Esau Encounters Love and Hittite Allies at Beeri Camp
Esau, injured after a fall, meets Beeri the Hittite chief and Beeri’s daughter Judith and Bashemath at a grand feast. Esau contemplates alliance with the Hittites amid questions of religion and kinship while drawn to Judith. He plans to speak with Beeri about closer ties, sensing a path to power for his people.
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Ana@ Esau
Judith
Beeri
Bashemath
Elon
Isaac
Rebekah
Sau
Esau
Beersheba
Shrek
Abraham
Feeri
Beer
Esan
Beek
Shiek Isaac
Esou
Vhantar
Pastor Wipes Engines in Oakland Yard as Part of Sociological Study
In San Francisco Reverend Wight B. Potter of Union Street Presbyterian church begins work as an engine wiper in West Oakland to study railroad worker trials and temptations. He will live among laborers, seek empathetic contact, and endure the same conditions as the newest hire. Potter rents a room in a West Oakland lodging house to immerse himself with the workers. Liquor Dealers Excluded. The Masonic order of Iowa bars liquor dealers from membership at its Sioux City gathering, with similar Georgia prohibitions for liquor vendors noted by American Issue.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Wight B. Potter
Union Street Presbyterian Church
West Oakland
Potter
Southern Pacific Company
Masonic Order of
Iowa
Sioux City
Georgia
Texas heiress buys Alamo ruins for hotel site
Miss Clara Driscoll of Texas purchased the ruins of the old monastery of Alamo, a battlefield landmark in Texas history, for 75000 with plans to reconstruct the ancient edifice rather than build a hotel on the site.
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Clara Driscoll
Texas
Alamo
Man in St Louis to Fast for 30 Days
A Joliet boy cites a Chicago Daily News remark about a man in St Louis who plans a 30 day fasting period. Mrs Jol boy counters that he has been fast for 30 years. The exchange frames a humorous side note on restraint and time.
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St. Louis
Jolboy
The Perpetual Complaint
A radium clock built to last 2000 years would be unsatisfactory, for the man who must wind it 26 centuries hence would complain as loudly as you do about winding your house clock weekly.
Ancient English Battlements Guarded by Britain
Great Britain's government has decided to secure and protect the ancient ramparts erected by Edward I around Berwick upon Tweed. The ruins, rich in antiquarian and historical value, stand on the border and symbolize centuries of conflict between England and Scotland. The walls include the old bell and watch beacon once used to warn English farmers of marauding bands.
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Great Britain
Edward I
Berwickon-Tweed
England
Scotland
Guthrie ball player and bartender spar over smokin' tobacco
A Kansas City Journal snippet recounts a Guthrie ball player asking a bartender about smokin tobacco. The bartender replies in dialect, debating whether the other is asking or asserting and breaking into a humorous exchange about being or not being.
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Guthrie
Kansas City Journal
Open Air Comfort Versus Blast Experience
Yonkers Statesman quotes Pat and Faith debating comfort in the open air. Faith claims the blast displaces comfort, stating she felt exposed outdoors for ten minutes during the blast and never felt so uncomfortable in her life.
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Pat
Yonkers Statesman
Death of Tippo Tib Ends African Power Era
The text proclaims Tippo Tib as a former central African monarch whose death ends his rule and his efforts to build cemeteries as symbols of prowess. It notes that civilization's advance ultimately assimilated his tribe and toppled Tippo Tib from leadership, signaling a major regional shift.
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Tippo Tib
Central Africa
Lofty Lineage Across European Royals
Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, now the duke of Gonnaught's son-in-law, is a great-grandson of German Emperor William I. His ancestry includes Gustavus III of Sweden, King George II of England, and grand dukes of Baden along with highnesses of Bavaria and Württemberg.
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Gustavus Adolphus of
Sweden
Duke of
Gonnaught
William I
Gustavus III
George II
England
Baden
Bavaria
Wurtemberg
Sheep-Killing Wolves in Lafayette County News
A Lafayette County Kansas farmer fed a lamb with strychnine to kill wolves preying on his flock. The next morning nine dead wolves were found within 60 feet of the carcass outside the sheep pen.
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Lafayette County
Kan
Needed Clean Up at Dog Hill Church
The Murray Kentucky Monitor notes a parish request for all attendees to bring a hoe next Sunday to clear weeds around the front door with no preaching scheduled.
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Dog Hill
Like Down Easters in Suffolk Market
The passage notes nasal sounds and American phrases common among Suffolk farmers and peasants. A passerby at Woodbridge market might feel he is in Massachusetts, as regional speech blends with local scenery.
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Suffolk
England
Woodbridge
Massachusetts
The New Religion Seeks World Faith Unification
A noted Hindoo arrives to promote the unification of religions and the creation of a world faith. The Telegram notes the effort and observes support for an emerging global religious movement.
Egg-O-See: a cereal for health and energy
An advertisement extols Egg-O-See as ideal for health and a strong stomach. It describes kernels of California white wheat cleaned by brushes steamed, flaked, crisped to a maple tint, and flavored with natural fruit juice and pure grain sugar to deliver nourishment and vitality.
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California
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Redeenenee
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Louis Cotvon
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Timothy
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Timothy Wee
Orleans
Indianapolis
Soon Nes
Co. Quincy, Tll
Paxton Company
Boston, Maids
Sopuston
National Business College
N. 4Th Street
Quincy
Minois
Wis
Lesteanewas
N.kellogg Newspaprr CO
Adams St
Chicago
Hakim Sitzgerald & CO
Box K
Washington
Mull's Grape Tonic
Mull
Mulli
E. B. McCurdy
Troy
Ohio
Mull's
Mull’s
Grape Tonic CO
Third Ave
Rock Island
Clover
Rigeur
Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co
S.A
J. W. Chank Drug Co., Manufactures
Springfield
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