David and Goliath Sunday School Lesson 1908
A 1908 Sunday School study outlines David's victory over Goliath from 1 Samuel 17 highlighting the Philistine camp near the Elah valley the role of providence and faith. It notes David's weapon choices the sling and stones and Saul's initial armor and concludes with the famous strike that felled Goliath and affirmed God’s deliverance.
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David
Goliath
Beecher
Ussher
Mediterranean
Palestine
Hephes-dammim
Elah
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Saul
Jesse
God
Dagon
Baal
Astarte
Israel
Paria
Prof
W.H. Green
Inferno in British Columbia: Fernie and seven towns wiped out
Fires in the Crow's Nest district devastate British Columbia towns Fernie Coal Creek Hosmer Michel Olson Sparwood Cranbrook with at least 100 dead and 6,000 homeless. Rail bridges and rolling stock burn, area of 100 square miles engulfed, refugees face starvation as winds drive the holocaust.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fernie
Coal Creek
Hosmer
Michel
B. C
Crow’s Nest
Kootenay
British Columbia
Olson
Sparwood
Cranbrook
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Crow’s Nest Pass
Canada
San Francisco
Elk River Valley
Elk River
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Fikes Wood
Saved at the Crisis Kidney Pills Claim Life Saved
Mrs. Herman Smith of 901 Broad Street Athens Georgia credits Dean's Kidney Pills with saving her life during kidney disease and dropsy after doctors failed to help. She reports dramatic relief and urges purchases from dealers at 50 cents a box via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. A separate joke about a book keeper ends the fragment.
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Herman Smith
Broad Street
Athens
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Cure for Eczema Brings Hopeful Child to Full Healings
Mrs Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green, England recounts her son Owen suffering from severe eczema from infancy. After repeated hospital discharges as hopeless, a six month trial of Cuticura remedies led to a complete cure, she reports in a 1907 testimonial.
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Owen
Lily Hedge
Camblewell Green
England
No Fuel Saving Commentary Reflects Heat Witty Exchange
A Washington Star quip contrasts a self centered man with a remark about pavement hot enough to fry an egg. The brief exchange highlights a humorous take on heat and personal concern in daily life.
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Washington Star
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proclaimed Safe Remedy
Lena V Henry of Norristown Ga credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from surgery for female troubles. She praises the cure and urges others to try the remedy. The ad extols the product as a thirty year standard treatment for female ills and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
Norristown
Lydia Pinkham
Farmer's son rushes to doctor after 14 roastin ears supper
In Stone county Missouri a farmer's boy asks Dr T J McCord to hurry to his dying father. The doctor asks what ails him and what he ate. The boy says 14 roastin ears. The doctor tells him to return with oats and that he will be there in about 30 minutes.
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Stone County
Missouri
T. J. McCord
Gatena
Daily Thought and Patented Remedies Charm Readers
A compact ad and quote feature notes Fenelon on peace and patience in life. It promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething relief and Allen's Foot-Hase for foot pain. The piece mentions price points and widespread sales, ending with a caution about bluffing.
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Fenelon
One of the Essentials of a happy home health products
One of the essentials of today’s homes is a wide knowledge of health and right living. The text promotes a known product, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a genuine ethical remedy approved by physicians and sold by California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Dodds
T Guar
Carters
Pacific Coast Borax Co
New York
Parker
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Corn Belt Land & Loan Company
Des Moines
Thompson
Drake University
Iowa
Defiance
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