Individuality as a Factor Beyond Character
A reflective essay argues that individuality cannot be defined by essence or altered by changing character. It asserts the core self remains constant despite temptations or shifts in behavior, suggesting true ego lies deeper than outward traits.
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Bishop
Ambiguous dialogue excerpt from Evening Transcript
Fragmentary dialogue features quirky exchanges about feeding inspiration in a moving picture theater and coins in pockets. The passage includes garbled speech and names unknown, suggesting a hyperbolic lighthearted scene rather than a full narrative.
People Struggle With Spending Excess Purchases
A brief note suggests some individuals stay in poverty due to buying many unnecessary items. It underscores financial caution and disciplined spending as a path toward stability.
Fragmented Sunday Humor and Matrimonial Mirth
The excerpt presents light social quips on Sunday leisure and a joke about marriage and money. It includes lines about hair washing as a woman's Sunday task and a claim that marriage fails when a man marries for money and does not receive it.
Why do you call him the humans pinwheel
A fragment dialogue describes rapid ups and down and a circular motion the speaker notes speed and returning to the start in a playful misstatement about a pinwheel. A second fragment references criminals and footprints leaving only fingerprints at police headquarters.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Politician Hears Of Forest Service Job Promises
The figure says a job in the forest service was promised, asks about duties and mentions possibly inspecting government preserves to check compliance with pure food laws. The exchange reveals uncertainty and potential oversight roles.
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Forest Service
SQUIRREL Part I Adventure With Johnnie Quackles
Johnnie Quackles and Mamie Quack visit a pond on a pleasant day. They plan a swim and a stroll to the grove, hoping to see Mrs. Squirrel who is always kind to them.
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Mrs. Squirrel—Part II
Billy Bushytail and Billy Bunny's Cherry Pie Excursion
Mrs Squirrel narrates the tale of Billy Bushytail and Billy Bunny during a woodland excursion that ends with a sudden illness. Billy learns the peril of wandering without his mother and vows not to go exploring alone again.
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Billy Bunny
Billy Bushytail
Budget of a New York Working Girl in 1914 15
A witness at the New York factory investigation commission described dreary economics of low paid girls during 1914 15. A young acquaintance lived on a slim budget with board and laundry costs and bought inexpensive seconds and boys blouses. She saved by sales on shoes and hats while wearing a coat for a third winter.
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Lillian D. Wald
Atlantic
New York
Opening hazardous devices in New York City
Opening hazardous devices remains a vital service in New York City though it is not a common occupation. The text notes the annual demand for internal mechanisms in hazardous devices and the skilled work required.
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New York City
Untitled Fragment Reports Bomb Inspection and Astronomical Notes
Fragmentary report describes bomb inspection procedures with inspectors opening devices and recording results. It also cites the Belgian Royal Observatory at Ucceles near Marpacis noting wartime activity and a director’s correspondence. An unusual star event is noted by Professor Wolf. Other scattered items discuss road traffic, horse and wagon counts, and crop yields.
Narrow gauge trains aid trench supply in Europe
The Boston Post notes over 100 two foot wide trains under construction in Pennsylvania. These miniature railcars will run through tunnels to reach firing lines unseen, delivering ammunition grenades and arms to trench fighters as warfare adapts to underground close combat. The piece cites broader trends in frontline logistics. The health service urges daily walking and outdoor activity to reduce disease and extend life past forty, recommending walking clubs and lighter exercise over heavy sports.
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Pennsylvania
Boston Post
United States Public Health Service
Benjamin Franklin
Hair or No Hair Shampoos and Ointment Ad
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for scalp care promising clearer irritation free results and healthier hair growth. A postcard sample offer from Boston invites readers to request free samples by mail. The piece also includes a humorous clipped scene discussing customer service and a polite wife’s remarks about her husband’s improvement.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Calamity and Caution Amid Early Flood Talk
Noah notes a "very lucky" aspect of the looming deluge, emphasizing danger and discomfort but highlighting the absence of submarines as a fortunate factor in the perilous times. Japhet asks for details as the discussion unfolds.
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Noah
Japhet
Drink Denison’s Coffee and Health Warnings
A collage of humorous clippings and quotes. The text parodies health cautions about coffee and domestic life. It references a coroner scene with a receipted bill and snippets of witty dialogue about energy and trolleys.
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Denison
What Pa Knew What Is Vulgarity and Bridged Whist
A fragmentary exchange contrasts manners with leisure as a parent and child discuss vulgarity and social cues. References to diamonds on the right and study of bridge whist hint at class and pastime.
No Place for That Boy in the Grocery Trade
A grocer questions Joseph about long work in the back room and suggests he should study for the ministry after Joseph admits he was sorting dead files from currants. The remark underscores a moral expectation about his future.
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Joseph
London
Landlord Prefers Chess Players In Odd Interview
A landlord asks if a prospective tenant is a chess player and explains the wish to have chess players inhabit the house. The tenant says he is not a player, and the landlord notes chess players move slowly and think carefully. The exchange appears in the New York Globe.
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New York Globe
Senator Sorghum Reflects On Finishing Arabesque
A biographer asks about beginnings in public life. Senator Sorghum replies he has no time to think about that, focusing instead on how he may finish his career rather than its start.
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Senator Sorghum
Head Bookkeeper Mulls Lunch Hour Shoot Gallery Visit
The head bookkeeper voices a sudden urge to visit a shooting gallery during lunch, while his first assistant notes he cannot leave work yet but might go if the mood endures. The exchange highlights a casual, playful mood amid office routine.
Tommy Set Right
A clipped wartime exchange shows Corporal correcting a soldier reporting sickness as abdominal pain, humorously noting only high officers have abdominal issues. The dialogue mirrors soldiers' banter and medical bravado in a Boston Evening Transcript style.
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Tommy
Tommy Atkins
Boston Evening Transcript
Village's sole man of state occasions
The speaker notes a man in the village stands out as important, likening him to the only resident who owns a silk hat and frock coat. He is described as essential for all formal appearances, implying his unique status in local affairs.
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