Strictly Business and the Bible Bet
In a lakefront drive memory, Bull-dog Thatcher recalls betting $50,000 on a man named Phillip Crasor to copy the Bible in 12 months. Crasor failed, but left a letter and a moral: he wouldn’t take the money, and Thatcher paid anyway as a man of business. Crasor later preached a sermon that mirrored the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thatcher
Don
Thatcher
Phillip Crasor
Phillip
France
Italy
Learn to give yourself up to a chair daily
A friend sought Dr William James rules for personality growth. He urged learning conscious relaxation, sit in a chair and relax utterly each day. Mind and body are linked, and calm physical rest can ease mental moods and build a composed personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James
Dr. James
the Inquirer
James
Scripture Ezra 1 6 and Haggal devotional
Devotional reading highlights Ezra chapters 1 through 6 and Hagglal references. It reflects exertion of rebuilding the temple, restoration phases, and praise for God’s deliverance. Emphasizes gratitude for answered prayers, communal effort, and trust in divine timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra
Return From Exile Lesson April 18 1948
Discussion of Cyrus decree Ezra 1 1 5 and the Jews return to Jerusalem in 536 B C with temple rebuilding promises. Mention of Ezra 1 2 Samuel Haggai Zechariah Artaxerxes Darius and Luke 9 62 and the need to follow God without looking back.
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Babylon
Jerusalem
Cyrus
Persia
Jeremiah
Daniel
B. C
Ezekiel
Judah
Ezra
Temple
Artaxerxes
Darius
Easily Built Bird House And Feeding Station
Instructions for crafting a bird house and feeding station using hand tools with full size printed patterns. Includes material amounts, simple decoration, and step by step assembly. Encourages children to make and sell the houses to neighbors. pattern numbers and supplier address provided.
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East-Bird Pattern Company
Department W
Pleasantville
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Dickens
Diogenes
Wee
South
Iowa
Nebraska
E. L. Woodburn
South 3d Street
Minneapolis
Minn
Puritan Laboratories, Inc
Des Moines
Zeid
Morse Ave
Chicago
Alaska
P. O
Dept
Spokane
Wash
la Roy
Minnesota
Lens Prestegard
Roy
Hiune
Thayer
Florida
Marion Co
Wm. Chisman
Lisbon
No. Dakota
K. C. Bosworth
Canadian Pacific Railway
Union Station
Et Paul
Business & Inv
OPPOR
Write Kline Distributing Co
Liberty Building
Midwest
Western Rilo Company
West Des Moines
US 13
US 385
Ohio
Indiana
Perry
Geo. FE. Glass
Joe A. Hartke
Dieterich
AL Kruse Nursery
Rt. 2
Baraboo
Wisc
Farm Machinery & Equip
John Deere
Hegge Beos
Echo
Marsh Veneer & Lumber Co
Dubuque, Fa
Thornton & Minor
Eale
MATAL
the Fiction Corner
Strictly Business By
Robert C. Blackmon
Grace Nell Crowell
BY Charles B. Rosh
International Council of Religious Education
WNU
Dr. Newton
L McKesson & Robbins
U. S
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Doan
Doante Taday
Donte
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