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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
4
Reverend P B Fitzwater provides a Sunday school lesson from Moody Bible Institute focusing on English Bible teaching. The piece presents guidance for teachers and outlines doctrinal emphasis within a Protestant Sunday school setting.
Lesson outlines Barnabas as a model Christian: his original name Joseph, renamed Barnabas meaning Son of Prophecy and exhortation. His generosity in selling property, his leadership as a statesman in Antioch, and his role in introducing Saul to the apostles, culminating in disciples being called Christians after a year of teaching.
An advertisement touts Othine Double Strength for freckles claiming rapid improvement and possible money back guarantee if it fails. It urges asking the druggist for the double strength preparation and notes even light freckles may vanish after initial uses.
Fragmentary note recalls Barnabas and Saul voyaging to Jerusalem and believers at Antioch sending aid to ease brethren’s distress. A separate brief item reports Jasper County district court clerk Frank Wilson struck by illness on his way home, expected to recover in weeks. A small test balloon ascent traveled eight miles in two hours and a half.
Des Moines reports show 100 or more applicants for teachers certificates scrambling to answer bizarre exam questions. The piece notes absurdities such as Vesuvius wag a Spanish explorer and The Hawaiian glands are in the middle of the Mississippi. The state board aims to recruit competent teachers to avoid reliance on such misinformation and to maintain standards.
Fragmented report describes painters finishing a rainbow trail along a highway from Du amd earth to Manchester. Odd place names and mixed phrases cloud details but note color stripes of red yellow and blue along a roadway.
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