Poems for Your Scrap Book
A reflective poem about nearing life’s end with gentler thoughts. It muses on love charity and truth, the passing of time, and the quiet transition to the beyond. The speaker hopes their life touched others and leaves a legacy of kindness and remembrance.
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Friends of Youth
Daily News
Quiet secretary torn between duties and colleagues
Elsie, a conscientious secretary, refuses Anita’s plea to copy a lengthy report. Miss Nelson later pressures her after stating the boss may want help, and Elsie ends up late at noon typing the document, lamenting the burden of obliging others.
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Anita
Oakcrest
Roberts
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Filsie
Tom
Harry
Mr. Roberts
Facts and Fashions Cape Wraps and Green Sports Dress
A platinum ray crepe cape wrap is trimmed with disc bands outlined by steel nailheads. A straight sports dress in soft green ratine features French blue linen with cross stitch embroidery. Children's play outfits use gingham with white sleeves and rickrack trim. Net frills adorn cretonne dresses with neck frills and sleeve seams.
To Commemorate Chateau Thierry Battle Service at St Pauls
The Battle of Chateau Thierry began July 18 1918 and will be commemorated at a special service in St Pauls Episcopal Cathedral tomorrow night. The address on The Invisible Platoon will be delivered by Rev Edward T Sullivan.
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Chateau Thierry
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Edward T. Sullivan
Recipes of New England Housewives
Recipes include beef and pork stew with potatoes and dumplings, onion prep, and a tomato bake with breadcrumbs. Also a tapioca milk pudding with eggs and coconut, from Miss Mary Pintau of Fall River and Miss Doris Be. Hackett of Southbridge.
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New England
Mary Pintau
Snell St
Fall River
Doris BE. Hackett
Eastford St
Southbridge
Samson Slays Philistines and Takes Gates to Hill
The narrative recounts Samson seized by Israelite captors then freed by divine strength. He defeated a thousand Philistines with a jawbone, then traveled toward Gaza. Gazan guards planned to kill him, yet he rose at midnight and carried the city gate and its posts to a hilltop.
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Samson
Israel
Gaza
Testing Wool Quality with Simple At-Home Methods
A 1922 Public Ledger guide explains evaluating wool fabrics by unraveling and burning fibers. Pure wool shows uniform strands, animal odor when burned, and a gritty taste when bitten. Mixed fibers and shoddy blends stain with color changes in alcohol and emit harsher smells.
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Public Ledger Company
Dear Miss Champagne Offers Heartbreak Counsel
An adult seeks cheerful consolation for a lost romance after leaving a steady partner for a friend. The columnist answers with common‑sense advice on moving past past mistakes, forgetting unattainable loves, and facing the future with courage and philosophy.
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Miss Champagne
Champagne
When Mother Deals in Real Estate
A man visits a house sale asking for the lowest price and a tour of details from heating to coal usage. The seller, Wilhelmina Stitch, recalls family memories in the rooms as the buyer inspects the property.
A Husband's Right to Object to His Wife's Visitors
A Sewing Circle discussion considers whether a husband may forbid guests his wife disapproves of. Responses urge mutual reason, compromise, and harmony, noting loyalty should start at home and that ongoing visits risk conflict.
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Denar
Reception for Dr. Joseph Yaffe Before Pittsburgh Internship
A surprise reception honored Dr. Joseph P. Yaffe a Tufts Medical School graduate bound for an internship at St. Joseph's Hospital of Pittsburgh Fenn. The West End figure, prior Har vard College and Boston English High School alum, plans foreign clinics after Pittsburg. A large delegation saw him off and presented gifts.
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Joseph P. Yaffe
Tufts College Medical School
St. Joseph's Hospital
Pittsburgh
Fenn
Yaffe
West End
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Harvard College
Boston English High School
Boston Public Library
Boston
Phi Delta Epsilon
American Pharmaceutical Association
Association of Harvard Chemists
Pittsburg
Goat Show Stuns Newport Visitors at Exclusive Casino
Newport Rhode Island July 14 Newport's Casino famed for elite events hosted an unexpected goat show yesterday afternoon. Mrs Henry G Gray of New York and Newport led a white Saanen buck harnessed to a buckboard as a small boy and girl rode along. The grounds paused to watch the unusual parade down toward the tennis courts.
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Newport
R. I
Henry G. Gray
New York
False Sympathy and The Referee Letters Column
A witty exchange critiques ostentatious mourning and social flattery after a death. The speaker condemns lavish wreaths and Uncle Edward’s lilies as false sympathy, while a counterpoint argues people value what they earn in life. The Referee asks readers for brief letters.
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Edward
Bryant’s Final Years and Homeric Translations
The article recalls Bryant’s last years devoted to translating Homer and Dante like Longfellow, noting his mastery of Greek, Latin, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. It details his Iliad published in 1870 and Odyssey completed in 1871, portrays his noble life, and honors in the community as he turned to Homer in sorrow and old age.
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Bryant
Longfellow
Hromer
Homer
Dante
Nausicaas
Ulysses
Washington
Colored ratine frocks bound with gros grain ribbon
A brief fashion note describes straight slip on frocks crafted from colored ratines and bound with gelf color gros grain ribbon, illustrating a simple yet stylish wardrobe detail.
Faculty changes bring Jesuit transfers to Boston College
Seven Jesuit fathers are transferred to the Boston College faculty. Four current teachers move to different priestly duties and nine priests shift to Boston College High School staffing. Seven high school priests go elsewhere. Rev. Charles W. Lyons, former college president, returns as professor of psychology.
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Boston College
Boston College High School
Charles W. Lyons
S. J
Boston College Jesuit Faculty Transfers and Appointments
The list details reshuffles at Boston College with priests joining or leaving. New arrivals include Rev. Cornelius J. Bulman, Rev. George T. Eberle, Rev. Arthur J. Hohman, Rev. Joseph G. Kirchmyer, Rev. Robert J. Dyson, and Rev. James P. Sweeney. Departures include Rev. Thomas A. Becker, Rev. Joseph Beglan, Rev. Francis P. Donnelly, Rev. John I. McQuade, and others moving to Poughkeepsie Woodstock and Fordham. Several priests transfer to Boston College High School, and some head to Woodstock Md for further studies or to St. Andrew-on-the-Hudson and Georgetown College.
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Cornelius J. Bulman
S. J
George T. Eberle
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Arthur J. Hohman
Joseph G. Kirchmyer
Philippines
St. Andrew-on-the-Hudson
Francis P. Donnelly
John IE. McQuade
Fordham University
Florence Gillis
John A. Tobin
Boston College High School
Phillip J. Clark
S J
Daniel A. Creed
Francis E. Flaherty
Charles A. Gallagher
Thomas J. Higgins
Thomas F. X. Leckle
Maurice
Dennis Comey
Georgetown College
Aloysius L. English
Clergy Transfers List to Various Parishes
S J to Holy Cross College Rev John W Casey S J to St Mary s Church North End Rev William Cunningham S J to Holy Trinity Church Georgetown D C
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S. J
Holy Cross College
John W. Casey
St. Mary’s Church
North End
William ¥. Cunningham
Holy Trinity Church
Georgetown
D. C
Questions From Readers On Weights Minds Prisons Eggs And Plays
Readers ask about weight measures and pounds per stone, clarification of presidential pardon limits in Pomeroy cases, atom structure and subatomic particles, egg digestion differences between raw and soft boiled eggs, and a tally of longest running New York shows including Blossom Time and Shuffle Along.
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New York
Dearie
Music Box
Wedding Invitation Timelines and Rainbow Optics
A guidance note states invitations go out four weeks to 15 days before a wedding. Then a quotation discusses rainbow geometry, noting a rainbow’s center lies opposite the sun and the observer, making a straight sun observer rainbow line.
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Sir
Card dealing etiquette and the cut
The text explains card cutting after shuffling by the player and before dealing by the dealer. It notes the traditional rule cut to the right and deal to the left, guiding who cuts and who deals. It also records the saying Cut to the right deal to the left as an old maxim.
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