Overloading a three year old with activities seen as dangerous
A mother boasts of early dance lessons and piano practice for a three year old. Fae Decker Dix argues in Hygela Magazine that forcing children into many activities early harms their natural development and parental judgment.
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Fae “Decker Dix
Hygela Magazine
S.S.S. boosts appetite and digestion claims
The ad urges readers with poor appetite and weakness to try S.S.S. before meals, promising improved hunger and digestion. It claims S.S.S. stimulates gastric juices and provides minerals vital for blood cells and hemoglobin, presenting it as a rainbow remedy for health discouragement.
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S.S.S
Household Tips From The Western Newspaper Union
Cures garnish desserts with chocolate or maple fudge over ice cream or custard. To refresh a old mop, soak in lye and boiling water, rinse, sun dry. Add kerosene to boiler with clothes for whitening. Emphasizes starting healthy eating with children, praising, varied foods, and consistent routines to shape good habits.
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Western Newspaper Union
Meadow Mouse Visits Smiling Pool A Safety Talk
Danny Meadow Mouse visits Grandfather Frog at the Smiling Pool and discusses risk and safety with the wise frog. Grandfather Frog warns of danger from Reddy Fox and advises avoiding unnecessary trouble while stressing cautious curiosity.
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The Old Home Endures Through Time and Change
A poem describing an old home whose walls crumble and roof falls, yet the sturdy tree behind remains a gift from God. The meadowlands have been razed repeatedly, but the green trees on the hill endure, and the house’s enduring core is celebrated as a symbol of lasting resilience.
Friction Matches Origin and Early U S Sale
Friction matches were invented in England in 1829 and reaching the United States in 1831 to 1832. They were sold in boxes of 25 for 25 cents and commonly called lyco focos, regarded for many years as an amusing novelty.
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United States
McClure
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WNU
Wrote Most Famous Document Jefferson Drafted in One Sitting
Thomas Jefferson started the Declaration of Independence at night and finished by dawn in a single sitting. He wrote with a quill on a desk he made himself, a device now preserved as a historical artifact.
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Thomas Jefferson
QUESTION BOX by EDWYNN The Perfect Fool
A reader asks about a boy's rat trap job and learning to set traps. The column offers brief, jokey responses on human behavior and common curiosities from the era.
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Edwynn
Mr. Wynn
I. D. Clare
Garden Promise Amid Promises In Seed Catalogue
A fragment speaks of a garden never yielding to the temptation of promised seeds in a catalogue. The note, attributed to Bell Syndicate and WNU Service, hints at optimism versus reality in horticultural promises.
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Chum
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Microbes Show Extreme Size and Resilience
Microbes display vast size variation with some up to 5,000 times larger than others. They endure a wide temperature span from 779 degrees to 320 degrees above or below zero. Some have been found revivable in coal deposits dating to about 100 million years ago.
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Collier’s Weekly
Pampas of Argentina Rich Pastureland Span Texas Size
The pampas are vast grassy plains in central Argentina. They stretch across an area comparable to the state of Texas, bounded north by Gran Chaco forests and south by Patagonia steppes. In the rainy season they bloom with grasses that feed large herds of cattle and sheep.
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Texas
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Maltese crochet collar pattern and hairpin guidance
Learn Maltese crochet using hairpins with sizes for small medium and large collars. Materials include cotton wool silk or linen. projects cover scarves edgings inserts and novelties. Send 10 cents for instructions and hairpins priced 15 cents each or three for 3 ½ cents with SASE to Home Craft Co Dept BR St Louis Mo. Also a health ad for Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets.
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Address Home Craft CO
Dept. BR
Nineteenth and St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Cactoblastis Memorial Hall Planned at Boonarga
A memorial hall will be erected at Boonarga Australia to honor the caterpillar that helped reclaim prickly pear wastes. The building will be named the Cactoblastis Memorial Hall recognizing the insect’s role in converting wasteland into productive agricultural land.
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Boonarga
Australia
Ancient Phoenician Finds May Illuminate Old Testament
Newly found documents dating about 4,000 years ago in the Phoenician capital region of northern Syria are expected to shed light on the Old Testament, researchers say. The discovery could offer fresh context on ancient Hebrew and Near Eastern history.
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