents in Loganton
D. Scott Currin of Loganton PA extols One Minute Cough Cure as the fastest safe remedy for coughs colds croup throat and lung troubles. Mothers nationwide report benefit for children as croup attacks rush in and doctors arrive late. Product by W L Carmichael & Co.
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D. Scott Currin
Loganton
W.L. Carmichael & Co
New Soda Fountain at Jenkinsburg Drug Store
Dr. B. F. Axin announces a handsome soda fountain in his Jenkinsburg drug store and invites the public to enjoy all varieties of patent medicines and drugs at low prices.
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Jenkinsburg
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Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
OUR Churches
Robert Engersoll
Great Bible Publishing Houses
American Bible Society
Foreign Bible Society
Philippines
China
J. L. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Peter
the Order of Deaconesses
Pelf
India
What Is
Castoria
Cenning Castoria
Lly
THE
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Frank Srickland
New Soda Fount
B. F. Axin, M. D
R. R
ALA
Business College
Macon
Cascarets
Fred Wartman
Germantown Ave
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
Mead’s Photo Studio
Whitehall Street
Atlanta, GA
N. J. Harmon
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