Psychology of confidence and home runs in Ruth tale
A McClure Syndicate piece argues great success comes from hard work and persistence rather than psychology. It cites Babe Ruth, Epictetus, Demosthenes, Dante, Milton, Beethoven, Caesar, Mozart, and Schubert to show enduring achievement through effort over mind games.
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Babe Ruth
Napoleon
France
Pheser
Ruth
Epictetus
Demosthenes
Dante
Aesop
Milton
Beethoven
Caesar
Mozart
Schubert
McClura Newspaper Syndicate
Dispute Over Book of Job Authorship and Era
The Washington Star discusses debates over the Book of Job. Some scholars place it in patriarchal times with figures like Abraham or Joseph, others assign it to Moses or Solomon. It notes regional animal knowledge and lauds the Hebrew spirit of faith and endurance.
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Job
Abraham
Jonah
Moses
Solomon
Assyrian
Palestine
Egypt
Washington Star
French Legion of Honor Overview and Ranks
The Legion ad t ronneur in France is an order of merit for military and civil service. It has five classes chevalier officer commander grand officer and grand cross. The President is grand master. Twenty years of service normally required for chevalier with promotions after service in lower ranks. Extraordinary service grants admission to any rank. The word chevalier means knight.
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Legion Ad'tronneur
France
Fg Gan Order of Merit
The
Republic
Great Bridge Planned for Danish Overwater Rail Span
Danish railway authorities with rig-dug approval plan a major steel bridge over the Little Belt between Funen and Jutland. Steel work alone costs exceed 5 million dollars and full project estimates run to at least 8.7 million dollars.
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Bldg
Europe
Little Belt
Funens
Jutland
Too Much Sauce Excerpt Sparks Domestic Incident
A fragmented OCR-style line notes a quarrel where a husband throws a jar of apple butter toward his spouse as an argument escalates. The text ends with an attributed quote. No further concrete details or participants are provided.
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Big Boy
the Wein
Atwater Kent
Monster Sharks Unearthed in Mid Pacific Ocean dredges uncover giant fossil sharks nearly 100 feet long
Fossil remains of enormous sharks almost 100 feet in length have been recovered by dredges at mid Pacific Ocean sites. Discoveries highlight prehistoric marine life and immense predatory size.
Ancient Te-srews Used Beans as Vegetables
Fragmentary note claims that beans were valued by the Te-srews as vegetables and ground into four parts, reflecting early culinary or agricultural practice.
The Necessary Number Quarrel Turns Interesting
A short aphorism notes that a quarrel needs two, while three may spark more intrigue, reflecting a social quip from the era. The snippet appears from a clipped newspaper item, preserving a wry observation on human conflict and interaction.
Crossword Puzzle Clues Scan for Journal Page
The page lists numerous crossword clues with numbers and partial answers, including entries like 1- An entry 2-Irritate and 40-long-delaye with scattered letters and errors. Readers attempt to fill horizontal and vertical items while noting misprints and illegible sections.
Ty Tass Mother Cook Book Meaningful Motto
The text presents a pledge of brotherhood and mutual responsibility. It emphasizes solving problems for Ife with welfare at heart and aligning business labor society and life with a view to mutual benefit. It reflects a civic or organizational creed.
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Ife
Nut and Fruit Bread and Savory Filling Recipe Note
Instructions describe making Nut Bread with flour milk sugar egg and walnut bits, then a prunes and starch mixture, followed by a chicken and mushroom filling with mayonnaise for sandwiches. Also mentions ginger bread sandwiches with cottage cheese and preserved ginger. Contains many incomplete phrases and garbled terms but identifies two recipe items and a sandwich idea.
Answer To Last Week's Puzzle. Py
A compact note announces the solution to the previous week’s puzzle. The item identifies the puzzle name and acknowledges a correct or proposed answer, reflecting a brief community update from the publication’s puzzles page.
Shopping list sparks family joke in quiet moment
Mr Hemmandhare questions new furniture purchases as Mrs Wemmnan laughs over a floor list reading wash stand parlor chairs dining-room table writing desk refrigerator tabourer piano stool pedestal step ladder cedar chest music cabinet garbage can. It’s revealed the list tracks items the baby has dropped this week and nothing is planned to buy.
Wise Sayings On Goose And Gander
A dated quip compares compliments to costs and warns that beginnings cost more than giving. It notes a woman should stay alert in her home but be kind and deaf to neighbors. It contrasts companionship with danger and urges choosing foes over bad company. The piece ends with gendered lines about boys and men and a copyright notice.
Vetus Vue well oath in Samoan land dispute described
The piece discusses Samoan native oath practices in land disputes. It contrasts ancient rites with Western survey methods, detailing a grass and stone oath symbolizing family or village gods. The grass vow carries fear of communal extermination if the oath is false.
Sudden Jungle Quiet as Night Approaches
An African travel note describes day noises fading at dusk in the jungle, then a rush of night sounds as jackals, hyenas, and many other animals emerge. The nocturnal chorus unsettles campers, with noises piling up and vanishing, keeping observers alert as the jungle atmosphere shifts.
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Byenus
Dimes Aed
Chlengo Journal
Man’s Chance Romance Via Slip Of Address
A New Orleans girl features in a curious romance tale after Binks finds a slip pinned inside a new shirt bearing a name and address and a note to write and send a photograph. He writes, sends a photo, and receives a reply that ends with a light rebuke about the shirt’s cheap appearance.
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Binks
Gin
New Orleans Times-Pleayune
London’s early class divide and smoke laws rise
In early London nobles and peasants lived side by side, later segregated by wealth. Even today, poor clusters exist in fashionable areas. Smoke abatement dates to 1306 with sea coal burning made a capital offense on citizens' petition. Subsequent unrest followed Wat Tyler’s revolt and court moves to the Tower.
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London
West End
Vancouver
Wat Tyler
Tower
Silence not a guilty plea under English law ruling
The Court of Criminal Appeals in England held that a prisoner's silence when asked to plead did not prove a guilty plea in a case of receiving stolen goods. The prisoner had been sentenced to five years but the appellate court discharged him, overturning the conviction.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
England
Court of Appeals
Earliest Lake Steamers and Great Lakes Paddleboats
The first steamboat on Lake Erie launched at Black Rock near Buffalo in 1818 and sailed to Detroit the next August. The Frontenac, the first steam craft on the Great Lakes, launched on Lake Ontario in 1816, costing $75,000 and for years the most palatial Great Lakes steamer.
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Lake Erie
Black Rock
Buffalo
Detroit
Great Lakes
Frontenac
Lake Ontario
Not There for Health at the Summer Resort
A new arrival notes that most guests come for health, but the hotel proprietor appears not to be. A guest staying three days counters the idea, implying differing motives among visitors.
Average fleece weights in U S sheep breeds vary widely
The industry notes the U S average fleece weight is about seven and a half pounds. It contrasts Southdown and Rambouillet, with wool production ranging from six to seven pounds in Southdowns and twelve to fifteen pounds in well-bred Tantoutifet when well fed.
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Inenu
Animed
United States
Waterproof Sandpaper on the Market Promises Longer Life
Waterproof sandpaper allows use under damp or wet conditions and prevents raising dust on painted varnished or ornamented surfaces. The paper is treated on both sides and the abrasive does not readily come off, claimed to last ten times longer than ordinary paper.
Ship of Faith Explores New Worlds Beyond Columbus
A poetic reflection on a vessel that discovers worlds beyond Columbus and bears riches surpassing Solomon's stlps of gold. The speaker, W. L. Watkinson, lauds the freight and declares the ship a glorious realm she transports.
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Faith
Columbus
W. L. Watkinson
Looking Into the Future on A Long Avenue of Work and Joy
A reflective note cites Robert Louis Stevenson on looking ahead to the future, finding beauty in work and living well for everyone to do. It links purposeful effort with happiness and collective progress.
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Robert Louis Stevengup
Ancient Bibles and manuscript practices before the Gutenberg era
The American Bible Society notes that before the 1150 Gutenberg Bible, many Bible manuscripts were double sided, with both sides of leaves lettered. Manuscripts were costly and often written across a single volume, though small scripts made reading difficult. Our Union seminary library houses four Latin biblical manuscripts of this type, three of which contain both Old and New Testaments in a single volume, illustrating feasibility.
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The
American Bible Society
Ourbiary
Unien Seminary
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