Legends Of St Patrick Aims To Explain Shamrock Tales
The piece surveys Irish lore about Saint Patrick highlighting the shamrock teaching Trinity. It recounts curses on Druids, snakes driven from Ireland, and miracles including a floating altar and a back-eyed watcher, noting humor and reverence in equal measure. It also tells of Patrick converting Tara’s king via his daughters and 12,000 followers.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Lough Dilveen
Patrick
England
Tara
Ireland's Patroness Bridged: St Bridget's Day
The first day of February marks the anniversary of St. Bridget the patroness of Ireland and Fleet Street. Her legend inspired Celtic imagination with Irish missionaries naming churches across western Europe in her honor. Her Fleet Street church spire, struck by lightning, is now shorter but still among London’s tallest.
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Bride
Briget
Ireland
Fleet Street
Western
Europe
Cologne
Seville
Erin
Bridget
London
London Chronicle
St Patrick's Day Brings Longing for Ireland and a Distant Love
The speaker recalls Ireland and a loved one across the world as St Patrick's Day nears. He longs for the colleen's call, emerald hills, peat smoke, and Irish blue eyes, while noting the heartache of distance. Judd Mortimer Lewis signs the piece.
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Ireland
Judd Mortimer Lewis
Irish immigrants in early 20th century sociology
The passage from Edward Alsworth Ross discusses the Irish in America, noting charitable openness and family loyalty, low crime rates, and limited economic virtues. It claims Irish are near the bottom for larceny and related crimes, highly loyal to family, and show shifts in occupational trends compared to immigrant fathers.
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Edward Alsworth Ross
University of Wisconsin
Quest for Peace Draws Irish to Maryland Colony
The narrative notes that Irish immigrants sought religious freedom and conscience liberty, a path which welcomed Quakers Puritans and Nonconformists banished elsewhere, shaping early Maryland colony settlement and its religious tolerance.
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America
Maryland
Western Canada acreage up sharply this year
Reports show Western Canada has much more land ready for crops than last year. Mild weather allowed late plowing in Pincher Creek Alberta, with Americans moving north to buy land at 15 to 30 dollars an acre. Wheat yields reach 20 to 50 bushels per acre at 2.21 dollars per bushel amid war boom.
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Western Canada
Pincher Creek
Alberta
Canada
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Wash
Iowa
Dakotas
Prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
U. S
Ottawa
Red Cross Dressings Question Sparked Conversation
An observer reports a Red Cross branch visit where a woman asked if the gauze dressings were cauterized, prompting a quick, hushed exchange as volunteers hurried to relay the detail.
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Red Cross
Morning quarrels and marriage outlooks echoed
A newspaper sketch notes that some men start days by criticizing their wives at breakfast. It quips that an optimistic man is a married man who says he is glad of it, contrasting grumbling with cheer in daily life.
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St. Patrick
Bill Smith’s Matrimonial Opposition in Old Case
In a quoted exchange, Bill admits that old man Simpkins opposed his daughter’s marriage and called him a fool. He adds that before six months had passed since the wedding, the old man proved to be right.
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Bill
Simpkins
Bill Smith
Ten smiles for a nickel advertised in local notice
A brief ad promises ten smiles for a nickel and urges buying Red Cross Bag Blue to keep clothes beautiful and white, labeled as an advertisement piece aimed at shoppers.
Opportunity Passes in the Way of Every Man
An artist sees a soldier as a symbol of persistence while noting that danger and disguise often hide the true obstacles. The line suggests that opportunity is blocked by fear, circumstance, and the mind’s camouflage.
Freedom Demands Sacrifice Beyond Loud Calls
A reflection on the difference between shouting for liberty and bearing the costs required to achieve it, emphasizing that real progress comes through persistent, difficult actions rather than rhetoric.
Puns on Bills Laid On the Table Stir Discussion
In a playful exchange a father explains political jargon to his son. The line equates laying bills on the table with them being dished, highlighting common slang about legislative action. The brief reflects a humorous, period voice and civic context.
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Pop
Recipe for Gray Hair Ink
A home remedy mix to darken faded gray hair gradually. Combine Bay Rum glycerine and Barbo Compound with water to prepare a hair coloring solution. The preparation darkens hair without staining the scalp, leaves hair soft and glossy, and does not rub off.
Poor Investment in Marriage and Lumber Output
A quip notes how Gibson lost money by putting it in his wife’s name and later divorce. The period cites Minnesota 1917 lumber output at 8 billion feet, illustrating drastic resource scales of the era.
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Gibson
Minnesota
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