Prays and Goes: Attitudes Toward World Mission Work
A church sermon argues three attitudes to Christ’s commands Pray ye Go ye and Give ye determine world evangelization. It retells a Stanley mission appeal to King Mtesa and a Uganda funding surge showing prayer opening doors and volunteers answering calls for Africa.
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Stanley
London
Church Missionary Society
Africa
Uganda
Miesas
Victoria Lake
Mtesas
Yaui
Earth
Terraced Farm Land Its Advantages and Varieties
Terraced gardens and fields prevent soil erosion on slopes by ridge and bench terraces. Broad-base or man guin terraces offer harvestable soil, equipment compatibility, and less soil loss. narrow-base ridges are less favorable. Terraced farming exists worldwide, with Rotenfels in Germany and Hawaii cited as examples.
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Rotenfels
Germany
Hawaii
Where Do the Nickels Come From In Transit World
The piece compares nickel production and transit fares to show the nickel’s journey. It notes US mints produced minor coins totaling 71 600 dollars and urban railways moved large passenger numbers, then details the coin counting and handling process at a machine, with a change clerk shrugging that nickels come from unknown origins.
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United States
Automar
New Demon Bug John Phillips Invents Potat o Bug Destroyer
John Phillips of Los Angeles a chief hotel gardener created a new pest destroying bug in response to potato bugs. His design includes venomous traits electrical components and a headlight used while hunting in daylight. Alonzo Clackpool of New Jersey hopes to divert it toward mosquitoes.
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John Phillips
Los Angeles
Calif
Alonzo Clackpool
New Jersey
Crippled Ducks Farm Colony Found in California Delta
The California state fish and game commission reports thousands of crippled ducks gathered in sloughs on Victoria Island in the San Joaquin river delta. The cripples, unable to keep pace with ablebodied ducks, form a cooperative colony for food, and examinations found all ducks crippled.
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California
State Fish and Game Commission
Victoria Island
San Joaquin River
The
Game Commission
Monster Australian Tree Unearthed in New Zealand Bush
A kauri tree discovered in the New Zealand bush rises 75 feet to the first branch and reaches about 66 feet in girth. The trunk measures 25 feet in diameter and is estimated to contain over 195000 superficial feet of timber.
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New Zealand
Contradictory Te Is The Custon At All Souls
A garbled OCR note from All Souls parish in Brooklyn mentions an order of service for Sunday and references two items but is largely unreadable. It hints at a sermon titled "Than abalt pot steal" with unclear surrounding text.
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Custon
All Souls
Elurch
Trooklyn
Rogettier
A Mother's Gift Remembered by Pathfinder Magazine
Poem urging a son to remember his mother and the sacred pledge she gave at his birth. It frames the maternal blessing as life, light, and joy, and warns against scoffers who reject the gift. A quiet, reverent call to honor a mother's memory and faith.
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Pathfinder Magazine
English Navy War Against Arab Blackbirders and Gun Runners
The Detroit News describes a long running conflict in which the English Navy fights slave trading and gun running in the Persian Gulf Red Sea and near Zanzibar. Royal Navy sea patrols hunt for dhows aiming to stop human trafficking and illicit arms shipments.
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England
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Zanzibar
Detroit News
The Reverse Is True Humorous Exchange
A humorist argues use does not make a man’s head bald and asks who saw a bald chin. The wife retorts that every woman proves the reverse is true.
Splendid Housekeeping Moving In Barbados
In Barbados a moving house can be loaded onto a car flat like a puzzle. The four walls stack atop one another with roofs beneath, tiles in the car’s bottom. The owner bears the front door on his head while friends handle shutters and a chicken house, and the evicted plumbing is absent as the new setup is swept and garnished by evening.
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Barbados
Ike
Unknown Breed of Dog From the Amazon Valley
A wild dog with web feet a head like an ant eater and a bark like a bird chirp was brought from the Amazon by Dr Willam Schurz commercial attache of the United States embassy in Rio de Janeiro. Schurz arrived on the steamer Western World after months in the Amazon investigating for the Department of Commerce. The dog resembles a dachshund with long hair cauliflowers ears and will be shown at the zoological gardens in Washington.
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Amazon Valley
Willam Schurz
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Schurz
Western World
Department of Commerce
Zoological Gardens
Washington
Hollywoodland Giant Electric Sign Lights Up California
In Hollywood California the neighborhood is adorned with a massive electric sign reading Ffollywoodland. The letters stand 45 feet high and the display spans about a quarter mile requiring four thousand lamps.
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Hollywood
Cal
Submarine S-48 Conducts Surface Gun Drill Off New London
The United States submarine S-48 conducted a deck gun drill during final speed tests on the surface off New London. The exercise occurred as the vessel traveled at full speed aboard the newest and largest undersea fighting craft.
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United States
Uncle Sam
New London
Norns of Mythology Weave Fate in Scandinavian Legend
The Norns are three young women Urth Verdandt and Skuld who sit by Yggdrasil to determine fate. They draw water each day to sustain the tree and guide gods and men through time. Lesser Norns exist in myth, linking fate to birth and disposition.
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Urth
Ordarbrunor
Detroit News
Norn
Busy Ant by No Means a Nuisance in Burma
In Burma sandalwood forests ants feasting on the soft heartwood aid merchants by stripping away the useless bark. The ants’ activity leaves the valuable heart exposed, saving labor and cost in extracting the timber for export.
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Burma
Banking Power Move From a Red-Headed Office Boy
The Chicago bank president told friends about hiring a red headed office boy with a father who knew the banker. After the father’s recommendation, the banker asked the boy why he wanted to be in banking. The boy replied he was good at multiplying. When pressed, he said he could subtract and divide too, explaining he aimed to make all he can.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Ledger
Restaurant Man Warned Tonkey Makes Threat Over Corned Beef
A Palace theater doorman known as Tonkey warns rival Spike that if corned beef and cabbage aren’t served soon, he will take drastic action. The piece notes Mike Genora’s reopening plans at the old Carlies store after a Capitol hotel fire.
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Tonkey
Palace Theater
Mike Genora
Genora
Capitol Hotel
Carlies
Spike
Lissen
Buzzard
Houston Post
Wealthy Speaker Tests Pupils With Empty Purses
A rich man visits a school and asks a boy for a purse. When none is found he jokes about giving half a dollar to buy one. He returns next month to find every boy with an empty purse and repeats the gag, rewarding those who pretend to have none.
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Uint
Pathfinder
Odd Horse Names From Early Nineteenth Century Derbies
The article lists quirky horse names such as Jack Come Tickle Me and Watch Them and Catch Them from early racing. It notes Volodyovaki as a Derby winner in 1901 and ponders bookmaker reactions to odd labels on hot days.
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Jack
Jenny
Volodyovaki
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Henry M Stanley
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Jon Lhuys Elaummond
Fulton Lewis, Jr
New Willard Hotel
Agiov
Meireltes
Damascus
Jerusalem
Golgatha
Venus
Hadrian
Aphrodite
Navy
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