Trained nurse as sleep minister in Edison era tale
A humorous piece extols a trained nurse who sits up all night to aid sleep, praising her endurance and blunt methods. It contrasts her vigilance with Thomas Edison’s supposed sleep deprivation and mocks the disruptive sleep banishments in households. Copyright note at end.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Busiess
Motfiers Cook Book Simple Good Things And Rice With Prunes
A home style guide notes simple wholesome desserts and salads. It offers a rice with prunes and bananas mold with whipped cream and citrus flavor, fig sauce for rice, and a cabbage salad with coconut almonds and mayonnaise. It also suggests a turnip top salad with French dressing and green garnish ideas.
The Unsalaried Drummers in Business Message
A promotional piece urging merchants and manufacturers to value unsalaried drummers customers, readers, users who spread word of products without cost. It argues every satisfied shopper acts as a free promoter, expanding reach to distant markets and affecting success or failure daily.
Last Night's Dreams and Their Meanings
The article explains the common standard dream of being partially clothed in a crowded scene. It traces interpretations from superstition to psychology, citing Andersen and Fulda and noting Freudian views that the dream reflects childhood memories and social repression.
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Hat
Hans Christian Andersen
Fulda
Freud
You'll boast about that task some day
A poem by Edgar A. Guest extols philosophy of perseverance through hardship. It links courage to future pride, re framing today’s struggles as tomorrow's pleasant memories and sources of strength. The speaker claims failed trials sharpen character and future boasting about past trials.
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Edgar A. Guest
Lily Hymn of Spring Returning
Poem fragment notes winter end and spring return as lily and creatures sing in unified chorus of angels men birds and nature. It evokes renewal and praise through hopeful, lyrical lines.
Easter Traditions in the Netherlands Revealed by Bread Swan Customs
Judith Waller notes in Kansas City Star on Dutch Easter customs in eastern Netherlands near Germany. Bakers decorate windows with bread swans and wheels for the Palm Sunday to Easter build, followed by family egg dyeing, nets of eggs, and egg battles at Easter lunch. Local celebrations include music, Punch shows, merry-go-rounds, and evening Easter bonfires symbolizing light. The article links these rites to ancient Germanic roots and historic religious reverence.
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Netherlands
Germany
Christ
Europe
Judith Waller
Kansas City Star
Easter Light Reflects on Resurrection Story
The Easter morning dew renews faith in the Resurrection as believers recall the risen Christ. The sunrise motif endures, with the Easter sun still bringing gladness to hearts today.
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