The Call to Service in Peter's Rebuke and Restoration
A 1503 Chicago sermon on the call to service and election, using Peter’s denial and restoration as a guide. It argues the call must be pursued with diligence, recounts Peter’s fall, repentance, and reinstatement, and presents a No Falls pathway from faith to love as the route to everlasting life.
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A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Chicago
David
Christ
Paul
Peter
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Galilee
Ieana
God
Henry Ward Beecher
Christ Jesus
Simon
Jonas
Paul Preaches at Areopagus in Athens
In Athens Paul addresses students and market crowds, noting their altar to the Unknown God. He argues the Creator fills heaven and earth, urges repentance, and cites the resurrection of Jesus, provoking mixed reactions and some converts including Dionysius the Areopagite.
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Paul
Mare Bill
Athens
Heaven
Earth
Dionysius
Damarus
Jesns
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Areopagus
Mars
Educational
Jesus
High Court
The Sentry and the Boy
A short Tudor Jenks verse from St Nicholas depicts a tall pompous sentry denying entry to a small boy who reveals he is the Prince, asserting the King loves him and that he likes little boys, turning the guard’s assumption on its head.
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Tudor Jenks
St. Nicholas
Miniature volcano demonstration from Brooklyn Eagle
A safe home volcano display uses a glass dish a wine vial and clay to create a red eruption. By pouring water into the vessel the lighter wine rises through the water forming a red cloud as it erupts the miniature volcano.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Game of Alliteration for a Classroom Challenge
A group activity assigns each player a pencil and paper while a letter is handed out every two minutes. Players craft sentences where every word starts with that letter, then share and compare. Scoring rewards longer sentences matching the read aloud first letter, with plus marks given for each length advantage.
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Susan
Cost of Construction Per Alderman Motto
A humorous quip from Puck magazine on railroad testing costs per mile versus political expense per alderman, illustrating bureaucratic stinginess and public budget scrutiny.
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Puck
Brave Fight For Escape From Death On Bridge Over Mississippi
An aerial workman, Anderson, recounts a 100 foot high plunge from a high bridge while painting a steel rod. He describes a fall that cracked a cross-rod, then a blacked out moment before resurfacing in cold water. Crew cheers from aloft urged him to keep paddling until rescue 15 minutes later.
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Mississippi River
Anderson
China
Sailor
Jackie
Screech Owl Speaks in a Forest Tale
A Screech Owl relates an evening capture by a farmer boy and his artist brother, then release and a return to hunting mice. The owl defends its nature, notes pale fears humans share stories, and mentions feeding on sparrows. The tale ends with a note from a student in Orange Judd Fs.
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Schull
Orange
Judd
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Screech Owl
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