Jacob and the lure of Succoth and Shechem
A biblical vignette depicts Jacob's return from Beersheba to Canaan, his refusal to press toward Bethel, and the perilous delay at Shechem where Dinah is compromised. The elder Isaac’s blessing and the family’s faltering faith loom as his sons react with vengeance, marking a costly pause before full possession of the promised land.
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Jacob
Aallad Syrenth
Stiteny
Shechem
Canaan
Padan-aram
Hamor
El-elahe-Israel
Abraham
Succoth
Beersheba
Isaac
Syria
Esau
Edom
Avranarmaml
Laban
Bethel
Rachel
Shalem
Reuben
Dinah
Shalom
Israel
Knowledge Bureau to Free Londoners From Brain Strain
London reports the Society for the Proper Organization of Knowledge plans a universal information bureau system by Marshall Williams. The device would classify coordinate and assert vast world knowledge with infallible logic. Details are complex and beyond ordinary comprehension yet promised to yield logical views on any topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Society For
Marshall Williams
Williams
Whco
Names and meanings of ancient lands and regions
The passage explains how various historical names symbolize traits or resources. Siberia means thirsty, Sicily the country of grapes, Caledonia a high hill, Asia middle or between Europe and Africa, Italy a country of pitch, Hibernia last habitation, and Britain the country of tin.
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Siberia
Sicily
Caledonia
Asia
Europa
Africa
Taly
Hibernia
Phoencian
Britain
Niagara River Power Potential Calculated at 9 Million HP
A U.S. engineers survey traces Niagara River from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario noting a fall of 627 feet and a flow of 230,000 cubic feet per second. Over 27 miles of descent the river develops about 9,000,000 theoretical horsepower according to simple calculations.
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Niagara
Niagara River
Lake Ee
Lake Ontario
United States Engineers
A Practical Farm Truck from Simple Wood and Bolt Parts
A Country Gentleman correspondent explains how to build a simple farm truck using four baking powder boxes for axle boxes and a white oak tree for the frame. The method suggests four wheels four to five inches wide, coupled by iron pipes, with bolts for secure joints and a light, low ground contact to avoid damaging crops and facilitate pulling manure or spraying potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie
Etonia
All About the Farm Humor and Household Warnings
A whimsical reflection on farm life urges patience and prudent management. It warns against complacent self-satisfaction and promotes solid groundwork, noting jars of eggs in water glass and likening idle dreams to air castles while hens rest.
Farming Popular
A reliable authority reports modern statistics showing more than twice as many people work in agriculture as in any other occupation.
Crab-Shell Barometer Reports Weather Signs
In southern Chili locals claim a crab shell barometer predicts weather. A dry, fair sky leaves the dead shell white, while smut red spots appear with rising humidity, turning entirely red as the rainy season approaches and persists.
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Chili
Snails and Bumblebees Harvested for Far Markets
On a southern slope a man earns a slender living by catching snails for continental markets. He also maintains a standing autumn order for bumble bees to export to New Zealand to fertilize clover blossoms there.
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Man
New Zealand
South Sea
Mackerel Migration Ends Newfoundland Fishery Era
The mackerel fishery has been practically extinct in Newfoundland waters for a quarter century due to migration toward the American seaboard. In former times the fishery was vast, with over 1,000 vessels of various nationalities pursuing it.
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Newfoundland
American
Vexation School Requests Featured in Passmore Edwards Nursery
London Daily Express notes humorous pleas received by Mrs. Humphry Ward at her vacation Passmore Edwards settlement school. Quotes include a child’s demand to attend the Vexation School and a mother asking for a card for the vaccination school, illustrating playful mispronunciations and childlike confusion.
Three sights of Japan named sankie list Miyajima Ama-no-hashidate Matsushima
The article lists the three most lovely sights of Japan. Miyajima sacred island in the Inland Sea is first. Ama-no-hashidate, a long sandy peninsula on the western coast, is second. Matsushima, an archipelago near Sendai on the Pacific shore, is third.
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Japan
Miyajima
Ama-no-hashidate
Matsushima
Sendai
Pacific
Fourteenth Wife of Western Pioneer Marry in Reno
Philip Black a veteran western pioneer who has lived among Oklahoma Indians for 40 years wed Miss Euplaha Comer of Watonga at Reno. Several of Black’s former wives were Indians, marking a long, polygamous partnership with multiple Native spouses.
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Philip Black
Si Reno
Euplaha Comer
Watonga
Black
Reflecting on Past Errors Hinders Growth and Power
A meditation on how dwelling on former mistakes hinders spiritual beauty and power and impedes progress toward material success, urging balanced view of past and future to foster growth.
Money in Them and Idle Rumors Chronicle
A clipped exchange from Philadelphia Public Ledger and Washington Register comments on rumors and the spread of stock market chatter. The piece humorously notes how idle talk circulates and affects perceptions, including households facing costs for schoolbooks and clothing.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Queen Alexandra Hosts Fifteen Ladies in Personal Attendance
Queen Alexandra greets a formal retinue of fifteen ladies in attendance. The first is the mistress of the robes followed by the ladies of the bedchamber and maids of honor, all present in the royal drawing room for the ceremony.
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Queen Alexandra
Pink Pills credited with curing loss of appetite
Ex employee of National Biscuit Co from Bt. Joseph Missouri reports spring 1902 loss of appetite, trembling, cold sweats and stomach trouble. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills his symptoms ceased, appetite returned, and he praised the remedy as strengthening nerves by building red blood. Pills contain no opiates and are sold by druggists or the Dr Williams Medicine Company.
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William Browne
Lincoln Street
Bt. Joseph
Browne
National Biscuit Co
Ny Bees Hk
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
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Ee Edson
Sights of
Washington Ihan. Register
New York
Eteerey
Western Steam
ST. Louis
Ateaes
Chicago
Kansas
Timothy Neces
W.L. DougLas
Ldouglas Shoes
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Douglas
W. L. Douglas Strong
W. L.douglas
Carters
JTES
Kemp
Balsam
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