Baptism Tale From New Jersey River Bank
A story from New Jersey recounts Doctor Brown the evangelist performing baptism by immersion along the Delaware. A hackman asked why some candidates were dunked multiple times, and Brown replied he used extra water to wash out the doubt and ready the convert for entry into the faith.
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Doctor Brown
New Jersey
Delaware River
Hackman
Thomas Jefferson Lincoln Anderson
Joss
Tom
Toetor Brown
Winners and patience in youth’s path to success
The piece argues that early brilliance does not guarantee lasting achievement in college or professional life. It notes great figures like Gladstone Napoleon and Patrick Henry rose later after initial underachievement, and warns against hasty judgments of students who do not stand out initially.
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Winston-Salem Journal
Gladstone
Napoleon
Military Academy
Fune
Patrick Henry
Darwin
Youthful Beecher Portrait Highlights Doubts and Growth
The passage recalls Henry Ward Beecher as a youth a poor speller and bashful quiet, mocked as stupid. It notes worries about his focus on animals and family disgrace and remarks that larger men take longer to find themselves.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Wakefield Doctors to Visit Blowing Rock and Nearby Towns
Drs W H Wakefield and Harry A Wakefield of Charlotte will visit Blowing Rock on Saturday July, Shuils Mills on Monday July 12, Sugar Grove on Thursday July 15, and Boone on Friday July 16. They limit their practice to Eye Ear Nose and Throat diseases and glasses fitting, offering tonsil and adenoid removal. Also notices seeking workers to take orders for a guaranteed delivery line with no experience required in Norristown, Va.
Appointment to County Surveyor Post and Nomination
A notice announces readiness to fill the late W P Vandyke term as County Surveyor and entry as a Republican convention candidate. It also seeks two or three first class men cooks for new camps at Boone Lake Lumber Co Shulls Mills NC offering 125 per month and interview opportunities.
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W. P. Vandyke
Boone ‘Oaee Lumber Company
Shulls Mills
N. C
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Hazel Patch
Cardu
Cardul
Childe
Norristown
DELCO
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Watauga Motor Co
R. D. Jennings
Boone
N.C
E. Glenn Salmons
Blackburn Hotel
Anner Elk, N.C
T. A. Love
Pineola, N
Love & Love
Attorney-Atlaw
Averyam
Attorney Atlaw
P. Speal
M.D
Wickory, M.C
Wickory Drag Co
Lovill
Lowi
Cara
Edison and
Aes Fey
Elsie de Wolfe
Greene & Bingham
T. E. Bingham
Legal Natura
W. A. Linney
John E. Brown
Lovill & Lovill
Can
Ceo ES Health
Boone Drug Store
Hollmstes
Batiste Ton
Watauga County Bank
J. W. Bryan
Tate Jeweler and Watchmaker
Boone, N. 0
Alfred W. Dulanor
Bula
Charlotte, N. C
Sora
Universal Car
Ford
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Watauga County
Mass
Pris
Corfey
V. Pres
Miss Peart Hopes
Booklerpi
G. P. Wagaman
W.D. Fanriana
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Austin E. Sourn
Telle
Bank of
Blowing Rock
the Peoples Bank
Peoples Bank & Trust Co
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