Lesson On The Rich Young Ruler Faith And Wealth
The study centers on Jesus interaction with a rich young ruler, drawn from Luke 18 15-30 and Matthew 19 16-30. It contrasts wealth with spiritual life noting the man’s earnestness yet self deception and Jesus call to sell possessions and follow Him. The Master warns that with God all things are possible and highlights the peril of wealth.
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Jesus
Christ
Jess
God
Jack Hieffe
Eternal
Tabernacles
Peter
Poertion
War era encounter on the Fort Harmar trail with a British envoy
Ensign Joseph Hayward travels toward Fort Harmar and meets renegade Simon Girty and Rene T. Auvray who claims to recognize him. Hayward carries a message for Harmar to Sandusky while tensions rise with northwest tribes ready for war. Rene, a quarter-breed missionary, reveals she believes Hayward and her father Wa-pa-tee-tah are connected, and a British officer likeness complicates the search as they seek escape from an island hut.
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Joseph Hayward
United States Army
Fort Harmar
Simon Girty
Hamilton Hayward
General Harmars
Hayward
Rene T. Auvray
Harmar
Sandusky
Hamilton
Wi-pa-tee-tadh
Maynard
Rene
Mayward
Ahe
Indiana
North
Brady
Haywant
Raoul du Auvray
Cer
Wa-pa-tee-tah
Marandu In- Wana
Elmon Quirty
Fight in the Wilderness Ends in a Gray Dawn Escape
Randall Parrish style prose follows a tense siege in a frontier cabin where a determined ally leads a tense stand. A British agent in disguise stalks the woods as the party arms up, misunderstanding, a brutal clash, and a mysterious fallen foe redefine loyalties and threats.
Meet Them With Rifles Chapter Twelve Teases An Ambush
A narrator peeks from a small hole as a dozen pursuing Indians creep forward through grass. Brady signals, planning suppressive shots and carefully assigning targets while a woman insists on staying at her post. The suspense builds toward a decisive volley as the action nears the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Walt
Old Beliefs Lost in Modern Moral Decline
Fragmentary reflective note laments fading beliefs and superstitions, arguing humanity’s moral discipline wanes as the phantasmic age ends and imaginative details fade, leaving hollow twilight. It suggests a loss with no substitute.
New York Editorials Debate Bible Language and Style
A discussion of editorial views across newspapers on Bible translations and pronoun usage. Quoted passages reference Carlyle Longfellow and Macaulay with critics noting verb forms and second person versus third person. Harper's Weekly is cited in commentary about translation choices and visual imagination.
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Erudite
Carlyle
Longfellow
Macaulay
Brooklyn Eagle
Enelini
Viswal
Mble
Macaulay and Longfellow
Harper's Weekly
Meeting Modern Problema Gunmen Dwell in City Debate
A town official questions what to do with armed gunmen amid a tense civic debate. Another official quips about not forcing residents to move and confronting the gunmen with force and military aid, highlighting practical concerns and policy deadlock.
Milk over beer at Pullman lunch hour in Dumtown
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union conducts a study noting milk bottles replace beer at a Pullman car factory luncheon. At the main gate nearly 500 milk bottles are sold daily while Dumtown displays 52 saloons, 25 on the block closest to Pullman, amid a paternalistic shift away from liquor.
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Pullman
Kensington
Umtown
Graham Taylor
Dumtown
Moderate drinker to blame in progressive temperance view
The piece argues that moderate drinkers pose greater social danger than habitual drunks, likening respectable saloons to basement dives. It cites Rev. Charles M. Sheldon praising a movement toward a saloonless society and notes widespread temperance support across regions.
Two men show stark contrast as streetside scene unfolds
A well dressed man and a seedy, wobbling man pass by while a fourth man asks what explains their difference. One says the contrast lies in patronizing dry goods and groceries versus saloons, suggesting education and wife's college degree matter less than the value exchanged, and that saloons steer one man upward while the other declines.
Inebriety and employment in Massachusetts liquor trade
An argument against liquor prohibition notes that in 1905 Massachusetts had 6984 men in the liquor trade and 73072 arrests for drunkenness, including 67408 men and 6504 women. The text asserts many workers are displaced by inebriety, claiming the total affected far exceeds those employed in the industry.
Kansas Principles In Missouri at Willis Wood Theater
The Willis Wood theater in Kansas City Missouri opened with White Rock mineral water instead of champagne. The manager, a Kansas-born citizen, insisted on the Kansas way despite Missouri norms, reflecting strong influence from his home state.
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Kansas
Missouri
Willis Wood
Kansas City
Self Preservation and Prohibition Across Society
The quotation by Dr. T. D. Crothers questions whether prohibition of spirit, essential in individual life, in work, in community, in business, and in society must be universally applied. If prohibition proves profitable in a town, why not extend it to all human activity, as there is no theory or ideal behind such limits.
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Brady
Schultz
Mademoiselle
Hrady
Monsieur
Block
Monsieurt
Wildife
Urady
Made Meleelie
Brody
AML
Harply
T. D. Crothera
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Pattine
Druggista
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Insects Worth Protecting in the Home
The article extols two household insects as allies of the housewife. One inhabits the alder and the other, misnamed the centipede, is a Moyrlapod with fifteen leg pairs. Like the spider, this predator hunts and devours flies and other undesirables.
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Aplder
Some girls struggle with husbands and trouble after marriage
A brief remark notes that some women face difficulties in obtaining husbands and ongoing trouble once married, reflecting social views of the era on marriage and gender roles.
SUCCEEDS IN CANADA FARMER Lew Palmer’s rapid rise in Staveley Alta
An American farmer Lew Palmer from Duluth Minnesota visited the city after ten years in Canada. He homesteaded in Staveley district and now owns 480 acres with 34 Percheron horses and $30,000 in farm value. He has $3,000 in implements, 7,000 bushels of wheat, 6,000 bushels of oats, 12 acres of potatoes and 18 tons of onions. He earned $1,000 from hogs last year and arrived with four cows and three horses.
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Lew Palmer
Staveley
Alta
Palmer
Duluth
Minn
Ravaged Coast by British Blockades in 1814 New England
One hundred years ago British blockaders landed crews at night to plunder stores and burn ships along New England towns from Maine to the Connecticut River. Militias were often powerless as panic spread through coastal communities during the 1814 summer.
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New England
Maine
Connecticut River
Not Out of Place and a Question of Mustaches
Dialog features Twamley and Sinmy joking about girls with mustaches, debating visibility under low light and the humor of facial hair on women. The exchange reads like a cheeky, informal quotation from a broader conversation.
Tango ban in Roman aristocracy sparks social shift
A humorous note observes Rome’s elite moving against the tango while a church figure is linked to addressing domestic issues. Gotham reports a chafing dish being given away as a facet of lifestyle changes. The piece mingles wit about indigestion remedies and social trends.
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Gotham
Mother-in-law proves a Wisconsin friend via Postum
A Ta woman credits her mother-in-law as a wise friend who introduced Postum as a coffee substitute. After switching, her stomach issues, blotchy yellow complexion, and headaches improved. her grandmother also benefited, tracing health to Postum. The ad notes two forms, Regular and Instant, priced 15¢ and 30¢.
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Lows
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welleville
Grovers
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Moody Bible Insttute of
Chicago
Mark
Luke Wik
Man of Courage
Mynheer
Adrian Block
Mack
Randall Parrish
D.J. Lavin
Ecayiloun
Elant
Israel
Abraham
National Women's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Mr. A
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kans
Sheldon
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Hostetter
Canada
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