Messages From The Next World At Oxford Radio?
Winifred Black reports Sir Oliver Lodge’s claim that University of Oxford will receive mind messages from the next world before a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The piece muses on ordinary people like Mr Hodge and how their afterlife messages might surprise us.
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University of Oxford
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Sir Oliver Lodge
England
Mr. Hodge
Sory
Hodge
Kindness and Tolerance Outshine Money and Brains
A reflective piece argues that lasting value lies in kindness, generosity, and selfless labor rather than wealth or fame. It warns that a practical radio extension could challenge entrenched ideas if it proves effective.
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Sir Oliver
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Advice to Girls By Annie Laurie
A teen girl asks how to handle a rejected interest and a younger girl asks if she should marry a man ten years older. Annie Laurie advises against pursuing friendship with the uninterested youth and urges maturation before marriage. a reader cautions that age and responsibility make early marriage impractical.
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Annie Laurie
Lonesome
Claire
Sue Brown
Acquired Virgil Copy Sheds Light On 15th Century Print
The British Museum has acquired a Virgil printed around 1475 from an unknown Italian press, one of two or three surviving copies. A California oak tree, among the world’s largest of its kind, recently blew down and is believed 700 to 1,000 years old. Notes touch on trivia about women’s feet, the coral word origin from Greek roots meaning “daughter of the sea.”
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British Museum
California
A Fashion Model Finds a Fall Gress on Long Island Trip
Grace Thorncliffe recalls a pleasant weekend on Long Island with friends. She discovers a blue and gray dress in a fashion shop, marked down to half price, and buys it despite reservations about cost.
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Sone
Long Island
Old-Fashioned Enticements in The Home Kitchen
A vintage recipe feature by Jeannette Norton presents Old-Fashioned enticements. White Cream uses cream egg whites orange flower water and a custard-like texture served with peaches. Potato Pudding blends mashed potatoes butter sugar eggs raisin currants vanilla and nutmeg in a short pastry baked dish.
Mothers of Famous Men by Mark Stuyvesant
The article recounts Maria Magdalena Keverich as Beethoven's mother, noting her patience and affection amid Ludwig von Beethoven's harsh father. It highlights her influence on his perseverance and the deep tribute he paid after her death, calling her the best of friends and the sweet name mother.
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Mark Stuyvesant
Maria Magdalena Keverich
Beethoven
Hile
Ludwig von Beethoven
Maria von Beethoven
Helena
Nicholas Laym
Johann von Beethoven
Ludwig
Toothache costs and how to avoid it
A 1924 column by Dr. Regal S. Copeland urges readers to treat toothache seriously. It argues pain, poor health, and lost work tempering life, asks the poor to seek free dental care in schools or public clinics, and endorses early regular care to prevent cavities and gum disease.
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Board of Health
Cop
Copeland
Regal
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Tomorrow's Horoscope for September 29
Tomorrow offers a day of customary activity with steady progress toward desired ends. Beware signing documents and pursuing speculative ventures without wise counsel. those born on this day may have an active year, while a child born today should be enterprising yet cautious with writings.
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Ordor
Mystery Cablegram From Father Sparks Family Pique
A narrator recalls a coded cablegram from his father and his friend Dicky as they debate hidden meanings and a possible family visit. The exchange hints at unspecified movements and tension within a 1920s setting, ending with a clipped publication line.
Billy Badger Learns Pride Has Costs In A Tale
Blanche Silver Illy tells of Billy Badger a vain young animal with long white and black fur who envies shorter claws. A dream teaches him that pride leads to danger when a dog chases him and his claws fail him. The moral: long claws slow no one down.
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Illy Badger
Billy Badger
Badger Boy
Mama Badger
Billy
Fat Brown
Lazy Bones
Uy Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Quotations on Education and Wisdom from Historical Figures
A collage of aphorisms from Emerson, Disraeli, Richter, Feltham, Herrick, Rochefoucauld, Napoleon, Shenstone and others on education, sorrow, virtue and human nature. The text juxtaposes ideas on learning, perception, leadership, and truth through noted authors.
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Ride
the Home Kitchen
Jeannette Norton
Fifth Avenue
Hunter
Royal S. Copeland
United States
New York
New York City
C. Q
DR. Copeland
Genevieve Kemble
Quicksands OF
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Madge
Hugh
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Dicky
Grantland
Erie
Blanche Silver
Emerson
Richter
Herrick
Rochefoucould
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Shenstone
Bailey
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