The Making of Ishmael Dramatic Bible Tale Script
From a 1905 religious pamphlet a preacher retells Ishmael’s exile by Hagar and Abraham. The narrative follows Sarah’s demand and God’s promise that Ishmael would become a great nation. Ishmael matures in the wilderness with Hagar and finds a life beside a hidden spring.
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OUR
Shmael
Sarah
Abraham
Isaac
God
Ishmael
Hagar
Beersheba
Egypt
Pharaoh
Father Abraham
Paran
The Right Suitor In Love and Fearless Contrast in Molly
Margaret Sangster weighs a girl’s choice between two suitors Jack and Will. Jack is steady and cautious. Will is brilliant and daring. Both are honorable, but Molly must weigh temperament and future income as she considers love and marriage.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Joseph B. Bowies
Jack
Will
Father
Mother
Molly
Cupid
Japan
South Africa
Caribbean Sea
Pretty Candle Screen with Iris Iris design on gauze frame
The article describes a decorative screen image painted on white gauze framed in gilt. The Iris motif is laid with white and aquarelle medium, then finished with pure colors suitable for silk gauze. The iris may be yellow or mauve and the screen mounts on a brass candle clip.
Skin Care Advice for Windburned Complexions
Practical guidance for wind sensitive skin recommends a chiffon veil and Venus cream. The cream formula includes Spermaceti white wax almond oil cocoa butter lanolin and balsam of Peru with orange flower water added after melting and settling.
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Peru
Paris Chooses Six Buildings For Beautification Medals
Paris municipal council adopts a plan to ornament street facades. A committee named six buildings with the fairest fronts from last year and awarded medals to the architects while granting tax exemptions to their owners.
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Paris
London’s Alphabet Streets Stay Short in Regent’s Park
London’s D Mews in Regent’s Park remains the sole surviving alpha pet street name, the only one that has not lengthened. Once other letters lent their names to roads, but D Mews endures as the shortest street name in the capital.
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London
Regent's Park
Wedding Anniversary List and Celebrated Milestones
The article details anniversary order from first year paper to diamond at seventy fifth. It notes only the fifth tenth fifteenth twenty fifth and fiftieth are usually celebrated. It lists materials for each milestone including wood tin leather crystal china silver ivory woolen silk golden diamond.
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China
Tolstoi Card Censorship Suppresses Portraits
In parts of Europe and Russia Tolstoi portrait picture post cards face censorship with suppression declared in several continental countries and specifically in Russia. The move targets photos of Tolstoi, reflecting political control over imagery.
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Russia
Tolstoi
Severe storms sweep Wisconsin and Iowa with widespread damage
A destructive storm system across Prairie du Chien Blue Mounds and surrounding areas caused extensive property damage from high winds hail and tornadoes. Farms crops and livestock were harmed with no confirmed fatalities. rivers including the Mississippi and Wisconsin are rising toward danger levels.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Hall
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Wauseeka
Lynxville
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Blue Mounds
Charles Collins
Dane
Town
Barneveld
Des Moines
Mississippi River
Clinton
Davenport
Burlington
Keokuk
Muscatine
Barn of Joel Reeves Showcases Gravity Fed Hay System
An Ohio correspondent details the Reeves barn in Lake County. Built about 20 to 26 years ago, it measures 60 by 40 feet with a 9 foot basement and 24 foot posts. The design uses a gravity driven hay flow from bay to bay with a bridge and long hay floor for efficient unloading into wagons for sale in Cleveland.
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Ohio
Joel Reeves
Lake County
Reeves
Cleveland
Hwatit
War party presses for no peace in Russia
In St Petersburg on June 20 the war faction, aided by the military, pushes to deter peace with prowar rhetoric. Lieut Gen Linevitch and followers cite release reports to bolster claims as armies brace for continued conflict. In Washington Takahira says Japanese plenipotentiaries could reach by early August for talks. The Russian ambassador Cassini awaits word on arrival to set a conference date likely mid August.
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St. Petersburg
Peterhof
Linevitch
Washington
Shogoro Takahira
White House
Takahira
Count Cassini
Morocco conference gains near certainty after talks
Paris reports an international conference on Moroccan affairs is practically assured after discussions between Premier Rouvier and German ambassador Prince Radolin. Officials expect plans to be announced in four to five days as tensions ease and both governments signal an amicable settlement may be imminent.
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Paris
Morocco
Rouvier
Radolin
Foreign Office
Jealous husband shoots wife in White Earth visit
White Earth Minnesota June 20 Jos eph Journdain a visitor from Red Lake shot and instantly killed his wife. Authorities say drunken jealousy sparked the crime.
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White Earth
Minn
Joseph Journdain
Red Lake
Fredonia Bank in New York Closed as Insolvent
Washington June 20 The Fredonia National Bank Fredonia New York was closed Monday by order of the comptroller of the currency on information from the examiner that it is insolvent J W Schofield named receiver
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Washington
Fredonia National Bank
Fredonia
N. Y
J. W. Schofield
President’s Cousin Weds in Boston Ceremony
Orme Clarke of London married Miss Elfrida Roosevelt cousin of the President at Emanuel Church Boston Monday afternoon in a ceremony conducted by Bishop William L. Laurence.
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Boston
Orme Clarke
London
Elfrida Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Emanuel Church
William l Lawrence
Postmaster for 38 Years Dies in Iowa
Des Moines June 20 Nathan G Roosa Border Plains Iowa oldest postmaster in Iowa died from heart failure. He served as postmaster from Lincoln to Roosevelt a span of 38 years.
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Des Moines
Nathan G. Roosa
Border Plains
Iowa
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Lawyer A J Barr and Miss May Herbert Killed in Train Crash
Bloomington Illinois June 20. A J Barr prominent local lawyer and Miss May Herbert were struck by a Chicago and Alton interurban train one mile east of Normal yesterday afternoon and both were instantly killed.
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Bloomington
Ill
A. J. Barr
May Herbert
Chicago & Alton
Famous for Horseradish Ute Balersdorf Maxima Europe
The Ute village of Balersdorf in Bavaria is famed for premium horseradish. The region dedicates over two square miles to the crop, yielding more than six million pounds annually with receipts above $120,000. Field methods and planting are described, noting careful root handling and seasonal cultivation.
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Balersdorf
Bavaria
Europe
Convenient Bag Holder From Flour Barrel
A Farm and Home idea describes making a handy bag holder from an empty flour barrel. Drive nails through the hoops into each stave to form a hung bag area. saw out a door, and hinge it for easy access without lifting over the top.
Care of Livestock and Buffalo Breeding Note
The article discusses proper collar fit to avoid sore shoulders on horses and says molasses feeding is economical and effective. It notes a Ponca reservation ranch in Lawton Oklahoma purchasing 20 full blood buffaloes from a Missoula half breed for breeding. It also urges farm boys to study blacksmithing as part of agricultural college courses.
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Ponca Reservation
Lawton
Okla
Missoula
Mont
Agricultural College
Future of the Sheep in the Corn Belt
The Prairie Farmer argues sheep will become a standard farm feature in Minnesota Iowa Missouri Illinois and Indiana as Western ranges shrink and demand for mutton rises. Experts say a future decline in prices may delay immediate investment but prudent farmers should prepare to buy a flock when prices ease.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Winois
Indiana
Leonard
Union Stock Yards
United States
England
Australia
South America
America
Sheep Feeding Rack A Practical Home Craft Sketch
A simple rack design is proposed for feeding sheep with grain and hay together. The frame is inexpensive and practical, suitable for construction by any farmer, and can be used to feed corn silage or grain together when built tight.
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Mus
How to Build Sheep Feeding Racks for Silage and Grain
Instructions describe building a sheep feeding rack with oak or elm corner posts, 2x2 inches by 3 feet, using 1x8 inch slats and 1x6 side pieces. Rack width limited to 3 feet for effective grain removal, bottom pine or spruce, gaps 6 409 inches, ends slatted to deter sheep entry. Racks hold silage and grain with hay above, cleaned daily, portable for yard or shed use.
Farm Notes on Crops and Manure Practices
The piece discusses weed control as a key farm chore and notes February freezes shortened the blackberry crop. It reports Hessian fly in Kansas wheat and advises wood ashes on lettuce, hen manure for onions, and sheltered manure spreading to reduce fertilizer waste while noting cattle cold tolerance varies by breed.
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Kangags
Clive
Middle West
Corn Shredders Cause Life Maiming Injuries Warned
A Milwaukee letter quotes Dr. Charles McCarthy of the library commission who reports that corn shredders injure more men for life in the region than railroads. He notes seven maimed in three weeks by one shredder and another county reports four killed or maimed by the same machine.
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Milwaukee
Charles McCarthy
The
Library Commission
Dean Henry
College of Agriculture
Salt the Sheep on Spring Grass Caution
Instructional note stressing frequent salt supplementation for sheep on spring pasture. Presents salt as vital for blood sustenance and as a preventative and remedy for diarrhoea per Farm and Home guidance.
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