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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1880
Page
1
A meditation on divine patience and unseen light. The speaker contrasts sorrow and unanswered prayers with the belief that God reveals purpose after clouds pass, asserting that suns and light follow the deepest gloom.
A New York Tribune report details holes punched through silver and gold coins used as jewelry and change. Bankers, merchants, and coin brokers report rising mutilated coin circulation, with up to 10 percent lost value in some pieces. Experts describe methods, from edge holes with copper wire to plated shells using platinum to fool weigh and ring tests.
Dr E Woodruff writes from Grand Rapids advising a home remedy to treat epidemics using warm salt soda wash, beef marrow oil, catnip tea and sweating. He claims rapid cures within twenty four hours and urges mothers to rely on nurses rather than doctors. He attributes disease to blocked skin pores and living animals in the blood and promotes open pores to expel the poison.
About one hundred residents witnessed a bird execution in Lan singburg New York when a pair of robins used a cord to strangle an English sparrow on the Rawson Hall area roof. The birds then perched in the tree and sang, celebrating their apparent victory.
A South African custom sees a suitor bring a lighted wax candle to a potential partner. If she blows out or returns the candle, he withdraws. Acceptance leads the mother to pierce the candle with a pin, after which the family exits and the couple can court. When the candle burns to the pin, he must leave.
Rt. Rev. C. C. Penick spoke at the Church of the Messiah on Liberia and West Africa, detailing child marriage, female roles, the Devilhood society, and women’s work. He contrasted religion and culture with American industry urging calmer pace and steady work.
Engineers note that increasing speed raises fuel for minimal gains. Railroad managers see 30 mph as limit on American rails. English lines achieve more due to straighter grades. Greater speed means disproportionate wear. Stage drivers show output drops with high intensity. The point: pressure, not total work, wears machines and men.
In this School Journal excerpt, the author urges students to work independently, emphasizing personal effort over teacher aid. It contrasts the triumphant self-reliant learner with the dependent peer who gives up, noting the lasting gain of effort and courage from solving problems alone.
A reflection on permanent happiness in marriage rooted in religious principle. It contrasts true development with grafted change and cites Dr. Robinson’s conversion view. Quoted passages emphasize sanctified affection, divine grace, and the need for personal improvement before teaching others.
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