What is truth in a world of counterfeit virtue
Pilate asks what truth is as the essay warns against trusting counterfeit virtues. Genuine virtue must align with the example of Jesus, whose life embodies true righteousness. The piece urges recognizing internal authenticity over external display and stresses the inner voice affirming true virtue.
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Pilate
John xviii
Lincoln
Emerson
Esus
Nazareth
God
Jesus
Caus
Iaw
Chou
Advertisers Boost Expressiveness In China Papers
A look at Chinese newspapers reveals exuberant advertising language filling pages. Personal pleas, missing person notices, and quack remedies blend with public notices, portraying social life, family tensions, and fading hope amid bustling ad columns.
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China
Chinees
Chen Ling
Rascal
Huai Po
Shanghai
America
Father and Son Attend Queen's College China in Silly Dialogue
An odd scene from Queen's College in China shows fathers and sons attending together. A boy is absent after his father thrashes him following a joke about the master. The exchange includes a playful dialogue about indigestion and a hereditary quirk discussed by the pupils.
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Sehnel
China
Queen's College
May
Jim
Early Weeds Control Advice for Farmers
The article counsels timely weed destruction as soon as sprouts appear to cripple growth. It warns against letting weeds seed, noting they become hard to eradicate in years ahead. It suggests using young weeds as green ploughing material only with seeds prevented.
Cutting Seed Potatoes and Planting Time Effects
Experiments over years show cut seed potatoes yield better and larger tubers than uncut pieces. One piece per planting space often yields more than two or four pieces with similar seed weight. Immediate planting after cutting increases yield by about six bushels per acre. London based Farmers and Stockbreeder reports these findings.
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London
England
Indigestion in Cows and Dietary Treatment
Indigestion in cows mostly stems from diet errors or overfeeding and is managed by diet and environment changes plus stimulants after a saline purge. Chronic cases show depraved appetite, poor coat, irregular rumination, and possible tympany or weight loss. Treatments include ginger, bicarbonate, Epsom salts, and tonics. salt should be available for unthrifty ruminants.
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Pateley Bridge
Dressed Poultry at Canadian Winter Fair Top Canvased
The prize poultry shown by Woodrow & Sons of Beaconsfield Ontario featured heavily meated white turkeys. Finishing diets used oats barley and skim milk with occasional hot roasted corn. birds starved forty eight hours before killing to ensure flesh color and price.
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Messrs. Woodrow & Sons
Beaconsfield
Ont
Woodrow
Remarkable Parrot Commander Thoughtful Bird Sells in New York
A New York bird store lists Commander the parrot for sale at around a thousand dollars. The trained six year old African parrot displays independent thinking, can imitate a telephone and hold imaginary conversations, and blames Dick the canary for misdeeds. Training from chicks to mature birds spans four to six years, with schooling from alphabet to word meanings.
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New York
Annie
Commander
Africa
Early and Uniform Moult in Fowls Affects Winter Egg Laying
An agricultural note from West Virginia summarizes a 1902 experiment on moult timing in Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns. Fasting then heavy feeding caused early moult, feathering, and resumed laying, with Reds quicker than Leghorns. results varied by breed and showed winter laying potential under proper housing and diet. The piece also includes a humorous village anecdote about a church collection ending at 19 shillings 6 pence.
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Ode Island
Rhoda Island
Rhode Island
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Largest tiger shot in India by Mrs Donnett in Chanda jungle
Mrs Donnett wife of a British officer in Northern India shot a ten foot eight inch tiger in the Chanda jungle after her beaters drove game toward an open space. She described the moment as she fired a blind shot and the monster lay nearby as the group celebrated.
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Mrs. Donnett
India
Timmins
Russia builds modern port city in far east Dalny described
The Illustrated London News reports M de Witte financed and constructed a 100000Population city at Talienwan Bay as a free port and terminus for a vast Asiatic railway. It features jetties dry docks electric lights trams and gardens with a winter ice free harbor aiding continuous trade. Russia expects foreign merchants to populate the town.
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Russia
Illustrated London News
Far East
M. de Witte
Dalny
Talien-wan
de Witte
Moscow
Yalienwan
Newchwang
Death of Horace Greeley Cited as Broken Heart Tragedy
Senator Depew recalled Greeley's deathbed in a Senate eulogy for Amos Cummins. He described Greeley collapsing in sobs after a harsh campaign and caricatures, saying the brain that did great work broke and he died in an asylum from a broken heart.
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Depew
Horace Greeley
Amos Cummings
New York
Senate
Mr. Greeley
Tts
Nast
Greeley
Sam
Widow Lady Cavagnari In Hamp ton Court Palace Re Sign
Lady Cavagnari prepares to re sign Hamp ton Court Palace apartments once used by the late Queen in 1880. She is widow of Sir Louis Cavagnari who was murdered on September 3, 1879, while British Resident amid clash with Ameer et Cabyl rebel troops.
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Cavagnari
Hampton Court Palace
Louis Cavagniari
Ameer Et Cabyl
Lessona
Aia
Consciousnega
New York Times
Yaas
Lippincott’s
Spoonamore
Ise Gatlinghorn
Jon Abo
Chicago Tribune
London
Brussels
Chicago News
Mr. Erskine
New York Tribune
Farmer Sorghum
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Prices and Jests From a Drowsy Era
A collage of brief quips and jokes from a 19th or early 20th century humor column. The items feature puns about holidays, doctors, judges, and common social scenes, with short, tongue in cheek exchanges and light moral taps. The pieces showcase regional humor and shared references of the period.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Credited In Canada Town
In Housey’s Rapids Ontario March 16 a local report touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney troubles. Geo. C. Chalker claims relief from back pain heavy eyes and fatigue after six boxes restoring strength and ability to work.
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Housey’s Rapids
Ont
Canada
Dodd
Llousey's Rapids
Geo. CO
Chalker
Dodds
Chief Rabbi Critiques Jewish Stereotypes at Hampstead
At Hampstead synagogue the Chief Rabbi denounces Street's essay The Paradox of the Jew. He condemns gentile framing and quotes passages about the poor Jew fasting or eating meat, the rich Jew as shamed, and calls out laxity and flaccidity in Judaism while urging fidelity to heritage.
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Hampstead
London Star
Savoy
Auction Reveals Humbert Jewels Fetch Nearly £38,900 in London
The Humbert family jewels sold in London realize £38,879 led by a six row pearl necklace of 424 Orient pearls with emeralds and brilliants, once described as the finest in the auction room. Other notable lots included a pearl rope, bouton pearl earrings, and emerald suites with high prices.
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Amous Mme. Humbert
Sev
Lon In
Por
London
Orient
Robinson
Arbit
Drayson
Harris
Crichton
Aea
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