Methods of Fishing for Men
Pastor C Dixon interprets Jesus calling followers to become fishers of men. He outlines crowd and solo approaches, compares baiting trout and sturgeon, and urges adapting method to personality. He uses examples from biblical figures and modern preachers to illustrate tact, courage, and practical outreach.
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Jesus
Hell
Dieth
Milton
God
Nicodemus
Saul of
Tarsus
Edward Payson
Jonathan Edwards
Smith
R. A. Torrey
Billy Sunday
Christ
White Lead and its Purity Test Explained
The article explains white lead production from corroded lead and linseed oil, warns against adulterated brands, describes a blow-pipe test to prove purity, and notes that National Lead Company offers a free blow-pipe kit and booklet to test at home. It mentions the Dutch Boy trademark and requests to contact National Lead Company in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Remarkable 98 Year Old Testifies to Kidney Cure
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace St Red Bank New Jersey suffered kidney troubles for 40 years with back pain frequent nightly awakenings and heavy kidney secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills he reports complete relief and urges others to try the remedy sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepard Kollock
Wallace St
Red Bank
N. J
Mr. Kollock
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
One Woman's Wrongs by Mrs Smallpurse invents barbed wire pocket
In a playful exchange a wife urges invention to improve finances. Her husband bursts with a patent for a barbed-wire safety pocket for husbands, promising a fortune from the idea. The vignette spoof reflects early 20th century humor about invention and domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Smallpurse
Frightening Steam Locomotives Stir 19th Century Echoes
A passage recalls early steam cars that caused alarm on roads, with Trevithick’s locomotive as a feared novelty. A toll-gate incident shows a nervous tollman declaring the toll, in jest, “nothing to pay,” while the vehicle roared past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hatton
Trevithick
Satan
Remarkable Grass of the Century Sees Big Farm Yields
A 100 acre town farmer sold eight thousand eight hundred dollars worth of seed and produced 300 tons of hay. The ad touts seeds like Billion Dollar Grass Macaroni Wheat Victoria Rape and Silver King Barley with high yields and promises mail order seed catalogs from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin for a small postage fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acy John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Victoria
Couldn't Take the Case. Doctor Refuses to Treat Lawyer
A lawyer who confronted a medical expert as a cross-examiner lies ill and seeks care. The doctor, who had appeared as the expert, refuses to treat him saying his conscience forbids killing and he will not cure him. The scene ends with the doctor leaving.
Husband’s Library Contribution Sparks Emotive Debate
A Washington Star quote shows a wife criticizing her husband John for being lazy, now devoting time to reading novels and demanding value from his library funding, highlighting tension over intellectual leisure versus contributing financially.
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John
Washington Star
Castoria safe remedy and familiar signatures
An old time market page endorses Castoria with the signature claim and longstanding use. It mentions various products and phrases from period advertising, including teas and cigars, and quotes about health and character.
Grape-Nuts Support for Healthy Aging and Digestion
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for aging digestion, noting its whole wheat barley composition and added phosphates for brain and nerve health. A 74 year old man and a 92 year old customer claim improved health, energy, and regularity, with Postum recommended as a complementary drink.
Western Canada Crops Cannot Be Checked Claim
A letter from A Kaltenbrunner, Commissioner of Immigration Winnipeg, asserts Western Canada crops cannot be checked despite adverse conditions. He recounts his homestead near Rouleau and Drinkwater, detailing wheat yields of 20 and 25 bushels per acre, 9,000 bushels of oats from 160 acres, and carload shipments at 53 cents per bushel.
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Dominion Government
Regina
Sask
Winnipeg
Rouleau and
Drinkwater
Moose Jaw Creek
Western Canada
A. Kaltenbrunner
A Mother Hopes for Blessing of Healthy Maternity
A mother laments the barrier preventing women in lonely homes from experiencing healthy maternity. The article urges interested women to learn that preparations for healthy maternity are achieved through certain measures despite societal or medical obstacles.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Health
Mrs Maggie Gilmer of West Union DC and Mrs Josephine Hall of Bardstown KY report recovery from female complaints after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites cures for displacements inflammation and other conditions and invites inquiries to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
D. C
Lydia EK
Pinkham
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Perp C. Dixon
D. D
Pastor Ave
Mood
John A. Salger Seed Co
Harper's Weekly
Garfield
Tryon Edwards
Lewis
Easting
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
Aenearagede RL
Ehlidres Wretaoe
Bose
Lele
Western
Canada
Haliburton
Jacobs
W.l.douvglas
Eame
State of
Wyoming
J. R. Mason
General Immigration
Wheatland, Wyo
Congress
Ellet-Kendall Shoe CO. Mfgs
Kansas City
COLT
Biden
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