Lesson on Mount Sinai and the law given to Israel
The lesson reviews Exodus chapters detailing Mount Sinai, Moses' calling, and God's theophany. It emphasizes the source and sacredness of law, obedience as the condition for Israel as a priestly holy nation, and the majestic revelation marked by fire, thunder, and cloud. It notes Moses’ approach and the need for cleansing and restraint before God.
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Mount Horeb
Jethro
Moses
Mount Sinai
God
Egypt
Red Sea
Jehovah
Israel
Rephidim
Bingham Man Named President Hicks Named For Next Meeting
Mount Vernon Universalists elect Rev. H M Hicks president and select Myron B E Roberts as secretary and George S Davis as treasurer. A committee to name the next meeting place includes Rev H M Hicks and Mrs Cora Hartley and Mrs Nora Cook.
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M. W. Hicks
Mount Vernon
Universalists Association of
Southern Illinois
H. M. Hicks
Bingham
Myron BE. Roberts
Taylorville
George S. Davis
Beecher City
Cora Hartley
Nora Cook
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Ad From Bovina Center
A Mrs Willard A GranAm of Bovina Center New York shares six years of poor health after childbirth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength enabling her to work and care for two children. The ad promotes the product as a safe herbal remedy and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bovina Center
N.Y
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia EK
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Tinplate Production Surges Past Earlier Year
A historical note recalls US tinplate output reaching 1.75 billion pounds, ten times its 1899 level, alongside an anecdote about Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething and a motor car accident. A bystander recounts a crash scene while a constable vows to arrest the riders, with a judge interjecting.
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United States
Pimples Cleared By Cuticura In Three Weeks
A testimony from Judd Knowles of Falls City Nebraska describes chronic facial eruption starting at sixteen. After years of frustration he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, washing with hot water nightly and applying the ointment, noting improvement in two days and a complete cure in three weeks. Ad copy details free samples and Boston address.
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Falls City
Neb
Judd Knowles
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Ambition and Mystery Fill a Fragment from a Dated Page
A garbled OCR style snippet mentions an invigorating tonic for adults and children, notes about blood and system building, and curious lines such as a cubist painting of a huckleberry pie. It references towns, fire, action, and an anonymous quote about ambition.
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John
Tuberculosis Legislation Advances Across States in 1913
National Association reviews the 1913 tuberculosis legislative campaign noting 30 states enacted laws and 34 considered measures. Over 6 million dollars were appropriated for treatment and prevention, with nearly 1 million for federal and DC hospital needs. Notable acts include Colorado registration, Minnesota and Wisconsin hospital subsidies, Indiana county hospitals, and state bureaus in Ohio and California.
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National Association For the Study
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
Colorado
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
California
National Association
Tragedy Averted as Tennessee Farmer Views Rail Line
A Tennessee farmer who feared trains opposed a railroad through his land. Despite condemnation and the first train's arrival, he admitted the line caused little harm, noting it passed through endways and would have damaged cows if it had come sideways.
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Farmer
Tennessee
Bill
Trial Echoes Old West Justice In Murder Case
In early Arizona, a pompous chief justice presided over a murder trial where an aged negro was killed and the sole eyewitness was a small boy. Defense objected to the boy’s oath understanding, and when asked what would happen if he lied, the boy replied the devil would get him, prompting the justice to declare that he would get the boy as well. Also notes the bladderwort plant traps and consumes small creatures as it floats, its bladder leaves with air pockets and a mouth that captures prey when triggered.
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Arizona
National Monthly
Fishermen visit Lake Chargogudgmanchauggabogman
Hagop Barasyjian of ritchburg and Menad Estabobrakamasian of Lowell fished yesterday in Lake Chargogogmanchaug near Worcester with their cousin Haijjaman Saralaneroparanian during a weekend visit.
Then What Did Papa Do
A family exchanges simple notes on eating habits during a meal. Mamma loves the dish but fears it disagrees with her. Paxton admits liking bananas yet hesitates to eat them. Jean, five, proclaims love for watermelon but says she cannot eat it because it is not bought for her.
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Papa
Mamma
Paxton
Jean
Painter Speaks On Portraits And the Soul Not The Form
A London letter quotes Ryatander arguing that portraiture should capture the subject's soul rather than a perfect figure. The critic contends that a sitter's inner essence matters more than physical distortion. The exchange frames art as a moral and spiritual pursuit beyond mere appearance.
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Ryatander
London
Watermelons Sold Cheap and Ancient Dreadful Picnic Recount
The notice recalls boyhood theft regrets as watermelons fetch 60 cents each. It then advertises DRL Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil claiming fast pain relief and healing as a surgical dressing with prices 25c 50c and $1. A Birmingham Age-Herald quote notes a near drowning at a picnic, calling it the most crowded near-drowning event ever heard of.
Luminous Park Benches Spark City Wit in Local Shifts
In a city, benches painted with luminous paint aim to deter courting couples at night. Residents hail the bright idea while quips about credit, cash, and praise ripple through the scene. The anecdote captures a playful civic workaround blending humor with public space policy.
Change in parish curates prompts driver quip
In a Dublin flavored anecdote from Harper's, a prominent parishioner asks his chauffeur how he rates the new curate Barney and gets the reply middlin. The chauffeur notes the old curate could tell you all about hell, describing it as if he were bred born and reared there.
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Barney
Hell
Harper’s
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