Sunday School Lesson on Proverbs Wisdom and Sin
The text outlines Proverbs guidance on godliness and folly, contrasting divine wisdom with human folly. It emphasizes Christ as wisdom, warns against strong drink and immoral women, and calls sinners to repentance, with salvation through Jesus and the need for a renewed heart. The lesson urges looking to God and living by faith, noting last opportunities for repentance.
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American Press Association
Wisdow
Hell
Christ Jesus
God
John Ts
John vi
Christ
Jesus
Rebold
Lamb of God
David
Cure of eczema with Cuticura in Newark 1907
William H. Dean of Newark reports seven years of eczema with 80 remedies and doctors failed to fix his hands. After using Cuticura Ointment, Soap, and one cake, his hands were cured in two boxes and a soap bar, and he keeps Cuticura on hand for sunburn and shaving.
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William H. Dean
Newark
Mar
Child Suffered With Sores Cured by Cuticura
A Virginia mother reports her toddler’s legs and feet sores healed in two weeks after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She credits the remedies with curing eczema after failed prior treatments and urges continued use.
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Cutiura
Gertie Laughlin
Ivydale
W. Va
Testing Drugs At A Chemical Plant Inhumane Lab Methods
A Los Angeles Times piece describes a grim scene where animals including chickens dogs and cats are used to test drugs in a foul yard of a large chemical plant. A chemist explains ergotine tests on chickens hashish on dogs digitalis on frogs and notes that chemists sometimes test drugs on themselves leading to injury or madness.
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Los Angeles Times
Virginia-Carolina
D. M. Gunn
Plant City
Fla
Virginia Carolna
Raven as omen and symbol in Christian legend
Rev. R L Giles in National Review notes the raven inspires mixed feelings as a bird of ill omen yet serves a pious role in the Christmas mystery. The piece recalls medieval beliefs linking the raven to procrastination and the classic phrase Cras Tomorrow, with echoes of Latin and European phrases.
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National Review
Rev
R. L. Giles
Bethlehem
Eamus
Conductor Demands Fare From Woman for Child on Car
A Sixth venue surface car ride ends with a conductor asking a woman to pay the fare for her seven or eight year old daughter. The woman asserts she has never paid for the child, prompting a sharp exchange as the conductor accepts a five cent fare.
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New York Press
Definition of Genius in a Parisian Salon Quip
A fragmentary dialogue evokes a witty view of genius as the unlimited capacity to appropriate others' property. The exchange, cited from Sydney and Philadelphia Press snippets, plays on earned wealth and legacy.
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Sydney
Bulle
Parson and Parishioner Exchange in Brief Quarrel
A short comic exchange shows a parishioner, mildly drunk, interrupting a minister during a sermon while the new minister responds with a puzzled retort. The scene, noted in Leslie's Weekly, captures humorous tension between preacher and congregant.
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Mqnor
Taney
Leslie's
Ready Remedy Insomnia Prompting Reading Strategy
The speaker reveals trouble with insomnia and restless wakefulness after eight hours of thinking about a literary work. A friend chides the writer to rise and read portions of the text to ease the trouble.
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Eli Friend
English Red Tape and the Failing Test of a New Gun
The London Sketch notes a marvel weapon tested by hill fighting in India. It survived steep climbs and torrents but failed when dropped down a precipice, exposing the war office’s lax testing and leaving the army with obsolete arms.
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England
Whitworth
Napoleon Lsd
Paris
War Office
India
Army of India
Potter Slong
London
Awful Frost Shows Harsh Arctic Conditions
The article quotes explorers and observers describing extreme cold in Russia and Arctic expeditions. It recalls a sailor freezing his hands and a basined immersion turning water to ice, with accounts of facial frost and visible condensation during a shipboard theater.
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Russia
Leopold McClintock
Ike
Pearson's Weekly
Noted oddities and antiquities in period quips
A collage of humorous items from early 20th century newspapers. A boy mutters about dampening stock papers to pass as recent press, an essay on orders of St Patrick and the Thistle, chatter about Broadway type drummers, a child's biscuit struggle, debates by alumnae, and a gag about a wife demanding explanations.
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Boston Post
St Patrick
London
George Lil
Order of the Thistle
James II
St. Patrick's
Irish Guards
Scotland
Erin
Isle
The Three Periods Joke About Understanding Women
A quip notes there are three life periods when a man does not understand a woman. The punchline: before he knows her, when he knows her, and after.
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Jason
Grayson
Concrete pipe making and tile molding details in California
The report describes multiple pipe lots with 15 inch inside diameter and varying cement mixes. It notes cement usage, sand ratios, and lean mixtures to reduce cost and increase permeability. Different locales show changes in shading gravel and screening requirements, with tile mold work and opinions on tile shapes.
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Banin Crag
California
Cement Pipe Uses In Construction And A Bootblack Christmas Gift
The article discusses cement pipe as a replacement for clay in sewer work and bridge support, including beveled joints and straight culverts. It also recounts a New York bootblack named Jimmy who resents a Browning poetry gift and asks to exchange it for blacking at a mission school Christmas event.
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Bootblack
New York
Milasion
Jimmy
Browning
Mission School
Blood Purifier Ad and Rail News Briefs
An ad promotes Botanic Blood Balm for blood and skin diseases with testimonials and price. The page also reports a Richmond to Potomac track accident with no injuries, and a reminder of a Texas doctor praising a cough syrup. Nearby, Ontario coins and Ottawa Mint profits are noted, plus a variety of small notes on snowfalls, a tree of facts, and railway service changes.
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Infanta
Petral
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Ewater
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the Order of St. Patrick
Players’ Club
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Mother
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Houston Post
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Steen
Virginia
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Virgilina
Great
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Christian Advocate
Greensboro
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M. Ecols Company
Lynchburg, VA
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Lexington
Pacis Ano Garden
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Arizona
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Lee
Virginia-Ca
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Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
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Axie
Express
Atlanta
Florida
West Indies
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Potomac
Washington
A. Williome
Powderly
Texas
GD. MH
Wu. H. Anderson
Soda Springs
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Marenth
Gorrell's Drug Store
Ottawa
Dominion
Gortell
Tooradin
Victoria
Nan- Sen
Dean
Michigan Supreme Court
J. A. Walker
Sunbury, Ohio
Turkestan
Thomas’ Selectric
Southern Railway
Withre i Funtis
Eorgla
Buena Vista
Usip M. Dally
Por Baste
Lutay
Hagerstown
Pullian Cheerer
Philadelphia
Dally
Por
Riahoke Urietol
Ulgetteld
Norte
Wirston-Salem
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Pullouin
Glory
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M Tally
Bristol
Bigefield
Winston Balen
Ex-Sun
Knoxville
Chelinmath
Colibus
Chicago
Cnd
Mullmansleeper
Homnoke
Columbus
Adonai
Ralegehe
Abahanie
W. Bevill
M. PF
Brag Gon
Pass
Dewy
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Apt
Loanoke
Shoop
Alune
Jile
Stoumach
Dr. Shoop
Te Gough
Dr. King
Trish
Mats
Walses
Parker
Briibes
Sentenee
Heyer
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