Samuel Asks for a King and Saul Is Anointed
A 1908 church lesson notes how God guiding by lot led Israel to choose Saul as king, with Samuel recounting past deliverances from Egypt and oppression. It stresses humility before God, the people seeking Him, and trusting His plan over human pride. The reading links Saul’s calling to daily life and the need to seek God’s guidance.
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American Press Association
Mizpeh
Lot
Samuel
Egypt
God
Heaven and Earth
Saul
David
Israel
John xv
Eph
American in Paris Fined 12 Francs for Carpet Misstep
An American living near the Arc de Triomphe is fined 1 franc for a servant shaking a carpet after 9 pm. He is later charged additional costs totaling 12 francs 78 centimes. He muses that in America a law that doubles a small fine would be seen as hypocritical and dishonest. London Globe reports.
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Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Justice of the Peace
Juge de Paix
America
London Globe
Paying 50 Cents for Dinner on a Railroad Mixup
A traveling group recounts boarding a night train from St John to Boston that lacked a diner. They rode Montreal’s train for dinner and shelter but faced a 50 cent charge from a uniformed official for meals and smoking aboard, despite being reassigned from the other train.
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Canadian Pacific Railroad
St. John
N. B
Boston
Montreal
Frederickton Junction
Canadian Pacific
Washington Post
Bismarck's Appetite for Oysters Noted
The Iron Chancellor Bismarck was famed for a huge appetite. He reportedly once ate 25 oysters, then 50 more, then 100, totaling 175 oysters at age twenty six after returning from England, a tale told to a friend for amusement.
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Bismarck
England
Fools Overestimate Abilities in Law Medicine and Faith
A London Tit-Bits note recalls a humorous estimate of fools who claim to beat professionals in law healing preaching and journalism. One third challenge lawyers, one half doctors, two thirds ministers, while all boast they can outpace editors in running the newspaper.
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London
Promenade Attire and Social Mirth Cited by Writers
A critique of upper class leisure notes that fashionable promenading in short jackets and chimneypot hats shows no shame. The piece quotes London Tailor and Cutter and Welchers of Seton Thompson and points to mind and home influences as sources of disease.
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London
Learning to Swim Perseverance Produces No Water Entry
The tale recounts Y L Molloy describing a Paris Seine island swimming lesson where a man tied with ropes and a staged practice failed to enter the water after five years of effort. Masters praised his perseverance while he never actually swam.
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Y. L. Molloy
Monsieur
Sign of a beaten man in a distance race at NYAC
An old time champion notes a key habit in a three mile scratch race at the New York Athletic Club games. He observes both leaders ran stride for stride until the final stretch when one looks back at a rival and yields the fight, finishing second.
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New York Athletic Club
New York Sun
The Gun Barrels Grew and Domestic Bliss Joke Set
A compact collection of old humor and anecdotes describing gun barrel myths in frontier trade with the Hudson Bay Company, domestic bliss quips about marrying fools, and a night theater quip about a five act play. The pieces mix satire on trade brutality with witty exchanges.
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Northwest
Hudson Bay Company
Newspaper men Excluded from Famous Trial Flags Realism Debate
Reporters were barred from a notable trial causing one writer to remark that avoiding facts would ease the writing. The exchange highlights tension between imagination and factual reporting in journalism.
Hewitt and Jewitt Dispute Over Telephone Call
A New York Press report describes Hewitt and Jewitt arguing about a telephone call. Hewitt claims his wife did most of the talking while Jewitt recalls the conversation differently.
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Hewitt
Jewitt
New York ‘Press
Pincules for the Kidneys Offered for Backache Relief
Advertisement notes pills for kidney trouble claim quick relief from backache and bladder issues. 30 day trial for $1.00 with guarantee or money back. Sold by Wm. M. Stauffer. Also lists knife grinding and sharpening services by A. E. Bachman in Farmersville, Pa with phone contact.
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Wm. M. Stauffer
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D. M. Stearns
Seton Thompson
Perseve
Ance
John
Moody’s Magazine
Lancaster City
W. King St
Lancaster, Pa
The
New Holland Clarion
T. M. Store
L. M. Store
NEW Holland Marble and Granite Works
T. M. Store & Sons
New Holland, Lancaster CO
A. H. Baker
Columbia Avenue
Moore
Harry Moore
Blue Ball Coach Works
Blue Ball, PA
East King Street
Lancaster, Penna
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