Pilgrims and Treasures At Mesopotamian Shrines
In Mesopotamia after British advances pilgrims seek Najaf and other sacred sites. The piece notes burial customs and fees for interment inside the mosque and outside, the rise of a city of the dead around Karbala, and treasures and swords sent from Constantinople to Baghdad. Improvised convoys carry corpses on donkeys, and the old Najaf treasury remains sealed for decades.
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Mohammed
Najaf
Keebela
Kazimain
Ali
Tlussein
Mesopotamia
Kaye Edun Chandler
Nojuf
Bokebara
Eubusay
Paris
Itelf
Cae Jet
Shar Néeioud-Din
Bagdad
Constantinople
Baghdad
Runs Her Own Canteen on Train Route
Mrs Scott Lee, an aged Negro woman near a railroad track, cheers soldiers en route to overseas by delivering bundles of magazines and lunches to men leaning from troop train car windows as trains pass. She stands on the platform with a long pole to reach the windows and hand out gifts.
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Mra
Scott Lee
Ashtabula
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mra. Lee
Lesson for November 3 biblical study on Jacob and Esau
The text analyzes Genesis themes of individuality parental favoritism and the birthright. It contrasts Esau’s profane pursuit of present gratification with Jacob’s cunning and God’s sovereign plan, urging fair treatment of children and warning against using means to justify ends.
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Tanne
Kenu
Tle
Iriaac
Tredecca
Jacob
Exon
Poeb
Tie
God
Plain meaning of the Bible, Webster on universal instruction
Daniel Webster argues that the Bible should be read in its plain sense. He rejects the idea that its meaning is hidden behind mystery and scholars need only interpret it. He emphasizes its purpose for guiding all people in instruction and conversion.
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Daniel Webster
Bible Bacon Elevates Public Good Above Religion and Law
A reflection asserts that no age has equaled the Bible Bacon in exalting the public good, contrasting religious and legal authorities with this view and praising its moral emphasis.
With Christ's Aid and Watkinson Quotation Echo
A religious quotation attributed to W. L. Watkinson appears alongside a line about theory being a vine from which facts are gathered. The fragment also lists a wartime era supply line noting at Hotel Crawford a delivery offer of eighteen cents per pound for one hundred fat hens.
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Crawford
Pig In Her Bedroom Causes Careful Feeding By Mrs McMillan
Knoxville woman Mrs. Alex McMillan kept a fine herd of pigs and became attached to one that grew ill. She prepared a bed in her room and tended the sick animal with careful feeding, using a bottle for milk and the gentlest care.
Rainfall and Battles Do Not Prove Weather Causes War
Observers from France Britain and the United States find no link between storms and battles. Studies show rainfall and fighting do not support a cause and effect theory. French and British records from the spring 1917 France battles and English rainfall data through 22 months of war strengthen the conclusion.
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France
England
British Meteorological Office
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PB. B
Fitzwator
Moody Bible Institute of Chragoy
Inlon
Genesta
Boye
Fann
Baan
Kean
Esau
Tyne
Ray V. Davis
Weaver’s Garage
Christ
W. L. Watkinson
Pig
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