The Sunday School Lesson Parable of the Ten Pounds
A gospel lesson explains the parable of a nobleman who travels to receive a kingdom and returns to judge ten servants for investing their one pound each. The tale urges faithful, productive service until the king returns, warning that those who oppose the king face judgment. The notes connect the parable to Jesus near Jerusalem and the expected earthly kingdom, emphasizing waiting with faithful work.
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H. C. Lenington
Jerusalem
Jesus
Durhie Isis
Efficient manure pen for barn waste piles
A farmer describes a barnside manure pen built under the eaves with a gutter to carry roof water away. The pen, seven to eight feet wide and as long as the barn, is filled with muck or loam and compacted by pigs, then covered with absorbers to prevent loss. Proper management yields solid, well-preserved manure with minimal weather loss.
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Orange Judd
Amateurs Dominant in Poultry Market, Says Farmers' Review
The Farmers' Review argues amateurs who raise a few hens for family use differ from specialists. Amateurs need no market study and pursue fresh products, while specialists must track markets and finances. The piece credits amateurs as a major, independent force in poultry.
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Farmers’ Review
Wireless signals and clocks light up early electric era
The article notes wireless telegraphy proposals for fire alarms, praises Aberdeen for electrical progress, and cites Marconi's refined receiver targeting. It recalls Brussels 1835 Nolet electric clocks linked to a central master clock, and reports a Chinatown theft of Edison electric light using a device devised by an electrician and rented to Chinese merchants.
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Scotland
Aberdeen
Marconi
Brussels
Belgium
Ah Lin
New York
Chinatown
Edison Company
Scattered Bits From Many Lands Across The World
A survey of distant places notes the first American stock exchange in Mexico opening mid October, a Urals city with a unique language, 115 government aided art libraries and institutes in Queensland, Corean court mourning over imperial portraits, India’s 100 plus rajahs receiving gun salutes, and the harshest Indian punishment shortening royal salutes.
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American Stock Exchange
Republic of Mexico
Ural
Queensland
India
Government of India
Potter decries the tin plated era and home cooking decline
Bishop Potter of New York laments the decline of home cooking and the onset of a tinned era. President McKinley writes less than Cleveland, who seldom used a stenographer. Septimus Winner, author of Listen to the Mocking Bird, marks his seventy fifth year and continues composing at his Philadelphia home.
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Bishop Potter
New York
McKinley
Cleveland
Septimus
Winner
Mocking Bird
Philadelphia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Firm Oath Notice Toledo
Frank J. Cheney and Co. sworn to pay $100 for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary W. Gleason attests December 6, 1888. Cure taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Free testimonials, Toledo O. Cruggista 75c. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills. In Society note about Earl of Makearaise arriving in New York.
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W._GLEASON
Louisville and Nashville Improve Through Service to Florida
For the present winter season the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has improved its already perfect through service of Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati, Louisville, St Louis and Chicago to Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Connections with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico, Nassau, West Indian and Central American ports. Tourist and Home Seekers' excursion tickets on sale at low rates. Write C. L. Stone, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for particulars.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Thomesville
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tampa Palm Beach
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
West Indian
Central American
C. L. Stone
Louisville, Ky
Plain Evidence and the Baby Name Dilemma
A humorous note on naming a baby and a quip about drinking appears in a witty exchange. The speaker deflects the choice to the listener while another character mocks the drinking suggestion.
Best for the Bowels Cascarets Ad
An advertising notice promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure all for ailments from headaches to cancer by cleaning the bowels. It promises natural movements, costs 10 cents, and warns to beware of imitations. A small photographer caption and joke follow.
Jell-O Dessert Pleases Family With Four Flavors
An old advertisement touts Jell-O as a new dessert loved by all families in four flavors Lem on Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents. A separate note by M Donald Clarke urges mindful chewing and promotes Beeman's Pepsin Gum to ease digestion.
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Beeman
Witty Exchange Over Mattresses At Market Street Store
An uptown political club tale mocks a member's wife who rose from poverty via a garbage contract. She buys bedding for a new home and tells a polite Market Street salesman she wants a mattress usable in all seasons, not one for every year.
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Market Street
Philadelphia
Cal
Life Saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills in 1900 Chicago
S P Bush of Holy Name Court No 26 in Chicago was said to be saved from Bright's disease by Dodd's Kidney Pills after a sickness left him unable to eat. He claims two months of the remedy restored his health, and he credits the pills as the sole cure. The medicine, sold for 50 cents a box, was touted by the article as life saving.
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Chicago, Ill
S. P. Bush
Holy Name Court
Order
Bright
Dodd
Mr. Rush
Mrs Brewer Endorses Peruna For Grip And Female Catarrh
The advertisement praises Peruna as a cure for grip and female catarrh, claiming it treats irregularities nervous debility and misery common to women from adolescence to menopause. Testimonials from Mrs Lizzie M Brewer and Mrs J W Reynolds endorse Peruna as a reliable remedy with letters describing success against catarrh and la grippe, with free literature offered by The Peruna Medicine Company.
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Lizzie M. Brewer
J. W. Reynolds
New Lisbon
Ohio
Pe-ru-na Medicine Company
Ces Jumbus, O
Westerly
R. I
Hartman
Peru
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Amontillado
MBS
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Devil
Tom Walkeyage
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Hayne
Hawthorbne
Heidegger
Ethan Brand
Wakefield
Drowne
Champion
Linco Ise
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Pedsays
Lyle
Sterling
Cromwell
Sartor Roesartns
Macaulay
England
Rushin
Venice
St. Mark's
Lamb
Neweur
Raverie
Wincey
Bae
Levana
Bligs Perry
Little Masterpiece
Bliss Phrry
Princeston University
Atlantis Monthly
Peter
the Review OF Reviews
Albert Shaw
Art
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Review OF Reviews. CO
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