Travel Letter from G W Shockley Dead Sea Journey
G W Shockley recounts a March trip to the Dead Sea and Jericho, detailing seawater mineral content, buoyancy, and lack of life, plus notes on Masada, Moab and Ammon mountains, hot springs, and Herodian sites. He reflects on baptismal sites at Madadet Hashi, biblical crossings, and Pilgrims customs along the Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dead Sea
Jordan
Jericho
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Lot
Sodom
Gomorrah
Ammon
Moab
Pisgah
Mt. Nebo
Moses
Promised Land
Herod
Machaerus
John the Baptist
Tiberias
John
Golden Palace
Damascus
Herodias
Jesus
Lisanig Jebel es-Subbeh
Jordan Banks
Mahadet Hashi
el Maghtas
Reflections on Palestine and the fading charm of youth
The piece contrasts aging travelers with a journey through Palestine. It recalls a writer’s old view of the Holy Land where life is harsh yet flowers bloom as symbols of renewed hope. It notes poverty, illiteracy, and hardship among natives, especially children, amid ruins and harsh landscapes.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Christ Triumphs and Trials Across a Holy Week
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham discusses Jesus triumphal entry and the crowd’s mixed reaction, the disciples’ limited understanding, and the prophetic links to Zechariah. It notes nature praising God, the Lord’s Supper replacing Passover, and the insistence on true stewardship amid worldly wealth and reform.
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God
Jesus
Snowden
Moab
Mount Zion
Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus
George Bliss
Olivet News Items From Ailing Residents To Holiday Events
Flu cases spread through the Olivet community with Charles Zylstra Fred and Charlene De Cook and W. T. Tandy among the affected. Henry Van Roekel lost several fine fat steers recently. Elbert Van Mannen did census work last week. Children enjoy holiday vacation. Virginia Puckett visited the Lemaster Sea man home in Olivet. Charles and Charl Mexico of Missouri visit Tandy home. R. V. Clark returned from two weeks in Rose Hill. James Landfier family injured in Christmas morning sled accident. three broken ribs for Mrs Landfier. Dr Ayers attended. all doing fairly well. W. T. Tandy spent Christmas with his mother in Oskaloosa. Kreeling and Zylstra families hosted gatherings. Olivet Sunday School held a program and pie social to raise coal funds. Paul Koopman visited Herman Weyers. Arie Hol sustained head scrapes after slipping on a dark night through the yard fence.
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Masada
Jonathan the Maccabean
Herod the Great
Jerusalem
Titus
Eleazar
Silva
George Adam Smith
Palestine
Dead Sea
Flavius Silva
Herod
Alamo
Thermopylae
Light Brigade
Charles Zylstra
Fred
Charlene de Cook
W. T. Tandy
Henry van Roekel
Elbert van Mannen
James Landfier
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H. Rider Haggard
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Cairo
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Mount of Olives
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Zion
Lowell
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League of Nations
Virginia Puckett
Oskaloosa
Lester Seaman
R. D. Robertson
Lawrence Robertson
Sam Sedrel
Olivet
Mrs. Charl
Mexico
Missouri
Tandy
R. V. Clark
Walter
Rose Hill
My. Tandy
Wm. Kreeling
Chas. Zylstra
Walter Clark
Paul Koopman
Herman Weyers
Arie
John Botoff
Killduff
Jake van ‘Hall
Lynnville
Chronicle Office
Hicks Almanac
Pella
Pella, Iowa
H.C. Payne
Broadway
W. C. VerPloeg
Ames Graduate Veterinarian
Farmer's Produce Building
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler
Main Street
Dr. C. I. Fox
Main and
Liberty Streets
J. Sybengasician
Puritan ‘Drug Store
J. M. Cook Dentis
Bell Clothing
H. O. Wormhoudt
Jaarsma Bakery
T. G. Fultz
F. F. Carpenter
Jaarsma’s Bakery
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