Covenant Promises and Abram Faith Tested
A study of Genesis 15 5 18 and Hebrews 10 Until the sign seeking and sacrifice God confirms his covenant with Abram The lesson highlights faith trust in God's word and the sign of inheritance The passage links to future deliverance from Egypt and the sealing fire and torch symbolizing God's presence and promise
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Abram
Childles
God
Sarah
Jehmael
Christ
Jesus
Satan
Egypt
When You Are Lonesome Gift of Friendship Theme
A poem pretty reflection on universal loneliness across all people. It urges giving and reaching out to others as a source of mutual gain, noting even those who seem content feel lonesome at times. The piece cites Miriam Fletcher in the Detroit News as the provider of the sentiment.
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Mia Eaeppontela
Scott's
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Miriam Fletcher
The
Detroit News
Janet McKenzie Hill
Boston Cooking School Magazine
Unexpected Gift Bible Sparks Change in Wandering Son
A shabby youth bids a large print Bible at auction and wins it for twenty five cents. He carries it home, recalling his widowed mother who longs for a large print Bible. Her prayers and memory verses sustain her as she hopes for his return and a life free from drink, while the Bible’s presence begins to alter his craving for liquor.
Christmas Eve Salvation Through a Bible and Ten Dollars
A Pittsburgh Christian Advocate account describes a youth distraught by a saloon on Christmas Eve who, after buying dinner items, finds solace in Scripture. He prays for forgiveness, feels reborn, and discovers a ten dollar bill hidden in a Bible he gifts to his mother along with new stockings. The ten dollars stem from an athletic club sale where a benevolent old man had placed it for the association’s use.
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Jesus
Pilate
Matthew
J. Christ
Algo
Pittsburg Christian Advocate
Batter Cakes and Fritters from Farm and Home
A guide to economical batter cakes and fritters with a soapstone griddle option and grease tips. Recipes cover plain and egg batter cakes, caramel sauce, rice cake additions, bread cakes, and cornmeal varieties with stepwise ingredient lists and frying instructions.
May Consult Woman Physician Ends in Berlin
The regulation forcing woman postal workers in Berlin to obtain a special order before seeing a doctor of their own sex has been countermanded. A woman doctor, Frau Dr. Rosenbaum-Phillips, is now officially appointed to assist all female postal workers in Berlin. She has also been appointed in Hamburg, as Austrian outlets campaign for a similar concession for civil servants in Austria-Hungary.
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Berlin
Imperial Post Office
Wom Nn
Rosenbaum-Phillips
Hamburg
Osterreichische Frauen-Rundschau
Women
Remark by Jackson on Was Wounded in War Council
The Southern bivouac attributes a sharp remark to Stonewall Jackson about Major Was wounded. It recalls a Civil War council where Was injury prevented a duty. Jackson quips that if true it was likely an accidental discharge of his duty.
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Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Christian Register
Woman's Quick Wit Saves Man in Railway Crisis
Allen Falls of Haddonfield New Jersey, a contractor's driver, nears death when a train bears down on him on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Josephine Furmanik, a quick thinker, snatches a red coat from her rack and runs onto the tracks to flag the approaching train, averting a likely fatality.
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Allen Falls
Haddonfield
N. J
Josephine Furmanik
Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
London Fog Castles in the Air Debate
An American comments that English prose is practical while noting the air could be used as building material. The exchange contrasts English restraint with American bluntness about constructing with air.
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London
Wanted Young Women to Train as Nurses in Chicago
Advert says sought after young women in 1835 to train as nurses at Chicago's largest private hospital. Early instruction at West Side Hospital, 1844 Harrison Street, with catalogue inquiries accepted for enrollment.
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Chicago
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Ofice
Wormhoudt
Geelhoed
Sellers
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
W. F. Crew
J. J. Sybenga
Leighton, Iowa
Keables M. D
Musis Sacrum
E. T. Warren
Wormhoudt’s
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Pella
Iowa
Gen. J. Thomassen
Park
S. G. Vander Zyl
the Chronicle Office
Aes
Castoria
California
Colorado
el Paso
Eale
Salt Lake City
Western Pacific
Feather River Canyon
Ogden
Southern Pacific
New Mexico
Golden State Limited
J. M. Cox
Hal. S. Ray
Moines
Janet’ McKenzie Hill
Jaques Mfg. Co
Addreas
E.M. Wallace
Smith & Barnes Piano Co
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