Salzer's hardy Red Cross Wheat and farm bargains
Fragmented memoir style notes describe Salzer Seed Co offerings including hardy Red Cross Wheat promising yields, plus miscellaneous 1905 era travel rates, railway ads, and census of workers. Mentions winter wheat achievements, Crimson Clover prices, and fall seeding plans with various routes and tickets. Also narrates sensational tidbits about travel and a Mrs. Edmund Yates carrying ashes.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer
Vilage
Ealenn
Luther
Towan
Syrup of Figs Advertisement Promotes Laxative Remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative offering comfort and health benefits. It claims easy taste, safety for kidneys liver and bowels, and broad medical approval, noting availability in 500 and 31 bottle sizes from the California Fig Syrup Co. and warns against substitutes.
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Fife
Roy i
California
Eta
Aml Tok
Pierce
The Night of Life and Puritan Sabbath Teachings
A sermon by Theo L. Cuyler echoes an old Puritan Sabbath, urging strict observance and daily bread prayer. It defends rigid Sunday keeping as shaping character, urges churchgoers to attend devout meetings, invite outsiders, and support pastors with ready pews and fair salaries.
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Ketan
W. C. Prince
Oldeu
Old Presbyterian
House of
Goa
Theo
L. Cuyler
Books and Culture critic cites readers lack deep enrichment
The Bookman on Books and Culture argues most people read only for information or refreshment rather than enrichment. He states that essential culture requires deeper knowledge obtained by reading beyond surface content.
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Bookman
Reading and the making of a mind of discipline
The passage discusses transforming reading into inner possession through meditation and imagination. It links real reading to spiritual rebirth, urging surrender of sin and belief in Jesus Christ to become sons of God. It warns against merely admiring life and stresses engaging with the Bible to obtain divine nature.
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Peter
Jesus Christ
God
Epworth Herald and Religious Commentary Summary
Fehoes remarks on dancing schools and devilish influence clash with church proverbs. Reformed Church Messenger urges prayer for neighbors, not public condemnation. Cumberland Presbyterian warns the danger lies in faithful friends, not enemies. Railroads ban alcohol for workers while lawmakers drink, questioning priorities. Religious Telescope criticizes mission funding by the rich as insufficient. Religious Herald extols Bible study as essential, not mere worship, urging clear knowledge to grow in faith.
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Fehoes
Auin Epworth
Reformed Church
Cumberland Presbyterian
Kingdom Come
Walking With Christ Through Sadness and Fellowship
Fragment from a religious reflection emphasizing walking with Jesus in sorrow, sharing faith in pairs, and seeking Christ’s face in scripture. It notes that those who carry the message have “wings on their feet,” that disciples walked with Christ and grew in riches of faith, and asserts future life with God as a central, transcendent truth.
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Fmmans
Jesus
God
Daniel
Hans
Christ
Esquimaux
Charity or Specimen on Judging Motives and Mercy
Fragmentary quote reflecting on charity and mercy as guiding principles. The passage praises judging less harshly and withholding quick conclusions until proof, contrasting mercy with harsh speculation and noting that unkind deeds harm hearts.
Silence as Charity Keeps a Tale Alive
A fragment argues that words can wound more than deeds and that withholding speech preserves reputation. It suggests true charity lies in listening without repeating, letting rumors fade rather than spread, though inner memory still preserves the tale in the heart.
Definition of meaning through life roles and self reflection
A reflective piece asks teachers and readers to define meaning from varying life roles including miser, society girl, scholar, criminal, artist, worldling, Christian and Christ. It urges self examination and honest assessment of one’s beliefs and purpose.
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Christ
Be a Blessing to Others, The Blew Zod Message
A devotional exhortation urges using our gifts to bless others and serve at any cost. It emphasizes generosity as the path to true usefulness and warns that failure to share gifts diminishes our moral mission as messengers of faith.
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Zod
J. R. Miller
D. D
Limit Reached and Daring in Moral Life: A Call to Faith
The writing urges restraint in extravagant ideals and extreme freedom while stressing loyalty to truth and love of God and His Son. It warns that severing the soul from Heaven is dire, especially in an era demanding steadfast faith and right conduct.
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Rollin A. Lawy D. D
Temperance Edict by Maharajah of Baroda Sets Liquor Policy
A Baroda decree restricts new liquor saloons without official sanction and allows closure if five sixths of local residents petition. The piece also quotes religious reflections on death and patience from T B Thayer and Bishop Hall.
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India
Baroda
Aalles Ancient Cake Dance in Halle Salt Town
Halle a German salt town holds an ancient annual ceremony where salt workers in red mantles escort a blessed 100 pound cake to church, followed by a banquet and a drum and fife music revel. The rite dates to a mill fire saving the Miller’s family and features a cake procession, then a restrictive cake dance lasting from afternoon into dawn, with red costumes stored yearly.
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Halle
Pfa
St. Peter's
St. Paul's Day
St John’s Day
Louis XV
Novel shoe soles of trellis wire and gutta percha
A Nuremburg firm introduces a new boot sole made from spiral wire trellis filled with gutta percha and ammoniac rosin, promising strength and flexibility. They attach to ordinary soles with special nails and claim production costs 50 percent below leather soles. Tests show good durability, with army use cited as satisfactory.
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Nuremburg
A Woman's Thoughts on Delicacy and Heroism
A collection of reflective sentences on courage, perception, and personal power. It discusses mockery, the brevity of life, the nature of heroism, and the link between soul and painting, with musings on learning, will, and success. Specific figures like George Q. Cannon are mentioned in passing.
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Beecause
Tobacco's Triumph and a Des Moines grocer's No Credit stance
A garbled account notes a grocer declaring No Credit as a response to a question about why a pupil was kept in school. The text mentions a boy’s teeth question, a punishment, and references routes to St Louis and a commercial agent in Des Moines, with scattered phrases about a large depot and travel fares.
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Mt Toute
St. Lowe
Wabash Line
Des Moines
St. Louis
Lanve
Louis
Cig. Forace Seely
Fourth Strest
St. Lewis
Mon
Great Wabash
Travis Teave
Union
Firth and Cherry
Horace Neely
Fourth Street
St. Louie
Horace Lessy
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