Seeing is Believing in a Desperate Honeymoon Scene
In a busy waiting room a young couple's affectionate display draws amused looks while Mrs Kenneth, wife of Dr Kenneth, quietly confronts a husband she suspects is unfaithful. She discovers his affair with a younger woman and contemplates leaving, as another wife narrates gossip about a hospital friend.
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Dr. Kenneth
Kenneth
Tlerbert
Terbert
Herbert
Dr. Hopkins
Norinne
Weir
Sennet
Mrs. Stopkins
Mra
Enneth
Lytton
Lucille
Grubs Race at Walnut Stable Roots in Old London
An English observer recalls a past grub racing pastime in London where clerks bred worms in nuts or apples and kept stables between walnut shells. The fastest racers were matched for betting, while erratic paths dampened gambling enthusiasm.
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London
Power of advertising in department store toilet article sales
A New York department store toilet article manager says six similar products vary in sales solely due to advertising. He notes that one item, heavily advertised, matches total sales of the other five combined, and that any quality difference favors the poorer seller unless advertising is strong.
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New York
Derivation of Engine From Ingen to Ingenious
The note traces how engine derives from ingen meaning born in a man in Latin and links the evolution to ingenious and ingenuous. It warns that the two words now seem opposite but share a path from the clever maker to the contrived device. The author approvingly notes the person who calls it an ingen correct.
A Mothers Pride
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote describes a boy on Quinby avenue who, after his mother puts plaster strips on his ears, explains that his ears are pinned back by his mother's vanity. The boy quips that his ears will not reflect his mother’s pretensions but may shape how he is viewed by others.
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Quinby Avenue
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Mean Man Again and a Boy Harsh Lesson
An old farmer finds his son playing and asks what he is doing. The boy answers playing George Washington. The farmer directs him to chop an old dead cherry tree with a hatchet, saying he will be a credit to his country.
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Bub
George Washington
The Young Doctor and a Witty Domestic Vignette
A humorous sequence traces a doctor who grows whiskers to attract patients, then finds marriage boosts his fate, before expanding into auto work as business rises. Interludes joke about choosing servants, cooks, and maids, ending with a Swedish farewell line from a departing helper.
What Constitutes a Man and an Educated Man
A class of immigrant adults analyzes the question what constitutes a man. They examine notable figures from Moses to Lincoln, selecting Washington Adams and Lincoln as ideal types, and outline three educational stages leading to a truly educated man, defined as a guardian of family and servant to humanity.
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Mach
Moses
Mazzini
Lincoln
Marx
Gorky
Debs
Slaywood
Moses Down
Washington
Adamses
Browning
Live on Sunny Side of Smiley Street
A reflective piece extols the value of a sunny, cheerful disposition as a healthful force shaping perception. It argues merriment brightens life, can be cultivated, and should accompany seriousness and religion, while gloomy outlooks limit happiness and well being.
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Sunny Side of
Smiley Street
Wealth and Charity as Civic Duty in 19th Century Sermon
A sermon argues wealth is a divine duty and a social responsibility. It praises Gentleness, generosity, and public-spirited use of riches, citing figures like George Peabody and P. D. Armour as examples. It warns against hoarding wealth and envisions money fueling industry, knowledge, and happiness.
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George Peabody
Peter Cooper
George W. Childs
P. D. Armour
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