Waynne and the Dwarfs Tale of the Moon and Sun
The tale follows Waynne the shepherd and Princess Alfrida as a hidden dwarfs country covets the moon and sun. After lingering in the dwarfs land they pull Waynne into their schemes, but he outsmarts them, returns with jewels for the dwarfs, and gifts the moon to the princess. The ending warns against crying for what you want.
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Rett
Alfrida
Waynne
Warnie
Waynie
Runawar
Warmne
Sen
Wayme
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The Evil Eye superstition and its reach on journeys
The article reviews the belief in the evil eye as a safeguard against misfortune when friends depart on journeys. It cites Plutarch on unknowing casters, notes journeys as risky times, recalls Nicola Valletta’s 1787 jettutia tests, and observes the broad Italian and general lore surrounding the evil eye.
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Plutarch
Nicola Valletta
Naples
LcClure Newspaper Syndicate
Italy Lays Claim to World’s Largest Tree
An article notes Jean Henri Fabre identifying Sicily’s Etna chestnut tree, known as the Tree of One Hundred Horses, as the world’s largest by circumference and bulk. It recounts Queen Joan of Arragon sheltering beneath its vast foliage during a sudden storm, with 30 men linking hands around the trunk, which measures over 160 feet in circumference.
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Jean Henri Fabre
Etna
Sicily
Vorses
Joan
Arragon
Jacqueline the most piquant name in feminine speech
The name Jacqueline traces to Jacob from biblical roots and spread through Europe via Jacques, St. Jacques at Liege, and English French mingling in the era of the Black Prince and Henry V. The feminine form gave rise to Jacquette in England and France with Jack as a popular diminutive, while Jade is said to be a talismanic stone for luck and love. Friday is cited as a lucky day and a number is noted.
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Jacqueline
Isaac
Rebecca
Jacob
Europe
France
Jacques
St. Jacques
Liege
Flanders
Black Prince
Henry V
England
Thury Vo
Mainault
Jack
Jacquette
Luxemburg
Edward VI
Holbein
Mother Jack
Jacquelines
Jade
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Something To Think About From F A Walker
A 1928 McClure Newspaper Syndicate meditation condemns shifting blame for one's faults. It argues weak men blame others, avoid responsibility, and reject excellence in favor of luck, warning such fault finding wrecks lives and ruin. The piece critiques self centered excuses and calls for accountability.
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Amd
Curraim Vestary
Tault-Dadimsum
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Man's harsh view on women sparks concern in Texas note
A quoted remark from the Texas Tanger shows a man openly criticizing women, drawing attention to gender attitudes and prompting discussion among readers.
A Banner of Wry Adages Cited by a Judge
A compiler of quips notes that many weak men gain strength from drink and that jurists often misjudge women. He laments a little woman shrinking a big man, says mothers never strike, and contrasts canaries with storks. He claims a homely baby resembles its father’s kin and warns that women see little hats as harmless. A deaf girl will trade hearing for diamond earrings.
Investments For a Poet Writing Man P Am
A garbled list of names and phrases appears as a fragmented transcription noting various individuals and items such as lamps, girls, debts, street beggars, and transcription references with distorted spellings and unclear connections.
Chapel Old Structure in Shakespeare's Time
The London Times notes Stratford's Guild of the Holy Cross chapel as a graceful medieval building opposite Shakespeare's New Place. Founded about 1296 with a nave rebuilt around 1405 by Sir Hugh Clopton, it now serves as the grammar school boys’ chapel next to Shakespeare’s era home.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Guild of the Holy Cross
Chapel Street
High Street
London Times
Stratford
Hugh Clopton
Shakespeare
Atood Shakespeare
New Place
Chapel Lane
Spectacles From Ancient Times to the Middle Ages
The article traces the origins of spectacles in the Middle Ages, noting their Latin naming and connection to the scholarly use of Latin. It explains Spectaculum as the root meaning to see, and how the term evolved from Latin origins to describe the new invention.
The Road to Laughter Beckons Me Poem by Edgar Guest
The speaker describes a homeward path as a daily journey toward rest and joy. He envisions a castle of rest where love and happiness await as day ends, while children play and the world feels fine and fair.
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Edgar Guest
Summer Pies and Fruit Desserts in Warm-Winter Style
Quick pastry method with shortening and cold water yields a one crust pie ideal for warm weather. Currant Pie combines currants sugar eggs and flour baked in a shell with a meringue topping. Blueberry Meringue Pie mixes blueberries sugar flour and egg yolks then bakes with meringue and optional marshmallows. Strawberry Pie uses crushed sweetened berries, cooled shell, whipped cream, or lemony bananas with meringue or cream.
New Comb Type Waving Stairway Planned for London Underground
A new comb type waving stairway is to be installed in London at Underground Railway Company stations, announced in 1925 by Western Newspaper Union. The invention aims to improve crowd flow and safety in busy Underground areas.
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London
The
Underground Railway Company
Spectacles evolve into eye glasses and pincenez
The text traces spectacles to lighter eye glasses called pincenez, distinguishing them from the old frames. It notes that all eye glasses are spectracles in a sense, but the term now marks a specific kind of frame and arm.
Siegfried Hero of Teutonic Legend and The Nieheunien
An old mythic figure Siegfried is described as a semi fabulous mighty hero of Teutonic lore famed for slaying a dragon and bath in its blood gaining hornlike skin except a single spot with a teat. He is noted for defeating the Nieheunien royal line and stealing their gold and gems before his death at Hagen’s hands.
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Sieefried
Stalin
Hagen
Siegfried
Kansas City
Reflex kinesthetic excitation in sensory processing
In Mote's discussion, every sensation and mental image triggers reflex activation shaped by positive or negative inhibition, leading to kinesthetic or postural excitation as stimuli travel through proprioceptive neural pathways from muscles, tendons, and joints, shaping perception and action.
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Frederick Mote
London Lancet
Fragmentary science excerpt on sensory continua and action
A fragment discusses how labyrinthine sensations form a sensory continuum closely integrated with exteroceptive perception and the motor system, highlighting interlinked pathways between internal sensation, external awareness, and movement.
The Inflated Critic Quote in Duluth Herald
The Duluth Herald quotes a colorful quip on critics who value intellect, noting that the so called Elite often presume intelligence begins with I. The remark lampoons self important critics and reflects the era's witty opinion style.
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Duluth Herald
Mind and Soul: The Mind Shapes the Immortal Soul
A compact reflection on how the mind defines character and vitality, citing Ovid. The quote emphasizes inner faculties as the source of true personhood, linking thought to enduring essence.
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Ovid
Its Alias Girls' boarding school yearns in Princeton Tiger style
A fragment from the Princeton Tiger hints at a narrative around Its Alias Girls' boarding school. The text suggests a mood of yearning and school life, framed in campus journalism voice. No concrete events or names are provided.
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Princeton Tiger
Woman Afraid To Eat Any Thing
A distressed woman fears eating after stomach trouble, claiming relief from Adierika helps gas, fullness, older waste matter, and constipation. The notice cites Mrs A Howard and Frank B Deuel, druggist, promoting the product as a cure for digestive discomfort and mood improvement.
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Italy
Mildred Marshall
McClure
Naner Syndicate
F. A. Walker
Mother
Am. Suzar
Iuwa
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Am. Loco
Chile
Western Newspaper Union
LeMars
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