Foundation and Superstructure of God’s Building
A sermon on 2 Timothy 2 19 affirming God’s foundation stands sure and eternal while false teachers seek to distort it. It urges believers to identify the Builder, live by holy conduct, and construct with gold silver and precious stones, tested by fire, to honor the foundation laid by Christ Jesus.
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Christ
Hymenseus
Philetus
Jesus Christ
Hymenaeus
God
Earth
Jesus
Chicago
Marshall Field
Peter
Church of Christ
Paul
Ephesii Ous
Paola Social Society Proposed to Guard Home Ties
Holyoke mass reports Lat city women plan a Paola Society to regulate wives freedoms and house duties for club affiliated husbands. It aims to improve home life while not opposing clubs, proposing a 60 member charter and campaigns on women emancipation with new rules and labor unions style oversight.
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Holyoke
Mass
Lat City
Paola Social Society
Paola Society
New Russian Cruiser Speeds 24 Knots in Warship Pace
The new Russian cruiser can steam at 24 knots, promising it can stay out of reach of Japan's Togo fleet until peace is declared. The statement highlights speed as a key defense gap filler for future engagements.
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Togo
Apple-Time at Grandmother's Orchard
A dialect filled reminiscence of visiting a grandmother’s apple orchard. Children rush to gather blossoms and fruit before daybreak, savoring apple pies and cider, while noting a longing to visit gran'ma's and climb among heavily laden trees.
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Gran'ma’s
Nicholas
Laziness and Labor in Fanti Society on the Gold Coast
A historical column argues Fantis of the Gold Coast avoid work in tropical climates. It contrasts a penny daily living with English navvies, notes reliance on a wife for income, and describes overbearing overseers. It cites a Cape Coast contractor introducing wheelbarrows and Fantis adapting by carrying loads on their heads.
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West African
Gold Coast
Cape Coast Castle
Teaching of the Blind by Dr. Peller in Vienna
Dr. Peller, director of the Jewish Institute for blind children in Vienna, argues that blind education should focus on hearing rather than touch. He notes that blind children develop mentally by auditory input and urges schools to teach recognition by ear of concepts learned visually. He warns that passive imagination traps many blind people in dreamlike misery and calls for turning passive into active imagination.
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Peller
Jewish Institute For Blind Children
Vienna
Peiler
The Result Johnny Papa quote on being good at re partes
A fragment from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes a quip about a man being “good at re partes” meaning he has no friends. The line plays on legal Latin usage and social interpretation within a brief humor piece.
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Johnny
Papa
Cincinnat! Commercial Tribune
The Lapps of Lapland A Rudimentary Portrait from Siberia to Snow
An 19th century portrait describes Lapp life in two Laplands with independence from czarist rule. It covers nomadic herding, moss dependence for reindeer forage, winter ice travel, and harsh customs. It notes elders and women, shyness toward water, and extreme cleanliness debates.
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Lapp
Esquiman
Japanese Village Hidden in Volcanic Crater
A small Japanese village about 10 miles from Kumamoto sits inside a crater. The settlement lies 900 feet below the crater rim with steep walls and remains largely unseen. About 2,000 inhabitants rarely leave the secluded community, awaiting any future volcanic activity.
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Volcano
Kumamoto
Rich Uncle and Nephew Debts List Wordplay
Chicago Tribune parodies a quarrel over debts with phrases about an indulgent uncle and a nephew named Brendthrift EH. The exchange centers on who is owed and who must pay, in a playful ledger style.
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Harry
Brendthrift
Chicago Tribune
Red hair and politics amuse a judge on his veranda
An auburn haired visitor chats with Judge Alton Brooks Parker at Rosemount New York about red hair. Parker jokes that red hair signals high temper and qualities, noting Jefferson and Jackson as example Democrats and hinting at a third red haired president.
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Parker
Wair
Alton Brooks Parker
Rosemount
New York
Jefferson
Jackson
Health laws and preventive medicine in Japan
The text asserts Japan leads in public health with strict sanitation and compulsory vaccination, contrasting Europe and America. It claims national wealth lies in health and that tuberculosis and other diseases are governed by ventilation and home cleanliness, urging preventive medicine as essential for national strength.
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Japan
Europe
America
England
France
Postum Cereal Beverage Aids Nervous Health Claim
A lengthy testimonial promotes Postum Food Coffee as a remedy for headaches and nervousness after switching from tea and coffee. The speaker, a mother of a four month old, reports improved health and a healthier child after replacing tea and coffee with Postum, produced by Postum Co. of Battle Creek. The ad claims caffeine in tea and coffee harms organs and promises a gold-mold health secret, urging a ten day trial and offering the book The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welkville
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