The Child and the Kingdom Lesson Text
Christmas as a child friendly holy day invites reflection on Jesus as a child, our example, responsibility and opportunity. The sermon notes Jesus as the savior born of Mary, the need for childlike humility, care to avoid causing little ones to stumble, and how parents bring children to Christ through teaching and example.
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Bethlehem
Manger
Jesus
Mary
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
London Moves to Protect Children in Event of War
The article outlines Frank Pick as the chief organizer for wartime evacuation in London. It explains his role coordinating rail and road transport with Lord Ashfield to move half the population, prioritizing children and hospital patients, and notes the planned first day evacuation and ambulance logistics amid a shortage of road ambulances.
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London
Fleet Street
Frank Pick
Pick
Bane
London Passenger ~ Transport Board
Lord Ashfield
Henry Stanley
Detroit
Detroit United Railways
Public Service Railways of
New
Jer- Live
Stamps Query Baffles Henderson Farmer
Carl Pittman, Henderson Texas amateur stamp collector, asked a farmer about ancient stamps at a remote hillside farmhouse. The farmer, puzzled, asked “Stamps? What’s them?” Pittman explained stamps are engraved paper from post offices, but the farmer remained unfamiliar.
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Henderson
Texas
Carl Pittman
Pittman
Lunch Basket Stolen Reveals Safe Deposit Contents
Bellevue Ohio police learned that Sam Spayd the blacksmith who walked daily to his shop for 50 years had his lunch basket stolen. The container actually held his account books securities and 300 dollars in cash, hidden near the smithy’s anvil.
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Bellevue
Ohio
Sam Spayd
Spayd
Pi Kappa Phi Mice Gulp Prompt Disciplinary Action
In Champaign Illinois Pi Kappa Phi pledges drew discipline after John Poppelreiter gulped five live white mice in a stunt that horrified university officials. The disciplinary committee suspended fraternity privileges for the semester and asked the house president to resign. University President A C Willard called the act disgusting and revolting.
Night Fishing Bobber Lights Up When Bite Occurs
Patent holder William S. Goertzen of Newton Kansas has devised a fishing bobber with a flashlight powered by the fish bite. The switch sits at the hook end and the light activates when the fish strikes, signaling the fisherman to reel in.
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Washington
William 5. Goertzen
Newton
Kan
Goertzen
Contempt Fine Sparks Quick Witty Exchange
In a courtroom, a judge fines a young attorney ten dollars for contempt. The man replies he has ten dollars in his vest pocket and suggests checking his left pocket for the remaining thirty days of the sentence. The exchange ends with the judge's sharp remark.
Woman in Europe Misreads Tip Greeting to Waiter
An American woman recounts spending last summer abroad and attempting to say thank you to a waiter. She started with a German phrase and misfired with French and station words, only to be interrupted by the waiter who complimented her effort and said, Madame, you're doing swell.
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Europe
Same Result Dialogue Between Mr Hardup and Mrs Hardup
A humorous exchange shows Mr Hardup asking to cut expenses while Mrs Hardup retorts the same goal could be achieved if he earned more. The witty banter frames a domestic budget debate with emphasis on frugality and income.
An Angel Two Negroes Discover Marriages After Years
The Atlanta Constitution quotes a humorous exchange where two men named Mose and Rastus share that during five years apart they each married. One boasts his wife is “an angel” while the other laments his wife is still living.
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Mose
Rastus
Rastius
Atlanta Constitution
Bread and Butter Slices Stir Boarders and Landlady
A landlady serves platefuls of extremely thin bread and butter to her hungry boarders. They ask if she cut them, and she replies sternly that she did. The exchange ends with the diners reacting to the sparse meal.
Needle Hunt Amid Haystack Confusion
Nothing Else Little Jeannie observes farm workers spread a hay stack raised for a task but then dismantle it, perplexing her. She gently asks if they are searching for a needle, hinting at a possible hidden object or mischief.
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Jeannie
Practical union joked by bride and groom at reception
The happy man tells the minister they are really married. The practical bride adds that from a practical view they should order dinner for two, balancing romance with pragmatism in a light exchange.
Ancient exchange on spirits and corn craft
Elder Barebones notes a shift away from trafficing with spirits and praises preserved fish. The speaker asserts a conversion to light and that the nighted heathen now learn to make their own from Indian corn.
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Barebones
The Quick and the Dead Joke Illustrated
A quip explains the difference between the quick and the dead. The quick are those who move aside in time, the dead are those who do not.
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Little Nellie
Close Enough Teacher and the Teen King Query
A confused student asks which king ruled France during the revolution. The teacher debates Louis the Thirteenth, Fifteenth, and Fourteenth before noting the monarch was in his teens.
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France
Louis the Thirteenth
Third German U-Boat Offensive Reported Launched
A sprawling digest reports the third German U boat offensive against Britain, diplomatic notes on Japan and Russia, Britain’s air losses, and Allied war aims. It notes Mussolini warning Russia about communist interference and Finnish relief efforts, while noting U S actions to halt aviation material sales and trials of film firms. It covers floods in the Philippines, naval activity, and domestic California developments from weather to tax plans.
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Great Britain
Germany
Rudyard Kipling
Sussex
England
Luxembourg
Finland
Yarigtze
Nanking
League of Nations
Russia
Mussolini
Italy
Danube
Soviet
Phillippines
United States
Washington
State Department
Republican Conference
NLRB
Salt Lake
Edward M. Rail
Seattle
Heywood Broun
American Newspaper Guild
New York
Pacific Northwest
Pie Preference Dilemma Sparks Friendly Debate
A witty exchange between a waiter and a diner highlights a dispute over pie identity. The diner asks if the pie is peach or apple, then admits taste cannot reveal the answer, playfully prompting a light moment in the dining room.
Mass Introduction Voice Exchange
A brief phone exchange records a cordial morning greeting between participants identified as Smith, Smith and Smith, and Oliver. The dialogue shows a routine introductory greeting without further action or context.
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Mass
Smith
Smith and Smith
Oliver
Not Hubby The Garbage Man Front Door Note
A brief domestic scene describes a garbage man at the back door with a household reply from a Mrs Newlywed stating that they do not need any assistance. The exchange captures a small moment of everyday life.
Cool Summer Joke Mr. Jones
The exchange features a light pun about the Ice Age ending as ice melts. Oliver delivers the punchline that the era ended when the ice melted, framing a brief humorous dialogue.
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Mr. Jones
Oliver
Taft Office Opens Through Weather Disruptions
Thirteen people were injured in traffic accidents due to heavy fog on Monday evening and Tuesday morning. Areas of Taft school district were proposed for transfer to the Maricopa district in a petition filed with the county superintendent. Miss Gretchen Knief, Kern county librarian, seeks to address the American Library association meeting in Chicago.
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Los Angeles
United States Forestry
Greenhorn
Edison
Delano
Jasmine
Richgrove
Wasco
Stanley Abel
Kern County Land Company
County Board of Supervisors
California
Kern County
Joe Smith
Taftaiwanians
Maricopa
Bakersfield
Kern General Hospital
Copa District
Gretchen Knief
American Library Association
Chicago
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Strom’s
Tanna
Cafe Neuman
Orth
HAROLD’ S_ SUNDOUIST
D. D
Ear Bible Institute
Western Fern Newspaper Union
Pture
Dna
Internationa Council of Religious/ Educated
the Child and
Oldtimer
Navy
Congress
PWA
Division of Industrial Welfare
Republican Party
Central Valley
Culbert Olson
Fair Board
Olson
San Francisco
Army
Pacific Coast
Redding
Shatter, California
Pers Labs
Weill’s
Cottage Hotel
Olidaycreeting
Cme
Peace
Jack
Harvey Gdede
Jack Janzen
Pacific
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