Jephthah’s Daughter and the Quiet Promise of Farewell
Namarah fulfills her role as Jephthah’s daughter while Adina, a bold young warrior, wins her cautious regard. Jephthah faces a summons to battle against Ammon and urges Namarah toward matrimony, even as she clings to her father. The moment deepens as Adina seeks to speak love before the likely bloodshed, while Namarah wrestles with duty, fear, and faith in the Lord.
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Hera
Fonta Riad
Adina
Jephthah
Namarah
Cleo
Jonhthah
Hia
Chamver
Loys
Namnarah
Earth
Israel
Ammon
Gilead
Tob
Cithdren
Elders of
Nemuarah
Lim
Jephihah
Jophthal
Mialden
Svidler
Chou
Idan
Loma
Lome
Willers
God of
Obedience in Railroading Inspires Engineer Hiring Story
A Boston Journal anecdote contrasts two railroad applicants. One dismisses the conductor’s duties, while the other vows to stand on the siding if orders seem valid. The superintendent assigns the second to duty in the roundhouse.
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Boston
Boston Journal
In the Tunnel Governess Finds Stolen Money Pocket
A young governess, journeying through a tunnel, keeps her money in a pocket as advised. She finds the pocket already occupied by a stranger and holds his hand until daylight. The man explains the intrusion with a smile, noting both hands are in his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berther
Bitter saloon war grips Cedar Raunds and surrounding area
In 10WA Cedar Raunds opens with a flurry of local strife. Miners in Centerville rally for a 20 percent wage increase while a saltation of accidents widen the page. A Dubuque paper discloses women voters by name. The Tybuque water plant contract sails through. A Shenandoah case ends in verdict for Williams. Jail breaks near Primghar shock readers as the Daley gang activity surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Centerville
Conrad Houseman
Odebolt
Rockwell Co-Operative Society
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
Rockwell Hoasely
RA Pratt
Rome
Fred Dobbs
Agona
Dubuque
Tyubuque
Earl R. Ferguson
Shenandoah
M. B. Williams
Iowa
Page County
Perguson
Williams
Primghar
William 2. Tate
Milwaukee
Sanborn
Ate
Daley
Manson Journal
Sioux City
Madame
Monsieur Magrillve
Speec
Hls
Gust Mather
Montinelle
Talen
Creston
Horton
Germania
Twin Cities
J. M. Ralya
Armour & Co
Chicago
William Flammn
Samuel Lee
New London
Young Flammn
Lee
Flamm
Clarinda
Miners Entombed in Red Ash Mine After Blast
Reports from Charleston and Hinton WVa March 8 say eighty to ninety miners may remain entombed after yesterday's Red Ash mine explosion. Forty two lives are feared lost with twenty nine bodies recovered. Names of missing workers and identified victims are listed as rescue efforts continue despite deadly afterdamp.
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Red Ash
Charleston
W. Va
Hinton
Chese
Sam Sheff
John Chur
Andy Pritt
Quit Stewart
In ‘Abble
Robert Jones
Gratville Olmes
Sam Shew
Junius Sanders
Willi Sledge
Vale Edgars
John Stone
Ed Harper
Jolin Day
Joe Ktott
Mat Quarles
Sam Jackson
Janes Hieluey
Boss Driver
William Day
Mine Disaster at Red Ash Kills Seventy or More
Rescue teams pressed through debris at the Red Ash mine in Fire Creek West Virginia as they seek bodies after yesterday’s explosion. While 34 bodies were recovered by 8 p.m. some 36 miners remain entombed and the death toll is estimated at no less than seventy with several more possible fatalities.
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Fire Creek
W. Va
Red Ash Mine
Carl Downey
John L. Day
Joseph Elliott
John Kane
Harry Dawson
Howell
Buller lauds courage of armies in Ladysmith relief
General Buller issues a general order praising two forces for gallantry and steadfastness in holding Ladysmith for four months. He notes the relief force faced unknown terrain and strong resistance yet prevailed, uniting colonial and native troops in one patriotism. He also extends sympathy to families of fallen soldiers.
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Durban
Buller
Ladysmith
House Mourns Harmer of Pennsylvania in Session
The House met for twenty five minutes in Washington to honor the memory of Representative Harmer of Pennsylvania, "the father of the house," who died yesterday. A committee was appointed to attend the funeral.
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Washington, D. C
Harmer
Pennsylvania
Sixty six Cuban veterans buried with honors at Arlington
The remains of sixty six soldiers who died in Cuba were buried at Arlington cemetery today with military honors. About five hundred Cuban fallen soldiers are interred there. Officers at Fort Myer led simple services with Protestant and Catholic clergy reading burials, volleys fired over the graves.
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Arlington
Washington
Cuba
Arlington Cemetery
Fort Myer
Watering the Land in Idaho Irrigation Eases for Western Farmers
A Boise Idaho letter extols simple irrigation for western farmers, noting children can manage watering via cascaded canals and laterals. It describes community water shares, irrigation companies supplying water, and land sales along ditches. Southern Idaho's expansion draws eastern settlers with pamphlets from Oregon Short Line agents in Salt Lake City.
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Boise
Idaho
Nile
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake City
Navy
Prominent Manufacturer Tries Home Bookkeeping
An Eastern manufacturer with a $10,000 family income attempted home bookkeeping. He bought a gilt edged account book and taught his wife single entry methods. Only two entries remained: "Received $250 from M- " and "spent it all."
Street fakers sell lifelike house fly models joke on neckties
Vendors pitch life like fly models so real that a wearer’s friend instinctively brushes them away and the wearer laughs at the playful deception.
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Stiog
Vlyt Street
Municipal Bath Houses Under State Law Enable NYC
New York City voters may direct municipal authorities to erect a public bathhouse as permitted by state law. Buffalo opened one in 1857 at $14,800. last year it served 81,793 people and its operating expenses were $2,370. The sympathetic Queen: Rev Arthur Robins, chaplain to Queen Victoria, notes the sovereign’s personal concern for every household member and visits to a humble servant’s door inquires.
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New York Cities
Thuffalo
Arthur Robins
Warren man John Campbell seeks Warren postmaster job
John Campbell of Warren Ohio known as Uncle John and a first cousin of the president is a candidate for Warren postmaster. He runs a well known eating house and is said to resemble the president closely. His father was a brother of the president’s mother.
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Uncle John
John Campbell
Warren, O
Warren
San Francisco hotel owner runs elevator for fun
William B. Bradbury, a millionaire hotel proprietor, amuses himself daily by operating the hotel elevator for an hour or more, claiming it gives him pleasure and a rest from business duties.
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William B. Bradbury
San Francisco
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Jephthah’s
Julia Magruder
SL Ann 186
Ronent Rowsan
Namaral
Meiden
Nousehold
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