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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
3
RH O Sellers director of the Evening Department at Moody Bible Institute Chicago presents an international Sunday School lesson outline. The feature outlines themes, scriptures and teaching guidance for educators worldwide.
A biblical lesson outlines four parables from Matthew 13 on the kingdom's value worth seeking. The master discovers treasure in a field and a pearl of great price symbolizes salvation, while the dragnet teaches final separation. Disciples are urged to interpret and reveal hidden truths and pay the price for eternal life in Christ.
A Life magazine style reflection asserts every man has a best girl somewhere, assigned at birth by a vast catalogued fate. It notes the inevitable match may occur despite homely looks or existing relationships, with love transcending origin or distance.
In a January storm on Capitol Hill Washington a darky with an old gray mule stood by a ramshackle wagon while two congressmen waited for a late car. The man refused to move saying the mule will not go unless he whistles and he cannot whistle in the cold. The scene drew attention as the chill winter weather and odd group drew curiosity.
In a street exchange Judge recounts Jel liffe and Morrowby praising his wife who led a suffrage parade flag bearing her chapter. The dialogue notes she carried the flag for part of the route with her driver taking turns.
Historic advertisement claims Cole's Carbolinalve cures "iting, torturing dia tases" of the eye and mucous membranes. It touts a superior cure priced at 26 and 50 cents, available via druggists, with free samples offered by J. W. Cole & Co. of Black River Sails, Was.
A playful exchange asks if a lover would die for them and frets over the undertaker’s bill. The dialogue, from The Bachelor’s Casket, hints at dark humor and financial foibles behind passion.
A historical notice warns that water used in dining is adulterated and unfit. It urges consumers to avoid tainted water and highlights Red Cross Ball Blue as a whitening alternative for clothes.
In Chicago a witty clip notes that all her husbands were named William and Stella jokes she collects Bills. A vintage ad mentions Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething gums reducing inflammation and pain at 26c a bottle. The saying “If a man is easily bought the buyer is apt to be sold” rounds out the item.
An advertising offer promotes Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment claiming instant itch relief and rapid clearing of eruptions for eczema salt rheum ringworm pimples and blackheads. Readers are urged to send for a generous free trial.
Tuberculosis Day is set for October 27 with 100000 churches urged to observe the event or the surrounding week. The third annual observance, by the National Association, aims to educate churchgoers about consumption and promote Red Cross Christmas seals.
Mrs E F Sulzberger of Ys recounts a two year old's severe skin eruption starting as white pimples and spreading to the head and body. After trying an eczema advertisement with no benefit, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a dressings routine and hood to stop scratching, reporting full relief by age two and a half. Cuticura products advertised with free samples and a Skin Book offered by mail from Boston.
A dialogue shows a book buyer named mia am versus a book agent over reading a subscribed set. The agent explains they do not enforce a clause requiring reading all subscribed books.
An elderly mountaineer in a small Kentucky town had never seen an automobile. He watched a touring car race up Main Street at 30 mph, lean onto two wheels at a corner, then vanish. He told a bystander the horses must have been traveling hard to have escaped from the gentleman’s carriage.
A delegate plays a limited role at major conventions in modern politics. A prominent citizen compares involvement to an usher at a wedding when aligned with a winner, or an honorary pallbearer when not aligned.
The piece notes a dialog about Mrs. Benham and a picture hat, then asserts she wore a roof garden. It frames life as an ocean where one must sink or swim amid a floating population, as quoted by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
At a Yazoo dinner Senator Williams ridiculed a proposed tariff change by recounting a fable of an old lady who insured her barn for 3500 dollars and, after hearing the premium of 24 dollars, decided to defer payment until ruin.
Folred describes a secret elopement plan between lovers near a father's hangar. They discuss using a runabout monoplane or hiding the craft in the old stable and walking to the trolley to evade discovery as a chase begins from overhead with racing monoplane propellers.
A brief dialogue scene centers on a woman and a man reflecting on memory and money. The man laments the funds he spent trying to appear princely while the woman predicts eventual forgetfulness. The exchange highlights pride, deceit, and the ache of spent effort.
An old cautionary ad urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the signature of Castoria and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. It claims the remedy is safe for infants and children and mentions Fletcher's Castoria as the product.
Drummer asks if the wine sample is tasted Madame replies she doubts its value after three days with little service. Paxtine 8 advertised to remove nicotine from teeth disinfect mouth and purify breath. sold by Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass for 25 cents a box or postpaid on receipt of price.
A humorous fragment from Harvard lampoon style dialogue. A lover teases a rival for affection while a referee-like character calls a foul for holding. The exchange blends romance with sport idiom in a playful, old-fashioned tone.
A concise irritation about buying water for bluing and favoring pure blue products. The piece mocks lectures offered for free and recommends purchasing a book or shaving strop from the presenter to support the speaker.
A midwest ad touts easy money selling new sanitar belt and French liquid powder with 100 percent profit. Sample kits offered. Readers are urged to buy through Dr. J. P. James Co. at 618 Ferry Street in Lafayette.
Mrs Susie Ten Pleton of Hooper Nebraska credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of female troubles. After seven bottles she reports regained health and resumed full domestic work, urging others to try the remedy.
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