Everything Lovely Gap Johnson’s Tales From Tomlinville
In Tomlinville Gap Johnson boasts of survival amid family illness a near miss with lightning a broken arm from a fall and a gun misfire yet he gleefully notes trading for a running horse and six pups for two hounds while declaring that a good man cannot be kept down through hard times and small triumphs.
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Gap
Rumpus Ridge
Tomlinville
Piner
Gap Johnson
Kansas City Star
Boy Seeks Lost Father In Hasty Hill Encounter
A breathless boy rushes down a hill and asks a passerby if they know his father. The child, flushed and eager, presses for help as the stranger expresses unfamiliarity with the parent.
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Ile
Philadelphia Lawyer Relies on Bar for Finishing Pause
C H A Murphy recalls a Philadelphia lawyer famed for long-winded finales. During a six hour closing, an associate slid a note offering a Bourbon pause at the hotel bar. The orator paused to read, then left the courtroom to join colleagues for a drink.
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C. H A. Murphy
Philadelphia
Jack
Who'd Do the Work of the World If Everybody Were Rich
A thoughtful speculation questions who would perform labor if universal wealth made everyone affluent. The piece explores economic structure, incentives, and societal roles in a world of widespread riches.
The Greatest Thing in the World Love Lesson Title Card
Lesson for June 22 centers on I Corinthians 13, praising love as the strongest bond and ultimate gift. It contrasts love with tongues prophecy faith and charity, detailing love’s attributes, permanence, and practical transformation in life. It emphasizes love is the supreme divine gift available to all believers.
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Earth
The School of Gentleness and Healing Touch
The Great Physician ministered with infinite gentleness to bruised reeds and broken hearts. He spoke tenderly, calling people son and daughter, never rough or hurried. His touch carried healing power and eased burdens, bringing comfort even before life was restored. His hospital work showed a school of contellence.
Do Not Shun the Light: Ainsworth Quote
A reflection on facing inner sin and seeking peace through truth. The saying warns that avoiding light and self-s accountability forfeits both peace of heart and the chance to discover one’s best. It emphasizes confronting one.s own guilt to resolve life’s questions.
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Percy c. Ainsworth
Prudence and Silence in Speech, a Quotation
A quotation notes that prudence of reserve may require silence in some cases, yet higher prudence can justify speaking one’s thoughts. It reflects on restraint versus disclosure and the value of measured expression.
Veterans and the New Generation of Boy Scouts
The piece contrasts gray haired wartime veterans with a rising generation of young, five year veterans who are first class scouts. It declares scouts take lifelong obligations, register for service to the community, and that scouting principles should shape citizenship even beyond uniformed years. It envisions a future where scouts help preserve peace and civic duty worldwide.
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Boy Scout Movement
A Scout Faradse Camp at the Shimmering Shore
A poetic invitation by R N Berry to join a scout camp by a blue lake and pickerel pond. The piece describes nature, camp life, a lodge with a crane, a jovial chef, tents and bunks, and a call to join the song and march, promising rest, play, and work.
Scouts Boosted in Boston Letter Advocates Scout Safety
A Boston Transcript letter signed by Charles W. Eliot and A Lawrence Lowell urges cooperation amid wage readjustments and unemployment. It warns of clashes between employers and employees but credits the boy scout movement with promoting mutual understanding and goodwill as protection against social strife.
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Boston Transcript
Charles W. Eliot
A. Lawrence Lowell
Boy Scout Movement
Bohemian Boy Scouts in Prague Exchange Greetings
A letter from Prague describes Bohemia's First Scout troop sending greetings to American scouts. The river scouts excel in rowing, sailing, canoeing and swimming. they also ski and skate in winter and camp with sledge and ski. Their fleet includes four canoes, two rowing boats, two sailing yachts and a motorboat. their 18 foot houseboat with club rooms sits mid ship for 20 to 30 boys and lies anchored in Prague.
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Prague
Bohemia
Boy Scouts
America
Pittsburgh embraces scouting with university courses
Chancellor 8. B. McCormick reports the University of Pittsburgh has adopted scouting with enthusiasm. Ten faculty members teach scouting subjects and courses in camp cookery and duty of scoutmasters have begun.
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University of Pittsburgh
B. McCormick
Soldier Regards Milford Scout for War Savings
Scout Harry W. Lyons of Milford Massachusetts receives a letter from a soldier in the army of occupation praising his War Savings stamps drive. The doughboy writes that the scout’s work helped keep him fed clothed and equipped and credits Lyons with doing as much as he can.
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Harry W. Lyons
Milford
Mass
Feasts on Sweet Cake Says Mrs Gertrude Holspeter
Richmond indiana resident Mrs Gertrude Holspeter declares she now feasts on sweet cakes after using Pepgen to relieve a long standing nervous dyspepsia that left her on liquid foods and bedridden with stomach pains. She notes many in Richmond endorse Pepgen and can obtain it at her leading drug store.
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Eatonic
Gertrude Holspeter
14Th Street
Richmond
Ind
Adv
Western Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Canada
Adjutant’s Warning Over Garden Trespassers
A demobilized army tale from the London Morning Post humorously recalls a story where a commanding officer, who had seized a cow, helps himself to an adjutant’s garden strawberries. In response, the adjutant posts a notice warning trespassers in this strawberry garden will have their cow shot.
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C. O
London Morning Post
Letter from Sweetheart Deters Return to Town
A secretary and Mr. Henpeck discuss an invitation from a school sweetheart to return and marry, noting circumstance prevents accepting for now. The rest of the fragment mentions laundry bluing, a quip about Red Cross Ball Blue, and a political pun about conscience.
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Libby
McNeill
Chicago
Dandruff
Caticura
Ornemant
Ak Aloum
Dept. E
Boston
Lydia E.pinkham
Ius
Jean Ornam
Exprres
Harold Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
BOY Scout “Vets
A Scout Faradse
R. N. Berry
Bohemian Boy Scouts
Soldier
Boy Scout
Angels
India
Eek
Pacis
U.S
France
U. S
Cambridge Rubber CO. Dept
Cambridge, Mass
Absorbine, JR
W.f.young
Temme St
Springfield
George W. Birt
Mfr
Russell Ave
Indianapolis
All Druggiste
United Pharmacal Products Co
Nox
FORD
Tire Supply Company
S. High
Akron
Ohio
F. W. Stevens
Kelley St
Wichita
Kan
Haynes-Langenberg Mfg. Co
Forest Park Blvd
St. Louis
ST. Louis, MO
JM. MacLachlan
Traction Terminal Bldg
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