Wise reading habits and religious texts for daily life
The piece urges selecting solid reading across nature history science and philosophy, praises religious works from the Bible Bunyan Kempis and others, and offers practical methods: read slowly in a quiet place, study prefaces, know authors, mark passages, and log insights for ongoing growth. It cites Beveridge Colton Mann and Colton on purposeful, daily reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquirer
Baptist Publication Society of Philadelphia
Pastors’ Alliance
Beveridge
Bunyan
Thomas A. Kempis
Phelp
Drummond
Gordon
Christ
Pellmell
Lytton
Colton
Horace Mann
The Knock out Blow and Dr Pierce Medical Claims
The article promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal cure for stomach and digestion issues and catarrh. It asserts a key vulnerability in boxing is the stomach and urges reading a booklet endorsing its ingredients. Free literature and the Medical Adviser are offered by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett
Angnoramus
Pierce
Sage
RV. Pierce
Affaio
Dr. Pierce
Joseph Sold By His Brothers
An adult class lesson recounts Joseph's favored status, his brothers' envy, and the plot against him. It details the brothers' decision to cast him into a pit and later sell him for twenty pieces of silver, setting the stage for his future rise in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben
Joseph
Gilead
Judah
Judas
Egypt
Wise Ways to Read Wise Books April 21 1907
The Young People Topic urges careful reading habits choosing wise books, wise men, and public addresses as sources. It warns against overindulgence in sensational newspapers and “yellow” papers, advising skim reading to capture essential daily events and ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weare
Notice of Will Filing in Marion County District Court
There is an instrument in writing purporting to be a testament on file in the Clerk of the District Court of Howa in Marion County. The notice indicates believed execution and probate action, with interested parties urged to respond or appear per applicable court procedures.
St Joseph man wins Cecil Rhodes Oxford scholarship
John W. Custer of St. Joseph Missouri has been awarded a Cecil Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University. He will sail for England in September to study three years with an annual $1500 stipend. Custer, 21, is a William Jewell College leader and former high school valedictorian who led the class night play titled Custer's Dream. The selection was made in St Louis by a committee including Missouri State University president and notable church leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Custer
St. Joseph
Pella
Rocky Ford
Col
Cecil Bhndes
Oxford
England
Custer
Jesse
Missouri State University
Columbia
Chaplin
Washington University
St. Louis
Black
Missouri Valley College
Tuttle
Episcopal Church
Glennan
Catholic Church
R. H. Jordan
William Jewell College
Liberty
Harvey Cement Company Plans Arising In Harvey
Kansas City and Des Moines men led by W E Merlin and F E Weir discuss forming a Harvey headquarters cement company with 1 2 million preferred and 1 2 million common stock. They secured options on 1200 acres south and southeast of town, testing the tract with Diamond Core drill to guide purchases. Additional investors and New York lime deposits visitors signal growing regional cement and sand industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Des Moines
W. E. Merlin
F. E. Weir
K. C
Harvey
Town
York Bros. of
Hamilton
New York
Bussey Press
Orphans Home Fundraiser Reported In Kansas City
A miss Simpson and Mrs Baker visited Kansas City recently soliciting money for Joseph's Orphans Home. The fundraiser was described as fraudulent and some contributors have not sent in their donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Simpson
Nervines and Nervine Claims for Nerve Strength
An old advertisement extols Dr. Miles Nervine as a remedy for weak nervous energy. It argues nerve depletion causes digestion, circulation, and filtration problems, urging restoration of nerve force and listing years of use as proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles’ Nervine
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Peniei
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Rachel
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Hebron
Esau
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Zilpah
Shechem
Taat
Rev
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Newton
Iowa
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la Salle Station
Chicago
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Agent Rock Island Lines
Oneida
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Nea
Harding Pub
Galumbus
Ohio
Pantatorium
Incorporate
Goodyear
John Kelly
Brewer & Browneller Shoe Co
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Dr. King
Ase
Neal van Lissel
M. Weyerse
Clarence A. Landreth
College Pantatorium
John Hollebrands
R. C. Fleisher
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