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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
7
A collage of jokes and quips from humor pages. lines about gender and flirtation, money, and social mores. Cartoonish banter touches on suffragists, gambling, poetry, and domestic life with classic newspaper wit. Includes parodic exchanges among teachers, bartenders, and barbers.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various periodicals. It features a plagiarism remark about a famous author and a boastful remark about Jack London, a tale of Taylor the mate and a pearl swallowing operation, and a humorous fish story with a British cruiser and an American skipper.
A Corinth spring 58 A D Sunday School lesson urges Christians to owe nothing and to live by love, fulfilling the law. It argues abstinence from intoxicants protects neighbors and warns salvation nears with the day of the Lord. It calls readers to clothe themselves with Christ.
In a Philadelphia Record snippet Aunt Helen tells Kate’s mother not to thank her for every small favor. Kate bursts into tears, proclaiming her mother has no ideas in her head, in a childlike tantrum over arranged flowers.
The article urges forming kindness as a daily habit to counter selfishness in business and leisure. It argues consistent acts of service build character, noting poverty and suffering in the city and praising committed Christian or altruistic service to convert intentions into practical help.
R A Torrey quotes Moody describing two spiritual milestones born of the Spirit and later filled with the Spirit. He recalls being born again between ages fifteen and seventeen and then filled with the Spirit sixteen years later, affirming God’s work for all and Pentecost empowering the church for service.
The Christian who feels no interest in fallen men soon fails himself. Hold fast that which is good and then get some more of the same kind. Getting out of bed backward isn't half as unlucky as getting off a moving car that way. The pocket which contains a bad man's pistol is utilized by a gentleman for a notebook. The Bible is so plain that every body understands it but a fool. Some men are bachelors because they think marriage is a figure. It is a mean man who after sticking his head out of the coach window wants to sue the railroad company for getting a cinder in his eye. The rich hustle to get richer or to get away from where they are. The poor hustle just as much to keep from getting poorer.
A fragment quotes Rev. Frank Crane on tuning and harmony. It notes that exact pitch confines one to a single key and only by slight adjustments can one coexist peacefully.
Rev. E. L. Powell calls the worldly man a person who yields to sense and temptation, described as a victim of his own desires in a sermon quoted or summarized from his views.
Quotation asserts God cannot be boxed by definitions as any framing implies limitation. Reverend Geo Thomas Dowling argues that defining the divine would confine the infinite. The passage contends that God’s vastness surpasses human constraints.
Reverend Orville A. Petty argues that honest doubters deserve compassionate aid just as today and that the Master’s concern for Doubter Thomas extends to all who seek faith.
An adverturial fragment touts Dr Mitchells Eye Salve as a cure for sunburnt eyelids with overnight results. The product is pitched as widely available at 25 cents or via mail order from Hall & Rucket in New York City.
Advertises Hancock's sulfur ointment and compound for eczema burns and sores with testimonials from Officer John T. Carroll of Baltimore. Mentions related products and other remedies for skin and health, including Tetterine, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, and Capudine, with pricing and purchase tips.
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