Upland plover and curious snail tongue wonders
Readable excerpts describe the upland plover a bird of dry hills and prairies that breeds across wide latitudes from Oregon and Oklahoma to Maine and Alaska and migrates to Argentina in winter. It eats crickets weevils leaf beetles and horse flies while helping crops yet is hunted to near extinction. Also a game where a blindfolded postmaster general assigns towns and swaps seats and a snail tongue with thousands of teeth shown under magnification.
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Oregon
Oklahoma
Virginia
Alaska
Mackenzie
Maine
Pama
Argentina
Neas
London
Edinburgh
St. Nicholas Magazine
Swastika Misgivings and Odd Parlor Trick In Edgy Note
An article warns readers to verify swastika charms for correct form and material noting right handed swastika symbolizes light health and luck while left handed represents darkness and misfortune. It also includes a playful parlor trick about jumping over two chairs and a short verse about a young artist and his landscapes reflecting on ambition and criticism.
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George Birdwood
Quote Alteration Sparks Chronicle Debate
A reader notes that the copy editor altered a quotation to read A fool and his money are parted soon It sounds beastly he said but the higher English demands it The Tribune reports the incident raises questions about transcription and editorial standards.
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Chivago ‘Tribune
Man and Object Party Game Descriptive Rules
A description of a parlor game where two players disguise as a famous person and a connected object. They sit with others who question them, each must answer Yeas or Nays until the person and object are identified. The example mentions George Washington and the hatchet of Roosevelt.
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George Washington
Roosevelt
England
Imine
Fouth
Jack
Evelyn
Ruthie
Hannah
Daddy
Giant Jupiter and curious conundrums of science
A curio filled page discusses Jupiter as a newborn world in the making while Earth is portrayed as aging. The column quotes Chicago News on creation under our gaze and includes a string of light verse and riddles from Philadelphia Ledger and other sources. It features playful conundrums about photography, vowels, altered dress, and eggs.
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Jupiter
Lfe
Chicago News
Philadelphia Ledger
Crafty Way Satire Quips At Social Reformation Tale
The Doston Transcript recounts a humorous exchange about abstinence and social reform. Four fellows debate acceptance while Vasilby claims initiation of the reform narrative in a light, satirical tone.
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Vasilby
Doston Transcript
Robespierre waistline tops summer fashions
Vogue focuses on the Robespierre waist as the season’s smartest model. The design uses fine lawn fabric pin tucked in clusters with a high turnover collar and wide neckline, showcasing a bold, sculpted silhouette for summer.
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Robespierre
May Manton patterns for blouse and skirt pricing
These May Manton patterns are cut in sizes for the blouse from 4 to 42 inches bust and for the skirt from 22 to 82 inches waist. Send 10 cents each to the office with numbers blouse 7450 and skirt 7317. Include name and address for mail order. use coupon if in haste.
Ghostly tale of Molly and the doomed sailor
An old sailor recounts a phantom ship tale set on a sunlit harbor beach. Molly Sewell, beloved granddaughter, awaits lover Jack Barstow aboard the President Adams. A fogbound seventh day reveals the cursed ship bearing no crew, and Molly never marries, living until old age before dying, as the narrator awaits a final voyage to join them.
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Bob Barclay
South Atlantic
Jack Barstow
Molly
Skuddin
Barstow
Adams Molly
Grandp
Jack
Singapore
Adams
Everlastin
Spinach Recipes From A Historic Home Kitchen
A collection of old style spinach preparations describes washing greens to remove sand, boiling without water, and combining with butter pepper salt and eggs. It includes Spinach With Butter, Spinach Salad with olive oil and vinegar, and Spinach Omelet style folds served on toast or lettuce with dressings.
The Insanity of Jesus and the Carpenter’s Dream
A dense meditation on the charge that Jesus was beside himself, framing the idea of madness versus divinity. The piece traces the rejection by Pharisees and rulers, the crucifixion, and the paradox of Christian reverence centuries later, contrasting worldly doubt with spiritual center in God. It ends with a note of a betting correspondent in Kingston, N.Y.
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Jesus
Gethsemane
Judgment Hall
Calvary
John
Alexander Oruden
Wiliam Cowper
Maltbie Babcock
Christ Man
Christ
Carpenter
Tulider
Paul
Grace Strachan not a presidential possibility for NEA
New York friends insist Grace Strachan is a logical candidate for NEA president at the next convention. She leads the New York Elementary Teachers Association and helped secure equal pay for teachers in New York. Her stature grows among public schoolteachers nationwide and at the National Education Association.
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Ros Grace Strachan
National Educational Association
New York Friends of the Lady
Miss Strachan
New York
Wnterborough Association of Woman Teachers
Anaesthetics For Plants Boost Rapid Flower Production
Danish professor Dr. Johansen demonstrates a vapor method using chloroform or ether to pause plant rest. In airtight chambers plants like lilacs azaleas lilies of the valley rapidly resume growth, with lilacs flowering in two weeks and no damage observed.
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Johansen
Copenhagen
Wishes for the year and ancient plow tale
A childlike verse asks a four leaf clover to grant wishes for spring flowers berries and nutting. The text shifts to a brief note about Emperor Shun Nung of China who invented the plow and advanced agriculture and medicine around 1200 B C.
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Pasa
Emperor Shun Nung
China
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the Record
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Story
Atlas
U. G
Jeremy
Seaver
Chandler and Maps
Long Granen
Broadway
Samuelw Pupins
Blaine
Toho B. Crispell
Kingston
Tnir
James G. Blaiie
Grach
Horlidge
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