Samuel and Saul Chosen King by Lot and Blessing of God
The lesson notes how the people choose Saul by lot with God guiding the process, Samuel recalls God’s past deliverances, and the dire contrast with Israel’s turn from Jehovah. It emphasizes humility before God, reliance on divine guidance, and the need to magnify God rather than self in daily life. The narrative links Saul’s discovery and anointing to God’s sovereignty and wisdom guiding ordinary events toward His purposes.
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Mizpeh
Lot
Samuel
Egypt
God
Heaven
Earth
Sau
David
Frey
Israel
Job
Saul
Sarmvel
Bit
Johnny
Ephi
Farm and Garden System For Efficient Plowing And Dragging
A detailed old time guide explains optimizing plowing by cleaning the plow and tightening harness, placing end poles for straight furrows, and using two teams with barrow drag to finish lands. It covers Dutch fashion dragging for square or near-square fields and introduces crazy Dutch zigzag methods to save time and effort in plowing and cultivating.
Variations on Dutch Fashion and Poultry Plant Mix
A fragmented passage discusses crossing tracks and routing steps, then shifts to poultry operations listing Leghorns Minorcas Rhode Island Reds for eggs, Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks for roasters and capons, and broilers using Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes or Rhode Island Reds. It ends with a humor dialogue about wives’ purchasing habits.
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Rhode Island
Examination for Teachers in Rockbridge District
The second regular examination of white and colored teachers for 1908 will be held in the Public School Buildings in Lexington. Applicants must bring pens ink and paper of uniform style and size. Examinations for first second and third year Professional Course July 29 30 31 begin promptly at 9 A M. G W Effinger Supt Schools Rockbridge Division July 1 08 41.
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Lexington
Rockbridge
W. C. Stuart
Ice Factory Opens With Prompt Attention To Orders
After a thorough overhaul by experienced men the ICE FACTORY starts up with all systems in first class order. It pledges to provide good service and satisfy customers, with all orders by mail or phone receiving prompt attention.
Quotations on Optimism and Ambition by Puck and Denham
The note contrasts an optimist and pessimist view of a doughnut and its hole. It links optimism to abundance and pessimism to lack, suggesting outlooks shape perception. The quote on ambition compares it to love, noting impatience with delays and rivals.
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Puck
Denham
Horse Sense on Collars and Their Use in Horse Care
A farmer advises against tight padded collars and hot pads, praising close fitting hard leather collars and proper draft. He notes neck soreness from riding cultivator work, emphasizes full shoulder bearing, avoiding top neck draft, and mentions trying steel collars this spring as a convenient principle.
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Tam
Dwarf Apple Trees Offer Small Plot Profit and Pleasure
An article by George T Powell of Columbia county describes two dwarf apple varieties Astrakhans on Paradise stocks and Doucin stock, noting that dwarfs stay small around eight to ten feet and bear early. For small plots they offer variety, space efficiency, and opportunities to graft many varieties. Planting recommendations include spacing, intercropping with berries and vegetables, and utilization of space under and between trees.
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George T. Powell
Columbia County
Reading Fruit Coyners
An Appeal to Women About Shopping Local
A voiced plea urges women to support home merchants and donate to local causes, warning against mail order reliance. The tale shifts to a village shop, where Farmer Giles, executor of a late husband’s will, orders various goods to fulfill the will’s provisions, with carts waiting outside.
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Giles
Destroying Smut on Oats and Seeds Instructions
An old agricultural tip describes using formalin to treat oats and seeds, mixing half a pound of formalin in thirty gallons of water, dampening grain on a barn floor, covering for two hours, then drying or sowing. A broken hoe should be repaired by a blacksmith for reuse around the garden and chicken yard. A playful child dialogue ends with a remark about animals knowing their names.
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Teal
Kilmer
Kilmer D
Bamton
N.Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Oscar Littleton
Lynchburg
Carr
Rufus Amis
Virgilina
H. M. Blatr
N. C. Christian Advocate
Greensboro
Wave
Puleiard, M. D
Rocky Mount
Lusteail
No Good as an Office Boy Says Broker
A New York broker labels a young trainee useless due to lack of memory and asks whether to fire him or bring him into the firm. The remark underscores a clash between impatience and potential in a Kansas City post.
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New York
Kansas City Journal
New Yo
St. Washington
D.C
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D. M. Stearns
Browne
Philadelphia
Uly
G. W. Effinger
W. R. Humphris
Varner, Pole & Company
Beulah Montgomery Hutton
University OF Virginia
Virginia
Howard Winston
Ray
Pharlottesville
Tutt
Lectric
Dr. King
Dr.king
Gough
Nature
Piedmont
Bedford
Bedford Alum & Iron Springs
Scrofula
da. T. L. Karur
J. Michols Company
Lynchburg, VA
B. H. Gorrell
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
Carolina
Richmond, Va
Norfolk, Va
Columbia, N. C
Atlanta, Ga
Durham, N. C
Charleston
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Columbus, Ga
Savannah
Montgomery
Ala
Memphis, Tenn
Shreveport
Cardus
J. L. Broadhead
Clanton, Ala
Hope
Shenstone
Mica Axle
Standard Oil CO. Ieaerpareled
Dr. Shoop
Astorm
Samurl
Sumile
Bears
Castoria
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Richard A. Waste
Fh Hospital
Oostrvet
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Chicago Record-Herald
Nick Noribi
Western
Buena Vista
Basle
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Pullman Sleeper
Hagerstown
Morrisburg
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Bristol
Birefield
Worton
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Welch
Pullman
Gary
Bluefield
Winston Salem
Sun
Knoxville
Cincinnati
Columbus
Chicago
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Abrahame
W. B. Bevill
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Bragg Gap
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Taupe
Maver Patte
Whigkey
Bool
Tealers
PRR
Raines P.M. Woolley
M.D. Atlante Tier Dan
Office Ioln
Pryor Street
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