Consumption Among the Jews. A medical claim
The article discusses Dr Kreinermann of Bagel Switzerland attributing lower tuberculosis morbidity and mortality among Jews to temperance, ritual cleanliness, and respect for physicians. It contrasts Jewish and Gentile health outcomes and cites alleged hereditary immunity due to earlier generations. It also includes a narrative about Elsie Castro and a mother’s scolding.
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8. Kreinermann
Bagel
Switzerland
Spur of Occasion Cited by Garfield in Battle Quote
A Garfield-echoing reflection urges self-reliance, arguing that occasions cannot forge spurs. True readiness comes from earning the spur oneself, buckling it to one’s own heels before entering the fight. The message frames victory as personal preparation rather than chance.
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James A. Garfield
Fuel oil From Seaweed: English Scientist Reports Bountiful Supply
An English scientist claims seaweed yields abundant fuel oil when supplies are exhausted, reporting a figure of seven gallons from a ton of vegetable matter. The finding suggests seaweed as a prolific alternative energy source.
Lets Others Do That Curiously Enough The Youths Companion
A quoted line from The Youths Companion remarks on family frugality and self reliance. The aphorism ponders the habit of letting others work while the family loaf remains unused, highlighting a humorous social observation.
Clean Up and Paint Up campaign urged for town revival
A call to women and clubs to lead a municipal renewal through a Clean Up and Paint Up drive. Focuses on interior and exterior renovations, yard cleanups, waste paper recycling, proper garbage collection, and enforcing sanitary ordinances. Proposes committees, public notices, and engaging schoolchildren.
Rude's Business College Sends Eighteen to Government Service
Rude's Business College in Carthage Missouri reports a strong civil service track. Eighteen graduates have secured government posts in Washington Muskogee and Kansas City, including Dee Prigmore of Reeds now employed in Washington. The school touts bookkeeping and shorthand training as a path to federal work.
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Rude
Carthage
Chisgebowl
Washington, DC
Muskogee
Kansas City
United States
Dee Prigmore
Reeds
Washington, D. C
Business College
F. M. Rude
Little niece’s prank ends with polite plea for number
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recalls a young girl who loves dialing the telephone. After a recent crash, the mother asks what happened. The reply is a playful quip about not harming the apparatus, merely asking for a number.
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Chicago Tribune
Viola
Luck and Labor in Cobden's Legacy Founding Trade
A compact meditation on luck and effort framing Richard Cobden as a figure who links chance with work. The text suggests labor as the basis for lasting competence, with the postman’s news representing the awaited confirmation of legacy.
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Richard Cobden
Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign in St Louis Era
A historical feature describes the National Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign Bureau founded in 1918 by Alien W. Clark, now coordinating with over 6,000 communities. It outlines a continuous year round program with city officials, clubs, and residents, detailing committee roles from street department to housing and school children to foster clean, safe neighborhoods.
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National Bureau
Inch Hercules
Alien W. Clark
St. Louis
Clark
National
Civb
Natonal Bureau
Charles M. Talbert
Boy
Union Station
Supply of Fat a Necessity in Daily Diets
Fat makes up about 15 percent of body weight and appears in meals, vegetables, butter and dairy foods. Excess fat stores protein in the body for later use, a key point in daily nutrition.
Why Fish Are Nearsighted In Experiments
Scientists report that fish have relatively large eyes and eyes about one-twentieth of body length, compared with humans where eyes are one-eleventh to one seventieth of height. This may explain why fish are near sighted and see less clearly at a distance.
Joy Riding Wastes Energy and Time Says Houston Post
The Houston Post laments joy riding as a waste of energy and time and advocates converting it into money through productivity and value. The editorial frames reckless driving as a squander of resources and urges practical, economy minded use of energy.
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Houston Post
Not the Same Fight Ticket Pass Gaffe
A red headed office boy asks if the sporting editor lent a fight ticket. His friend says no, the editor only made a pass at him.
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Sporting Editor
Kind of Neighbor He Liked
Private courtroom quip contrasts a man who lived next to a neighbor for five years yet never spoke a word. The exchange underscores distance despite proximity, illustrating urban snippet humor from a legal setting.
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Lilc
Peasimist a Viewpoint from a Washington Star excerpt
In a Wit and Wisdom style mock dialogue a father explains optimism to his son noting that an optimist is someone who strains to be cheerful so much that others feel pity at his overwork. The quote reflects a humorous view on optimism from the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Too Much of a Good Thing in Binks Jinks Wedding
In a fragment from Grubbe and Stubbe a Binks Jinks wedding is said to be postponed indefinitely. Diake learns that young Jinks shows interest in politics and a politician in the family is deemed enough.
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Grubbe
Binks Jinks
Stubbe
Diake
Jinks
K Richmond
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