Dumb Animals and Uncle Walt on Human Woes
A playful verse questions animal indifference to human conflict and misery. It imagines horses cows and other creatures unaware of battles in France and riots at home, contrasting their simple lives with human suffering and news. The piece credits I a t Mason and George Matthew Adams.
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France
Will
Adam
Noah
Mason
George Matthew Adams
Lover Bros Co Cambridge Mass 1918
Cambridge business note referencing Lover Bros Company and Low(er) Bros Company with a 1918 date. No further details on operations, locations, or outcomes are provided.
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Lover Bros. Co
Cambridge, Mass
Lower Bros. Co
Courting as a Luxury Opinion by Josh Billings
The piece extols courting as a luxury and vital social pleasure, likening it to strawberries and cream and describing it as a slow, playful, and enriching process. It urges finding a good partner, courting for love and virtue, not money, and emphasizes courtship across daily life until a wholesome marriage is achieved.
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Az Onsartin
Enny Minnit
Should a Woman Handle Future Husbands Money Before Marriage
Letters to the Sewing Circle weigh in on whether a woman should control her future husband's earnings before marriage. Some urge caution, urging women to trust their fiancé and focus on building a home, while others argue withholding funds protects both parties and avoids financial entanglements if the engagement ends.
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Sewing Circle
Alice
Springfield
Molly
Only six days more to prove your patriotism bond plea
A brief wartime call urges readers to buy a defense bond within six days, framing support as a patriotic duty and a civic contribution to national effort. The notice emphasizes urgency and collective sacrifice without detailing purchase steps.
May Day Sales From Jordan Marsh Company
Jordan Marsh announces May sales featuring Model Witchen ideas for housekeeping. Customers are invited to visit any time and recycle old kid gloves into vests for soldiers.
Captain John Black of Quoddy Reaches Notable Century
Born August 2 1820 at Dipper Harbor Captain John Black has lived in Eastport with his son Ira for about a year. The retired Quoddy skipper is a daily visitor on the business street and known for his Bible reading and sharp eyesight. He has abstained from liquor tobacco and nicotine for decades and remains active, attending church and enjoying regular meals and walks. His early days were spent fishing Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay before a 30 year general fish business near Canadian islands. Fred G. Milliken Eastport Maine.
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Dipper Harbor
Fastport
John Black
Ira
Quoddy
Captain Black
Bay of Fundy
Passamaquoddy Bay
Canadian Islands
Fred G. Milliken
Eastport
Maine
Needs No Glasses at 94 Mrs Penniman Stays Sharp
Mrs Rhoda Penniman of South Chelmsford is in her 95th year yet appears 69 and remains active. She sews six quilts last winter and makes pillowcases aprons and a velvet pillow top. She reads sews threads without glasses attends church rides to neighbors and eats well.
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Rhoda Penniman
South Chelmsford
Penniman
Uncle Sam and Aunt Lydy of West Duxbury
Mr and Mrs Samuel Taylor live on Taylor Street in West Duxbury a long married couple nearing 69 years together known for steadfast wood burning and hearty meals Aunt Lydy keeps a busy home front while Mr Taylor with failing sight depends on neighbors for wart updates in Rockland Marcia Emery notes their enduring partnership and daily life
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Samuel Taylor
Taylor Street
West Duxbury
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Sam
Aunt Lydy
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