A Crusader With Convictions Leads Winchester Church
The Reverend Robert B. Nelson, new rector of Christ Church Winchester, described as a brave, steady man, delivered a Sunday sermon condemning modern dancing and gambling while praising traditional, wholesome recreations. He cites wartime service and college athletics as examples of character and commitment. The Winchester Star notes his strong stance against what he views as moral decline and his call for reverence for womanhood and old-fashioned dances.
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University of Virginia
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of Winchester
Nelson
Bob” Nelson
Bob" Nelson
Christ Church
Winchester
Vvoruc
America
United States
Waltees
Winchester Star
Martial Astronomy Eclipse Plan Becomes Parade Ground Folly
A German infantry colonel told his sergeants there would be a sun eclipse the next day. The unit would assemble in undress as the colonel would explain the eclipse. If cloudy, the eclipse would be held in the drill shed.
Start of the Mountain Ride Ends in Laughter
A party from a mountain boarding house set out on a long drive in a crowded wagon. A tall awkward rider named Jameson insistently walked the hills while others urged him to rejoin. After a long ascent, a companion teased Jameson to get back in, drawing hearty laughter from all.
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Jameson
Child asks why sky does not bend when God stands up
A young lad, maybe five or six, muses on Biblical phrasing. He asks his father why the sky does not bend when God stands up, echoing prophetic utterance. The remark contrasts conscious and unconscious impery in simple childhood speech.
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Papa
Fragments on Self Conversation and World View
A quirky old remark features a man defending talking to himself to hear a sensible man. Another line reflects on two things that trouble him: how the world existed before him and how it will move on after.
Knew the Hand Story Confuses Forgery Clues
A fragment from Harper’s tale sketches a boy with a natural bent toward forgery. He finds a dead fly and a pale paper device, observing its forms and comparing his penmanship to a curious insect like writing, alarming his mother with a cheeky demonstration.
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Harper's
Tsstar
Strange Discovery and the Eye Trouble Joke
An English author recalls a middle aged man who believed one eye was failing from reading small print at night. The oculist notes the man has never seen with his right eye since birth, stressing the need to preserve the left eye’s sight. The anecdote ends with the doctor’s dry remark on his unique vision.
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Offered by Hall's Remedy
An advertisement explains catarrhal deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining causing rumbling and hearing loss. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine can cure via blood action on mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case, with circulars free from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Cainer
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Difficult Point Duelist Duferlin Confesses Geometry Woes
Difficult Point, Monsieur Duferlin of Paris, is chosen as a second in a duel for the first time. On the field his unease grows as his fellow-second asks if he understands his task. He replies he knows all but one thing, how to place each combatant at equal distance from the father, admitting a long lapse since he studied geometry.
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Monsieur Duferlin
Paris
Duferlin
Dean's Ointment Bites Piles Headline Claim
Itching breeding protruding or blind piles have yielded to Dean's Ointment. Go at all drug stores.
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Dean
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the Model Bakery
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Hurwitz Creamery Company
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P. O. Dunaway
EAGLE
Eagle Pencil Company
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SLA
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Thane Eran
Wentholatum
Parsons
Fred Ashby
McKinney
Thedford’s
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Lewis A. Crouett
Inca Mater
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Mas
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J. Hodges
W Va
Norfolk & Wester Ry
Eave Shepherdstown
Bristol
Broiler Parlor Carto Bristol
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Columbus
Cincinnati
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Trans Connect
Hagerstown
Shemin
Lassie
Willamsng
Vasant Winston-Islem
Roaneke
Hagerstows
Hacusburg
Philadelphia
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Shenandoah
Liferstown
Penlet
Bevill, WC
Saunders
Traff. Miner
Henandoah
Awa Teal
Fletcher
Castoria
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