Cotton Prosperity Spurs Housing Rise in Rural Dixie
The article notes improved cotton yields boosting southern prosperity and housing. It highlights better farm homes, soil restoration efforts, and humanitarian and governmental programs driving upgrades. It also mentions northern and English investment reshaping rural Dixie housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
South
Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Middle West
Western
Canada
England
America
Great Britain
Return From Captivity Lesson Overview
This text reviews Cyrus and Zerubbabel restoring Judea after Nebuchadnezzar's captivity, noting the three exile eras, the Cyrus Cylinder, and lessons learned. It highlights religious renewal, the rise of scribes, synagogues, and scriptures, plus the joyous, ceremonial return journey from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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Cyrus
Babylan
Zerubbabel
Jerusalem
Babylon
East
Zerubbahbel
Sheshbazzar
Ezra
Jeerusalem
British Museum
British
Israel
Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel
B. C
Ezekiel
Mordecai
Esther
Judea
Great Order of the Scribes
Lord Jesus Christ
Palestine
Jacob
Rome
Aeneas
Troy
Typhoid Vaccine Used In Salt Lake City Campaign
Salt Lake City begins typhoid vaccination to end years of outbreaks. Army methods inspire civilian public health efforts after soldiers at Fort Douglas visit San Antonio, and no Salt Lake soldiers contracted typhoid during a recent deployment.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Army and Navy Journal
Fort Douglas
San Antonio
Secret of Pastor's Success in Country Churches
Universalist Leader argues many ministers lose jobs for not visiting and fitting themselves to church needs. He urges seminaries to train pastors to adapt to each parish, focus on sermon craft for a year, and cultivate true gentility over five years. He says country church solvable by pastors, not just preachers.
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Dixie
Mason and Dixon
United States
South
America
Red Cross Christmas Seals National Sale Plan
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis becomes national agent for Red Cross seals. A Washington office opens with an initial order of 60 600 000 seals, expected sales around double that. Local agents pay 1 244 percent of gross proceeds, the national agent supplies seals and ads and handles unsold stock. Postmaster General Hitchcock approves the seal design, and letters bearing seals face restrictions on mail transport through trails.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
Teddy's mother ill scene prompts a shy question
Teddy visits his ailing mother and asks via nod or shake if she has seen his baseball bat. Aunt Alicis sits nearby as the tender moment unfolds in this brief domestic vignette from Lippincott's Magazine.
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Teddy
Alicis
Lippincott’s Magazine
New Wealthy Youth Reveals New Way to Spend Money
In a lively street scene the sons of the rich follow a tall man who has just shown a new way to spend money. A nabob among the crowd answers questions with a wry remark about the discovery. The moment captures a curious social display.
Not All Smoked Says Former Speaker Cannon Aide
L White Busbey, secretary to the late Speaker Cannon, explains the perception of the speaker's smoking. He clarifies that while some claim heavy smoking, the aide notes the speaker eats about half of the cigars he appears to consume, suggesting a lighter habit than rumored.
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L. White Busbey
Cannon
Busbey
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