The Heavenly Light That Shines On Saul
The lesson outlines Saul's conversion from persecutor of Christians to a devoted follower of Jesus after a divine light and voice on the road to Damascus. Ananias is sent to heal and guide him, and Saul immediately begins preaching Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lenington
Saul
Damascus
Jerusalem
Jesus
Ananias
Judas
Tarsue
Ananiag
Stephen
Paul
Heaven
Christ
God
Typical Apple Box Shows Thoughtful Pacific Coast Package
A Rural New Yorker piece describes a typical apple box with inner dimensions 20 34 by 11 by 9% inches, a near bushel capacity, and thin springy pine sides that avoid bruising. It notes 32 rough wire nails hold it together and praises uniform packaging to boost trade from eastern associations, urging labels as quality guarantees and direct shipping to consumers to boost boxed apples at similar prices to other staples.
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Pacific
New Yorker
Science of Spraying Insects and Plant Protection
Insects injure plants by chewing and by sucking juices. Chewing pests like grasshoppers caterpillars cabbage and army worms are killed by arsenic poisons. Sucking pests with siphoning beaks include scale insects plant lice squash bug harlequin and terrapin bug. external poisons won’t reach them. Smothering and caustic sprays block spiracles to kill exposed pests. root dwellers and grain pests require gas fumigation. Farmers should identify pest type before treating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
Scientific Facts From Natural Phenomena
The passage notes Larch wood with over 48 percent water and willow at 26 percent, declares emerald and beryl identical except for coloring matter, and equates amethyst with rock crystal. It lists Iceland’s 103 bird sorts, 37 resident, seven land birds, and remarkable turnip seed growth figures including 27,000,000 times bulk and 15 times weight per minute under fair conditions.
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Iceland
Just Among The Girls Bridal Fads Across Europe
The piece notes trends in bridal culture with parasol collecting by the princess of Wales and new ideas like wedding breakfast menu cards in silk matching the bride’s dress. It also mentions superstitions for Swedish brides, future materials such as gold and silver tissue, and a London wedding with a silver and chiffon train and silver embroidery and cords.
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London
Mar-Vain Man at the Chicago Journal
A humorous portrait of a man who mocks soda-fountain habits, amuses drummers with cigars, and parodies eminent scientists. He mocks lectures and baby talk, extols wooden sawing, and attends political meetings as one of 200 vice presidents, always early and again.
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Chicago Journal
Inventions and early national debts in Europe
Decimal fractions were first invented at Nuremberg in 1436. Movable scenery appeared in Italy 1508 by architect Peruzzi. Genoa Venice and the Papal States first established national debts in the fifteenth century. Champagne was invented about 240 years ago by a monk named Perignon at the Abbey of St Peter Hautvillers France.
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Nuremberg
Italy
Peruzzi
Genoa
Venice
Papal States
Perignon
Abbey of St. Peter, Hautgilliera
France
Judge, ex-bartender, handles first case in town
An elected justice, formerly a bartender, presides over his first case. Mary McMannis appears for drunkenness and the judge, recalling his past, half jokes about giving her a cigar as he weighs the charge. A travel ad mentions Chicago to St Paul tendering berth options. A visiting dignitary grumbles about freedom under committees.
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Mary McMannis
Mary
Justice
Millet promise and nostrums on a busy page
An assorted 1900 era ad and brief anecdotes. Prominent pitches include Plenty millet seed by John A. Salter Seed Co. with price per ton and freight notes, a Crimean era style moral pun about a young man in Atchison, and multiple patent medicine and self care claims such as Allen's Foot-Ease, Dr. Kline's nerve restorer, Putnam dyes, and Piso’s Cure for consumption. Also a light quip about a sympathetic visitor and a newspaper excerpt from the New York Sun.
Superlatives and Facts from an Antique Primer
A compact antiquarian note cites Obadiah as the shortest Old Testament book with 22 verses and claims tin is the hardest metal. It notes cholera’s 1866 fatal days in Rome, Madrid, London, Berlin, and Paris, and names ceasman wood as harder than ebony. It lists Winchester as England’s oldest public school with Eton close behind.
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Obadiah
Rome
Madrid
London
Berlin
Paris
Winchester
England
Eton
A Very Strong Fetter Letter Praises Dodd’s Kidney Pills
La Farge Wisconsin resident Pagor writes that four weeks of back pain resisted doctor’s medicine until using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. After four boxes the pain vanished and he found one box worth more than five dollars in medical costs. He credits the remedy with remarkable improvement.
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la Farge
Wis. Witt
Pagor
Dodd
Peruna Praised By Congressman Ogden In Letter
In a Washington, D C letter H W Ogden Louisiana congressman lauds Peruna as a fine tonic and effective catarrh remedy. He says cures are prompt when taken in spring and offers free advice from Dr Hartman at Columbus Ohio.
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H. W. Ogden
Louisiana
Washington, D. C
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Dan. A. Grosvenor
Ohio
War Department
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Summerville Journal
John A. Salter Seed Co
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Rample
Fuse
le Hoy
N.Y
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Chicago Daily News
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Ocean Grove
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Dan Grosvenor
Peruna
Yoinchester
Voy
Department D
Grand Rapids, Mich
Mt. Owis
USA
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Eucam
Gust
Capsace
Ss My
Neckers
Wasrkin Canada Sud
Tion Agat
F. P. Ts
Ottaw
C.J. Broughton
Monadnock
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