Esperanto in Christian Endeavor circles spreads a common language
The Nebraska Christian Endeavor movement adopted Esperanto as a bridge language to promote universal peace and brotherhood. They highlight its use in catalogs, lectures, and a 1932 New Testament edition, with world congresses and messages from Helen Keller and clergy across Europe and America.
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Poland
Llroyd
University of Liverpool
Europe
Brazil
United States
United States Bureau of Standards
Samenhof
America
L. E. Catlin
Crozer Theological Seminary
Christian Endeavor
Helen Keller
Holland
England
Switzerland
Bohemia
Hungary
Nebraska
Siberia
Russia
Norway
Germany
Christian Conference
Antwerp
City
Nebraska Christian Endeavor Union
Zemenhof
Jesus of Nazareth
Kingdom of Heaven
Chimneys through the ages in Pompeii to Glastonbury origins
Ancient texts hint at a late antique knowledge of chimneys with a Venetian 1347 earthquake record. Early Rome used porch fires for hospitality while slaves carried heat through rooms. A pre seventeenth century Dorset lake-bed discovery reveals ancient wood, bones, flints, and oak stakes suggesting a much older human shelter that predates Glastonbury.
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
Italy
Seneca
Gillingham
Dorset
England
Grammar School
Glastonbury
Is My Son Familiar With the Class ics
A confused father asks about his son’s familiarity with the class ics while a stray misquote remarks on the case. The text shows garbled wording and incomplete dialogue with no clear events or entities.
Striped White Rats Linked to Penitentiary Breeding
In New York Herald style, a convicts’ breeding of white rats striped brown at a local penitentiary by Newton Trusty yields a litter of striped rats. Trusty, jailed for murder with an eight life sentence, paroled and used earnings to buy a farm in his native county.
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Newton Trusty
New York Herald
Long Years of Faithful Work in Yorkshire Miner’s Record
Eight decades of service for John Inman a Yorkshire coal miner still at work at Denby Grange coll iery. Note from the column highlights his eighty years of faithful labor and ongoing employment in the industry.
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Yorkshire
England
John Inman
Denby Grange
Libbys Ready-to-Serve Foods touts supreme quality
The ad extols Libbys Ready-to-Serve Foods offering numerous dishes from relish to roast and condense the quality as superior. It notes sterilized glass or tin containers and claims no higher cost than ordinary kinds.
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Libby
The Proper Course Airship Chauffeur Test
A girl considers a romance with a young man who would be her airship chauffeur. She vows to first judge his skill. The piece questions a powder trust and suggests action to pursue it.
Canton Mayor Referenced in Titanic Officer Statement
Poor Father Turnbull recalls a statement by a Titanic officer described as a black eye for the Titanic administration. He compares it to a Canton mother’s question to her child about kindness to a nurse and the child's blunt reply about affection.
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Turnbull
Canton
Tommy
Papa
They Must Make Ananias Jealous
Dialogue snippets show social chatter about attending a dinner, praising a baby, singing without a cold, and a tidy husband. A line hints at plans to spend the next summer abroad, reflecting domestic and social topics.
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Ananias
Postum Proves Safer Than Coffee for Dyspepsia
A farmer testifies that ten years of coffee caused severe stomach trouble and weight loss. After replacing coffee with Postum he reports full recovery, normal appetite, and weight gain, with no medicines since starting Postum. The tale emphasizes coffee’s ill effects and Postum as a healthful alternative.
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Postum
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Belgium
Beng Elleyv
Mnicker
Chicago
FT. Wayne
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