The Saint Matthew Followed Jesus for Hope
A sermon on Matthew the publican who Jesus called from tax service. The text explains how Christ sought Matthew, attracted him with love, faced Pharisee scorn, and transformed him into an evangelist. It urges readers to accept Jesus, confess faith, and share his influence before grace ends.
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Matthew
Christ
Jesus
God
Nicodemus
Joseph
Henry Drummond
Samuel Hadley
Jesua
John
New Jerusalem
Bunyan
Pilgrim's Progress
Jon
the Lamb
The Family Pew Rentals and Family Attendance Debate
A correspondent discusses pew rental versus family pew revival, arguing prefer to keep the rental system to keep families together and avoid scattering members. The piece notes a pastor recently bought a pew for a family and reflects on accessibility and tradition in church seating.
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R. Jembera
Altamant
Nayee
Tango girdles for dancing gowns by Julia Bottomley
Girdles for dancing frocks cover the waist and extend below and above it ideal for two piece gowns. Two new Tango girdles are pictured in velvet and satin ribbons with color schemes that harmonize with pale yellow and gold gowns. The velvet girdle uses red yellow nasturtium colors with cream gauze and pink rose embroidery while the satin version blends light blue pink and heliotrope with three small color roses.
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Julia Bottomley
Ribbon Ornaments For Petticoats And Nightgowns
The article describes using satin and lace ribbons from half an inch to two and a half inches wide to create decorative rosettes pendants bows and garlands for petticoats nightdresses and negligees. It details rosettes using dotted ribbons plain satin garlands four yard ribbons and baby blanket bows with care for quality washability and wear.
Dainty Woman Perfumed Sachets For Elegant Dress Décor
The article describes hidden sachets in butterfly bodies and various decorative placements like curtains frames gowns and screens. It details a practical 12 inch green gauze sachet with violets and a plucuehten center, to hang in wardrobes or shelves. It mentions plain cloth with a brown bead edge and a monogram marking.
Moderate Drinking Debate Highlighted by Henry S Williams
The Netlonit Woman's Chichtan Temperince Clan hosts a discussion where Dr Henry Smith Williams argues there is no proven safe alcohol quantity. He warns habitual drinkers risk damage to the stomach liver kidneys heart nerves and brain and may reduce work capacity and moral edge. He calls moderate intake a likely costly habit for individuals and future descendants.
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Henry Smith Williams
German Health Office Warns Against Alcohol for Children
A manifesto endorsed by the minister of education in Germany urges parents not to give children any alcohol. It cites eight harms including hindered development, fatigue, disobedience, sleep problems, infant mortality, weaker immunity, longer illnesses, and heightened thirst leading to habitual drinking.
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Germany
German Health Office
Total Abstinence Keeps Strength and Clarity
Dr Norman WN Kerr reports that intoxicating drinks drain energy and hinder work while total abstinence builds steadiness of hand and clearness of mind. He notes this experience across many people in various countries and occupations, claiming alcohol reduces strength and makes hard work harder to accomplish.
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Norman WN. Kerr
Not Advertised as a Benefit Saloons and Town Growth
An excerpt quotes an exchange debating whether saloons aid town growth. The speaker argues talk is not proof and notes advertising highlights banks, commerce, manufacturing, schools, churches, and railroads, but never saloons.
Our Coming Voters and Law Makers 1913 Prospect
A local piece urges youth in the neighborhood to engage in civic preparation as future congress members state legislators mayors and police chiefs. It stresses the importance of guiding the boys who will occupy high offices in the future.
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Congress
Government stance on slavery and liquor in early federal doctrine
The text asserts that slavery was embedded in the federal constitution at inception and would be uprooted by the federal government. It also predicts that manufacturing and sale of intoxicating beverages will be handled by the federal government, arguing against states resisting the liquor问题 and naming Gerecior Hen Hooper of Tennessee as a referenced figure.
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Gerecior Hen Hooper
Tennessee
Furniture for the Dollie Craft Idea for Quiet Play
A child can surprise a mother by staying very quiet for half an hour while making tiny pin furniture. Use black-headed pins scraps of velvet or cloth a cork stopper and a pasteboard box. Diagrams help. Cut a seat from cork cover with fabric insert pins for back legs and twist thread to secure.
Make Homes for the Birds by Boy Scouts
A narrative on boys studying bird nesting, noting 107 robin nests in one village. It describes nest locations from private properties to bridges and quarries, and promotes building nesting boxes to attract bluebirds, chickadees, tree swallows, and starlings. It cautions to avoid disturbing nests and suggests hinged boxes to observe progress.
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Hoy Scouts of America
Lfe
Strictly Conscientious Matinee Tale
A stout woman arrives with two boys aged seven and nine at a matinee and refuses to buy separate tickets arguing they sleep during the show. The manager, recalling his mother’s matinee rule, lets them in. After the first act an usher delivers a quarter from the woman noting one child woke during the performance.
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Washington Star
Pilgrim as a Holy Tramp in English History
In Modern Parlance Aunt Agnes and Ethel joke about the crusades. Ethel defines a pilgrim as a holy tramp in a witty exchange from Puck.
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Agnes
Ethel
Puck
Keeping Boys on the Farm Continual advice from a farm youth
A thirteen year old farmer argues that parents should nurture sons on the farm rather than harshly pressuring them. He urges giving boys small freedoms, stock and pets, books, and personal space. He warns against continual fault finding and praises patient guidance to help youths choose constructive paths.
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Norl Carr
Eport
Make Good Springboard From Hickory or Nah for Yard Gym
Use straight grained hickory or nah for the springboards. Boards can be any width up to 18 inches. Fasten the butt end to the crosspiece with screws or carriage bolts. Rear crosspiece angled to match the board. front crosspiece mortised into frame. Backyard gym uses include vaulting and turning acts.
Counting Geene and the Dutch household tally
A humorous excerpt from Everybody's Magazine on a Pennsylvania Dutch family known for thrift and meticulous counting. The father urges Henry to recount the geese, with the son repeating dialect lines and confirming the count of one. The scene highlights frugal, precise domestic habits in a rural setting.
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Henry
Paths of Sorrow and Hope Across Man’s Hard Times
Poem speaks to human struggles and misfortune as it condemns conformity and crowd praise. It contrasts personal toil and failing dreams with social pressure and unkind judgments, urging resilience and inner gladness despite debt, loneliness, and deceitful friends.
Belief, pride, and desire in human nature
A reflective passage on perception and opinion. It notes a blind man relies on feeling, each man clings to his hometown after leaving, and the urge to marry when finding an ideal woman. It adds that happiness requires accepting less than expected and warns the still small voice may stay quiet until danger of discovery.
Inquisitive Youth Encounters Mr. Walsingham’s Office
A gentlemanly solicitor asks if the old man is Mr. Walsingham. The dignified man confirms, and the visitor proclaims himself an inquisitive young scamp who has entered to pore over papers, read private correspondence, and smoke a cigar taken from the vest pocket.
A Change In Time Brings A New Family Way
A poetic snippet notes how Time brings shifts for Llewellyn and his family. A year ago he golfed, now a baby cheers the home he occupies. His wife paces the floor as the infant frets at night, and Llewellyn openly doubts his ability to walk the path he once walked.
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Llewellyn
Sick and Well in a Tale of Sudden Sickness
Henry reports to a companion that Binksley has been sick all evening, despite appearing well earlier. He asserts he sat with Binksley, who grew ill suddenly, and attributes the illness to the “carde be held.”
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Robert H. Weir
Cowley County
Kansas
Wallace
Robert
Henry
Binksley
Bick
Honest Advice Prompt Follows Friendly Debate
A dialogue snippet shows two friends discussing a business idea. One asks for an honest opinion while the other offers to argue the opposite to test and strengthen the decision. The exchange highlights frank, constructive exchange in decision making.
Doubtful on alcohol causing deafness remark
The Pittsburgh Post quotes a skeptical remark about alcohol causing deafness. One speaker questions the claim while the other jokes about never hearing an invitation to drink, illustrating a light exchange on the topic.
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Pittsburgh Post
The Best She Could Do for Him
Misa Harringtoun Ceraldine asks for a marriage pledge while Wil hesitates. He cannot promise an answer now and mentions being placed on a waiting list if she desires.
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Misa Harringtoun
Ceraldine
At the Gate of Heaven Rain Checks for Baseball Fans
A wry note on fans whose minds cling to baseball, joking they might ask rain checks in heaven. The remark hints at the sport’s grip on some readers, framing the mood with light amusement.
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Heaven
Would Do as Well Customer Time Table Request
An antique dealer asks for a timetable while the customer finishes a purchase. The dealer replies that a modern timetable is not suitable, speaking with a gentle rebuke. The exchange reflects period tones and conversational humor.
A Collector of Rarities Amid Quick Quips
A fragment humorous exchange centers on a character named Lapleigh who jokes about gathering oddities and failing to keep thoughts straight while an adviser warns him not to overreach. The terse dialogue evokes a stage-like caricature of wit and folly.
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Mark
Luke
Rome
Custom House
Elim
Lim
Raphael
Milady
Official Temperance Instruction
Cheas
Everybody's Magazine
Ghe
Henry Howland
Cemourners
Lapleigh
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