Various Global Opinions Shape Early 20th Century News
This column surveys international affairs and domestic social notes. It discusses press censorship, royal clemency, a Massachusetts marriage ruling framed as business, New York theater tension, American reception of a French writer, and a London doctoring of public executions. It also covers winter racing in the South, naval history, hotel weddings, grocer competition, bank safety through staff rotation, and potential shifts in express service between steam and electric transport.
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The Parsees of India and the Fire Worshippers Fire Sermon
Dr Talmage reports his Bombay visit describing Parsees the fire worshippers in India. He details Zend Avesta, Zoroaster, and Parsee beliefs, funeral towers, vultures at the Tower of Silence, and contrasts with Christian doctrine. He lauds Christianity while noting Parsee practices and customs.
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Bombay
Brooknys
Talmage
Jerusalem
India
Zoraster
Persia
Lilice
Lombay
Brindisi
Alexander the Great
Zoroaster
Christ
Ormund
Ahriman
Chinvat
God
Tuilia
Malabar Hill
Jamshidji Jijibhat
Tower of Silence
Silence
Malabar
Heaven
Brooklyn
Marathon
Salamis
Greece
Grayson
Deafness and electricity joke in omnibus tale
A lady seated beside an old deaf woman in an omnibus asks about electricity for deafness. The woman replies she was struck by lightning last summer but says it did her no good. The anecdote ends with a humorous twist.
Sea Captain Explains Speed Versus Safety On Liner
A European liner captain discusses ruling by managers over seafaring risk and speed. A passenger praises captains as sole sovereigns, while the captain describes the pressure to maintain speed despite weather. The dialogue reframes leadership as a balance between caution and boldness under harsh judgment.
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Dave Trun
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New York
England
Sky
Half-Cent Coin Demand Echoes Across Regions
A Boston writer urges resuming half-cent coinage dropped in 1807 as a remedy to national excess. He cites varied regional habits from copper scorn in San Francisco to high nickel use in Philadelphia and calls the public to embrace small economies by restoring the familiar half-cent used in everyday purchases.
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France
Germany
Italy
Transcript
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North
West
San Francisco
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Vicksburg
United States
Eminent physician and the singing downstairs
An irritable physician complains to a janitor about a downstairs singer. He insists, as a professional man, there is no reason for agitation and warns of consequences, while the hidden exchange hints at issues of authorship and copyright across a famous writer’s work.
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America
U. S
Pope
HH. B, Jones
P.O
Dallas
Tex
Norg
Equitable Protoco and Stock Exchange
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Face regions blamed for diseases by experts in old study
The passage describes physiognomists and doctors dividing the face into upper, middle, and lower third, associating the upper third with brain conditions, the middle with chest diseases, and the lower with abdominal basin ailments.
The Beheading of John the Baptist in Galilee
A historical sermon narrative recounts Herod Antipas in Galilee and Herodias plotting against John the Baptist. John, a Nazarite forerunner of the Messiah, is imprisoned at Macherus and beheaded to satisfy Herodias. The tale frames Herod’s fear and moral compromise as his banquet ends in execution.
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Herod Antipas
Lange
John
Zacharias
Elizabeth
Mebron
B.C
Judea
Jesus
Join
Macherus
Perea
Herod
Ierodias
Herodias
Ahab
Elijah
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John the Baptist
Whistling, Window Fasteners and Temple Faucets
A New York groom returns a gift of window fasteners for a cheaper kind and cash difference. Icelandic custom frowns on whistle blowing as against divine law. In Japan worship centers on a looking glass emblem of purity, a water font, prayers, small coins, and a three time bell ring.
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Iceland
New York
Japan
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