Rose under the rose secretive talks in ancient lore
Historical note explains under the rose as a phrase for secrecy tracing to 5th century BCE Greece. Pausanias and Xerxes plot in the Brazen House near the Temple of Minerva, where roses symbolized confidential meetings. Athenians and Germans later adopted the rose as a sign of private discourse.
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Eaning
Pausanias
Xerxes
Greece
Temple of Minerva
Minerva
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Use Leisure Time to Boost Thought and Fortune
John Blake argues leisure hours should be used for reading thinking and planning not just rest. He warns dull repetitive work dulls the mind and insists purposeful thought in downtime can improve work and future prospects, urging systematic study reading and reflection.
The Compulsion to Master Our Reason and Lust
An essay on self control tracing the internal pull of impulse during stress and temptation. It contrasts the damage of yielding to brute instinct with the enduring, sacred bond of a mother’s love, and warns that reconciliation rarely restores trust or soul innocence.
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Pell Mel
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Waiting for Fortune Brings a Patient Proposal
Percival asks Philippa to marry when he makes his fortune. She agrees to wait, saying the longer the wait the more she will like him. Their playful exchange reflects earnest romance and hopeful future.
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Percival—Phiippa
Philippa
Percy
Gooseberry Dishes Appear In Historic Cookbook Excerpt
A 1923 Western Newspaper Union fragment presents recipes from a mothers cookbook style. Green Pea Bisque uses peas tomato soup milk and butter with croutons. Dates stuffed with cheese nut meats and raisins rest on celery and dressing. Gooseberry Tapioca and Gooseberry Pie feature gooseberries simmered with sugar and tapioca or baked in pastry with precaution to bind juices.
Builders by Grace E Hall Poem on careful construction
QE builds foundations with a careful hand each stone square set with accuracy and skill. Another builds great temples wisely planned. One rears a schoolhouse on a barren hill. A mansion's the fancy brought to earth. So do men blend dreams in forms of worth and effort.
Omaha Family Follows Ancient Plymouth Cradle Custom
Thomas Reynolds Porter Jr of Omaha and his parents traveled 2100 miles to Plymouth Massachusetts to have their infant rocked in the significant cradle once used 3800 years ago, preserving a long held family ritual.
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Thomas Reynolds Porter, Jr
Omaha
Samuel Fuller
Plymouth
Mass
Thomas Reynolds Porter
Bits of Information on Social Trends and Facts
A mosaic of short observations notes gender roles in Egypt and South Africa. It mentions veiled women influencing politics, May-born girls deemed amiable, a tax stance by South Africa’s Women’s party, knights in medieval tilting, US unemployment around 1.5 million in 1922, dry rocks resisting freezing, women as stockholders in the world’s largest telecom firm, and Oxford’s 12 607 women graduates with 657 marriages.
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Egypt
Women’s Party of
South Africa
United States
Telegraph and Telephone Company
Oxford University
England
Mrs Lind Sues Calder Over Nude Dryad Sculpting
Mrs. Charles A. Lind files a $200,000 damages suit against sculptor A Stirling Calder of New York. She alleges he created a sculptured study of her head and shoulders and, without her consent, added a nude Dryad figure.
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Charles A. Lind
A. Stirling Calder
New York
Dryad
Spirit doll tribute irks Conan Doyle at hotel
In Los Angeles a group of young Ambassador hotel workers crafted a spirit doll honoring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle was angered upon learning of the tribute and stated he took spiritualism seriously and did not appreciate the gesture.
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Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur
Bulgarian King Seeks Hand of Romanian Princess
Dispatches report King Boris of Bulgaria asks to wed Princess Elena daughter of Queen Marie of Romania. Elena is sixteen, Boris is twenty nine.
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Europe
Boris
Bulgaria
Elena
Marie
Romania
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F. A. Walker
Juan de Hita
Wwestern Newspaper Union
By Grace E. Hall
Dodd, _Mead & Co
Pago
Harding
Southern California
Near East Reef
Los Angeles Harbor
Portland
Oregon Trail
Ore
Lucy Lee
Mrs. Lind
Doyle
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