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Newspaper

Sumner Press

Location

Sumner, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1901

Page

3

Parable of Talent Use in Sermon by New York Preacher

A Talmage style sermon argues every person has one talent to employ for good. It extols honesty, patience, persuasion, and cheerful conduct, urging ordinary people to live faithfully and influence others, while contrasting with flamboyant but reckless greatness.

Louis Kiopsch N.Y Matthew Nat Carey Pennsylvania Avenue Chestnut—street Broadway State Street la Salle Steed Euclid Avenue Mary Martha Abraham Sarah David St. John Chrch Humdrum Burns Gettysburg Church of God Religinia America City of Light Mission Acho Earth Martin Luthers John Knoxes Wesleys Richard Cerils Miltony Chrysostoms Herschells Lenoxes George Peabodys Abbot Lawrences Heaven Aiviston Goodland Kan N. E. Albertson Dodd Dod Bright

Courteous Intercourse With Children Curbing Injury

Instructive Ledger Monthly piece urges polite handling of children and their belongings to shape future character. Gentle persuasion by sisters and aunts can lead to voluntary yielding of toys while teaching respect for others property. Mothers can involve elder relatives to model courteous home life for both old and young.

Alster Ledger Monthly

Manila street car system prompts cab reliance in city travel

The street car system in Manila is inadequate and it is common practice to hire cabs for any significant travel within the city.

Manila

The Sunday School Sermon on Paul’s Conversion Journey

A Sunday school text reflects on Paul’s road to Damascus, his blind sight, and a calling to witness. It contrasts varied paths to faith, noting conversion’s inner repentance, trust in Jesus, and the lifelong transformation begun at his moment of repentance.

DaMascus Voles Baal Saul Jesus of Nazareth Damercus Anatias Lux Christ Niodymus Cornelius Jerusatertt Beecher Paul Jesus Jestus

Bush Fires in Australia Wrought Widespread Destruction

A correspondent reports vast wildfires sweeping four states with miles of fencing and farms destroyed. Wildlife perished in large numbers including sheep cattle kangaroos and wallabies as people fled on foot, by cart, and on horseback amid the furnace like flames and smoke.

Australia Talea

Pointed Paragraphs From a Fragmented Thought

A garbled excerpt presents aphoristic lines about generosity and wisdom. It references a mother and infant, a blacksmith shoeing a horse, and implies social standards and personal conduct. Read as a historical newspaper snippet, it captures clipped maxims rather than a cohesive story.

Emperor Kept Detailed Diary of Vast 1893 Journeys

A palace aide notes the German Emperor kept meticulous weekly travel totals in his diary. In 1893 he logged 21 750 miles and 4 cities visited, with totals understated due to the Palestine tour.

Kaiser Hae

Dangerous wedding fire throwing near Charing Kent

An incident at a wedding near Ashford Kent shows the peril of throwing fire during celebrations. As Canon Carter and Miss Sayer left the bride’s house for their honeymoon a shower of rice struck the carriage horses causing them to bolt and overturn the conveyance. Both occupants were shaken and bruised. the bride sustained a shock forcing the honeymoon to be postponed.

Charing Ashford Kent Canon Carter Canterbury Miss Sayer Prett Place

The Norwegian Prohibition on Tobacco to Boys Under 16

A recent Norwegian law bans selling tobacco to anyone under sixteen without an adult relative or employer’s signed order. Street sales by vendors risk prosecution and fines range from a few cents to 25 dollars. A curious blend of laws and local notes follows including medical testimonies and Western Canada sport writing.

Norway

Baby incubator hailed as new device for weak newborns

The article describes a French term couveuse or baby hatcher TM of a new Sind invented by Dr. Diffre and recommended by Dr. Budla of the Academie de Medecine. It is a device to foster newborns, especially weak ones, with a copper cradle enclosed by glass, heated by an oil lamp, ventilated by narrow air poles, and a sponge to humidify air, with a thermometer to show temperature.

Diffre Budla Academie de Medecine

Community of Interest in Great Rail Changes

The piece discusses railroads forming a Community of Interest to improve service for travelers. It cites Missouri Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande, Rio Grande Western, and Southern Pacific as linking routes. It notes a passenger could travel from St. Louis to San Francisco and highlights tourist traffic and low round trip fares for a 1901 San Francisco convention. It also mentions a Java lake of mud and a note on lightning resistance of beech trees.

Missouri Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Railway Rio Grande Western Railway Southern Pacific Railway St. Louis San Francisco Smiling Plains Kansas Colorado Salt Sea United States Three Grande Utah West Grobogana Java San Fravenco Epworth League Southern Pacific Company Ates Bob the Southers Sunset Ogden Shasta Tates W. G. Neutyer Clark St Chicago, NL

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