Foxes Home in a Tree House Guests Arrive in Folly
A whimsical tale unfolds as Mr Fox hosts a housewarming with Mr Dog and forest friends. A ladder mishap and tumbling scramble end with Mr Fox reconsidering the ground floor for safety while guests arrive and a chaotic, humorous scene plays out.
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MR. Dog
Mr. Fox
Mr. Pox
Dog
Mer
Possum
Coon
Badger
Squirrel
Mr. Rabbit
Mr. Squirrel
Mr. Coon
Bork
Pietro Recalls Poor Coffee Service at Local Diner
A speaker recounts a visit to a small eatery where slow service and small cups of coffee strained patience. Repeated refills, a noisy waiter, and missteps by the cook mark a tiring lunch, ending in talk of leaving and a provocative closing line about dignified or fatal commitment.
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Walter Breenga
Walter
Pietro
Explain Freckles Causes And Simple Remedies
Edna Kent Forbes explains freckles arise not from sun heat but from steactinic electric rays. Remedies include red veils, orange flower or cucumber water to bleach, milk to fade, and nightly egg white with sweet almond oil. A skin care mixture with rose water, borax, camphor, and tincture of benzoin closes pores and keeps skin smooth.
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Ithin
One Winter Is Enough Chicago as a Summer Resort
A fragmentary humorous note contrasts harsh Chicago winters with a sunny summer resort idea. A weary traveler endures mislaid belongings and rude service as a porter misdirects him to the wrong town and a waiter mocks him. The piece ends with a quip about surviving Chicago winters for anyone seeking relief.
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Chicago
Obsession with Inferiority Shapes Moods in Adler Study
In People's Magazine June, the piece cites Alfred Adler on how early inherited traits like red hair, small size, or clumsiness foster lifelong inferiority guiding personality. It notes two coping paths: steady enlargement of prestige or unhealthy overcompensation such as boaster behavior to mask inadequacy.
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People's Magazine
Alfred Adler
Ife
Spur
Whipple
Chuck Jones
Unimpeachable Integrity Aged Man and a Two Cent Letter
A narrator recalls Uncle Harmon a wealthy yet stingy man who distrusted people. He helps a young man Jud by giving two cents for a letter stamp, fearing others would misuse the gesture. The tale centers on trust and small acts of suspicion in a snowbound town.
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Harmon
Poetry and scent trends in early 20th century notes
The essay cites Emerson on poetry and imagination linking rhyme to sight and sound and discusses architecture's repetition and garden symmetry. It then notes French perfume prices rising and claims wealthy buyers will seek perfumes as jasmine and rose production requires vast plantings and acres to meet demand.
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Ralph Waldo Pmerson
Kasay
Smell Test Courts Suspicion in Prohibition Era Cases
In certain towns prohibition sleuths arrest suspects to sniff breath for alcohol. Citizens grumble that the tactic aims to mislead or trap people, suggesting a sly approach to catching violators through odor and perception.
Irritating exchange on meeting the high cost of living
An irritated speaker questions meeting the high cost of living while another person insists you do not have to meet it, arguing it will overtake you. The brief dialogue focuses on defiance and the pressures of rising prices.
Back Pain Sufferer Sees Cure From Vegetable Pills
Mrs Pearl Bint of 418 Jacksboro Tennessee reports chronic back pain and fatigue. She credits Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for relief and urges others to seek treatment rather than endure illness.
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Shoxville
Tennt
RCE Enya
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