Finding Happiness in Work and the Burden of Choice
The piece cites inquiries by World's Work and Leslie's Monthly showing many would change careers, yet argues happiness lies in the effort and attitude within one chosen path. It stresses that true contentment comes from doing the best you can where you are, not from wishing for a different life. It warns against overly romanticizing careers and urges personal resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie's Monthly
New Bedford Standard
Peace Trust for World Peace Proposed by Wealth Power
An English writer asks if a peace trust could unite America’s rich magnates to oppose war. He argues capitalists could wield stock market influence to back pacifism, creating a permanent peace, with profits and power aligning to end conflict.
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Rockefellers
Morgans
Vanderbilts
Carnegies
America
Edward Hellamy
New Kid Introduces Shocking Conversation at School
In a playful exchange, Aurle Antigmatiem and Little George-Aw ask why life can be extraordinary. Mother and Smythe discuss a new pupil and how certain contraptions differ, with Browne noting that insulators prevent electric shocks.
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Aurle Antigmatiem
George
Smythe
Browne
Hezekiah’s deathbed prayer and a sun dial sign
A church lesson on prayer highlighting Hezekiah facing death and seeking God’s mercy. The study covers his request for extended life, the prophet Isaiah’s message, and the sun dial sign that accompanied the promise. It stresses prayer, divine response, and grateful thanksgiving after deliverance.
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Hezekiah
Cambridge
Egypt
Job
Hastings
Isaiah
Sennacherib
Jehovah
David
Solomon
Micah
Zion
Farrar
God
Ahab
Asziah
Rehoboam
Rawlinson
Assyria
Judah
Gideon
Fault-Mending: Confessing Faults to Improve Life
The piece argues that confessing faults aids growth but warns against fault finding. It cites an “Earring Critic” praising mutual fault-sharing and recalls a wife who found no faults in her husband, illustrating how blunt fault lists backfire. It promotes measured, nonselfish talk and avoiding anger or revenge in addressing faults.
Impromptu Sermon Reflections On Perception By Clergy
A May evening stroll along Fifth Avenue with Bishop Potter and another clergyman leads to a playful discussion on psychology. Potter muses on perception, faith, and the limits of human understanding, comparing the Flatiron moon to an arc light and noting the vast difference between a pinhead star and the sun.
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Bishop Potter
Potter
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square
Thoreau
New York Times
Exposed Bride Challenges Reginald After Wedding Twist
The bride accuses Reginald of bigamy as they flee by carriage toward the railway station. He denies it, but a guilty flush betrays him. She insists the wedding was a sham and questions how he could walk the wedding march if never married before.
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Reginald
Angel
Three Essentials for Revolution Revealed by District Attorney
W T Jerome notes that rebels in Russia and South America hinge on three essentials: money, arms, and a way to escape. The Philadelphia Ledger quotes him while a Philadelphia lawyer asks for the specifics. The remarks compare revolutionary needs and hint at practical escape routes.
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Russia
W. T. Jerome
South America
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Philadelphia Ledger
Peculiar Bird Calls Echo In Forest Elocution
A playful piece from Dan Beard in Recreation notes bluejays as uttering odd phrases like chee tidley enk got him while meadow larks respond Oh soc heap and other small birds chatter rapidly. the red start calls T wet wee whe whisett and the yellow bird demands wheat with a singsong refrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Beard
Churchill lampoons minor poets in luncheon tale
Winston Churchill ridicules minor poets as two poets lunching in New York exchange barbed jabs about a sonnet in the Trash Magazine. One boasts of a sharp compliment ajouté, while the other reveals a sly pretense of authorship and vanity in a humorous, caustic vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchil
New York
Art and Actuality in the Country Escape
A poet sits in the countryside trying to write poetry on The Lowing Kine. His wife teases that the summer in the country should inspire grand works, but the cow’s mooing disrupts his progress and stifles his inspiration.
Name Made Desk and Beek Case Described for Home Craft
The article explains constructing a desk with finishing touches like scalloped leather or red paper shelves and stained wood. A small writing stool can be homemade from an old kitchen chair, while the cover may use denim or American oil cloth with padding of excelsior or reused wool rags.
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B.D. Dutton
Paso
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Fannas City
Nig Agt
Kansas City, Mo
Sala
Godford Bank
Grim
Cook
Teaiah
Ahaz
Cheyne
Jerusalem
Delhi
FE. L. Garbett
England
Richard A. Proctor
West Parhelion
Hastings’ Bible Dictionary
Red Sea
George Adam Smith
Joseph Parker
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