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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1911
Page
6
A quirky account describes Dalmatian Messor barbarus ants that harvest seeds, grind them into dough, and bake tiny sun baked cakes underground. It notes ants’ sun cookery as a natural parallel to human cooking and mentions related observations on heat from stored sunlight and yeast-like fermentation.
A dense church notices page lists St Luke A M E and other churches with sermon topics, times, baptisms, and Sunday school. Evening lectures by Dr Powell and Rev Rawson are noted, along with Epworth Leagues, prayer meetings, and choir offerings across multiple congregations including First Methodist, German M E, and Second Presbyterian.
The notice lists multiple churches including Warren Street Baptist at Comer Warren and Chias, guiding times for Sunday school at 6 30 pm, prayer and preaching by pastors, and topics like Christian vocation and personal and family religion. Christian Scientists shareSoul and Body with meetings. United Presbyterian outlines Bible study and midweek service. Plymouth Congregational notes sermons, kindergarten, and special endest series.
The Unitarian Church lists a morning service at 10210 conducted by Willard Wattles with Sunday school at 11 and a youth group meeting at 60. Musical offerings include violin, piano, and vocal selections from 4 30. The Trinity Lutheran and Trinity Church publish their Sunday services with sermons by pastors and a midweek Christian Endeavor meeting, inviting all.
A religious fragment cites Romans chapter six on sin and grace. It references baptism into Jesus Christ, burial with him in death, and walking in newness of life through resurrection. It notes that the old self is crucified to destroy sin and asserts believers are freed from sin.
Fragmentary biblical passage discusses dying to sin through Christ, urging readers to reckon themselves dead to sin and alive to God. It contains a Beatitudes section praising humility, mercy, peacemaking, and persecution for righteousness, with references to heavenly reward and prophetic reward.
A boy’s accidental drowning is described in the inquest into the drawing The Christian Martyr shown at a West Haw inquest. The mother testified she and her husband had left, the boy tied a noose to a stake by the river, while the room depicted strangling by a rope. A 256 Boy In Colonial Days notes a Connecticut peace justice entry from 1750 describing rude behavior during meetings and noisy acts at Sabbath gatherings.
The article discusses English and Scottish pronunciation of July and notes varied stress patterns. It also reports rapid progress in restoring Old South meeting house interiors in Boston with furnishings reassembled, but the two mahogany pulpit doors with curved jambs are missing and may be found with publicity.
Article notes a high ratio of dogs per inhabitant in France compared with Germany and Sweden. Hydrophobia is very rare in the Beine department, with the last case in 1905. Doctor Martel credits a law killing every mad dog and all dogs bitten or associated with danger, yet stray dogs remain a challenge.
A Los Angeles Times excerpt discusses the allure of a mythical blue rose and its poetic mystique, while a separate report cites kite flight records from Mount Weather in Virginia and Lindenberg in Germany. The piece lists altitude rankings for recent high flights, highlighting Mount Weather and Lindenberg as key sites.
A Christian Register essay argues mutual service as the basis of trust and the path to Jesus’ spirit. It urges applying the divine ideal to contemporary social problems by understanding the spirit behind his words and actions rather than rigid wording.
The writer notes differing views on adulteration from the seventeenth century London petition against hop to modern praise of cider. John Evelyn opposed hop for corrupting ale, while ancient drinkers used various additives such as treacle, ink, sea water, pitch, resin, and perfumes to alter flavor and prolong shelf life.
Honest Father Bentover muses on buying cyclopedias in forty seven parts explaining he may refuse the luxury to avoid exhaustion. He notes the rain and a porter dream as a contrasting image while references to war surface later in the passage.
A lecturer notes Japanese doctors rarely bill the poor, saying doctors often provide free care and sometimes offer money to support patients. In Japan, doctors are described as dispensers of aid, with honesty guiding payments only to what the patient can afford.
The text notes Sir Joseph Banks as the botanist aboard Captain Cobb’s expedition in Australia. He coined the term Botany Bay from abundant plants near Sydney, linking Botany Bay with Australia and introducing the kangaroo and other fauna to science.
Lawrence plans to send several visitors as the Kan s Bankers Association hosts a two day session beginning May 24. Frank Marri, president fype association, will attend the Executive Council meeting before the formal opening. Missouri association also meets, with Missouri delegates spending time together. Kansas City Club hosts 100 guests with transportation and a luncheon at German Vilkese venue, plus vaudeville entertainment.
A woman boasts of small feet to lend rubber boots to a friend but then retracts the offer. The friend, claiming large feet, insists and the boots remain with the lender.
Residents along a Virginia stream won a court case against a local sawmill over dumping sawdust into the water. Testimony claimed the dust colored the water and produced an offensive odor that deterred cattle from drinking. The court ordered disposal of refuse elsewhere.
The text notes Cecil Rhodes valued reading over art collecting, avoiding purchases to prevent a fad. He owned only a Reynolds painting depicting a young married woman, once a boyhood favorite, hanging over his dining room fireplace.
A hotel waiter recalls a wealthy New York guest who tipped one cent at every meal for three months. At departure the guest demanded his pennies back, later presenting a bag of coins and a $90 payment to the waiter, who had served punctiliously.
In a periodical excerpt, George IV is condemned as vicious and hypocritical. Greville and the great duke mock his vanity and cowardice, while court satellites loathe the king who clings to a self image of virtue despite a pattern of faithlessness and self promotion.
Parisian guests recreate a couple’s wedding day in their flat turning the main room into a country registry office. The author and wife return to find friends in costumes guiding a playful ceremony with a local policeman officiating and a wedding wreath replaced by oranges. Madame De Noid pretends to faint as the scene unfolds.
A sensational 19th century piece describes a Moscow institution dubbed the home of the Playing card babies. It says 14 000 babies pass yearly and that the asylum is patronized by royalty with royal liveried servants and audited by the Russian treasury. The article notes daily admissions about fifty, month long stays, and nurses then returning children to their homes. It also includes a vague aside about a woman refusing to admit photographs.
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