Downfall and Restoration of the Israelitish King David
The article reviews Davids sin with Bathsheba, Nathan's rebuke, and his repentance, contrasting him with Saul. It traces consequences from Absaloms rebellion to Absaloms death, noting how David's character declines and his life shows enduring repentance amid punishment. It includes later humorous and satirical musings in a separate column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Norton
Nathan
David
Israel
Voltaire
Leander van Eas
Saul of
Old
Saul
Thomas Carlyle
God
Bathsheba
Atamon
Absalom
Ahithophel
Etrete
Joab
Uriah
Dr. Kitt
Dream of Hell Gatekeeping and a Lottery Plot in Sepulchral Odds
The narrator recalls a vivid dream of entering hell where a gatekeeper Hydra guards a iron cage for a docile inmate accused of running a fraudulent lottery on Lake Avernus. Satan explains the scheme, his harsh sermon-incentivized sales, and the target of old maids. A chained figure Marcus mutters by a sign reading Moees and Science agree as the narrator departs via Charon to the River Styx and waking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bunyan
Charon
Styx
Pluto
Cereberus
Briaverus
Satan
City of the Damned
Elysium
Tisiphone
Captain White
Rhadamanthus
Maloney
Chas. B. Mitchlell
Sisphus
Tityus
Gulf of Tartarus
Winita
Vinita
Lake Avernus
Ing
Ratcliff
Afton
Big Cabin
Fifty- Post
Hydra
Pat
Gi Nathom
Hell
Marcus
River Styx
Agai
Arth
J. B. Onion
A Farmer Appeals Against Parcel Post and Mail Order
A farmer argues farmers are independent yet enslaved by mail order houses draining profits. He urges building local home merchants to sustain markets, land values, and community services, warning that parcel post could empower big city traders and harm rural towns and taxes. He stresses mutual farmer and merchant interests and calls for backing local retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mall Order House
Mog
Parclels
Wallstreet
Farmer
Parmar
Bunyan Dream Vision in The Chieftain Editor’s Note
A dream sequence narrated by editor Nathan and Paul Norton frames a celestial tour with biblical and historical figures including Peter David Abraham Lot Calv in, as they debate sins and repentance. The surreal voyage ends as Nathan awakens, noting the scene was only a vision from The Chieftain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunyan
Chieftain
Cal Offasione
Nathan
Paul Norton
Hell
Tam
el Nathan
Celestial City
Lanenage
New Jerusalem
Peter
Onion
Judas Iscariot
St. Peter
Heaven
St Peter
David
Davy
Braul
Uriah
King Dave
Abraham AL Jow
Lazarus
Slater
Magar
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the Public Forum
Vinita Retailers Association
White
Lot
Pillar of Salt
Sodom
Gomorrah
Moab
Ainmont
Joleen
Jesus
John Calvin
Servetta
John
Henry the Vin
Catharine
Democracy
Crystal River
Vir Weekly Journal
Tila
Michael
Mike
Earth
Nothan
Nathat
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