Bitter Water at Marah and the Exodus Trial
The Hebrew travelers in the desert face thirst as they follow the Cloud led by Moses. When they reach Marah the waters taste bitter until Moses, after prayer, uses a branch to make the water drinkable, while Jahziel and his followers choose to return, narrowing the path to a later mercy.
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Ater
Red Sea
Moses
Aaron
Jahziel
Foud
Jahbziel
Marah
God
Jabriel
Maran
Convert Keeps Store Closed Sundays and Gives One Third Income
A Minnesota Bohemian village convert keeps his store closed on Sundays and refuses tobacco sales. He donates one third of his income to the Lord. He and his brother started bee culture with 15 hives earning ten dollars per hive in the first year, about 3.5 times the state average.
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Minnesota
Lord's
Good Roads Debate in Calcutta Style Rural Reform
An expert warns that current road costs and energy waste due to bad roads total about a billion dollars annually, with three fifths lost to resistance. A Wayne County Indiana district shows a farmer-led road overhaul restoring drainage, grading, gravel, and grass seeding under Dr. N F Canaday, improving viability within existing funds.
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United States
Legion
Wayne County
Ind
The
Prairie Farmer
N. F. Canaday
Canaday
Width of Tire Draft Sparks Countywide Testing Interest
Ohio correspondent notes tests from Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin No 39 by Prof. J H Waters. Six inch tires weighed 245 pounds more than 15 inch tires with a one ton net load. Wide tires drafted 26 percent less on macadam, 24.1 percent less on gravel, 26.8 percent less on dry dirt, 61–62 percent less on clay mud, and 17 to 120 percent less on meadow to pasture. Also cites law on differing tread widths front and rear axles to prevent tracking and road damage.
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Ohio
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
J. H. Waters
Vegetable Poison Advice For Animals And Children
Advice on recognizing vegetable poisoning and first aid. For animals, warm lard given promptly may relieve pain and save the animal. For children, give a prompt emetic, then sweet oil or milk, with laudanum if pain is severe, and coffee or whisky if drowsy. Preventive notes urge children avoid strange plants and delayed turnout for stock.
Protecting spring water with a two tub setup
A Farm and Home note suggests using a split barrel to cover a spring. One half inverted over the spring forms a cap and is connected by a pipe to the other half serving as a drinking vessel for livestock. Keeping the tubs covered keeps water clean while a stone foundation stabilizes the setup.
Farm Facts Fight Weeds With Grass For Clean Turf
The article extols grass underlay to beautify land scape and boost crop value. It notes improvements in grain varieties but not grasses, urges mulch for young trees, fertilizer for rapid growth, and early cultivation to curb weeds. It explains alfalfa roots extend up to 15 feet, enriching soil for future crops.
Farm stationery and illustrated post cards boost farm image
Farmers are urged to name farms and print addresses on neat stationery. The Rural New Yorker notes the growing use of picture post cards showing farm scenes as a fine way to advertise farm life and foster business pride.
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New Yorker
Little Girl Seeks Low-Neck Shoes Next Summer
A young girl named Mabel desires a change from high-topped shoes. She asks her mother if she may have a pair of low-necked shoes the following summer, expressing personal dissatisfaction with her current footwear.
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Mabel
Fundamental Difference in Speech and Culture Quips
A Washington Star quote jokes about Quakers speech humility and a remark on Romans amusements. It notes football discovery by a prejudiced man and contrasts domestic morning routines with slogans. The fragment also mocks a wife in bed and a man waking for breakfast.
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Washington Star
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Gerald McCarthy
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M Raayce
Thompson’s Eye Water
California Fig Syrup Co
California
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Bonann
Manhattan
Maruti
Nevada
Americonis Phogeliti
Cipla
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Dolley
Manuiatran Indiephn
Deng Mining Company
Chilongo
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Ploiaa
America
Jie
Workington
Chicago
PENS
Detroit
Rocky Mountains
Egg.-O-See Cereal Company
First Street
Quincy
Illinois
Allen
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le Roy
London
Charterboure
Paris
Rue de da Paiey Hosten
Cottbus Ave
Potter Drugs& Chem, Corp
Niagara Falls
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Buffalo
Cleveland
Toronto
Thousand Islands
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Put-in-Bay
S. D. McLeish
Avent
Indianapolis
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