Michigan’s Centennial Birthday and the Toledo War
The piece traces Michigan’s two claimed birth dates November 1, 1835 and January 26, 1837, explains the Toledo war over Lake Erie land, and credits Lewis Cass with pivotal roles in Michigan’s path to statehood and national service. It notes Cass’s early career, governorship, Senate tenure, diplomacy, and death in 1866.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Michigan
United States Post Office Department
Wolverine
United States
Tary
Porter
Stevens Thomson Mason
Kentucky
Toledo
Congress
Lake Erie
Ohio
Mason
Lake Erie Strip
Robert Lucas
Andrew Jackson
Illinois
Indiana
Brown
Territorial
Thomas Benton
Missouri
Senate
Union
Upper Peninsula
Lake Superior
Arkansas
Lewis Cass
Old Northwest
Cass
Jackson
France
Webster - Ashburton
Canada
Maine
England
United States Senate
Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
Buchanan
Charleston Harbor
Lincoln
Detroit
Two Miracles of Mercy Lesson and Sermon Notes
The lesson centers on John 5 2 9 6 8 15 showing Jesus as Lord of mercy meeting human need. It urges readers to trust God not resources and to follow Christ for more than bread. It highlights impotent humanity despair faith and God's empowering word Rise and walk. It contrasts worldly motives with true discipleship and emphasizes Christ as the bread of life.
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God
Jesus Christ
Bethesda
Napoleon
Jesus
Christ
Essence of Prayer Focuses on God Over Desires
The essence of prayer is described as a pursuit of God rather than a request list for personal needs, emphasizing the soul's turning toward the divine presence and relationship.
Discourtesy as Sin and Grace in Christian Courtesy
A short quotation discusses discourtesy not only causing suffering but sin, and presents Christian courtesy as a means of grace for all who receive it, attributed to R. W. Dale.
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Michigan
Ohio
Lucas
Toledo
R. W. Dale
The Day's Work Philosophy Quote Card
A compact quote card reflecting on daily effort and living well. It emphasizes seizing each day as a new life and urges haste in purposeful living. The text credits Seneca as the source of the idea.
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Seneca
Grieving for Wasted Time
Quote on regret by Dante about knowing most and grieving wasted time. Reflects universal feeling of sorrow for opportunities lost and the human awareness of time slipping away.
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Dante
First Hot Air Balloon Flight and Early Lift Gas
The text notes Joseph Montgolfier first built a hot air balloon in Paris 1783 with animals on board, followed by a manned ascent by Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d Arlandes. It mentions hydrogen lifting gas making hot air balloons obsolete. Also advertises Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets as a sugar coated laxative for children.
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Joseph Montgolfier
Paris
Pilatre de Rozier
Marquis d’Arlandes
A Happy World It Is a Happy World After All
A cheerful note by Bailey echoes global delight as earth and air teem with delightful existence, praising nature’s abundance and human optimism.
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Bailey
Alkalize Acid Indigestion Away Fast
People everywhere adopt this method to alleviate indigestion quickly. The text quotes a saying about idleness and rest, noting occupation as key to a calm mind.
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Cooper
Three Days Cough Signal Warns of Danger
An old ad warns that a three day cough signals trouble and promotes Creomulsion to soothe inflamed membranes. It claims the medicine aids nature, loosens loosened mucus, and promises refund if not satisfied.
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George III of
John Mitchell
London
America
Mitchell
Old North‘west
Lake Michigan
Northwest Territory
Wisconsin
Lower Peninsula
Miami Bay
William Hull
Hull
George Bryan Porter
Litia
Perrysburg
Lake “Erie
Ohio Adjutant’ General
Lucas County
Jackson Intervenes
Commonwealth of Michigan
Sisterhood of States
New Hampshire
Fort Hamilton
Zanesville
Ohio Volunteers
Harrison
the Thames
Tecumseh
Territory
Indian Affairs
Cass Cliff Memorial
Mackinac Island
Jone School
Harold L. Lundquist
Das
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Phillips
Sacnessa
G. Brauer Supply Company
Cardus
Screntori
C. M
Pine
Louis, Mo
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