Thanksgiving message on home values and charity
A reflection on gratitude emphasizes blessing over money, the home as civilization’s core, and humanity’s duty to help others. It urges returning to family stability, community service, and faith, ending with a humorous jab about life insurance and not feeling thankful.
Thanksgiving tribute to Mayflower pilgrims and their legacy
A Chicago Post tribute praises Mayflower pilgrims as sturdy travelers who crossed thirty thousand miles, bringing "The Book" and leaving an inheritance of God and the Freeman's song for future generations. Rebecca F. McKay.
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Rebecca F. McKay
Chicago Post
God’s goodness hath been great to thee
The quote extols divine mercy and the need to remember the Lord’s deeds, urging constant gratitude and reverence for sacred blessings across day and night. It reflects a spiritual, timeless exhortation to faithfulness.
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Shakespeare
Thanksgiving meaning through history and gratitude
Frank H. Sweet reflects on Thanksgiving as a day of gathering and prayer, celebrating God’s bounty and the Pilgrims’ perseverance. He urges modern readers to feel genuine gratitude, recalling the hard beginnings at Plymouth and the enduring heritage of faith and resilience.
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Plymouth
Frank H. Sweet
Western Newspaper Union
Hymn of Humble Praise by Amos K Wells
Poem asks for a quiet voice in universal praise praising God's vast goodness. Mentions blossoms birds stars and a seeking a lowly place among the thankful. Notes Amos K Wells and Continent as attribution.
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Amos K. Wells
Critique Calls for National Defense Reorganization
A leader argues the Navy and defense structure lack scientific organization and coordination. He urges a single chief of supply, a stronger plans division, an inspections unit, and a secretary of national defense to prevent deadlocks between Army and Navy while maximizing defense value.
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Navy Department
National Defense
Army
Navy
Army and Navy Board
Old Days College Acknowledges Shifting Athletic Emphasis
The piece argues colleges once prized learning over sports but now athletics drive funding and prestige. It cites state universities, alumni scouts, and scholarships as factors prompting smaller schools to imitate big programs and outbid for top high school talent.
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Dubuque
Alumni Association
American Bar Association Permits Lawyers to Defend the Guilty
A quote asserts that the American Bar Association allows lawyers to defend guilty clients to aid justice. The speaker argues defending a guilty defendant can include prompting admission of guilt and presenting extenuating factors, while condemning defending a known guilty party as obstructing justice.
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American Bar Association
Tweedledum
Tweedledee
Debunking Drowning Myths and First Aid
The article argues most drownings are due to suffocation rather than water in the lungs. It notes variable surface resurfacing, stresses that panic or fatigue end fights, and urges immediate artificial respiration to restore breathing as the crucial first aid step.
Average Man of Sedentary Occupation Should Walk Three Miles a Day
The piece urges the average sedentary worker to walk at least three miles daily in open air. It favors brisk cross country walking over city sidewalks, notes cars reduce daily exercise, and claims walking saves tires wear while prolonging life.
The Helpful Hanging Bath Bag for Jimmy Junior
Mrs. Jimmy, plagued by dangerous bathing chores for her son Jimmy Junior, discovers a lightweight hanging bath bag. The bag doubles as a dressing table with a top that folds to create a drying surface. Water flows through the fabric bag, enabling easy bathing and safe drying and dressing.
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Jimmy Junior
Mrs. Jimmy
Mending in Advance Keeps Garments From Destruction
A housewife explains a prewash method to prevent tears from growing in laundry. By soaking torn items in soapy water before washing and then mending them, she preserves fabric, including stockings, reducing damage from washing machines.
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Nancy
Scraps Of Factoids From The Past
A compilation notes diverse historical claims including American women inventing and patenting around 1,400 devices, the US gold production of about 2.5 million troy ounces yearly, a London daily paper printed on straw fiber, gravity as a lingering scientific mystery, and women announcers at Japan’s largest radio station.
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United States
London
Japan
Remark on social shaming and personal restraint by Haliburton
A quip asserts that people may not embarrass themselves publicly unless their actions are unconnected to relatives who would blush. The comment reflects a humorous take on propriety and family accountability.
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Haliburton
How Robert M. Koenig Found Remedy for Pimply Skin
Jane describes persistent pimples and poor relief from ointments. After reading a doctor's article linking skin breakouts to digestive toxins, she uses Carter's Little Liver Pills for several days and notices smoother skin and relief from upset stomach and headaches.
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Robert M. Koenig
Carter
Steel Consumption Surges From 56 to 755 Pounds Per Person
In 1880 Americans used 56 pounds of steel per capita as the industry formed. Modern industrial progress raises the current per person demand to about 755 pounds.
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United States
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