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Newspaper

Troy Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1904

Page

6

Jesus the Friend of Sinners at Matthew's House

A 1904 Chicago sermon portrays Jesus dining with Matthew the publican, defending his stance amid Pharisee scrutiny. It portrays Jesus as the Friend of sinners, inviting the despised to reform, offering deliverance from sin and a life of fellowship with Him.

Chicago Jesus Matt Ilim Flemons Ela Ile Jericho Zaccheus Paradise Matthew Sinnera Bladiy Devyil Capernaum Roosevelt Matthews Oritiers Unis Jeans

Temperance Fight Debate Echoes From Past

The excerpt quotes John B. Finch calling the temperance struggle a bitter fight that must end in either destroying the human power or annihilating the Christian Sabbath. The quote frames the issue as a decisive moral battle that once occupied public life.

John B. Finch

Let Your Loins Be Girded And Lamps Burning

The lesson from Luke 12:45 49 stresses readiness for the Lord's return. It highlights faithful stewards, the danger of sloth and drunkenness, and the moral burden of acting in light of known duties. God judges by each person’s knowledge and response.

Peter Stewart Adeney Bruce Fairchild

Riding from Papa a playful hide and seek tale

A child named Grace hides from Papa in a lively domestic scene. Papa searches behind doors curtains and under lounges while Bobby giggles. Grace is found hidden in the lounge as papa exclaims how splendid the face looks and the moment ends with sweet rhymes.

Papa Luttle Grace Grace Bobby

German Supreme Court bars hotel damage claims in guest death case

The Berlin court dismissed a hotel keeper’s claim for renovation and lost rental after a guest died of heart failure during a stay. The ruling, reported to the U.S. Consulate, held the hotel bears the risk of guest death unless death results from the guest’s own action or concealed illness.

Supreme Court At Berlin State Department Guenther Frankfort Supreme Court

Beet Grown in California Resembles Bird

A farmer in Los Angeles County grew a Yellow Tankard beet that strongly resembles an owl, with buttons as eyes and a ribbon around its neck, then exhibited it. The find follows a prior report of a beet shaped like an eagle in the same era.

California Los Angeles Herald

This Hen Is Fastidious Hen Disrupts Home by Laying Eggs Indoors

A New London Connecticut woman owns a hen that refuses to lay eggs in a hennery or outside. The bird enters the family residence almost daily and deposits eggs in various rooms. During a visit by an aviator, the hen strutted into the parlor, perched on the hostess’s apron, laid an egg, and left proudly cackling.

London Mrs. Hen

Jobes’s bold bid for Philippine bonds in Washington

From St Louis April 24 C S Jobes president of the American National Bank of Kansas City recounts slipping in a bid at Washington for 100 000 worth of the 3 000 000 Philippine bonds after eastern bankers refused to sell him any. He went on to bid for the whole issue and won by adding a decimal premium to a 4 per cent yield, noting the 1.332 per cent premium advantage over a year ago.

St. Louis C. S. Jobes American National Bank of Kansas Jobe Story Jabes Rnin James Jobes Washington Fiske & Robinson

Panama Canal Co. shareholders ratify sale to United States

Paris April 24 nearly unanimous vote ratifies the sale of the canal to the United States. Five opposed and the second resolution passed with two dissenters. Meeting adjourned marking completion of the transfer. Washington reports great satisfaction as the government prepares to pay 50 million dollars to the company and Panama. Forty million to French holders and 10 million to Panama.

Paris Panama Canal Co United States Panama Washington Paneme

Roosevelt selects Winthrop to succeed Hunt as Porto Rico governor

Washington April 24 Roosevelt has chosen Judge Beakman Winthrop of the court of first instance in the Philippine Islands to succeed Will H. Hunt as governor of Porto Rico. The appointment will be official soon. Winthrop hails from New York.

Washington Roosevelt Beakman Winthrop Court of First Instay Philippine Islands H. Hunt Porto Rico New ‘York

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