Parson as Athlete and Fellow Travelers Tales
A Yale man who became a missionary and fought a frontier cowboy over fun and drink. The parson’s athletic history fuels a quick scuffle, then the ambulance takes the cowboy away as the minister’s resolve remains intact. Also anecdotes on Colonel McLaughlin’s rise, thrift at Wall Street, a playful promoter, a horse story, and child wit from Moses with Jethro’s daughters.
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Yale
Parson
New York Times
International Lesson Passover imagery and redemption themes
A 1901 Sunday School lesson discusses the Passover in Exodus as the start of a new sacred year and a symbol of personal rebirth through Christ. It explains lamb selection, unleavened bread, bitter herbs, blood sacrifice, and the exodus, linking them to New Testament truths of redemption by Jesus and living by Him daily.
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American Press Association
Moses
Aaron
Egypt
Hhis
John x
Christ
Israel
Jesus
Herod
Amos Io
God
Local notices recount deaths and incidents in Lancaster and Chester
Ledger December 4 reports Ed Williams a painter at Kershaw died in the prior weeks. His widow Mary Ann Williams died after pneumonia aged about 35 leaving one child to an orphanage. Ernest Stogner injured by a pistol in the thigh but not seriously. Reports of pets dying from hydrophobia after a dog bite, and a pig from Fork Hill also dying. James escapee recaptured from Chester chain gang. Chester Lantern notes bank resignations and land sales. Excerpt ends noting a magistrate from Baton Rouge, a fatality at Grassy Run trestle, and a series of political summaries including reforms, expositions, pensions, civil service, and royal deaths.
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Ed Williams
Kershaw
Mary Ann Williams
Presbyterian Church
Elgin
Blackmon
Darkey
James
Chester
McIlwain
John Heath
T. H. White
The
Exchange Bank
Lewis
W. A. Corkill
Cree Spratt
Lowry Guy
Steedman
S. C. Steedman
Tenna
Jerry Crosby
Grassy Run
Eureka Mills
Gladden
Jerry
DaVega
Proverbial Sayings On Virtue And Duty
A collection of maxims praising helpfulness and virtue. It notes that no one is useless who eases another's burden and that the receiver in crime bears blame alongside the thief while urging praise for personal virtues over ancestral pedigree.
Roosevelt Address to Congress Highlights First Message
Summary of Theodore Roosevelt's first message to Congress praising McKinley, denouncing anarchy, and urging reforms. It covers trusts, immigration, reciprocity, merchant marine, gold standard, interstate commerce, agriculture, forestry, arid land reclamation, Hawaii development, Philippines policy, Monroe doctrine, navy expansion, China, South American ties, education, postal service, and rural delivery.
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Roosevelt
William McKinley
Congress
Secretary of Commerce and Industry
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Brotherhood of Men
Orient
Two Americas
China
Bloodhound Performs Swift Crime Trail in Wichita Case
A Macon attorney recalls a bloodhound locating a suburb crime scene in Kansas. The dog tracked through a grain elevator and boarding house to a sleeping suspect, with authorities and a crowd witnessing the dramatic pursuit. The animal’s alert, powerful work is valued at a thousand dollars.
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Wichita
Macon
Kansas
Prisoner guarded as mob seeks hanging in quarry incident
A large crowd surrounded a patrol wagon as a prisoner and his captor with a blood hound arrived for jail. The dog’s fearsome tracking swayed the prisoner to confess. the crowd, about 1500, demanded hanging but no leader emerged. The piece also covers Presbyterian creed revisions and a derisive hospital anecdote.
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Kansas City Journal
Clubmakers contest offers bounties for Yorkville Enquirer readers
The Yorkville Enquirer announces a premiums contest open until 4 PM March 12 1902. Prizes include a $60 top buggy and a $50 best open buggy for the two largest clubs, plus additional premiums for smaller clubs and new subscribers. Details and inquiry at the office.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Yorkville
Parker Brothers
Meriden
Connecticut
H. & D. Folsom Arms Company
Broadway
New York
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Fumerous Department
J. T. McLaughlin
Nome
San Francisco
Wall Street
Hoffman House
Othe
New York Tribune
Speedway
Sasy Enovcu
Jethro
D. M. Stearns
Lancaster
Charleston
Queen Victoria
England
Frederick
Germany
Washington
Committee of 20
Presbyterian Assembly
York Drug Store
L. M. Grist & Sons
Yorkville, S. C
JM. Heath & Company
J. L. Williams
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