Near-Sighted Christians Suffering Distress
A 1905 reflection warns Christians against spiritual near-sightedness of the heart. It argues that focus on present troubles blinds sight of eternity, urges faith, patience, and righteous means, and condemns using deceit to win conflicts. It cites Asaph, Esau, Lot, Saul, David, and Abraham to illustrate outcomes of eyesight from faith.
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Jesus
Esau
Gomorrah
Abraham
Teaven
Lot
Beness
Christian
Krow
Walt
Northeast Gale Devastation and a Heroic Surfman Rescue
Norfolk reports a fierce northeast gale deals widespread wreckage along Virginia coast from Dam Neck to Virginia Beach. Surfman Wam Capps rescues three unconscious sailors, all members of the Georgia and Ocean Belle crews, earlier recovering Captain Adams, with communications crippled along the stretch.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Georgia
Virginia Beach
Dam Neck
W. Howlett
George H. Adams
Sea Tack
George Peters
Wam Capps
Capps
Capri
Hostilities Loom as Japan and Russia Edge Toward War
London reports Japanese leaders prepare to declare hostilities upon Russia after an ultimatum expires. Port Arthur fleet reportedly clears. troops seen landing at Mashanpo, Korea. Germany rumored to back action to extend influence in China. Cholera and plague afflict Russians at New Chwang. Russian minister to Japan awaits instructions as Manchurian convention lapses.
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London
Morning Post
Chee Foo
Russia
Port Arthur
Mashantpo
Corea
Aac
Germany
China
Prkken
New Chwang
Yaln Vailer
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Masanhpo
Japan
Singapore
East Indiana
Far East
Yokohama
Baron von Rosen
Bathe
Feng-Cheen-Ting
Peking
M. Lessar
Chima
Flood Devastates Regions Along Passaic River Valley
Disaster sweeps Paterson and surrounding towns as Passaic floods inundate large city areas. Bridges are lost, mills and homes submerged, and thousands displaced while authorities estimate property losses in the millions and assess structural damage from the Delaware and Passaic rivers.
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Paterson
N. J
Passaic
Spruce Street Hill
Delaware River
Ocean City
Congress Hall
Reading Hotel
Windsor Hotel
Burlington
N. J. Oet
Knapp Seeks Sale of Body to Medical Students
Columbus Ohio October 12 Alfred Knapp the strangler offers to sell his body to a group of medical students who visited him in the death cell. He states he will sign a binding contract giving them possession after his scheduled electrocution on December 12 for 54 dollars.
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Columbus
Alfred Knapp
Strangler
Knapp
Employers to form international federation in Chicago
Employers of labor from across North America and beyond plan to meet in Chicago on October 29 and 30 to organize an international federation of employers. The delegates come from British Columbia to Massachusetts and from Winnipeg to the Gulf.
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Chicago
British Columbia
Massachusetts
Winnipeg
Gulf
International Federation of Employers
Salisbury Gate Viscount Cranborne joins cabinet as lord privy seal
London reports the new Marquis of Salisbury Gate Viscount Cranborne will enter the cabinet as lord privy seal, succeeding his father who retired last week when Mr. Balfour took the post. Cabinet expands to 19 members with Bromley-Davenport named financial secretary to the war office and minor appointments in the admiralty and treasury.
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London
Marquis of
Salisbury Gate
Viscount Cranborne
Balfour
Marquis of Salisbury
Wm. Bromley-Davenport
Mo P
War Office
Resignation of Christianc y Accepted in Post Office Row
Washington October 10. Mr Christiancy resignation, filed with Postmaster General Payne in July, was accepted Friday. Christiancy, former assistant attorney general for the post office department, faced no evidence impugning his amnesty during post office scandal investigations. He has been on leave without pay since last April.
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Washington
Christiancys
Payne
Christiancy
Post Office Department
Post Office
Christilancy
Cotton merchant Brown to corner coffee market
New York report after Saturday’s close claims W. P. Brown the New Orleans cotton merchant who last year successfully cornered the cotton market plans to enter and corner the coffee market.
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New York
W. P. Brown
New Orleans
Aeronaut Beals Killed In Descent At Garden Gate Park
San Francisco report says aviator William Beals died during a parachute descent when he fell 40 feet from the ground in Garden Gate park. Meanwhile Mat Hierney, 17, struck by an iron post while watching from a streetcar, was killed.
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San Francisco
Wm. Beals
Garden Gate Park
Mat Hierney
Supreme court rules belief in witchcraft not proof of insanity
In Indianapolis the supreme court reversed a judgment declaring Joseph Wall’s will invalid. The court found lack of evidence and noted beliefs in witchcraft do not prove insanity. Witnesses described Wall wandering the farm for treasure with a ball on a string as a guide.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court
Joseph Wall
Wait
Hadley
Blackstone
Sir Matthew Hale
Indiana Grand Lodge bars Knights of Pythias street fairs
The Indiana Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias voted to prohibit subordinate lodges and units from owning conducting or participating in street fairs or carnivals. They also urged Supreme Judge to recognize Rathbone Sisters as an auxiliary order.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Rathbune Sisters
Dudley Case Ouster Plea Heard In Indiana Supreme Court
Oral arguments were presented in Indianapolis as Sullivan County coroner seeks removal of Sheriff John S. Dudley over alleged failure to guard a jailed Black prisoner. Dudley’s lawyers contended the sheriff's office is constitutional and legislature lacks power to remove without a judicial hearing.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sullivan County
John S. Dudley
James C.lard
Supreme Court
Dudley
Indiana German Lutheran conference denounces public schools
The Indiana German Lutheran conference held in Laporte on October 9 denounced public schools as teaching that no religion is necessary. It declared infidelity rampant in free schools and named parochial schools as the only proper option for schooling.
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Laporte
Ind
Indiana German Lutheran Conference
Crow Invasion Strikes Sunman Community Cornfields
In Sunman Indiana and nearby areas crowds of crows swarm over two days, raid cornfields and strip ears from stalks, alarming residents in Ripley county.
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Diltishbere
Ind
Sunman
Ripley County
German American Democrats Endorse Tammany Ticket in Kings
The Kings county German American democracy committee met Sunday and formally endorsed the entire Tammany city ticket along with all Democratic county and borough nominations. The endorsement aligns the group with the Tammany machine ahead of upcoming elections.
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Tammany Ticket
New York
The
German-American Democracy
Kings County
Tammany City
Democratic County
Boroug
Boston Leads in Proportion of Young Widows
A Boston investigator hired by Prof. Friedrich Vrinzing of Paris reports Boston has more young widows per capita than Buffalo Cincinnati Cleveland Chicago and other large American cities based on local observations and research.
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Boston
Friedrich Vrinzing
Paris
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Clevejars
Chicago
America
Indiana Progressive Brethren elect officers for year
Fiora Indiana October conference of the Progressive Brethren elected Rev J W Bench as gospel moderator Rev P M Fisaeer from Mexico as vice president Mrs F B Yoder of South Bend as secretary and John M Hulbert of Fièra as treasurer for the ensuing year.
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Fiora
Ind
Indiana
The
Progressive Brethren Earch
W. Bench
P. M. Fisaéer
Mexico
F. B. Yoder
South Bend
John M. Hulbert
Fiera
Interurban Street Car Collision In Muncie
A head on crash on a curve in western Muncie between a Union traction interurban car and a street car left motorman Charles Smith and one passenger seriously but not fatally hurt. Slippery tracks hindered braking.
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Muncie
Ind
Unio
Charles Smith
Adm. Kempf Goes On Retired List
Adm. Louis Kempf was placed on the retired list of the United States Navy on Sunday. He previously commanded the American Asiatic Squadron during the Chinese Boxer troubles.
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Adm
Kempff
San Francisco
Louis Kempf
United States
Navy Sunday
Kempf
Belgian Crown Claim Stir Resurrected in Birth Notice
Brussels reports a son born to Princess Wilzabeth wife of Prince Albert of Belgium. The count of Flanders had months ago backed a claim to the Belgian throne in the infant’s favor, reviving royal succession speculation.
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Brussels
Get
Wilzabeth
Albert
Belgium
Flanders
Moorland Fire Near Ested Kills Four in Boervely
Nine thousand acres of peat moorland near Ested are burning with deep ground heat causing subsidence in Boervely. Several houses collapsed and four people are dead. Troops have been dispatched to fight the blaze.
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Ested
Budapest
Thourand
Boervely
Unclear Maritime Sighting Near Calais Reported
A fragmented London dispatch notes a man identified as S. F. Coals and a distant vessel off Calais, with the craft abandoned an attempt after a perilous voyage. The damaged text mentions a collapsible easterly and a mile-odd distance from shore.
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London
S. F. Coals
Calais
Man dies after accidental gunshot in St Joseph area
A man named Toothman was fatally wounded by a gunshot near St Joseph on Sunday. He claims accidental discharge, but doctors believe someone else fired the shot, which entered his back.
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St. Joseph. Me
Toothman
Topeka Club Endorses Gen Miles for President
The Topeka Democratic Flambeau club unanimously endorses Gen Miles for president and plans an organized effort to rally Kansas Democratic support for his nomination.
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Gen. Miles
Topeka
Kan
Démocratic Flambeau Club
Kansas
Miles
Memorial unveiled for Bismarck in Posen ceremony
In Posen Prussian Poland on October 12 a memorial to Bismarck was unveiled in the presence of Prince and Princess Herbert, plus Count Rantzau and Barons Rheinbaben Hammerstein. The event drew noted German officials and dignitaries.
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Posen
Prussian
Poland
Bismarck
Herbert
Count Rantzau
Baron von, Rheinbaben
Baron von Hammeratein
Prominent Attorney Ends His Life in Bedford
Bedford Indiana October 10 Hon E W Dre a leading Bedford attorney known for his tall legal practice died Friday morning at his home from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The death comes as a blow to the local bar and many in the community who respected him.
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Bedford, Ind
Hon. E. WN. Dre
Bedford
Secret Service Discovers Counterfeit Twenty Dollar Note
Washington October chief of the secret service announces the discovery of a new counterfeit twenty dollar note at the First National Bank.
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Washington
Wikis
The
Secret. Service
First National
Four Killed and Injured in Bilbao Demonstration Clash
Madrid report of a mass protest by 20,000 workers at Bilbao where demonstrators and clericals clashed. Four were killed and 29 injured, with a serious collision marking the event.
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Madrid
Bilboa
Kentucky Negro Shot at Anderson
Anderson Ind Oct 19. David Moman a 32 year old Negro of Cloverdale Ky was shot twice through the arms and lumps. He rests fairly well and surgeons think he will recover if no hemorrhages occur.
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Kentucky
Anderson
Ind
Althous
David Moman
Cloverdale
American Ship Reported in Formosa Wary Dispatch
An American ship bound for London via Formosa reportedly sent a dispatch through Lloyds on October 10 from An Ping Formosa harbor. The message details a potential Batoh 2 incident and ongoing tension in the region.
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London
A. Dispatch
Io Lloyds
An-Ping
Formosa
Bat
Mexican World Fair Commission Arrives in St Louis
Nuncio president of the Mexican World's Fair commission visits St Louis with J McDowell chief of horticultural department. Nuncio will stay here about a month.
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St. Louis
Albino Nuncia
J. McDowell
Horticultural Department
Nuncio
Evansville Business Association urges more housing
Evansville Indiana October 1 they discussed the house famine and asked real estate dealers to aid relief by building more houses in the city.
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Evansville
Ind
Ros Polytechnic Forfeit Ends Football Arrangements
Terre Haute Ind Oct 16 Ros Polytechnic athletics will pay a fine of 25 dollars instead of playing football with Wabash college. One member Negri allegedly caused the forfeit and many team members are reported unsettled by the decision.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ros Polytechnic ‘Athletics
Wabash College
Negri
Ara
Routhenner
Trolley plans in Indiana and Illinois face hasty formation
Disjointed OCR notes discuss trolley ventures from Wabash to Warsaw via Manchester and Indianapolis. Mentions a $50,000 capital and a tribal or cultural group origin, with scattered references to Traction and formation in Indiana and Georgia connections.
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Indianapolis
Cural Indians ‘Traction
Trrolley
Wabash
Warsaw
Manchester
and .W. Tale
Rose Polytechnic Declines To Play Wabash over Gordon
Crawfordsville Indiana Rose Polytechnic will not play the Wabash football team saying football is a social game and would not permit Gordon to participate. The dispute prompts possible cancellation unless a resolution is reached.
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Rose Polytechnic
Wabash
Crawfordsville
Ind
Odger Eller
H. L. Watson
Gordon
Dr. Kane
Wabag Lece
Seven-Year-Old Bean Files Divorce Suit in Evansville
Tameygmes Bean, 7, filed for divorce from his wife, 26, a widow of Evansville. Bean, of Ridgeway, Tennessee, is wealthy and his grown children are blamed for the suit. The case is bitterly contested and the wife will seek a share of the estate.
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Evansville
Ind
Tameygmes Bean
Bean
Ridgeway
Train brakeman killed in Terre Haute roundhouse accident
Jasper M. Ven Chive, a 23 year veteran of the Vandalia railroad as senger service, was killed instantly in a Terre Haute roundhouse when struck between an engine and the wall while boarding a train to St Louis. The incident occurred Wednesday near the roundhouse. Principal eyewitnesses reported the mishap as an on duty accident in the Vandalia's service.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Oct. S
Jasper M. Ven Chive
Assenger
Vandalia
Roundhawe
St. Louis
Boilermakers Reach Hourly Increase After Nine Hour Meeting
In Indianapolis Indiana a nine hour conference between the Big Four boilermakers and railroad representatives ended at 1 o clock Thursday morning. The workers will be paid 32 cents per hour, a two cent raise from before. They had sought 35 cents.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jeffersonville Police Chief Returns from Wichita Suit
Jeffersonville Indiana October 10 President Charles A Schimpf head of the Jeffersonville board of metropolitan police commissioners returned home after starting for Wichita Kansas to appear as a defendant in a suit over a vote for 1500 dollars. He says his name was fraudulently used as a surety.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Charles A. Schimpf
Indiana case ends child custody dispute after habeas corpus
In Atmiersor Indiana, after almost a week of litigation between former husband Thomas Greet and wife Lizzie Luther over custody of a child, Inde Ryan refuses to surrender the child to the mother Friday following a habeas corpus action.
Portland Doctor Worden Convicted in Michigan Murder
Dr Var num H Worden formerly of Portland Ind was convicted in Harrison Michigan of first degree murder and given a life sentence. He has prior sentences for bigamy and larceny and has been married nine times.
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Portland
Ind
Varnum H. Worden
This Ciy
Harrison, Mich
Army officer visits Jeffersonville depot for personnel inspection
Lieutenant Colonel John W. Pullman deputy quartermaster general arrived in Jeffersonville Indiana to fulfill an order to proceed to the depot at once and inspect its government personnel.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
John W. Pullman
Marion man fatally stabs sweetheart over marriage refusal
William Green fatally stabbed Miss Alin Walker on a street in Marion Indiana Friday night after she refused to marry him. Green was arrested and jailed as he attempted to leave the city.
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Marion
Ind
Wm. Green
Alin
Walker
Green Wee
Fetttery Girls Strike at Indiana Iron Works
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Fetttery Girls strike action at Manecie Indiana Iron Works. Warning signs or grins appear in the text with unclear details about dates and outcomes. Further readable items are needed for full summary.
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Manecie
Ind
Witsont Warning
Crawfordsville Amateur Tournament Hints At Outing
In Crawfordsville an amateur golf event on August 26 hints at a 26th annual approach. The record notes a high gun award and references A Thomas Was in the context of the meet.
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A. Thomas
Crawfordsville
Tae
Ann
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