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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
6
A tract titled Rahab of Jericho from the Highway and Byway preacher outlines the biblical account in Joshua chapter 2. It emphasizes Rahab aiding Israelite spies and the fall of Jericho within the Canaanite conquest narrative.
Sermonette discusses Rahab as a model of faith moving from awakening belief to active works and enduring trust. It recounts her aid to the spies, protection of her family, and eventual rise from outcast to ancestor of David and Jesus, highlighting mercy and divine planning.
Rahab the harlot of Jericho hides the Hebrew spies by a scarlet thread in her window and leads her family to safety. Her decision marks a turn from old beliefs to the God of Israel, transforming her home into a shelter for deliverance amid the city’s peril.
The article discusses teaching birds with kindness, arguing against starvation or mistreatment. It notes training origins possibly military, and emphasizes gentle voice and calm handling. It advises starting with simple lessons and building trust, especially for timid or new birds.
Rear-book figures show Baptists and Congregationalists tied at 2210 members each while Methodists report 1 810 gains and Presbyterians 2 percent. The note adds 5500 native Christians joined in Japan last year and asserts followers of love rarely break laws.
London Oren Air notes five openair preaching pits attracting crowds with good results as other churches consider mounting similar pulpit setups on their buildings. The piece hints at the secret to calm engagement and public appeal in outreach efforts.
A new game titled Hot Pot gains buzz for winter with a square box on the floor and six foot seating, red versus blue cards, players aiming to flick cards into the pot. The team that lands more cards wins a seven game set, and the fluttering cards create lively tension.
A fragmented verse piece discusses waking early with joy and betting on late outcomes, mentioning Go and bed and a mysterious tail. It references Bt. Nicholas and a proverb about a man of evil stock attempting to do right, implying ancestral judgment.
A fragment from the Herald Post hints at a dramatic remarriage after a divorce for cruelty and neglect. The text notes an old rival flirting with the ex-husband, signaling gossip and personal intrigue in the community.
A cousin from the county defies fashion mandates, stating independence in dress despite local authority. The Chicago Daily News notes she dresses with feathered style and refuses to conform.
A brief description from the People's Home Journal outlines a string trick. Wind a string around the thumb, drop one end between finger and thumb, form a loop, and pretend to pass the other end through the loop. Quick hand movements create the illusion of threading the string through the loop for audience astonishment.
A fragmentary verse passage attributed to the Houston Post questions generosity after death. It reflects on charity, material aid, and the dangers of praising a man only when he is gone. The text contrasts giving in youth with the limits of wealth and a wish to provide for every boy.
A descriptive sketch of Klondike mining camps noting water scarcity, high living costs in Dawson, and the quiet provident nature of miners. It contrasts old timers called sour doughs with new arrivals cheechakes, details daily diet, pay, and cabin life, and cherishes letters from home read by firelight.
A column urges husbands to confide business affairs to wives arguing women gauge character better and can spot deception quickly. It cites cases where a wife’s warning helped avoid risky partnerships and advises meeting a prospective partner at home or during a casual visit.
A New York banker visiting his parents spends months recovering from fever. He dismisses his doctor for fresh air and, after a bill arrives, chews on the hitching post in front of the old homestead, joking his mother with the line that the doctor will now arrive by automobile.
The New York Herald notes the country doctor is rapidly the source of eight extinct species in metaphorical terms while city doctors stand by. Men encountered at meetings dress and speak like urban clinicians and the newspapers meet city standards. Surgical experiences and clinics are said to astonish some who doubt rural work.
A Massachusetts girl challenges her mother's claim that brothers are superior. The mother laments the boys’ garden work while asserting you can teach a cat, dog, or pig more easily than a hen. The girl retorts that she believes siblings know as much as readers.
A Russian immigrant arrives in the United States and fears a revolutionary mob at the Giants game. His former neighbor guides him to safety as he learns voters are mobbing at the stadium.
A group of four instructors guiding children in Central Park New York observations. One man warns the group that acorns lie only under specific trees the oak, hickory and chestnut. The scene shows practical outdoor science instruction.
A short meditation on friendship and obligation urging mutual aid to revive crops and preserve ties. The emphasis is on shared responsibility and the moral duty to support neighbors through hardship.
The Corriere della Sera describes Prof. Hiatelli’s lab at San Giuliano near Pisa where a vacuum pump pulls radium emanation from spring water. Gas is liquefied and purified through caustic soda, pumice and liquid air, revealing radium by green zinc sulphide fluorescence and visible light in darkness.
A new sleeping car concept would place berths under the floor during the day, with chairs forming a parlor-like space and beds rising on demand. The system includes dustproof screens for constant air flow, all-night ventilation, and quicker berth making with no charge for unused upper berths.
Scientist De Alfred Gradéenwitz argues in Technical World Magazine that life can be artificially produced and indistinguishable from natural life, detailing experiments that blur the line between lab creations and genuine life forms. The article asserts the possibility of counterfeit life forms and discusses implications.
Stephenson’s old Invicta locomotive, used for seventy years on the Canterbury to Whitstable line, was formally unveiled in Canterbury by Sir David Salomons who presented the railway relic to the town council.
The article explains how high quality blue prints can be produced using carbon copies on thin paper with two sheets of carbon paper. It notes that both coated sides must be adjacent to the printing sheet.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes a curious inventor with recent patent activity and a tangle of money loans tied to a rich uncle. It mentions nine car couplings five fence posts and six neat locks along with two rotary engines and one horn. The piece implies tension over funds after a rich uncle’s anticipated death.
A New York firm buys condemned warships for as much as 10.6. ships reduced to junk can cost up to 20,000 more to dispose. The usual method is burning with holds kept smoldering for weeks. Boilers and engines largely useless for other purposes.
The discussion notes that most rooted water plants extract minerals from the water, with pondweed tophyllum cited as reducing fish viability by using salts in the water for nourishment. This suggests such vegetation can unfit a lake for fish life by depriving others of minerals.
Attention is drawn to the practice of evaporating gold or silver solutions in porcelain basins where a notable amount of metal is lost. In chloride of gold manufacture, the porcelain basins are ground up to reclaim some of the deficiency.
Mr McGinnis returns from a tiring day to loud yard noises from his family and neighbor. A remark about going to Fez and a judge’s line about a loving heart leads to a tense moment, illustrating a suburban dispute.
A centile observer describes a hummingbird pursuing a big bumblebee through white blossoms. The bee escapes as the bird darts and loops, their rapid movements outpacing the observer's eye. The lively scene ends with the bird alighting on a branch. Vanderbilt rises in New York boards, earning praise for wartime leadership in the Twelfth regiment.
Miss Emma Cole of Tullahoma Tennessee narrates how Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life and relieved pain and irregularities, urging others to seek similar relief. The letter highlights personal testimony from a mother about medical remedies.
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