Have You This Habit by Margaret Morison
In the New England village Puritan Crossroads Robert Adaire astounds locals with his carefree spirit during a plague year. Prof Standish and Dr Standish question his brains yet discover his gaiety sustains stricken families. Reginald Prince sees Adaire’s vitality as the key to life.
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New England
Puritan Crossroads
Robert Adaire
Alden Standish
Reginald Prince T
Standis
Robert Adsire
Prine Mills
Standish
Adaire
Reginald Prince
Adatre
Prince
Printe
Adaite
Professor Standish
Matogpetiten
Something to Think About by F A Walker
A satirical scene shows a confident young man or woman lecturing an old editor on modern publishing. The editor, removing his glasses, quietly rebukes the swaggering figure and resumes his work, guiding the copy boy as the youth is ushered out. The piece mocks youthful self assurance and industry crusades.
Young Lady Across the Way and the Dempsey Challenge
A brief item notes a rival claim about Jack Dempsey avoiding matches after the Carpentier incident. The piece emphasizes society gossip on who would box Dempsey next and includes a quotation about the “vice young lady” across the way.
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Carpentier
Jack Dempsey
Bmeciure
What will you do to life I wonder
Poem reflecting on life purpose urging action over wealth and status. It asks what a person will contribute to life and others, stressing courage, effort, and helping travelers, with lines about guiding and inspiring peers. The verse praises lasting impact over riches.
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Y Methure
Reflections on Art and Marriage from a Bachelor Girl
Wry observations on art, love, and marriage by a bachelor girl voice. The piece mocks pretension in art and the quick, playful judgments men make about wives. It contrasts romantic fantasies with practical realities and social expectations.
Fox Tricks Dog to Safe Bones Tale of Narrow Escape
A fox dodges a pursuing dog by retreating into his den while the dog digs around the entrance. The dog bursts in up to his shoulders but finds only earth and no bones, as the fox slips away unseen. The fox taunts the dog from inside and proposes a feint to outwit him, planning to steal bones from a farm while the dog remains blocked.
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MR. OX
Mr. Fox
Mr. Dog
Dog
McClura Newspaper’ Syndicate
Mike
Through the Glad Eyes of a Woman by Jane Doe
A reflective January piece recalling springs past and hoping for renewal. The narrator memories Connecticut orchards England's Cornwall, croon of birds, and a wish to improve oneself with the new year. Written in a lyric, personal voice with seasonal musings.
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Jane: Doe
Sol
Connecticut
Orchard
England
Cornwall
Why of Superstitions About Burial Delays
The piece explains varied regional superstitions about delaying burial to prevent harm to the living. It links these beliefs to ancient ideas that keeping the dead buried protected the living from troublesome spirits, citing Burdick and Hebrew law as examples and noting enduring primitive fears across cultures.
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Hving
Lewis Dayton Burdick
Mother Earth
Burdick
McClgre
Mother's Cook Tea Biscuits and Lightning Cockles Recipe
A vintage recipe fragment describes Tea Biscuits including a rich milk dough with butter and baking powder, rolled and cut into rounds then baked ten to fifteen minutes. It also details Lightning Cockles with butter, eggs, sugar, lemon rind, almonds, and flour, dropped by spoonfuls and baked, with notes on adjusting flour as needed.
A Line O' Cheer
A poem reflects on the perilous earthly path and the upward way toward light. The speaker chooses resilience, rising after missteps, and seeks elevation with outstretched hands toward the light, trusting continued pursuit of the height despite falls.
Sylvia the Rudest of All Poetic Names and Lore
Sylvia pendants a mythic genealogy from Sylvanus to Silvius and Aeneas. The name roots in wood and pastoral charm, used by poets for rustic maidens and country life. Legend ties turquoise as talisman, blue moon reflections signaling fortune. Holly as Slyvia’s flower and Saturday as lucky day. Wheeler Syndicate, Ltd. is mentioned.
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Pereaps
Sylvia
Sylvanus
Hasbarimen
Silvius
Aeneas
Larinia
Aeneas Silvius
Piccolomini
Syvius
England
Christina
Holly
Wheeler Syndicate, Itc
Wheeler Sym I
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Margaret Morison
F. A. Walker
Mary
Willie
Teddy
McClusa Newspaper Syndicate
Helen Rowland
Ernest Torrence
Edinburgh
Scotland
United States
Firatt
Heigh
Androns. A
McClure Newandner’ Syndicate
HE Irving King
Caesar
John Kendrick Bangs
Heie
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
By Mildred, Marshall
McCurs Newspaper Syndicate
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