New Year Promise of Strength Through Self Mastery
A reflective verse contemplates turning life’s page to a new year. It invites embracing challenges, learning from defeat, and finding happiness through self mastery as the path to growth and lasting blessings.
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Joy
A New Year Sermon By Rev James M Gray D D
This sermon asks readers to reflect on life and purpose as the year ends, urging a holy use of time. It discusses God’s calling to bear fruit, the Christian process of sanctification, and the hope of perfection in readiness for harvest, urging steadfast faith and service.
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Paul
Legend of the happiness mosaic and selfless giving
An old tale describes a magician who claims to craft a charm for lasting happiness by assembling a mosaic from colored stones representing life’s elements. Pupils fail until a new student gifts the completed mosaic to a loved one, proving happiness comes when made for others.
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Saloon placard misspells Zeebrugge after raid
A Dover saloon keeper posts a Zeebrugge raid placard. A sailor notes the misspelling and the keeper boasts that forty others have already pointed it out, none of whom were teetotalers, so he will leave it as is.
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Dover
London Mall
Castoria Marker Reminds Readers of Its 30 Year Signature
Important notice urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria to ensure the signature and to confirm it has been in use for over 30 years. It notes children cry for Fletcher’s Castoria along food lines. England’s jam shortage prompts US households to consider marrows for jam with carrots pumpkins and squash as substitutes.
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England
United States
Cutlcura Complexions Advertises Soap and Ointment
The advertisement touts Cutlcura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment as daily essentials for clear complexion clean scalp and soft white hands. Free samples offered by Cutlcura Dept. X Boston with soap 25 cents and ointment 25 and 60 cents, sold by druggists or by mail.
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Dept. X
Boston
No Repentance. Alice-So Maude Divorced in Haste
The Boston Transcript notes Alice So Maude is divorced and remarks on her lack of repentance. The quote reflects that she will receive $2000 monthly, implying alimony or similar support as part of the divorce settlement.
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Maude
Kate
Boston Transcript
Hall's Catarrh Medicine touted for forty years sales
Claim advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for an incurable case. It states the medicine is taken internally and works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials free. BJ Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Price Inc
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Rich Yield Doctor Duo Discuss Treatment Case
Doctor X asks if Old Moneybrug’s case yielded to treatment. Doctor Y replies it yielded about $400 in six months, noting a financial return alongside patient progress.
Dr Peerys Dead Shot Worms and Tapeworm Claim
A promotional fragment touts Dr Peerys Dead Shot as superior for worm and tapeworm infection with a claim of a single dose activating worms and promising no outside cure for the trouble.
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Dr. Peery
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules advertised for back pain
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for backache and kidney ailments. It claims immediate action against "poisonous animal germs" in the system, promises renewed health in 24 hours, and urges readers to consult a druggist for a box with a money back guarantee.
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Mc. Hill
House Moss and a Dusty Defense in Washington
A Washington housewife rebukes her maid Pearline for dirt under a bed claiming the speck is “house moss.” Pearline counters with the sly reply that it is indeed house moss, revealing the maid’s evasive defense in a domestic vignette from Pathfinder.
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Washington
Pearline
Pathfinder
Woman's Talk Column Narrow in Evening Paper
Mean Man and Biffkins discover a half column titled Woman's Talk in the evening paper. They react with surprise and curiosity, noting the unusual brevity of the feature as the wife questions the scant lines.
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Biffking
Easy Job for an Architect Doctor's Challenge Comment
A witty remark notes a doctor advising a patient to build up strength, and the reply jokes that an architect should manage such a task easily. The line plays on the profession's association with planning and reconstruction.
The Gridiron Judge in a Very Trying Life
A wry exchange notes a man’s harsh fate but reveals he serves as a judge. The quip hinges on irony, framing the judge’s burdens as a test of character within public service.
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