The East Side Ghetto Still Unchanged Yet Changing
A longtime observer surveys New York City’s East Side Jewish quarter, noting its enduring ghetto character amid gradual modernizations. He contrasts persistent Orthodox life with younger generations seeking opportunities uptown, cites improved safety from jostling laws, and reports rising youth drunkenness and ongoing street commerce and labor markets.
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East River
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Ireland
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Hester
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Lesson Review on Deliverance and Disobedience
The text outlines a Sept 28 teaching plan from Nehemiah and Acts passages, tracing Moses deliverance, Pharaoh’s downfall, Red Sea flight, and the giving of the law. It highlights prophetic themes, the Passover, bread from heaven, and the golden calf apostasy, with eight to twelve lessons divided into four episodes and concrete class activities.
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Moses
Christ
Miriam
Horeb
Red Sea
Pharaoh
Egypt
God
Jesson
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Ad
An old advertisement notes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething softens gums reduces inflammation allays pain and cures wind colic priced at 25 cents a bottle. The snippet also includes a remark about men being misquoted.
Pimples on Face and Arms Offer Cure by Cuticura
A 1913 reader from Dayton Ohio recounts severe pimples and itching on face neck arms and back. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the itching stopped quickly and the skin cleared, with a note offering a free Skin Book. The ad also includes a humorous dinner anecdote about a lantern gift.
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Howard St. Dayton
Ohio
Marguerite BH. Jacobs
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Summer Promise Carved In Birch
A man on vacation carves his lover’s name on a birch tree and asks her to wait for him until next summer. She agrees and says she will carve her initials beside his as a sign of enduring love.
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Henry
Trading with the Devil: Caution in Bargains
Quoted exchange hints at conditions behind deals and the caution urged in bargaining. A proverbially wary stance underscores the warning against ill conceived terms and temptations in commerce.
Grape Nut marketing claims for health in old age
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal aging nutrition, noting high digestibility from barley enzymes and wheat phosphates. It cites a Iowa user for eight years of well being, plus customers praising Postum pairing and improved regularity, memory, and focus with daily use.
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Iowa
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Miver
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