Treasures Stored in a Corner of the Mind
A reflective poem describes a personal storeroom of treasured memories and beauties. The speaker lists a sea shell shimmer a sylvan view a baby's smile a starry night and more. When troubled the mind visits this treasure house to restore cheer and seek new wonders.
Worrying About It A Poem On Taking Action
A short poem advises quitting worry and delaying tactics. It urges starting tasks promptly, arguing that effort reduces fear and makes work easier once begun. The author is listed as unknown.
Questioning Life Through Conscience and Duty
A reflective verse urges readers to assess their lives by conscience, asking if actions were worthwhile and if they helped others. It stresses honesty, justice, and true character over easy preachings, urging steadfast deeds before time grows gray.
Prayer by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poem discusses faith and prayer as a comfort that lifts the speaker above doubt and darkness. The speaker notes not needing to rationalize prayer but trusting that prayer brings hope, light, and balm in pain through a sympathetic power. The verse affirms that prayer availeth much.
A cheery friend for a long long road keeps faith
Poem reflects on life as a journey with hardship and endurance. It highlights friendship as the hopeful guide along the long road, praising loyal companionship through hills deserts winds and snow. The refrain crowns the vow to stay true and cheerful on the path.
The Thinker Behind the Brawn and Brain
A compact verse praising the unseen mind behind industrial labor. It champions the thinker who guides iron, steam, and steel beyond disaster, asserting that true work gains a soul from brains that plan and oversee every mechanism. The poem contrasts drudges with the master intellect at work.
Was It You You Could Help In Kiwanis Magazine
Poem by Pearl Halloway in Kiwanis Magazine speaks of charity and compassion. It asks if readers will help lonely and grieving people, noting a child’s tears and the relief a kind act can bring. It urges responsibility toward others in need.
Turn the Frown Around with a Bright Smile
A poetic verse humorously urges Anke to cheer up and brighten the mood. It notes troubles and gloom yet encourages defying fate and lifting faces, ending with an anonymous voice praising a sunny outlook.
Your Wishless Work Motto Echoes Through Time
A garbled fragment hints at a maxim about ambition and effort. The text references backbone and work, suggesting a motivational motto or editorial aside printed in a historic issue. Specific names, dates, or places are not readable in the fragment.
Take It Like a Man, Smile Through Failure
Poem urging resilience after defeat. Reassuring, stern lines advise maintaining composure and plan. Emphasizes dignity in loss and steady effort rather than outcome or shame.
When Nellie Is On the Job
Poem about the pleasures of the home when Nellie the servant quits and returns, praising Nellie’s cooking and care. The speaker contrasts the calm of being servantless with the comfort when Nellie cooks and serves.
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Child’s Bedtime Dare Becomes Laughable Tale
A mother recalls a brave but mischievous boy who lied about bedtime. He hesitated at the dark stairs then urged his mother to join him if he truly went to bed, turning the moment into a humorous family memory.
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An irregularly worded ad promotes chiropractic adjustments claiming to remove disease causes and restore health. It offers free consultation and spinal analysis as a lure to attract subscribers.
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