Noah's Ark Lesson and Notes on Genesis Story
In a Sunday School lesson on Genesis 6 through 9, Noah is described as righteous in a wicked age. The Ark saved Noah and his family. sacrifices after the flood pleased God, who vowed not to flood the earth again and set a covenant sign. The piece discusses wickedness, Noah’s faith, the universal flood, and a fresh start under divine guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Lenington
Noah
Nash
Whyce
Nile
Saiuty
Reglar Sturday
Childen
God
Wide-Awake Farm Boy from Portage County
George B. Scott profiles Harry Stebbins, a Portage County youth who trains calves and drives a wagon, earning a fair premium and later selling his trained team for 45 dollars. The piece highlights patient husbandry, industry, and a budding farming vocation as observed on a Chagrin Falls fair visit and in daily work.
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Portage County
Chagrin Falls
Harry Stebbins
John Gould
Harry
Mr. Gould
John
Barry
George B. Scott
Ohio
The Old and the New Conservatism Clash
A short, reflective note on conservatism and progress. It argues that clinging to old ways support only stagnation, while true improvement blends best practices with new ideas, avoiding reverence for the old or blind praise of the new. It cites American Cultivator as the source quotation.
Remedy for Duck Cholera Mix in Douglase mixture for poultry tonic
The remedy advocates dissolving iron sulfate in water and adding concentrated sulfuric acid as a dangerous poison. A dose is one teaspoonful per quart of drinking water, to be used only in disease threatened cages. Urges shelter, dry conditions, clean grain, and plentiful green grass.
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Ohbio
When a Girl Cares for Her Place in Society
A Philadelphia Record piece urges restraint and virtue for women. It contrasts modesty with vanity, praising neat dress, thoughtful speech, and devotion to parents. It warns against overbearing manners, gossip, and flaunting wealth, urging daughters to balance charm with duty and lighthearted cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
State Echoes Across the States
Statewide notes report Texas counties lacking resident attorneys. New Hampshire offers a one dollar per bushel bounty on dead grasshoppers. A Santa Barbara man accumulates over 1000 turtles planning a local ranch. Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds gubernatorial veto power over appropriations. A St Cloud Florida firm makes paper from palmetto leaves. Portland 1903 exposition titled Lew and Clark centennial and American Pacific exposition, with the banner Where rolls the Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New Hampshire
Santa Barbara
Cal
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Cloud
New York Tops World in Telephone Stations
Sparks from the wires report New York now has 60,000 telephone stations, making it the largest city system globally. Tontgen rays are used to test death, revealing greater opacity in a deceased body. The malaprecurus fish, eight inches long, can generate a 200 volt electric shock in two thousandths of a second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Infant's Food Saves Baby After Milk fiasco
A Detroit Journal reader recounts feeding a six month old with modified cow's milk that failed. The infant traded for dog biscuits, survived, though the dog died. The writer praises a celebrated Infant's Food and offers to let the paper use his name John Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jones
Detroit Journal
Notre Dame University Ad in Notre Dame, Ind
Notre Dame University invites inquiries for its catalogue and details on terms and courses. A preparatory school links to the university with a Commercial Course for young men, and Br Edward’s Hall for boys under seventeen. The institution emphasizes thorough teaching, student care, and devotion to education after fifty six years of active work.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Notre Dame University
West
Ase
Uiversity
Br. Edward’s Haru
University OF Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
VOY
Cinciraati
Baiting Him: Shell Game Exposed in Boston
A Chicago Daily News item explains a con where a pea is swapped for a bean in a three shells and a pea game. The clever ruse dupes a wise Bostonian and exposes the graft scheme with quick misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodrick
Ahanid
van Albert
Chicago Daily News
Colorado Descriptive Folder Free On Request
Public notice offers a valuable publication describing Colorado scenery health reports and summer excursion rates. Send request to L W Wakeley G P A Burlington House 60 Pine Street St Louis MO for a special folder on Colorado educational value to students and the public. Free on request mention this paper.
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Colorado
L. W. Wakeley
Burington
Pine Street
St. Lous
Insulting remark at reception shocks Ohio State Journal
At a reception last night Miss Swab asked a pointed question about education, prompting an apology from a guest. The Ohio State Journal notes the incident as a social faux pas and records the exchange without further detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dashleigh
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder Ad Nicely Describes Relief
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Fase powder to ease tight new shoes and cure corns itching swelling hot sore and sweaty feet. It claims quick comfort and lists Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York as the sample sender.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Prune Company Manager Laments Ad Misplacement
A Pacific Slope Prune manager laments wasted time and money proving prunes are real after a harsh editor undermines his claims. He accuses the editor of running a humorous column ad in the boarding house notices.
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Pacific Slope Prune Company
Chicago
Ews
Matter of Expense in a Cash Strapped Choice
A patient quotes a stark medical choice between rest costing $5,000 and a cheaper $100 operation for appendicitis. The dialogue reflects high medical costs and the character’s reaction to different treatment options, highlighting financial constraints influencing medical decisions.
Flower bed quip turns weed bed into joke in Chicago Tribune
In a humorous reading, Marie asks William to weed the flower bed. William inspects the bed and replies that it would be simpler to flower out the weed bed, capturing a playful exchange from Pleasurea of Amateur Gardening syndicated in the Chicago Tribune.
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William
Marie
Chicago Tribune
Kathleen Graham Endorses Peruna For Dyspepsia Relief
Kathleen Graham of 1459 Florida Ave N W Washington writes that after one bottle of Peruna she felt almost completely cured of dyspepsia and urges others to use the remedy as an invigorating tonic based on her positive experience.
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Kathleen Graham
Florida Ave
N. W. Wash
D. C
Florence Allan Praises Peruna As Tonic
Florence Allan of Chicago writes Peruna is a top tonic for a worn out system and keeps her from the tired feeling. Dr. S B Hartman, Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio, offers to handle female catarrh cases this summer with free advice by mail.
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Florence Allan
Walton Place
Chicago
Ill
S. B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Ofio
Their Original Meanings And A Quote From Atchison Globe
A list traces the original meanings of several common words such as acre meat town miscreant libel polite blackguard and vagabond. The Atchison Globe notes the evolution of terms from fields and sods to refined senses and wanders.
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Acre
A Brother's Love
Lostant Illinois July James Watt, once crippled by kidney trouble and nervousness, found relief after using six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He then sent pills to his brother in Belfast Ireland with a hopeful recommendation and a story of his recovery.
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Lostant
James Watt
Mr. Watt
Dodd
Belfast
Ireland
Watt
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Beston
His Team
St Louis
Cowton Riddling
COHN
Wnu
Colton
Daline
Peruna
Atchison Globe
Wetmore
M. C. Wetmore Tobacco CO
Louis, MO
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