Monolith Gift to Pope Highlights Early Christian Link
Rev. George W. Waring presented a two ton monolith from Mrs. George Leary of New York to Pope Benedict XVI. The inscription in Chinese and Assyrian links it to Nestorian Christians and a 7th century monument in Isa Fu China. The pope awarded Waring the Cross Pro Ecclesia Pontifice and an autographed photo. Maine ships 1.15 million balsam firs for Christmas trees, a surge from 500 initial shipments as forests face future resource strain. A Maine Union editorial warns of potential resource depletion if growth continues.
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Pope Benedict
George Leary
New York City
Pather
George W. Waring
Eleventh Cavalry
U. 8
Governor's Island
Isa-Fu
China
Leary
Rome
Vatican Museum
Waring
Cross Pro Ecclesia & Pontifice
Maine
Springfeld Union
Old Fashioned daily cupplented excerpt confusion
A fragmentary OCR note shows unclear phrasing about daily usage and cupplented terms, with no identifiable people places or events. The readable part hints at routine consumption or ritual but lacks concrete details to report a specific incident or outcome.
Great Canada farm boom draws North Dakotans to Alberta
Excerpt recounts A E Merriam of Devil's Lake North Dakota moving to Datroy Alberta in 1917 with livestock and $1,500. He details profits from hogs, rising land values, and notes Western Canada demand for farm labor with high wages. A prison scene ends with a game keeper request.
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Amd
Et A. E. Merriam
Devil's Lake
N. D
Western
Ceneda
Merriam
Alberta
North Dakota
Datroy
Dakota
A. E Merriam
Daltrey
Canada
Parsonage Dalliance Tests Prudence and Jerrold
Jerrold Starr seeks Prudence and asks to slow courtship while living at the parsonage. The pastor warns caution and Prudence resists marriage yet, as she frets over leaving duties. A kiss ends a tense moment and Prudence wakes.
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Yrara
Jerrod
Jerrold
Prudence
Prudence and Jerry scheme a summer prank at the parsonage
Prudence savoring a golden summer with Jerry, she notes his captivating voice and gentle eyes. The twins Carol and Lark lure Jerry to the wood shed to fit a rope and board to a tree limb, while Connie eavesdrops, adding to a day of light mischief and budding romance.
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Des Moines
Fairy
Connie
Ike
Prudence
Lark
Parannage
Jerroid
Jerry
India
Ald Carol
Avery Barn
Carol
Avery
Nmbs
Middie
Carel
Perune Tablets Promoted for Catarrh Relief in Detroit Ad
An advertisement from Mr EWwe of 04 Brush St Detroit claims long standing catarrh relief after using Hartman’s Perune. The copy touts Perune Tablets as a sure cure and urges readers to obtain them.
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Mr. Ewwe
Brush St
Detroit
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Praised by Druggists
In 1916 an advertisement from Kilmer & Co. touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidneys and bladder. A testimonial from G X Lydick of Clatonia Nebraska offers a sample for ten cents and a booklet. Regular bottle sizes retail at fifty cents and one dollar.
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DR. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Cuticura Free Ad and Oddities From Press Clippings
A fragment discusses Cuticura free offers and faint praise with a Detroit Free Press quip about a good provider. It notes a literal sea estimation of 120 million fah per square mile and mentions Norway needing rubber for airtight fish tins.
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Detroit Free Press
Norway
Freckles Seer Comments on Cruelty and Imagined Wrongs
A fragment reflecting on cruelty, noting beating a cripple with his own crutch is unjust and that average men overindulge imagined wrongs, suggesting a critical view of gossip and misplaced sympathy.
Snowball Fight Plans Highlight Budget and Prices
Suburban street scene shows youths debating where to fight as two or three stores with large windows loom nearby. The chatter touches on rental price inconsistency and a Pan American policy reference, peppered with garbled quotes and ads for alfalfa seed and sweet clover.
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Danson Nacs
Sobte-Merrill Company
Xuesto
Brown
Castoria
Fletcher
James
J. W. Mulhall
Sioux City
Ady
Hen Ee
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