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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
1
The passage reflects on hope and faith in difficult times, noting blue skies above every misty day and stars in the night. It urges gratitude and resilience, suggesting sunshine can break through shadows as divine guidance helps one stand firm rather than fight.
A wise woman reflects on how shelter from trials hides true faults. She recalls self deception about virtue and strength, then notes bitter, selfish traits emerge when life changes expose inner conflict and distrust. The piece stresses character revealed by adversity.
President Roosevelt attended the Presbyterian Jubilee celebrating 100 years of home mission work. The General Assembly in New York May 15 noted $23,000,000 spent, 5,600 churches aided, and 74,000 commissions issued. The board's 1902 income reached $904,400 with 1802 income at $2,500. Westminster of Minneapolis cited among past beneficiary churches. Roosevelt sent greetings praising the church’s role in American institutions.
A devotional meditation on the heavenly Sabbath describing perpetual light comfort and peace beyond earthly life. It equates earthly sabbaths with dim reflections of paradise and likens a faithful heart to a Sabbath bell that hears an eternal song.
The text reflects on endurance and prolonged duty over flashy battles. It highlights long watches and sentinel work as core parts of Christian soldiering, stressing vigilance against temptation as essential to faith. The passage ends mid sentence with exhortations to the Ephesians.
The piece argues for leaving room for Providence and revision in plans. It cautions against rigidly calculating outcomes and urges clear aims, regular labor, and space for interlineations by a wiser hand, recognizing the limits of human schemes. It emphasizes tempering effort with humility and openness to guidance.
Christian Intelligencer urges Christians to grow through suffering and trials. Tribulation should ripen patience and gentleness, shaping a life guided by learning until promoted to heaven. The text frames life as a school where avoidance of softer virtues is a pity and spiritual beauty should deepen with time.
Dr Parkhurst urges that spiritual growth exceeds mere physical effort and hints at a latent world revealed not by hands or rocks but by inner vision. He notes that physical sight is slow to mature and spiritual sight even slower, yet a subtle glimmer remains in the air beyond sunlight.
Rev Dr Hillis of Brooklyn argues that manhood tests are misused when pride outruns humility. Power comes from self reliance while conscience serves as a divine guide, and honest pride remains essential. We are what we are on average, and as God's children we should reach our best.
Rev C H Elder of Trenton New Jersey is described as a progressive minister who uses illustrated hymns in Sunday services and invites passers by to attend church with promises of entertainment if conversion does not occur. His approach aims to attract nonmembers though it deviates from traditional gospel methods.
The prominent Methodist clergyman Reverend Nicholas Van Sant died in Madison New Jersey after a short illness of pneumonia. Born December 1 1823 in Absecon New Jersey he began preaching in 1840 and served as presiding elder of the Paterson district from 1864 to 1868. He authored Sunset Memories published in 1896 and at the 1864 General Conference chaired the Committee on Slavery whose wartime work drew a letter of thanks from President Lincoln.
Rev. B D Hull of Chicago argues the core reason people reject Christianity is love of sin and failure to abandon it. He urges commitment to Christ and warns listeners their record will determine standing before God.
A saying emphasizes faith’s power to block scientific progress, noting that belief can halt inquiry even as evidence and reason push forward in exploration. The remark frames faith as a constraining force on scientific advancement.
A former sailor, Simeon Nicks, performs a dramatic descent from a balloon hovering fifteen hundred feet above Los Angeles. He slides down to a crowded ground amid astonished spectators, declaring himself the champion long-distance slider of the world.
The former jack tar performed a record long slide from the clouds to Charles Park attracting at least fifteen thousand spectators. He said he aimed for notoriety and ready money, sliding down a string in a hair-raising stunt that left him unfazed upon landing.
An 89 year old rope slider in a dramatic performance ascended to 1500 feet aboard a balloon in New York. He zigzagged and swung using a hemp rope, stopping briefly as crowds gasped. Known as a Navy and merchant seaman, he earlier helped repair a broken cable 3800 feet underground in a British Columbia mine rescue.
A minister compares plant care to life saying roses and heliotrope thrive in sun while fuchsias need shade. After the sermon a grateful woman thanks him and reveals she finally understands why her fuchsias struggled.
Senor Sagasta, Spain's long serving prime minister and revered elder statesman, nears eighty. He began as a newspaper reporter and returned to journalism during pauses in politics, yet his nation required his public service. He and the queen regent are credited with stabilizing the throne in turbulent times.
Poultney Bigelow argues in The Independent that American newspapers, despite flaws in taste or morals, generally pursue facts and publish them regardless of government approval, challenging the view of press subservience to authorities. He notes several daily owners would suit the gallows more than the editorial tower, implying strong American press independence.
The so called congressional bridge whist ban centers on Speaker Henderson and lawmakers Sherman New York Metcalf California and Powers Maine as they case the southern delegation for a member with wealth and lack of skill. Powers was asked about the geographic record and replied the speaker is the greatest holder he ever saw but the far east is not behind the game.
Leg Lie's Weekly notes that New Year fires are a Chinese custom to settle debts. People may burn their houses to dodge creditors, pleading that the gods destroyed their home and asking for money, a ruse to save face and credit.
The famous will of Peter the Great bequeathed to his heirs the aim of dominating Europe. He stated Russia should exercise supreme power over Europe and subjugate it with a new youthful race. His many clauses guided czarist policy for over a century.
The Philippines achieved the largest annual hemp output under normal conditions at 110000 tons. Production requires no cultivation and must be cut in season. Natives are claimed to excel globally in preparing hemp for market.
A man dining on spring lamb at a cheap restaurant reflects on the difficulty of dying young. The remark suggests a mood of grim realization about life and mortality.
A creamery grounds and building are praised for beauty and cleanliness. Clumps of evergreens, climbing vines, and flowering shrubs create an inviting scene. Neat surroundings are linked to better milking and butter making, boosting pride and care among workers.
In Fresno California an alarm linked to automatic thermometers warns foremen when frosts threaten a twenty acre lemon grove. At 34 degrees the bell rings and 600 oil pots are lit, burning until 7 30 am. The plan prevents frost in the orchard though surrounding fields frost over. Costs were low and fewer pots might suffice, showing strong potential.
Joseph Carter quips on a modern farmer who keeps only profitable stock and scrubs none. He tests cows for profit, rejects poor feeders, and stores pricey implements, arguing efficiency beats wasteful habits.
The article stresses applying spraying solutions as a fine mist and warns against dripping leaves to avoid scalding. Experience determines when to stop, turning spraying into a science, with past disasters linked to operator inexperience. Humidity and leaf wetness crucially affect spray timing.
In five years Illinois station records barren stalks dropping from 60 to 12 percent through selecting seed from ear bearing stalks. The new seed score card marks a era in seed corn growing emphasizing uniformity in kernels and ears to produce better seed stock.
Copper sulphate should be placed in a bag and suspended in water rather than dumped in. Pure copper sulphate dissolves in 8 to 10 hours, forming Bordeaux mixture used to combat fungous diseases and kept ready for farm use.
Wisconsin poultry expert Ida Tilson outlines costs and space per fowl, preferred wide perches, separate hen housing, secure nest boxes, warm winter water, and open scratching sheds. She warns on mite transfer to cattle, limits flocks to fifty, and covers feeding habits, perch width, pepper use, and cottage cheese temperatures for young turkeys.
Fred Keith of Ingham County Michigan outlines a March April breeding and selection plan for fall show birds. He advises segregated pens for cockerels and pullets, a varied mash with greens and flaxseed before shows, daily handling, washing white birds with blue water and olive oil rubs, and pre pairing males and females to produce winners.
The article argues mongrel fowls are not inherently hardier than purebreds and stresses matching care for light and heavy fowls. It cites conflicting opinions on keeping birds past two seasons and suggests trap nests and college trials may clarify best practices. It closes with a proverb about money.
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