Young Men’s Christian Associations Iowa Results 1903 County Work
Summary of 1903 Iowa YMCA results shows four associations organized and multiple conferences. Major subscriptions include 1,600 for Foreign Work, plus endowment drives and building funds in Clinton Muscatine Osmcatoa Osxatoosa and others. Notable projects: Roosevelt dedicating Osxatoosa building, Buxton mineral association, and dormitories at Orrumwa with Boy’s Secretary.
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Iowa National Guard
Lake Geneva
Independence
Osxatoosa
Roosevelt
State College Amms
Clinton
Muscatine
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth Sermon Overview
A 1904 Sunday School article outlines Jesus teaching in Nazareth after Galilean ministry. It notes the synagogue setting, Jesus reading Isaiah 61,1 2a, declaring fulfillment, audience disbelief, and the ensuing challenge to accept his message. The piece highlights early gospel events and the shift from Nazareth to broader ministry.
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Jesus
Nazareth
Stevens and Burtons
John Baptist
Jesus Christ
Temple
Nicodemus
Samaria
Galilee
Old
Joseph
Christ
Nazareth Rejection Turns Salvation Into Condemnation
In the ministry of Elijah and Elisha, the sermon targeted Gentiles provokes Jewish wrath. They attempt to kill Jesus in Nazareth but he escapes unharmed and proceeds to Capernaum. The teaching’s grace is lost, showing rejection of truth leads to damnation and warning to heed Christ’s message without turning it into condemnation.
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Elijah
Elisha
Capernaum
Jesus
Christ
Choosing the Captain in Japanese Whale Boat Tradition
The article describes an ancient method of selecting a captain used by Japanese fishermen in Hawaii. After a launching ceremony, owners enter the boat and a friendly bout to throw others overboard ensues. The last man standing is proclaimed captain amid applause and celebration.
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Hawaii
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted as best for pains
Wonderful Nerve is displayed by many a man enduring pains from cuts bruises burns and sore feet. Bucklen's Arnica Salve will kill the pain and cure the trouble. It's the best salve on earth for piles too. At Henry M. Langerak, druggist.
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Bucklen
Henry M. Langerak
Prison Industry in Minnesota Twine Plant
Minnesota’s Stillwater penitentiary operates a twine plant employing about half of its prisoners. The plant will produce 7,000,000 pounds of twine this year, all pre sold to farmer clubs. The twine is sold to farmers at two cents per pound below market price set by the trust.
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Prison Industey
Minnesota
Stillwater Penitentiary
Trade in China Yangtze River A Major U S Trade Route
A consular report highlights the Yangtze river trade as central to China’s economy. It shows Britain accounting for 61.2 percent of business, Germany 17.6 percent, Japan 10 percent, and the United States 1.6 percent.
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China
Yangtze River
United States
Westminster Duke’s plate collection and household staff
The duke of Westminster owns the finest plate in the United Kingdom. His grace’s household operates on royal principles with a supervisor earning about 4000 dollars yearly and a number of servants assigned to care for the plate.
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Duke of Westminster
United Kingdom
Power from Alpine Waters
Italy earns rising revenue from travelers and expanding manufacture. Alpine and Apennine waters fuel cheap power via electrical plants, rivaling coal supplies in Belgium, Germany, England, and the United States.
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Italy
Alps
Apennines
Belgium
Germany
England
United States
Time Table Teases Belated Traveler at Chicago Station
A gateman admonishes a late traveler saying the delay was avoidable if he studied the timetable. The traveler retorts with a sharp quip about misreading the time as a phonograph cue. The train had already departed as T attempted to translate the schedule.
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Chicago Daily News
States with no outstanding debts after July first
Ohio has paid the last of its debts on July 1, leaving six states with no outstanding obligations: Illinois Iowa Nebraska New Jersey West Virginia and Ohio. Debts in Delaware Kansas Michigan Nevada South Dakota and Wyoming are only nominal.
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Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
New Jersey
West Virginia
Delaware
Kansas
Michigan
Nevada
South Dakota
Wyoming
Neighborly Press Edits Prompt A Writer’s Habit
A fragmented exchange shows a neighbor and an editor discussing writing habits. The editor claims years of experience and hints at stubborn practice while the writer questions the approach. The snippet reflects a behind the scenes moment in journalism.
Longing for a childhood shortcake toast
A nostalgic piece centers on yearning for a simple, Aunt Esther style shortcake. The speaker blends memories of youth with a vivid craving for a thick, golden crust dessert. The poem circles culinary comfort as a proxy for lost time and inspiration to cook.
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Aunt Esther
Heroes of the Engine Room
A transatlantic line manager presents engine room heroes with the tale of engineers who risk their lives to save ships. One man crawled inside a hot boiler amid leaky tubes, restored damaged sections, and endured asbestos heat while others fixed crucial systems in mid ocean. Another repaired a leaking valve and half- burned foot, enduring months of recovery. A chief engineer aboard Umbria spent two days in a shaft tunnel under threat to fit a steel collar, then slept only two hours before finishing the work.
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Mid Ocean
Umbria
Tomlinson
Tomnson
New York Harbor
N. Y. Sun
Courageous Engineers Save Ship From Fatal Breakage
A ship’s crew and engineers face peril at sea as Tomlinson crawls into a tunnel to repair a failing shaft and a second engineer frees a stuck safety valve, averting a catastrophic explosion. Stories of improvised repairs, relentless labor, and daily dangers highlight the seamanship and grit of maritime work.
Idaho Irrigation Canal to Reclaim 75000 Acres
A new irrigation project will reclaim seventy five thousand acres of arid Idaho land. A large canal from the Snake River above Blackfoot in Bingham county will run 58 miles southwest to near American Falls in Blaine county, delivering water to the fertile valley. The canal will be 86 feet wide at the top and 60 feet at the bottom, with capacity for six feet of water. It will irrigate 75000 acres and water ten thousand acres of school land under state contracts. The Snake River watershed exceeds 10000 square miles and diversions will be managed to maximize water availability at peak needs.
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Idaho
Snake River
Blackfoot
Bingham County
American Falls
Blaine County
Maho
Doctor’s Miracle Remedy Offered by South Bend Physician
Dr J A Lomas of South Bend Indiana claims years of study produced a cure all remedy for rheumatism neuralgia kidney stomach liver bowel catarrh throat lungs and nervous and skin diseases and offers to send the remedy free by mail upon request to Dept 25 South Bend Indiana stating the ailment and address for cure by return mail with payment only if required by the doctor.
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J. A. Lomas
South Bend
Ind
Dept
Czarina Cents and Commissioned Mother in Juvenile Court
The czarina of Russia has reached thirty one. Cleveland mayor’s daughter Miss Bessie Johnson is appointed as an official mother in the juvenile court at her own request. A New York woman earns living dusting bric a brac in private residences. Mrs Ogden Goelet rejects ostentation and contrasts extravagant spending with prudent household management in a witty exchange about a rich friend.
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Russia
Bessie Johnson
Johnson
Cleveland
New York
Ogden Goelet
Things Worth Knowing in Brief
A digest of science and weather notes reports refrigerator eggs are as wholesome as fresh for cooking. Point Reyes California is the windiest U S locale per weather anemometers. Gov labs breed nitrogen bacteria to enrich soils by spreading into atmosphere over each acre. a microbe package sized one and a half inches will fertilize an acre. Hamburg showcases items from gala lith and milk stone including casein products used for tops, combs, handles and games. they are non igniting and odorless compared with celluloid.
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Pacific Ocean
Point Reyes
Cal
United States
Weather Bureau
Hamburg
What a Girl Should Learn List From Old Text
A historical excerpt outlines virtues for women including sewing, mending, neat dressing, secrecy, self-reliance, industriousness, respecting elders, housekeeping, child care, reading, exercise, and avoiding gossip and trashy literature. It emphasizes domestic duties, moral conduct, and personal well being as foundational lessons.
Portrait of President Loubet by a Chicago Observer
A Chicago man visiting London during the French president’s stay offers a brisk verbal portrait. He describes M. Loubet as abrupt in appearance with a leathered face and steel eyes, noting the distinguished visitor’s striking demeanor in the British capital.
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Loubet
Chicago
London
M. Loubet
Unclear fragment on sickroom odor remedies
Fragmentary text describes odors and substances like ground coffee roasted on hot iron, sugar burned on coals, vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor, mentioning alck or alack in a sickroom context. The readable portion hints at a historical remedy or ritual for cleansing an illness environment.
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