Philippian Tailor Lesson for June 18 1916
Sunday school lesson on Acts 16 16 40 titled The Philippian Tailor. Emphasizes the gospel disrupting merchants, law in democracy, prison reform, and humane treatment of prisoners. Calls readers to examine gains mindset and community care for inmates, citing Paul and Silas and Thomas Mott Osborne.
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Wetson
Manhod
Maxle
Nen
Paul
Silas
Thomas Mott Oxborne
Mt Sing
Prisoner hospitalizations under Mr. Osborne rise in work project
Under Mr. Osborne, with 1,010 prisoners, only 155 were in the hospital for repairs after fighting. The industrial work program increased 140 percent and net profit up 100 percent. It pays to give men a chance.
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Osborne
Rules for Milwaukee Normal School Women Residents
The Milwaukee Normal School issued strict residence rules for women students and hosted renters. The regulations require weekly room cleaning, temperatures of 65 to 70 degrees, weekly fresh linens, no men residents, no late nights after 10, limited parlor use for visitors, and permission needed for food or chafing dishes. President Pearse announced enforcement would be rigid, with some rules deemed good form.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Normal School
Foy
du Melo
Bantet
Daniel
Natit Uchini
Privace
Carroll G. Pearse
Furnace Fire Rescue in Tank Averts Tragic End at Hammond
In Hammond Indiana Bettin Stringham a Monon Railroad machinist narrowly escaped death after his oil soaked jumper ignited while dodging an engine in the yards. He crawled into a locomotive tender tank where flames and water battled as rescuers searched the open manhole. With breath fading he swam and surfaced inside the tank and was finally dragged out unconscious by the engineer. He was revived at a hospital with burns not expected to be serious.
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Hammond
Ind
Bettin Stringham
Monon
Meath
Stringham
Quail a Day Bet Across Georgia in Historic Feat
Savannah and Clark County figures Price and Brown wager on eating a quail every morning for thirty consecutive days. Georgia history recalls similar stunts in Atlanta with Col Marcellus Thornton and Henry Grady, and Albany with Charley Powell, where publicity pushed them to finish the challenge despite growing illness.
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Savannah
James D. Price
L. ©. Brown
Clark County
Price
Brown
Georgia
Atlanta
Henry Grady
Col Marcellus Thornton
Thornton
Grady
Albany
Charley Powell
Kemp & Mack
Broad Street
Powell
Odd coincidence at court in Albany divorce case
In Albany Oregon a court scene linked two Sullivan surname moves. Mrs Maggie Sullivan faced her divorce trial while Miss Eva Sullivan prepared to marry, changing her name back and forth at the courthouse. A second note recalls a prerogative clash over a family Bible in Clerkenwell England.
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Albany
Oregon
Io Sullivan
Sullivan
Maggie
Eva Sullivan
Woman risked life to save La Mesa dam
Mrs. Mary McQuarrie, custodian of the La Mesa dam, braved a night storm to shut a valve halting floodwaters. She crawled through mud and rain to close the spillway, saving the dam as water surged below. Col. Ed Fletcher and others praised her bravery and dedication.
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LA Mesa Dam
San Diego
Cal
Mary McQuarrie
la Mesa
Mrs. McQuarrie
Dime in Nag's Shoulder Tale of Sweeney Cure
In Ravenna Nebraska Ernest Skoddopple recalls an old curing method for a driving horse named Sweeney. Twenty three years ago a dime was inserted into the shoulder wound to spur flesh growth and a lump remained. The 1892 date on the coin is still visible and the owner kept it as a relic.
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Sweeney
Ravenna
Ernest Skoddopple
Iowa Man Gets Rich Peddling Buttermilk
Des Moines, Iowa. George Green, once a hotel worker with no capital, built a buttermilk business over twelve years. He started with a pony cart and two cans, expanded to a wagon and mile route serving Des Moines, becoming known as the local buttermilk king. He canvassed homes, promoting healthful milk and gained hundreds of regular customers, though health issues in recent years slowed him. His wife sometimes rode the wagon to reassure customers, who insisted on seeing the wagon before accepting the product.
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den Moines
Iowa
George Green
Des Moines
Ie oWa
Green
Hingell
Oise
Wajon
Horse Eats Clothesline Near New Jersey Potato Delivery
In Newton New Jersey a vegetarian peddler Nicholay Braz reported his horse Gladiola consumed 36 feet of clothesline during a potato delivery at Mrs Hoyt’s. The owner wrestled the horse free, damaging a hedge and ending the episode once the rope was retrieved. Authorities noted candy-like starch on the line.
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Newton
N. J
Nicholay Braz
Gladiola 10
Nicholas
Braai
Bradt
Gladiola
Stonemen Pilgrimage Tests Rail Reach in Pittsburg
Reverend H. Stoneman leads about 6000 Stonemen to Pittsburgh to gauge the Pennsylvania Railroad's capacity to move soldiers. The excursion showcases troop car setups with 10 coaches per train, on board provisions, and a large music program, while aiming to expand pilgrimages to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
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Pittsburg
H. ©. Stoneman
Philadelphia
Stonemen
Pel Lowship
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
War Department
Brotherhood of Man
Stone
Vem
Buffalo
Stoneman
Niagara Falls
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Cleveland
Toledo
Pt.huron
Alpena
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