Recipe for Popularity and Life Insurance Ponderings
A collage of quotes from Houston Post style notes. Bits on family strain when both parents work, a child’s viewpoint on homes, and a mock FAQ on life insurance premiums. Wisdom is valued for virtue, not dowry, as reflected in brief aphorisms and social commentary.
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Houston’ Post
Fragmentary Patient Doctor Exchange Sparks Wish to Restart Life
A garbled dialogue shows a patient lamenting with a doctored tone about feeling as if he could start life over, expressing regret while considering a possible cure or relief. The odd phrasing hints at a humorous or satirical clipping.
Two Kinds of Girls Who Do Things in Griffin Telegram
Aline Griffin runs Griffin's Daily Telegram as owner editor and printer of a small local paper. The piece highlights a mail box note system among girls, mentions a few local items and notices, and profiles Dorothy Towne a fourteen year old writer with a busy record of published stories dances swimming and community activities.
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Salt Lake City
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Griffin
Telegram
Telegrar Giffin
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Misa Dorothy Towne
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Poems by John Bradford Main and the Old Trapper tale
The piece recounts John Bradford Main at twelve writing The Voice of Tar City and Memories of an Old Trapper at thirteen. It notes a Mother's Day 1915 poem TO MY MOTHER praising a caring mother who stays awake with ill children and forgives mischief as the speaker seeks to please her.
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Typewriter Skills Taught In Jersey City Class
A Jersey City class in achievement teaches rapid accurate typewriter use for youths. The program notes not all will become stenographers, but the skill benefits modern offices and many homes. Classes are held in a church with both girls and boys attending.
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Jersey City
N. J
Farnia
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