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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
4
A weekly sermon argues fear of God is the start of wisdom and duty. Sin makes cowards, while good men govern themselves. It calls for steadfastness against temptation, notes that faith helps resist transgressions, and urges deeds over words as the path to nobler life.
A string of odd reports ranges from a Canton stevedore who walked away after a 30 foot fall to rattlesnake and scorpion noises. Notes mention old German papers, Nuremberg houses from 1080, harmonicas since 1560, and fob chains replacing ribbons. A giant glass disk can reveal a hair at 1000 feet. Regional demographics hint at more elderly women in states with balanced sex ratios. A Kalama man swallowed a bee and survived after a court case on alien arrest duties.
A compact reflection on human portraits as the most welcome and meaningful images on walls, honoring each man’s life as emblematic of all humanity.
A collage of odd facts spans languages in Russia’s czarist spire, matches from phosphorus, cabs and omnibuses in Paria, London fog sickness, marriage statistics, the Atlas moth, ships lost at sea in 1896, penny-meter copper weights, and plans for electric supply. It notes King Oscar’s vigor, London’s growing underground wire, pneumatic tubes, and wheat prices. Curious anecdotes include public nudity fines, color diamonds, a talking fish, and the rate of carrier pigeons under calm and windy air.
In mild weather give plants fresh air by lowering upper sashes to improve circulation of plant food. Water according to need, watch for drooping leaves, water in the morning, avoid overwatering, and syringe daily in clear weather while limiting watering on cloudy days.
Advice for spring farming stresses careful soil use and slow driving on damp ground. Emphasizes value of a good team, manure management, deep planting for potatoes, early peas with risk, and carrot, onion, and crop timing aligned to frost and warm spells. Warns against premature planting and highlights weighing livestock and goods for fair deals.
A note explains Pekin duck strain origins not new but an old foundation built from the purest Pekins and refined over years. The writer highlights history and ongoing improvements along key lines.
The text promotes Improved Pekins noting superior size rapid growth and early prolific laying. It contrasts with Peking birds that dress twelve to fourteen pounds per pair at ten weeks and lay 150 to 160 eggs per season, suggesting Improvement is needed if those benchmarks aren’t met.
J W Sanders argues that work and study drive farming success. He highlights dairy profitability, grain feeding value, soil fertility, phosphate use, and managing livestock with bedding and straw. He notes corn feeding boosts soil fertility and silage is valuable, referencing Farm and Home as the source.
The Lutheran Church Almanac from the General Council Publication Society is ready, 68 large pages with illustrations and clerical registers. Special edition lists ministers by locality, postpaid, 25 cents single copy. 2 copies 46 cents. $2.25 per dozen. Stamps accepted. address Hunker & Co. New Market Shenandoah County Virginia.
Church minute printing and other printed items advertised by HENKEL & Co at New Market Virginia solicit orders for church minutes and miscellaneous printing work.
The tale centers on Conrad Jonassen whose boyhood nestling stork inspired a message linked to his later rescue from pirates. After years of slavery in Africa the stork returned, carrying a note tied to its leg, leading to his ultimate homecoming and wealth. The stork then became the town emblem.
William Winter denounces Iris in New York as immoral and without ethical purpose. He argues such plays profit only from sensationalism and seduce taste, likening their effect to bad water that corrupts the mind and morals.
A spoof from Punch outlines a Pedestrians Protection League with proposed rules to govern foot passengers. It details conspicuous identification, restricted sidewalk crossings, danger signals, fines, and penalties for both pedestrians and drivers, including compensation in fatal cases and seizure of animals involved in collisions.
Henkel & Co invites shoppers to New Market Virginia to view a selection of books and papers not easily found elsewhere. They advertise a range of Bibles Testament dictionaries and picture books with prices from fractions of a dollar to a few dollars. They also offer Webster's International Unabridged Dictionary latest edition bound in sheep for sale.
A New York jeweler showcases a gravity clock with a glass case and an entirely exposed mechanism. Forty one weighted balls lift and drop on a grain-elevator style belt to drive a central wheel, with precise timing and a hidden perpetual-motion element.
The article notes England now emphasizes eye tests for mercantile mariners to ensure public safety. It cites 1896 figures: 5,051 form vision tested with 34 failures and 3,017 color vision tested with 51 failures. It lists officers failing in color and form vision and appeals outcomes from 1894–96.
The Dictorial Review offers pattern designs illustrations and reading matter for women garment making. The Home Needlework Magazine quarterly at 50 cents and a special subscription deal combines both publications for one year at 1.75 or 1.95 for the trio.
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