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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1914
Page
3
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide claiming a clean scalp and dandruff destruction to promote healthy, growing hair. It asserts that the product prevents hair loss except in chronic baldness and offers refunds if unsatisfied. W S Lloyd acts as special agent.
The article cites global Muslim populations totaling about 219 million, noting their wide dispersion from Afghanistan to Morocco. It mentions estimates such as 277,547 in America and 66,000,000 in India for Great Britain and other regions, highlighting vast, scattered communities and the perceived potential for cross Crescent dominance.
A Chicago professor claims six hundred is the maximum number a man can know personally by memory. He suggests testing oneself by listing every person who knows you within about five hours, noting that the first hundred names come quickly but adding one per minute becomes very difficult.
Some men refuse to show amusement when the weather man mispredicts, guarding others' feelings rather than acknowledging the fallible forecast.
A plan proposes ten thousand foreign missionaries in China to maintain one missionary for every 25 000 people. The proposal emphasizes global religious outreach and demographic targets amid population concerns.
A visiting Hindu at the Purity Congress in Minneapolis notes Christianity has made little headway in India where about 316 million people live. Census 1911 shows Christian growth tenfold higher than general population over ten years, while India may have literacy near ten percent. A new popular education law signals a new era for India.
The Youth’s Companion reports 2 084 foreign students in 44 leading U S colleges and universities this year. China leads with 438, followed by Canada 327 Japan 203 India 102 and other nations. Columbia hosts 183, with Pennsylvania Cornell California Michigan Chicago Harvard Illinois Northwestern and MIT at 100 plus.
A late census indicates 95 percent of Japan's school aged children attend up-to-date schools. The text notes a broad educational shift extending into religion with 10,000 Japanese students preparing for Buddhist priesthood.
In Korea for the quarter ending September 30 1913 the British and Foreign Bible Society issued 103000 Scriptures, 65000 more than the previous year due to colportage. In the United States 34790077 people over ten years old are outside any church, highlighting the potential and duty of church members.
The line suggests perseverance as one reaches for a distant peak. It reflects enduring effort, fatigue, and determination amid a lengthy ascent.
There is more Catarrh in this region than all diseases combined and it was long deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio is a constitutional remedy taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It promises to cure if not, a refund and offers circulars and testimonials.
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