A Happy Union Hosea and Gomer in Biblical Drama
A reflective study of Hosea the prophet of Israel, his era under Jeroboam II, and his personal vow to wed Gomer, despite her past. The piece frames Hosea as a symbol of Jehovah's patient union with a wayward people, highlighting moral decay, divine mercy, and the prophetic call to righteousness. The narrative links Hosea’s life to Israel’s spiritual condition and eventual restoration hopes.
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Hosea
G. Campbell Morgan
England
James M. Gray
Moody Bible Institute
Jehovah
Israel
Jeroboam II
Tod
Israeh
Beeri
Jeroboam
Jonah
God
Gomer
Rahab
Love and Divine Sacrifice Guide Toward Redemption
A sermon extols divine love as patient and redeeming. It parallels Hosea’s faithful love with Christ’s sacrifice, urging believers to imitate this steadfast mercy toward wayward souls and continue to love until restoration. It emphasizes that forgiveness carries obligation to help sinners return to right living.
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Hosea
Christ
Story of a Prophet’s Call in Jeroboam II’s Era
In the era of Jeroboam II, ruler of the northern kingdom of Israel, a son is featured in a narrative about divine call and prophetic vision. The tale situates a child within a royal and prophetic framework.
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Jeroboam II
Israel
Legends of Lost Dutch Towns Beneath Zuyder Zee
The article recounts myths of submerged towns along the German Ocean coast. Staveren, Wenningstedt, and Rungholt are cited as once wealthy locales swallowed by sea or sand, with bells heard underwater on Christmas Eve and storms blamed on Old Hans. It notes 144 towns swallowed since the eleventh century and cites 1337 Rungholt as a famed vanished city.
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German Ocean
Staveren
Zuyder Zee
Detroit News-Tribune
Stavoren
Amsterdam
Leuwarden
Groningen
Sylt
North Sea
Wenningstedt
Weningstedt
Friesland
Holland
Rungholt
Practical Fashions Dress Sack Pattern No 2497
Flowered cretonne dress sack pattern Paris No 2497 uses two pieces with center back seam and shoulder slashes fastened by ribbons. Waist tied with matching material, suited to dimity lawn challis and summer fabrics. Four sizes 32 36 40 44 bust. yardage and ribbon requirements listed. send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
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Paris
Pattern Department
Aunt Hepzibah's Cat Nap Tea Misadventure
A careful housewife forgets to seal a canister of oolong tea allowing a half grown cat to sleep inside overnight. Morning discovery prompts embarrassed apology to a tea loving guest with a quip about offering cat nap tea or coffee. The tale ends with the guest’s preference for coffee and no one revealing the incident.
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Aunt Hepzibah
Hepzibah
Illinois Woman Fights Burglar. Baby Shot During Burglary
Mrs Mary Jurgens fought a desperate battle with a burglar who woke her and fired a shot that struck her baby son Earl. The infant’s waist stay deflected the bullet, saving his life. Ruby Curran slept nearby and narrowly escaped injury. The burglar escaped through a second story window with $20 and a gold watch.
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Chicago
Mary Jurgens
Earl
Ruby Curran
Jurgens
Curiosity Cost Boy's Life in Chicago Accident
Nine year old Alexander Nowokofski wandered into the Fleischer Paper Box factory at 61 West Erie street and was struck on the head by a freight elevator while peering into the basement. He died at St. Elizabeth's hospital about thirty minutes after his parents reached him.
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Chicago
Alexander Nowokofski
Fay Street
Fleischer Paper Box Factory
West Erie Street
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Illinois appoints trustees and deputies in state posts
Governor Deneen appoints Arthur Meeker of Chicago and A R Grout of Winchester as University of Illinois trustees to fill vacancies left by Kerrick and McLean. Samuel Streletski of Chicago named deputy factory inspector and W K Aldis of Decatur named deputy fish warden.
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Springfield
Deneen
Arthur Meeker
Chicago
A. R. Grout
Winchester
University of Illinois
Mr. Meeker
L. M. Kerrick
Mr. Grout
Alexander McLean
Samuel Streletsky
W. K. Aldis
Decatur
Mayor Wages War On Dogs in Carterville
Mayor H. W. Cann issues a circular to enforce new state and city laws requiring every dog to be licensed wear a license tag and be muzzled from July 15 to September 1 to protect residents and especially children during summer amid a dog overrun.
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Carterville
H. W. Cann
Democratic Family Vote Brightens Marion County
Marion County expects a strong showing for William J. Bryan as the Deadmond family, led by Joseph Deadmond, with thirty seven voters among sons and grandsons, plans to cast a straight Democratic ballot in the upcoming election.
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Odin
Marion County
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Joseph Deadmond
Clouds Have Queer Forms in Harper's Magazine
Arthur W. Clayden of Royal Albert Memorial College Exeter explains in Harper's Magazine that cirrus clouds are short curling wisps often forming bunches or lines while alto clouds are denser and dim the sun. These brilliant solid clouds are not iridescent but become spectacular at sunset.
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Arthur W. Clayden
Royal Albert Memorial College
Exeter
Eng
Harper's Magazine
Children Raised Quietly Across Europe and Russia
The piece contrasts European royal and Russian children with American wealthier children. It notes European heirs are raised simply with fewer engagements and schooling demands, while Russian children follow English customs, spend much time outdoors, and the crown prince is described as especially precocious.
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Europe
Crown Prince
Imperial
Paris Pattern No 2494 All Seams Allowed for Little Suit
Paris Pattern No 2494 describes a white or colored linen and cotton children’s suit with a wide tuck front and back, square collar, contrasting belt, and removable shield. It covers four sizes for ages two to five, detailing required yardage for 27 and 36 inch widths and braids, with instructions to specify size and pattern number.
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Paris
Veteran editor Charles Holt dies at 91 in Kankakee
Charles Holt aged 91, longtime editor of the Kankakee Gazette, died in Kankakee. He and his son C. E. Holt had run the paper since 1868. Earlier he worked for the New York Tribune under Horace Greeley and the Albany Journal under Thurlow Reed.
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Kankakee
Charles Holt
Marion County Chautauqua Closes in Centralia
The first annual Marion County Chautauqua closed with a Heaton sisters concert and a lecture by Dr. Robert Parker Miles. A permanent Chautauqua is organized with officers President H. G. Cormick Secretary James H. Yingst Treasurer H. M. Warner.
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Marion County Chautauqua
Centralia
Heaton
Cannon to Open Campaign at Litchfield Hillsboro Rally
The first Republican campaign gun will be fired at the Litchfield Hillsboro Chautauqua near here on August 13 with Uncle Joe Cannon as speaker. August 12 is Democratic day as the committee seeks Senator Gore of Oklahoma.
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Cannon
Litchfield
Litchfield-Hillsboro Chautauqua
Here
Joe Cannon
Gore
Oklahoma
Pastorate for Rev. A Hunewinkel to Elizabeth Town Ill
Reverend August Hunewinkel formerly assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in this city and assistant to Bishop Jansen in Belleville has been appointed to the pastorate of the Catholic Church at Elizabeth Town Illinois. He will leave immediately to assume his new duties.
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A. Hunewinkel
Duquoin
August Hunewinkel
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Jansen
Belleville
Elizabethtown
Ill
Bank’s Vast Business
Daily operations at the Bank of England involve meticulous account keeping and balance management as part of its broad financial duties. The article highlights the scale and precision required to maintain state finances, with emphasis on routine banking processes and oversight.
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Bank of England
Northern Illinois wells deemed unsafe for drinking
A health board report cites that over 80 percent of wells in Northern Illinois are contaminated and dangerous for consumption. Not a single well tested above 80 feet depth was free of disease germs, prompting alarm and calls for action.
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Chicago
Illinois
Board of Health
His Dog Shot He Sues City
The Morris city marshal shot George Button's dog after the dog frightened his wife who was taken to a hospital. Button sues the city for 100 dollars claiming the marshal acted improperly in Button's yard.
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City
Bloomington
George Button
Button
City of
Morris
Why the Train Holds at the Station
Two passengers discuss a long stop at a station with one traveler suggesting the delay occurs because no one is boarding the train. The exchange highlights the practical reason for a pause in service.
Defiance Starch Proves Thinner Yet Stronger Than Others
Laundry work at home would be more satisfactory with Defiance Starch. It requires far less thickness to achieve stiffness, preventing the fabric from looking pasted and preserving beauty and wear. Defiance can be applied much more thinly due to its greater strength.
Costly Popularity of Gambetta's Cruisers in Paris
France named a cruiser Leon Gambetta after the statesman who died December 31, 1882. In his peak popularity admirers unyoked his horses and dragged the carriage to his home. Gambetta would recall this with pride and add, with a smile, that he never saw his horses again.
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France
Leon Gambetta
Gambetta
Paris
Starch Makers Claim Superior Modern Formula
The company states starches have been constantly improved since the first patents 25 years ago. Their latest Defiance Starch omits harmful chemicals and includes a new ingredient that adds strength and smoothness unseen in competing brands.
Tf Found A Hardwood Splinter In This Jam
Hum I ve often heard of these forest preserves.
Surgical operation dread among women in hospitals
A historical notice laments the frequency of unnecessary operations on women in hospitals and asserts that many procedures could have been avoided, highlighting widespread concerns about medical practices and patient welfare.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Help
Letters from readers extol Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as life saving for female troubles and postulates it as a standard remedy. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice, noting decades of use and claimed cures of displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and backache.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Mrs. Pinkham
Moorestown
N. J
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lydia EK. Pinkham
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