Abstinence or Moderation For Young Men In Drinking
A scholarly call urges young men to abstain from intoxicants as a duty to self and society. The piece argues liberty includes choosing sobriety, notes employers favor total abstainers, cites medical and moral authorities against alcohol, and warns that moderate drinking often leads to addiction. It stresses self control, peer pressure dangers, and the lasting wrecks of drink on families and lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Ij.boris-Cohen
Philadelphia, Is Reported By the Same Paper Which Quoted Mr. Johnson
Spises
Hid
Peekakill
Baa
Bin
United States
Gret
New York Academy of Medicine
Charlee L. Doon
Belleyue Hospital
Alaya Ombo
Allen Starr
Teno
Robert B. Speer
Forward
The Difference in Animals Describes Horse and dog behavior
The mo torman recalls life around horses and dogs, noting horses despise drunk men and dogs show instinctive restraint toward intoxicated people. He shares stories of a persistent bum around the stable who could not sleep among horses, while they refused companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drapkard
Thas
Why the Sinister Was Called and the Bishop’s Humble Tale
The Bishop of Bath and Wells, noted for his plain looks, recalls a comic London carriage episode. A workingman, startled by his passenger, asks the priest to visit his wife. Thinking she’s ill, the bishop accompanies him, only to be paraded as the morning’s ugliest man in England by the astonished wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and Welle
Marquise de Fontenoy
Philadelphia
London
England
Joe Ballamant’s Horse in Carmack’s Roarful Query
A Tennessee anecdote resurfaces as Senator Carmack compares President Roosevelt to a famous horse whose natural gait was running away. The tale centers on Joe Ballanfant, a former Confederate rider admired by ladies, who in youth rode a “crazy gray horse” and sparked laughter as he careered past a Gullooka school. The Columbia Herald recounts the schoolboy joke that inspired the line later quoted in The Congressional Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Carmack
Roonevelt
Tennessee
Congressional
Speek
Joe Ballenfant
The
Columbia Herald
Wittieiam
Gullooka
Joe Ballanfaut
the Herald
Juve
Maury County
Carmack
Nashville
Honest politicians and a farmer's vote in Michigan tale
William Alden Smith reminds of honesty in politics by recalling a Michigan governor who became a candidate only to avoid speaking. When forced to speak, he admitted he was a speaker and earned a farmer’s vote for truth. Also notes on remedies, Japanese dining by housewives, prickly nettle bitters, a Wisconsin birth, a one day cold cure, and Europe’s longest alphabet of forty two Slavonic letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Piv
Wisconsin
E. W. Grove
Europe
Tidbits of advice on virtue and behavior in old maxims
A collection of aphorisms and folksy maxims on personal conduct, punctuality, prudence, and social interaction reflecting a historical tone. Many pieces warn against pride, emphasize restraint, courtesy, and foresight, with observations on wealth, reputation, and relationships.
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Gold Dust Twins
N. x Faireande Company
Chicago
New York
St Louis
Joe Ballamant
Sald Ue Weeno
Chamberlain's Stornech & Liver
Gurray & Co
Evans Pharmacy
Druguists
Bvana Pharmacy
Brock Hardware Company
Brock Krothers
Sears
Evans
Tron King
Ruth
Times
Garlan
Buckeye
Archer & Norris
Chiquola Block
A, Browz, Pres, & Trane
A. Suern
Anderson Phosphate and Oil
Andersen
Frank Johnson & Co
Goodyear
Church Street
J.P. Todd
Peoples Furniture CO
Upper South Carolina
Copfins
Acme
Acme Paint & Cement. CO
F. B. Grayton & CO
Anderson, G. G
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