Making Atonement by George Munson
Jed Williams a veteran minister confesses a deadly past after years of hiding. In Elmer the parishioners rally as his wife urges mercy and the town learns the truth from a long-buried history. The crowd offers forgiveness and Williams may stay.
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Jed Williams
Eliza
Elmer
Eirza Williams
Williams
Jed
Lizzie
First
Chicago
Kingston
Himer
Jed Dear
Wiil- Fuma
Frances Minturn
Delia James
Peter James
Bathing Habit Linked to Colds in Cold Weather
An old column argues that baths cause colds unless the body is thoroughly dried and the skin reddened to return blood to the surface. It notes rapid evaporation cools skin, and explains that soaking the neck and head can spread moisture, increasing cold risk.
Luminescence of Nitrogen in Electric Discharge
Nitrogen of high purity shows continuous luminescence under electric discharge, not due to oxygen traces. Metallic vapors like mercury sodium or potassium quench the effect by forming metal nitrogen compounds, while oxygen blocks this action by oxidizing the metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Government Keeps Going Despite Criticisms
A reflection on longstanding government inaction. The speaker notes the government persisted for 30 years, never asking to ease up or allow the country to mature, which drove the old man to madness as he grew speechless.
Vegetarian status earns warmer reception
First guest asks why the hosts welcomed them more warmly than the speaker. The second guest answers simply that the hosts know he is a vegetarian, implying dietary choices influenced reception.
Women of South America face wage gaps and limited work
A writer reports South American women endure deep illiteracy and scant job options. Labor pays as low as 15 cents an hour with eight hour laws scarce outside cities, while meat and groceries remain unaffordable. women largely limited to domestic work or factory labor amid widespread poverty.
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Hatre Rios
University of Illinois
South America
Uruguay
Katherine Reynolds
Chicago News
Senora
England
Argentine Republic
Fossil Finds in London Tie to Pleistocene Era
South Kensington Museum researchers date fossil bones unearthed 35 feet below Fleet Street to the Pleistocene period. The lion leg and mammoth hip join nearby finds of a woolly rhinoceros skull, reindeer bones, and remains of extinct ox and horse discovered years earlier near the same site in central London.
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London
South Kensington
U S Girl Guest In Germany
Countess Pourtalos formerly Countess Alex von Bernstorff and daughter of the German ambassador at Washington recently entertained Miss Julia von L Meyer daughter of the former secretary of the navy at her home in Germany.
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Countess Pourtalos
Julia von L. Meyer
Secretary of Navy
Washington
Pourtalos
Alex von Bernstorff
Secretary of the Navy
Germany
Building a Flume Flume design insights from agriculture bulletin
Washington outlines advantages of V shaped timber flumes over box forms including less water use and fewer jams. It notes the sectional metal flume may popularize, suggests near upper-end sawmills, and details dimensions grades curves and telephones to prevent jams. A Rochat creek Idaho example costs about 8000 per mile for five miles plus road and phone setup.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Rochat Creek
St. Joe
Idaho
Submarine pioneer John P. Holland dies at 73 in Newark
John P. Holland, builder of the first successful American submarine and inventor of the craft used by the U S Navy, died at his Newark home after a week of illness and extreme heat. His Holland was built in Elizabeth's Crescent Shipyards, launched at Perth Amboy, with dives beginning March 17, 1898, and led to a line of government ships including Fulton and Moccasin. A sunken prototype in Passaic river will be raised for a memorial and exhibit before Pan-Pacific exposition plans.
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Elizabeth, N. J
John P. Holland
America
United States Navy
Newark
Crescent
Elizabeth
Perth Amboy
Mr. Holland
Passaic River
Paterson Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Washington
American merchant marine tonnage totals from census data
Census records show the present American merchant marine carrying a tonnage of 7,886,518 tons. This figure reflects the overall capacity of U S merchant ships as cataloged in the latest census statistics.
Berlin Defies Claims as War Rages East of Paris
Reported battles east of Paris hinge on a central spearhead near Verdun with both sides claiming gains. Berlin notes fifty German guns and thousands of prisoners won but withdrew amid advancing Allied columns.
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Berlin
Washington, D. C
Paris
Meaux
Montmiraire
Verdun
Vienna
la Feit Sous Jourre
Marne
Ladhins
Mary
Fere
Tardenois
Champaign
Gourgancon
Salons
Christ on the Right Hand of God and Our Salvation
A devotional meditation on Christ’s ascension and throne at God’s right hand. It emphasizes Jesus as our sympathetic brother, the finished atonement, and the promise of future glory for believers. References include Luke 24 52 53 Romans 8 Isaiah 11 and Revelation 3 21.
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Christ
Heaven
Joseph
Pharaoh
God
Moule
Jesus
Lord
Stephen
Martin Luther
William Carey
Israel
Satan
Verse prayer for church workers and Sunday schools
A Veteran Pastor requests divine speed for good works and vigor for church ministries. He asks God to vitalize Sunday school and youth societies, bless all lawful efforts to promote righteousness and welfare, and bring God’s kingdom on earth as in heaven.
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Earth
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