The Higher Life and Faith Across Parables and Notes
A collection of religious reflections and quotes from Presbyterian and Congregational authors. Topics include belief in God, the mind and immortality, faith as a life discipline, moral courage, and quotes from Rev. D Overton Rev. C H Patton Rev. A Codm Rev. Johan W. Methodist ministers and a brief product note for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Overton
Christ
Rev
Chas
Patton
Abraham
Simon Bara
Jesus
Peter
Wichs
Marcus Aurelius
Walter Parks
Episcopal
Fleas of Calcutta and other oddities from Answers
Green fires infest Calcutta at year’s end as insects swarm kitchens and lamps. Descriptions cover gas light outages, candles, and fearsome swarms during autumn and winter. Included are accounts of rogue youth stunts in Cincinnati and Joliet and a note on Japanese festival hats used as pledges for later redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Cincinnati
Earth Bor
Richmond
Chicago
Joliet
Japan
First Firean Invention of gunpowder and early weapons
The excerpt discusses the debated origins of gunpowder around 1320 and notes immediate post invention experimentation with firearms. It then cites a Washington Times quote criticizing safety devices in flying machines and a remark about a parachute resembling an umbrella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berthaldus
Michael Schwartz
Gostar
Germany
Sirius Barker
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised by Maine Resident
A. P. F. Mardy of East Malton, Maine, testifies after fifteen years to Arnica Salve's success curing sores boils ulcers and burns. The product remains available at E. T. Whitehead & Company drug store for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
A. P F. Mardy
East Malton
Maine
E. T. Whitehead & Company
Words of Faith and Moral Resolve for Daily Life
A collage of religious quotes and reflections from ministers on courage faith love and duty. It urges active Christian witness and communal salvation while weaving in brief modern notes and a brief ad for DeWitt's Little Early Risers and a note on tea as a germicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Christ
Don
Shelton
Frank Crane
Willin
Rev
H. Tupper
Golgotha
St. Paul
Augustine
Bernard
Wyckliffe
St. Francis
Wesley
Edwards
Edw
Niles
Premium Free Art Gallery De Luxe With Christian Herald Subscriptions
The Christian Herald offers new and renewing subscribers a free six painting Art Gallery De Luxe, reproduced in fourteen colors totaling 1000 square inches. The magazine promises high literary and artistic quality with 52 issues yearly and 1200 pages with 1000 illustrations. Subscriptions are $1.50 yearly, with free weekly delivery from order date to January 1, 1910, if sent by December 10, 1908 to 444 Bible House New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Herald
Art Gallery de Luke
Bible
Sunday School Temptations and Daily Life Reflections
A collection of brief anecdotes on Sunday school attendance and religious upbringing. A Raleigh preacher recalls children asking about their future church membership and parents urging participation. Other snippets discuss Christmas trees, a drunken caddy tale, a bemused butler, and a caution about the motor omnibus as a social servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Travis
Rye
Mr. Travis
Parker
Washington Star
How is Your Digestion
Mrs. Mary Dowling of San Francisco testifies to Electric Bitters curing stomach and liver troubles and aiding female weakness. The tonic purifies blood and invigorates the system, offered at 50 cents by E. T. Whitehead & Company drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dowling
8Th Ave
San Francisco
E.T. Whitehead & Company
Golden Sayings And Harvest Rhythms From The Constitution
A then-quoted mix of moral maxims from Jeremy Taylor and George Macdonald, plus Mary Lyon on duty, self help notes on Kodol digestion, and verses about harvest and seasonal labor, attributed to the Atlanta Constitution. The item blends quotations with an ad for Kodol, ending with a regional newspaper flavor.
Seven Years of Proof for Dr King's New Discovery
Seven years of proof claim the medicine cures coughs and lung diseases. World evidence extends thirty eight years noting relief for coughs and colds lagrippe bronchitis and early consumption. Mentions a guarantee on sale at E T Whitehead & Company with trial bottle free. Also notes the world’s longest pendulum at St Clair Shrewsbury England and Lenox water shortage mocked as deplorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
W. V. Henry
Panama
E. T. Whitehead & Company
St. Clair’s
Shrewsbury
England
Mind Your Business Health Ad for Dr King’s Pills
A compact 1920s style drug promotion urges readers to avoid biliousness malaria and jaundice by taking Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad notes a 25 cent price and lists E T White as the seller in a plain promotional tone.
Land Sale Notice for 365 Acre Pope Tract in Halifax NC
Public auction to sell a 365 acre tract in Conoconnara Township Halifax County known as the Fannie Pope land. The sale follows a 1907 Superior Court decree in A L Pope et al Ex Parte and will occur December 21 1908 at the Halifax Court House door for cash to the highest bidder. Commissioners Joan H Kerr and A Paul Errema oversee the process. survey/plot available at A Paul Kitchin's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Halifax County
A. L. Pope
Clare Pope
Court House
Halifax
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Johan W. Methodist
David
Tsaian
Daniel
Edw. Anderson
Art
Teliset
Cod
God
H. P
Presbyterian
Carnegie
Inter-Ocean
DeWitt
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Troma
Mr. Woodruff
Washington Times
Gans
Lewis Reed
Rev. W. Hillis
Reyo
Chas, Smith
Unitarian
Chas, Aked
Baptist
Lfe
J. Black
Congregational
Rochester Herald
DeWitt’s
Boston
Dr. Tyree
Raleigh
Papa
Fall River Globe
Kennedy
Golden Sayings
Jeremy Taylor
George Macdonald
Mary Lyon
BR. T, Whitehead & Co
Atlanta Constitution
Lenox
Brooklyn Enterprise
Palmyra
Roanoke River
J. Davis Reed
Claude Kitchin
J. P. Futrell
Reed Gun Club
J. E. Lewis
Presiden
Es South
KY HY
Couper Marble Works
Savage Seeds
N. R. Savage & Son
N.B. JoseyCo
Undertakers
N. B. Josey Company
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Chara
E. Frank
Clark
Tarboro
S. R. Alley
Main St
Lewis Building
N.C
BE. T. Whitehead Co
F.b.mertz
Hubson
Main Street
Norfolk
Chas. Miller's
Quarrier and Manufacturer
Petersburg
J. Y. Savage
Scotland Neck North Cs
Sheilds and Hancock
James Davis
B. and
E. W
J. P. Ware
H. Josey
North Carolina Lumber Co
M. Hoffman & Bro
W.h.gramm
Scotland Neck
North Carolina
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