Missionary Witness on JapanReflects Hope and Peril
A Woman's Missionary Society report critiques Japan as a mission field noting low Christian presence, widespread geisha culture, and social ills. It highlights evangelists like Kimura, cites Billy Sunday influence, and praises a large Tokyo tent campaign with thousands reached and conversions in two weeks.
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Japan
Kimura
Tokyo
Billy Sunday
Hallelujah Kim
Ned
Howfer
America Studying The Baseball Evangelist's Methods
The piece notes Kimura attended every Sunday service across Denver Des Moines and Philadelphia and even lived with the Sundays. It traces his influence back to Japan in April last year and cites Japanese religious affiliation figures including Buddhist organizations temples and Christian churches in the West with memberships.
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America
Denver
Kimura
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Japan
Pacific States
Foley's Honey and Tar and Pills Ad Notice
A vintage ad urges readers to mail five cents with name and address to Foley & Co Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets sold everywhere referenced address Sheffield Avenue Chicago Illinois
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Junior League Program Sunday Program at 3 p m
Sunday program lists songs prayers readings and sermons at multiple churches including When the Children Sing The Lord's Prayer in Concert Daisies Reading Minnie Willis Duet Lucy Webster and Willie Ross Text of the Morning Sermon Jewel Caperton and Wilma Dixon Presbyterian and Baptist services Margaret McMuray Story Mary Freeman Roll Call Minutes Benediction Leader Foy Reeves
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Minnie Willis
Lucy Webster
Willie Ross
Jewel Caperton
Baptist Church
Wilma Dixon
Presbyterian Church
Margaret McMuray
Mary Freeman
Foy Reeves
Mrs Bartiza Fursine Praises Favorite Prescription
Mrs Bartiza Fursine of 1225 Clinton Avenue Fort Worth Texas reports long term health problems and says after using Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription she improved significantly and now weighs healthier, praising the medicine for women s troubles.
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Bartiza Fursine
Clinton Avenue
Fort Worth
Texas
Death Angel Seen by Czarina's Daughters
Governess Miss Mager recounts in Six Years at the Court of Russia a fairy tale of Princess Elizabeth Ella of Hesse dying after a mysterious illness. Two grand duchesses saw a winged figure, cried of Ella’s peril, and Ella died soon after. Empress and czarina reportedly supported the tale and funded Miss Mager’s annuity.
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The
Czarina
Tlesse
Miss Eager
Tie
Ella
Miss Hager
Exar
Langley’s Cut Money adroitly boosts Watsonville bank
A California booster, C B P Langley of Watsonville, president of Najaro Valley National Bank, supposedly makes money on the move by clipping a real $50 banknote from checks in dining rooms and signing it. Waiters accept the “signed” currency, with the cashier of the bank already authenticating the note.
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California
C. BP. Langley
Watsonsville
Cal
Atlantic City
Philadelphia North American
Langley
Najaro Valley National Bank
Watsonville
Mr. Langley
Opportunity in Syria for American mission schools
The Presbyterian board reports Syria mission work continues despite Turkish censorship. Boys schools have lower attendance due to family losses, while the girls school at Beirout has many applicants. French and English mission schools have closed, driving pupils to the American Girls' school in Beirout.
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Presbyterian Board
United States
Syria
Biewut
Beiret
Four and a Half Ton Mirror For Mount Wilson
A four and a half ton reflecting mirror for the Mount Wilson observatory in California will be finished early next year. The 100 j el diameter optic will be 13 inches thick and carved from a single piece of glass, an engineering record.
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Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Sacred Mountain Nongo San Once a Buddhist Center in Chosen
The sacred Nongo San or Diamond Mountain in Chosen hosts 12 000 granite peaks and once held 108 monasteries. As Buddhism declined most temples burned or fell, leaving forty to fifty monasteries inhabited by hermits. Legends abound as visitors once flocked from across the peninsula and China, though numbers have since dwindled. King Pophe ung, a strong Buddhist patron, showered favors on the mountain’s monks during his reign.
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Norea
Nongo San
Chosen
Peinsula
China
Popheung
Monasteries Erected and Monks Supported by Royal Order
The king's order led to the building of many monasteries and appointing officials to run them while granting monks liberal gifts in money and lands. Local people were forced to supply food clothing and daily necessities so monks could live in ease even during famines, with tens of thousands of monks benefiting at the expense of locals.
The Limbs In Walking Balance Arms and Legs
The article notes that in walking or running the arms and legs create a balancing motion like locomotive parts. Leg movements rotate the trunk alternately, while arm swing, in rhythm with the opposite leg, induces a counter rotation that helps balance the trunk against the legs.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
A vintage testimonial ad offers one hundred dollars for unavoidable catarrh cures. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the most reliable remedy after thirty five years, claiming it acts through the blood to heal mucous surfaces and remove toxins. The copy urges immediate use, promises health gains, and invites testimonials from F. J. Cheney and Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Taltl
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Tic
What Is Known About Fish Through History
Pliny the great naturalist placed 94 known fish species around Christ’s era. Linnaeus classified 478 and was a leading ichthyologist of his time. Since then progress has been staggering with over 13,800 species listed by fish specialists in modern catalogues. The San and Dallas New $1.75.
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Pliny
Linnaeus
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