Shepherd Boy Chosen King Lesson Card
The lesson outlines Samuel mourning Saul then being guided to anoint David as king. It emphasizes obedience, courage, and relying on the Lord for direction and power. David’s selection over Eliab highlights God judging the heart, not outward appearance. The Spirit’s coming marks David’s anointing and future role.
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Knowing When and the Value of Foregoing Advantage
The quotation notes that beyond recognizing opportunities, wisdom lies in knowing when to pass up an advantage. It emphasizes restraint and timing as key life skills.
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Indulgence and Aging Reflections by Goethe
A reflective note quotes Goethe on indulgence, aging, and self‑awareness. It asserts growth with time brings gentleness and notes no fault unshared by the author. The remark blends humility with acceptance.
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Our Life Passes In Deliberation Quote
Brief note quotes Quesnel on life being spent in thought and judgment, followed by death arising from such deliberation.
Mad Sam and the Madness of Each Other
A Springfield settler recalls Sam Field known as Mad Sam, a once prosperous merchant with a shared self theory. Sam’s eroding mind and devotion to his sister unfold amid an epidemic winter before both men die, one in an electric chair fear and the other in a cottage embrace.
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Black Art and Magic Across Civilizations
The text defines black art as exorcism and necromancy aimed at expelling spirits or influencing outcomes. It links magic to using supernatural powers or departed spirits to produce effects. It notes belief in magic as an early human trait and contrasts it with science, which rejects black art and related magic.
Prominent Feller Tale Told at Dinner Party
Mrs. Barton French recalls Lord Dunraven's Paris tale about Jay Gould during a sea side winter in Monte Carlo. Gould, shown many apartment signs reading Lover, finally asks about the owner and calls him a pretty prominent feller.
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Housewife praises Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry
A housewife smiles at a basket of clear white clothes and thanks Red Cross Ball Blue in a dated advertisement sample.
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Economical Dessert Debate Sparks Kitchen Plan
A short exchange shows a wife declaring she will make dessert herself using an economical pudding recipe from a cookbook. The husband questions the plan, noting the lack of pudding as a new way to cut costs in their Boston setting.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Man Seeks Affection and Validation in Relationships
A terse reflection notes a man desires to feel loved and a woman desires to be told she is valued. The statement contrasts emotional needs in relationships and hints at mutual reassurance as a bonding factor.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims 98 of 100 Benefit
An enclosed circular with each bottle asks if users have benefited from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Replies from over 50 000 women show 98 percent report benefit, a record claimed to be unmatched. The ad emphasizes a long history, nature based ingredients, and global sales backing the claim.
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Yivdlia E. Pinkham
Hounds Spoiled Her Solo and Radium’s Energy Shown
A humorous anecdote from a woman visiting a country estate ends with the hounds joining her soprano in a comic chorus. Also described is an amateur microscope slide of radium in pitchblende showing constant energy, and an advertisement for Cuticura soap. The item concludes with a Senator Ashurst anecdote about a New Mexico speech and a departing old lady.
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New York Herald
Appeal to the Encyclopaedia In Word Argument
A lawyer returns from court in a dispute over spelling. He searches a big dictionary and finds disagreement with his spelling. His partner suggests appealing to the encyclopaedia as a resolution in a humorous exchange from the Green Bag.
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And the Wife, Too. A Man Usually Makes More Or Less
A fragment quotes Tom Sims cautioning about underreporting income and the risk of triggering the income tax collector’s suspicions. The line hints at household finances and social mores without detailing a full event.
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Boston Evening Transcript
A Woman's Reason in a Column Dialog
A humorous exchange reveals a woman's question about delaying marriage to Dick and another character explains he has married Gladys, highlighting romantic misunderstandings in a dialogue style.
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Virginia
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Protecting Alaskan Game Regulations Approved
New Alaska game protection rules, effective April 1 1923, remove deer kill bans on certain southeastern islands while keeping Kruzof island as a preserve. Mountain sheep and goats on the eastern Nenai peninsula remain banned until April 1 1925. Deer seasons stay closed west of longitude 141 degrees.
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Darling Mispronounced in English Class Roll
A student Dowling is misread as Darling by a young English instructor during roll call. The class erupts in laughter as the mispronunciation echoes through the room, leaving the student bemused and embarrassed.
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Darling
Girl Triggers Jealousy Signaling His Interest
A remark notes that if a girl can make a man jealous it signals she has him focused on her. The line suggests social dynamics where jealousy reflects attention and potential romantic interest.
Chinese Take to Frozen Meat in China Trade Shift
Argentina increases frozen meat exports to China and the Far East as China gradually accepts frozen meat. Consul General Thomas Sammons in Melbourne notes growing preference shift from fresh to frozen meat. Australian butter sells well in China and Japan. canned fruits and jams rise in demand.
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Two Cheerful Liars
In a club tale a bore recalls a tiger in India that approached women by a water wash. A second man in an armchair confirms the encounter by claiming he stroked the tiger’s whiskers and notes they were wet.
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