Moses And The Worm Poem From Bour Scrap Book
Poem tells of Moses in prayerful danger as he nears death and asks God for care for his orphan children Saturia and the Moses children. Jehovah speaks guiding Moses to trust and perform a miracle smiting a rock to reveal a worm that praises God. The worm’s presence and God’s remembrance of the vulnerable are central.
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Holy Moses
God
Saturia
Jehova
Moses
Jehovah
Tures
Dear Undiscouraged and the Call for Preparedness
A reader laments unreturned romantic attention and societal pressure to find a partner. The piece advocates daydreams, music, books, and self-advancement, praising domestic science and government training schools as paths to a stronger home foundation. It endorses social centers like those for soldiers and notes Boston railroad stations as examples of community support.
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MIDGE
Denar
Social centers urge guidance for city girls and youth
A letter argues large cities foster loneliness and loose associations among young women workers. It proposes station postings inviting registrations at social homes and stresses living wages, education, and parental guidance to preserve decency. The writer contends government schooling for housework is unnecessary and calls for mothers to teach daughters cooking and home skills.
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Fen Army
Navy
Sir Galahad
Copley Plaza
West End
Madcap
Sewing Circle
Government domestic science schools for wives urged
A reader argues for voluntary government run schools of domestic science for wives and fiancées. She says attendance must be voluntary, warns against mandatory licensing, and stresses natural home life fulfillment. The piece endorses schooling with no strings and notes the value beyond higher education for women.
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Blondy K
Household Hints from a Local Reader
Household tips advise sprinkling clothes with hot water for even dampening and polishing a stove with vinegar first then blacking to brighten and prolong cleanliness. Cleaning white enamel with baking soda from base to wash with hot soapsuds yields a fresh shine.MISS ETHEL PIERCE. 49 Basswood street, Lawrence.
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Ethel Pierce
Basswood Street
Lawrence
Rose Hedge Romance Behind the Wall
Lena Everhard hovers near a rose hedge to glimpse her neighbor the gardener. A wall hides the grouchy owner as a romance unfolds with roses, letters, and a reunion with Ted and Jim Burton. The gardener, James Lindsay Burton, proves to be the hedge’s keeper and Lena’s sworn admirer.
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Lena Everhard
Ted
Jim Burton
Jim
Lena
J. By
June
Lindsay
Bunton
Burton
James Lindsay Burton
Uncle Walt Says 4ppling Rhymes by Walt
Uncle Walt offers four pairing rhymes in a brief verse with a playful tone and rhythmic couplets. The lines hint at a humorous take on language while preserving a folksy cadence characteristic of a late era humor column.
Anger and a mug shot of rage in a Nantucket garden
A humorous verse notes how anger warped the speaker’s face and led to a vow of restraint, aided by ice and a spade. Interleaved is a prose vignette describing a tea in an English garden with Mrs X and Tom, detailing a pale hydrangea blue gown and mauve ribbons and tassels.
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Pete
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adama
Jack
Tom
Cocoa Fudge and Icings From New England Housewife
Recipes from Mrs. F Sheldon of Berlin New Hampshire include cocoa fudge with two cups sugar two tablespoons cocoa one and a half cups milk and vanilla and butter plus an optional grated chocolate variation. Also white icing No 1 and No 2 and maple icing with egg white and boiling sugar guidance. Several variations and tips for texture and flavor are provided.
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Carnation Milk Products Co
Chicago
Jil
Carnation
Favorite Summer Blues Inspire Lightweight Fashion Trends
Facts and fashions describe the season’s blue palette from periwinkle to cornflower. Dresses pair organza linen or ratine pongee while pleated self frills trim sheer gowns. Butterfly bows decorate hats and skirts tuck from the knee, parasols fuse silk and feathers, with Point dAlencon lace predicted for evening wear.
Birthday Bio-Briefs Robert Bruce I of Scotland
Birthday bio briefs recount Robert I of Scotland born July 24, lauded as a romantic defender of liberty. He shifted from English allegiance to Scottish throne, fought for freedom, and won at Bannockburn as Edward I waned. He later built ships along the Clyde before dying in middle age.
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Robert
Robert the Bruce
Robert I. of
Scotland
Edward
England
Bannockburn
Edward I
Edward II
the Bruce
Clyde
Tarzan Tests the Apes in Boston Sunday Post Magazine
A new Tarzan tale by Edgar Rice Burroughs appears in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The feature continues the adventures of the half man half ape in exotic settings with peril and discovery.
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Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Boston Sunday Post
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J. G. W. Herder
Boston
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Madewell
Gdewell Coder
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Taunton Knitting Co
Taunton
Mass
Yul
TEL. Rox
Hort Story
The
Sunday Post
J. S. Brooks
Highland Ave
West Somerville
Walt Aa Ae
Walt
New England
F. Sheldon
Berlin
N.H
Cocoa Fudge
T. Nopkins
New York
GEO. H. Lee Co., Dept
Omaha, Neb
Georgette
Isses
Chandler & Co
Musher & Co., Inc
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