Missionary tale on Fiji island voyage ends in turmoil
George McAusland sails from America to serve as a Fiji missionary with Mary Doncaster. Pirates attack, natives clash, George is wounded and ill, the Venturer arrives with new captains Richard and Peter Carr. Mary receives pearls as a farewell, while crew tensions surface.
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George McAusland
America
Fiji
Mary Doncaster
Honolulu
Gilead Island
Mary
George
Corkran
Richard
Peter Carr
Peter
Whale Attacks as Venturer Sails South
On the Venturer a dramatic chase unfolds as a crooked jaw whale nears, sharks swarm, and Richard orders boats lowered. Peter fears the creature’s rage while Mary and George confront strained loyalties aboard the provisioning voyage.
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Peter
Richard
Mr. Forbes
Battle with the whale ends in killing strike
The Venturer crew battles a whale as Richard leads a daring assault. Big Pip and the crew harpoon the creature, drive lines, and force the whale to roll and sink. The great hunt ends with the whale killed and Mary stunned by the savage surge.
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Richard
Pip
Big Pip
Mary
Venturer
Mat Forbes
Tommy
Joe Sassnet
Lance
Lassnet
Sue
Tommy Hanline
George
Broadening Christian horizons Saul conversion lesson
A sermon outlines Saul’s conversion on the Damascus road as foundational to Christian faith. It recounts Saul’s persecution, his encounter with Christ, Ananias’s obedience, and Saul’s calling as a witness to Gentiles and kings, with emphasis on regeneration and public confession.
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Saul
Christ
Damascus Road
Jerusalem
Stephen
Jesus
Damascus
Christ Jesus
Ananias
God
Apostle Paul
Israel
Paul
Son
Improved Uniform International Sunday School Lesson
Harold L. Lundquist of the Bible Institute in Chi Cane presents an edition released by Western Newspaper Union. The item promotes a Sunday school lesson under the Improved Uniform International program.
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Harold L. Lundquist
Epicody 5 Bible Institute
Chi Cane
Western Newspaper Union
May 18 Sunday School Lesson Subjects
Lesson subjects and scripture texts selected by the International Council of Religious Education and used with permission.
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International Council of Religious Education
Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions
A set of nine trivia prompts covering geography spelling history science and biography. Topics include the Bering Strait distance a thimblerigger glassy ice polar bears St Pauls epistles to Thessalonians St Pauls address Stsis now called, smallest deer, pewter lead content, Grand Banks location Brazil vs United States size and the founder of psycho analysis.
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North America
Asia
Bering Strait
Brazil
United States
Mysterious Trivia Items From 56 Mile to Freud
A list presents diverse prompts including a 56 mile distance, a swindler using three thimbles and a pea, the polar bear’s hairy feet for traction, Salonika, the Indo China mouse deer weighing about four pounds, Tin, off Newfoundland, a land area larger by 250000 square miles, and Sigmund Freud.
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Salonika
Indo- China
Newfoundland
Sigmund Freud
New Ideas for Sharedoileontt by Ruth Wyeth
Ruth Wyeth introduces decorating tips for integrating windows shelves and mantel space. A mantel built from three boards reduces a major rectangle and swag draperies soften remaining angles. Vines books and bibelots on shelves complete the look.
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Ruth Wyeth
Little Herbert Reveals Foreign Coin Mix-Up
A father buys goods with a foreign coin that the grocer rejects as not United States money. At the druggist’s, the coin is identified as foreign. Herbert, five, quietly reveals the coin’s origin by noting the grocer’s refusal.
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Herbert
United States
Ruth Wyeth Spears books order at Bedford Hills
A simple reader notice from Bedford Hills New York requests readers to enclose 10 cents for each book ordered and provide name and address for correspondence.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
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Cap'n Corr
Gilead
Mr. McAusland
New Bedford
Gibbons
Sparni
Mat
Forbes
Mand
Godfrey
Lord Lyttleton
Gilbert West
S. S
Firestone
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
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