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Newspaper

Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1925

Page

6

Christ in Gethsemane Lessons From Prayer in the Garden

A religious study recounts Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane with Peter James and John sharing sorrow while Jesus prays three times for strength. It explores his great anguish the cup of death and the need for watchfulness and prayer to endure temptation.

Jesus Christ Gethsemane Kidron Jerusalem Edersheim Jesus God Father Pater

Spurgeon Sermon Quote on Church Fundamentals

A short quotation notes that doubts about church fundamentals persist in some congregations while warm-hearted churches are less troubled by them. The saying attributed to O H Spurgeon contrasts earnest fellowship with theological uncertainty.

O. H. Spurgeon

War and Peace in a Pious Year Motto

The piece contrasts striving against vice with harmony among neighbors and urges yearly self improvement. It states that power for holy service comes through inter course with God, reflecting a religious exhortation.

Hostess Trend Expands to New York Barber Shops

In New York, for the first time barbershops hire hostesses to ease female patrons. A Fifth Avenue department store leads the shift, hiring hostesses for its women's barber shop to help customers feel at home. Hostesses are often experienced, older women who speak foreign languages, while cashiers in women's shops cope with checks marked his.

York Sixth Avenue Fifth Avenue New York Bob

Buried City Revealed in Wilds of Nevada

In Nevada near St. Thomas Gov. James G Scrugham reports a newly found buried city likely the largest pueblo on the continent. Excavations reveal 40 houses 11 bodies including 10 women ancient pottery 2000 years old and walls of adobe with tule mold preserved.

Los Angeles Nevada James G. Scrugham Scrugham St. Thomas Nev Hunt Arizona Grand Canyon

Swedish Prison Becomes National Museum in Stockholm

The Oestermalm prison in Stockholm is being converted into a historical museum and royal archives depot. Priceless documents fill former cells and relics from Sweden and Europe are displayed in the halls. A notable exhibit shows skeletons of 1 800 Swedes who died defending Visby against Valdemar Atterdag nearly 600 years ago.

Stockholm Oestermalm Royal Archives Sweden Europe Vieby Valdesaar Asterdag Meil

OI LEENS CALVES BOOST SILK TRADE IN IRELAND

London reports a postwar boom in artificial silk driven by shop girls in Ireland. Mills reopened and factories run overtime producing stockings blouses and garments. New processes and machinery fuel growth with mills in Bury Nelson Peterborough and Golborne. India also expands artificial silk shawls and cloths.

London Little Shop Girls Ireland Isles America England Bury Nelson Peterborough Golbourne India

Offers to Pay Damage from Horse Hit by Northwestern Train

At Iron Mountain Michigan a horse hitched to a wood wagon was struck and killed by a Northwestern freight train. The wagon wrecked and wood strewn on the tracks. The owner M J Fox of Von Platen Lumber offered to pay all damages to the railway company the next day.

Iron Mountain Mich Northwestern Railroad Northwestern M. J. Fox von Platen Lumber Company

The Wages of Sin Quote from Lucas Malet

A snippet quotes Lucas Malet on sin and payment. It notes the worst sin is paid by the innocent, that a dollar is quickly spent, while the riches of friendship are inexhaustible.

Lucas Malet

Jury Awards $1 In Alienation Suit Over Husband

Millington, Tenn. A jury found Daniel Burgner valued at $1 in a suit by his wife Fannie Burgner for alienation of affections against widow Mary Fleming plantation owner. Mrs Burgner sought $50,000 claiming love gifts and long marriage worth a fortune.

Millington Tenn Fannie Burgner Ben L. Capell United States Supreme Court

First 10 Million Year Old Dinosaur Footprints Found

The Interior Department announces 16 inch long tracks with 13 inch spread and a 58 inch stride on the Navajo reservation near Grand Canyon Arizona. The bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs walked in Triassic rocks about seven miles from Tuba City.

Washington, D. C Rocky Mountains Arizona Grand Canyon National Park Interior Department Tuba City

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