Captains at the Wheel of Life and Ambitious Careers
A reflective essay likens captains to people steering their lives through storms and temptations. It contrasts disciplined, hopeful sailors with derelicts who squander chances. The piece then shifts to career training for women, praising high schools offering comprehensive fashion and design education that prepare graduates for skilled work and steady advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose
Hferkles
Stirl
Triumplon
Sleta
Weathered Hearts and Shifting Skies in Quiet Verse
A dated, fragmentary lyric reflects on life, weather, and love. The speaker rejects perfect art, noting hearts carry their own weather amid rain, wind, and storms. It counsels patience with life’s stress and suggests enduring affection despite imperfect surroundings.
Co operative classes in high school plan sales training
Jessie Roberts describes a cooperative high school program for girls in commercial departments. Girls split time between in school work and practical sales work in stores, which recruit well trained young women. The plan aims to produce a high class of sales employees through hands on experience.
How Do You Say It by CN and Lurie Dialogue
A reader discusses word choice in a CN and Lurie dialogue about the term lovely. The piece argues that lovely carries strong positive meaning and should not be used for ordinary matters or trifles. It cites dictionary senses and suggests alternatives like attractive, agreeable, or enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cn, Lurie
Traditional Custards and Flavorful Desserts From Home Cook Books
Instructional excerpt from a 19th or early 20th century home cookbook detailing custard methods and caramel sauces. Includes ratios for sage custards and orange flavored varieties, cautions about overbeating, and tips for presenting custards with candy or fruit garnishes. Mentions common ingredients like vanilla, nutmeg, chocolate, and caramel sauce.
The Romance of Words and Outdoor Entertainments
Early century customs had guests bring refreshments to outdoor entertainments in a tradition called fete champetre later shortened to plena. Historical notes cite Mainwaring from November 22, 1018, describing a prince of Wales birthday party with each guest supplying meat and other dishes, amid lively rustic pageantry and contrived displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otheir
Mainwaring
Prince of Wales
iInair
George Young
Young Woman Who Is Pale Kansas City Ad
Testimonial from Mrs Bill Gammon of 2919 Roosevelt Ave praising Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for restoring health during early womanhood. Claims rapid improvement after starting the medicine as advised by a local druggist. No alcohol, liquid or tablets mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Kang
Dr. Pierce
Bill Gammon
Roosevelt. Ave
Not Russian Chief Yet Most Americans Misperceive Lenin Role
The article notes that Nikolai Lenin is not Russia’s president. It explains Michael Kalinin, a peasant, has led the All Russian Central Executive Committee for more than two years, a role comparable to a British prime minister. Kalinin’s Moscow office is modest and accessible, unlike a Kremlin palace, with no papers or guards at entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikolai Lenin
Russia
Michael Kalinin
Central Executive Committee
Kalinin
Moscow
Kremlin
Nursing and Disease Findings by Br. Anne Moldenhauer
Br. Anne Moldenhauer of Berlin reports experiments with nursing mothers and disease. She finds nursing safe for infants except possibly open tuberculosis and dysentery, with few cases showing reduced milk supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Moldenhauer
Berlin
Mathers
Helping Him Out and A Side Note on Delays
A Detroit traveler on a Cleveland visit tries to smuggle a quart of rye in his suitcase. Nervous, he trades suitcases with a fellow passenger who takes responsibility, enabling the man to reach shore relieved. He notes the other man’s load, while a drug store clerk explains a prescription wait due to multiple clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harper’s , Magazine
Whose fault is it when your husband is cross at breakfast
A fragmented adage compares caffeine to blame for a sleepless night and urges switching from tea or coffee to Postum cereal beverage. It portrays coffee’s caffeine as harmful to nerves and promotes Postum as a coffee-like hot drink without tea or coffee’s ill effects.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nibel
Khds Hoya
Donna Kid
Fan Baers
Hs Ee En Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N
Cheseblough Meg. CO. StateStreet
New York
Bani
Ibn Delic Elon
Igor
oLoan
Prapald
Wirt's Golden Wheat Food Co
Ei Balla
Chionga
Dr.Wirt
Iyi Dove
Cole
Saly, Co
Borkford
Stearns
Avery Box
Rata
F. A. Walker
By Douglas Malloch
Wight
By Jessie Roberts
Ceuta
Yale
Western Newspaper Union
Harold W. Schmidt
Breese, Clinton Co
Iil
GIANT
USIH
Guners Rey
Maren
Guvern
Spohn
Hporln
Drug Etorem
Siomn Medical Company
Goshen, Indiana
Fletcher
Enin
Michail Kalinin
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfeld
Mase
Liberty Top & Tire
Lee Cinelanati
Directiza
Qualle-Angus Co
Desk
Gloverile
N.Y
Carlauit
Federal Farm Bureau
Washington St
Galeago
Beap Mazon Corporation
Waterloo
Iowa
Lander
WYOM
N. Y
Des Moines
Adrie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!