Have You This Habit by Margaret Morison
Mrs William plans a Christmas gift for her husband a copy of Rabble Burns. She encounters delays at the library and shop crowds. A rainstorm ushers in a chance meeting with a weary messenger boy whose dignity and quiet kindness inspires her to value a calm, good mind as true good nature.
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William
Robert
Billy
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Genevieve
Wheeler Syndicate
Tac
Roast Capon With Savory Stuffing
A16century recipe notes roast capon with savory stuffing. Oyster stuffing suggested. prepare liver paste, bread crumbs moistened with liver water, then mix six tablespoons butter parsley mushrooms and egg. Stuff capon, truss, roast hot at fifteen to eighteen minutes per pound, serve with truffle sauce.
Mushrooms in Pepper Cups Recipe Card
A fragmented recipe describes mushroom stuffed green peppers on toast cups. Directions note removing pepper stems, filling with chopped mushrooms, butter and seasoning, then baking on a rack for twenty minutes. The clipping includes a stray remark about Doctor Coue lectures and charity.
Savings Mindset Urges Diligence Over Wealth
A reflective verse emphasizes savings over income, noting that wealth grows by what you retain rather than what you earn. It cautions against boasting of earnings and promotes prudent keeping of funds as true riches. The poem warns that money spent quickly loses value while saved money compounds over time.
Something to Think About by F A Dalker
A reflective piece discusses fame and the perpetual hunt for status, contrasting aging idols with rising Adams and Eves who capture attention and redefine achievement. The text ponders vanity, shifting influence, and the inevitability of being supplanted as new stars emerge. A brief diner dialogue about a plain steak ends the fragment.
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Earth
Ife
Adams
Adams and Eves
McCture Newspaper Syndicate
Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Yore
A fragmented excerpt reflecting on romance and gender dynamics. The piece juxtaposes a modern dating mood with jokes about magazine rates for words and a woman’s imagination. It uses humorous quotes to satirize relationships and love.
Jack Frost's Tricks All the HoWers Were Asleep
A whimsical tale about Jack Frost planning mischief while Mother Nature and the sleeping flowers Crocus Hyacinth Narcissus imagine their own beauty. The story hints at the playful, yet potentially harmful tricks frost would play on the sleepily thriving garden.
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Jack
Nck
Mother Nature
Crocus
Tom
Through the Glad Eyes of a Woman Jane Doe
Fragmentary notes suggest a lament about women and households. The text hints at themes of domestic life, motherhood, and emotional restraint, with quoted lines reflecting sorrow and longing. The phrasing is garbled, but centers on woman’s perspective and traditional roles.
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Jane ‘Doe
Genevieve the Saint and Symbol Across Cultures
Genevieve or Gwen traces her name to Celtic roots with links to Venus and several European forms. The article traces legends from Gaul to Paris patronage, noting saints from Brabant to Russia, myths of a protective talisman, and Coleridge’s lyric tribute to Genevieve as a beacon of beauty and steadfastness.
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Nevieve
Gwen
Seren- Werner
Genevieve
Nanterre
Genévieve
Joan of Arc
Paris
Isadores
Anne Genevieve de Bodrhon
Teutons
Genevefa
Brabant
Italy
Germany
Russia
Coleridge
Superstitions and the Moon Goddess in Cat Folklore Across Cultures
The article traces cat magic from ancient Egypt to modern tales, noting black cats linked to moon goddess Isis and their tails used as brushing talismans. It cites homeopathic imitative magic, cats’ tails as cure and warding symbols, and influences on Greek and Roman traditions via Egypt and global diffusion, attributed to McClure Syndicate.
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Egypt
Isis
Black Cat
Greece
Rome
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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Margaret Morison
Henley
Borie
Wester Wewspaper Union
Estes Daliom Smier
Educational Caricom Noa
Young Lady
F. A. Dalker
By Helen Rowland
Dream _ street
Helen Rowland
Jack Frost
Hegan
Croens
Jick
Dorothy Dwan
Young Love
Nest
Signifi
Wcda
Ck el
By John Kendrick Bangs
Black Cat's Tamil
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