Motherhood At Best and a Scottish Fare Reflection
A sermonette on motherhood, citing Proverbs 31 and Mary of Nazareth, praises mothers as pillars of home and virtue. It connects the role to Christian duty and the need for mothers to model faith and love, urging appreciation on Mother's Day. A British health officer’s critique of tripe and kippers contrasts humble Scottish fare with enduring nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Mary of Nazareth
Nazareth
God
Calvary
Sifting Choices Across Life’s Crossroads
Daily meditation reflects on biblical sifting of believers as tests at crossroads. It contrasts Satan’s urge to sift with Christ’s prayer that faith remain strong, urging decisive living and refusal to hedge bets or compromise.
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Simon
Jesus
Satan
God
Christ
Calion
Bradoock Street Man Improves in Winchester Hospital
Elmer G. Fletcher of Bradoock street is reported improving at Winchester Memorial Hospital where he is a patient. Mrs. Earl Boy-Ed hosted a tea at her home Calander near Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer G. Fletcher
Bradoock Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Local Theatres Show Clark Gable and Douglas Fairbanks
In 1934 the Capitol Theatre presented Men in White with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy while the Palace showed Catherine the Great starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Residents toured the new B and C Baking Company plant in Indian Alley led by J Clayton Cochran and C Douglas Brown.
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Capitol Theatre
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Catherine the Great
The
Palace
B and C Baking Company
J. Clayton Cochran
C. Douglas Brown
Indian Alley
Local Notices and Real Estate in 1909 Summary
Fifty years ago Lt. and Mrs. Abney Payne married April 28 and resided at Fort Rodman in New Bedford with his Coast Artillery unit. Atley Smith of Wyoming bought the Thomas Clevenger land near Nain for 300 dollars. G C Miller of Shenandoah Valley Realty Co. advertised a new home on East Piccadilly Street with modern conveniences for 1750 dollars.
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Abney Payne
New Bedford
Mass
Fort Rodman
Lt. Payne
Regiment of
Coast Artillery
Atley Smith
Wyomming
Thomas Clevenger
Nain
G. C. Miller
Shenandoah Valley Realty Co
East Piccadilly Street
Promontory Point Drama and Debauchery in 1869
The Promontory Point ceremony linking the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads on May 10 1869 is recounted with vivid detail. Delays bad weather and missteps by Stanford and others are noted alongside lavish excesses, mixed motives, and the famous wet plate photograph. A later painting by Thomas Hill is viewed as a controlled but inaccurate reinterpretation now in the California state capitol.
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American West
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Promontory Point
Utah Desert
Ogden
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
William Henry Jackson
Charles Savage
Hell On Wheels
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Corrine
Edwin Sabin
U.P
John Todd
Pittsfield
Mass
Colonel Savage
Western Union
Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Leland Stanford
Thomas C. Durant
Jack Casement
U.P. Construction
Stanford
Man of God
Savage
Jupiter
Thomas Hill
American Investors Lured Into German Stock Market
West German industry rebounds drawing U S investors to the German stock market as yields shift. Prices rise, dividends grow, and banks dominate trading while public interest expands via people’s shares and potential Volkswagen Werk participation. Luther Markin analyzes shifting investor dynamics.
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Frankfurt
United States
America
New York
Volkswagen Werk
IQ Scoring Guide From 100 Questions
A 10 day score guide assigns memory levels: 9–10 correct equals Memory Genius, 7–8 Very Superior, 5–6 Excellent, 4 Good. Turn to page 2 for the correct answers. Includes questions on The Rock jail, sudden fortunes, defense slogans, Griffith Stadium, Hideki Tojo, Chilean city, great white plague, Parker wrote, Lisbon, and Spanish American War presidency.
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Griffith Stadium
Hideki T
Chile
Portugal
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Winchester Evening Star
Cally von
H. F. ‘Byrd, JR
D. JR
H. D. Koontz
Bores Josey
Associated Press
Mohawk
Gallagher-DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Ed Scenic Ca
Winchester
Muse
W. Va
John
Philip E. Weeks
Gainesboro
Fraderick County Ministerial Association
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Bryant Baker
Henry Ward Beeehher
Lincoln
Scotland
Tweed
Wallace and
Bruce
MR. Weeks
By Earl L. Douglass
Lucius Beebe
Old West
American
California
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Arizona
Promontory
Weber Canyon
San Francisco
Great Salt Lake
Collis Huntington
Central
Charlie Crocker
Mark Hopkins
Sacramento
Hill
Crocker
Hopkins
Huntington
Theodore Judah
Ers
S. S. Montague
Grenville M. Dodge
Southern Pacific Historical Society
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Germany
U.S
Markin Time
Luther Markin
Center
State of California Dept. of Finance
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