Man Claims Century Living By Reading Montaigne
Bordeaux professor Pierre Armaingaud aged ninety four says daily reading of Montaigne before bed can extend life to one hundred. He quotes never missing Montaigne for sixty years to the French Academy of Medicine. Critics note Montaigne warned life length matters little after death in a reflective contrast.
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Pierre Armaingaud
Bordeaux
France
la Montaigne
Montaigne
Armaingaud
French Academy of Medicine
Morality for Its Own Sake in Howe Monthly
A ponderous critic argues practical morality rests on simple premise virtue for its own sake. The piece asserts morality is good conduct valued independently of external rewards or duties.
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EW. Howe
Big Holders of Timber Lands
A little over one third of the nation’s virgin timber supply is now owned by the federal and state governments. The report highlights government control over vast forest resources and implications for land use and industry.
Friendship Brightens Prosperity and Shares Grief
A Cicero quotation notes that friendship adds luster to prosperity and eases adversity by sharing griefs and anxieties, highlighting the social value of close bonds in tough times.
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Clicero
Rescued Lady in Distress Stuns City Night Ride
A man driving home in a sedan is startled when a woman leaps into his back seat and cries for help. The pair later flee another car with a loose hood, as a man tells the woman to run, in an Indianapolis Star report.
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Indianapolis Star
Australian process for imitation fur fleece invention
A newly invented Australian process produces fleeces for imitation fur not suited to spinning. The method claims advantages over real animal furs, offering a synthetic option with potential benefits in quality and use.
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Australia
No sane architect would build a lunatic asylum on a foolish plan
A remark on design folly questions the rationale behind constructing a mental hospital on an impractical scheme. It emphasizes prudent planning and professional judgment over reckless project concepts.
Grape-Nuts The Body Builder Quick Digest Food Benefit
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a long trusted cereal. It highlights easy digestion due to partial starch pre digestion converting to dextrins and maltose. It touts iron phosphorus and vitamins, promotion of strength and energy, serving suggestions with cream or milk, and notes production by Postum Cereal Company Battle Creek Michigan.
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Reeson
Posten
Cotas! Co
Battle
Creek
Mishi
Sits in Judgment on a Man Who Goes Out at Night
A 1923 column satirizes a young man John who fears starting a row with his fiancée Molly over evenings out. After marrying to avoid dispute, he confesses to quitting his club but discovers Molly misunderstood him, revealing she had warned of divorce for neglect not infidelity.
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Nyens
Elty
John Farwell
Pauline
John
Molly
Jean
Cat
Fat seldom look careworn, not without reason
A concise aphorism notes that fat rarely appears visibly worn or tired, implying resilience or complacency in appearance as a reasoning point.
Swamp Root Ad Promises Kidney Rescue For Women
A advertisement urges women to consider Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney bladder and related ailments claiming it restores balance to the kidneys and improves overall health Samples offered for ten cents by mail from Binghamton New York with larger bottles sold at drug stores The piece also includes a humorous Detroit Free Press quip about sarcasm at a dinner table.
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Kilmer
Fragmented reminiscence quotes Lillian Jussell on morals
A friend recalls actress Lillian Jussell arguing that youth morals have worsened. She cited a dialogue between two film stars about a man who supposedly breaks hearts by taking two girls out to supper in his car each night.
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Lillian Jussell
Hope
Venables
Tribute to American Architect
Tribute extols the American architect as ideal supervisor of building projects from modest homes to grand hotels. It praises artistry married with practicality, foresight, thoroughness, and loyalty to employers, while noting his focus is not on personal wealth.
Odd Birth Record Practice in Hand Tattoos in Samoa
In Samoa and Ful, mothers commonly tattoo the dates of their children’s births on their hands. Cultural practice marks family history and kinship through permanent body art.
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Ful and
Samoa
Cuticura Skincare Ad Promotes Ointment Soap and Talcum
An advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness or itching, then bathing with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Dry gently and dust Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant fragrance on skin, priced 25c each.
Parents admonish daughter over skipping party
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a parent insisting they explained the dangers of a promiscuous gathering and warned against late hours. The daughter resists, saying parents are behind the times and she will not stay home.
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Detroit
Modest dress remark at Mauretania dinner
Mrs John Barrymore at a Mauretania dinner quotes a daughter and mother about modest attire. The daughter says she would look conspicuous if dressed modestly in a silver gauze dinner gown. The exchange captures fashion chat in a social setting.
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John Barrymore
Mauretania
Grocery prices double and shopping variety shifts
When grocery costs rise from five to ten dollars, consumers alter their selections by choosing different items. The change in price drives adjustments in purchase variety as households adapt to higher costs.
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Comfort for Feet and Shoes
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as antiseptic relief for painful swollen feet and blisters. It claims the product prevents hot spots and bunions, eases stinging coins and bunions, and helps break in new shoes, promising blissful feet. Free trial package and a Foot-Ease Walking Doll offered, address Le Roy New York.
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Allen
le Roy
She Figured It Out In Indianapolis School
An Indianapolis youth was absent for several days prompting a call from a teacher to the mother. The boy claimed the teacher threatened to throw him into a furnace. The teacher recalled warning that persistent absences could lead to dropping them from the register.
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Indianapolis
John
Miss Brown Prepares Home As Visitor Arrives
The New York Evening World reports a domestic scene where Miss Brown confirms a visitor from Mr Gotrocks. They discuss a mantel picture roses on the center table a book on the couch and a box of candy. She plans to invite him in after fetching a wristwatch.
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New York Evening World
Engagement Ring Swapped in Jazzy Courtroom Banter
A humorous courtroom exchange centers on Mrs. Jackson Say and Mis Johnsing debating whether Sambo gave Celestine a ring for engagement. Mrs Johnson asserts no ring, while Mrs Jackson counters claiming a betrothal wringer was given. The judge presides over the lively dispute.
Hope Leads Onward Despite Fear and Backward Slips
A fragment reflects James Freeman Clarke on courage and hope driving people forward. It contrasts fear of evil with belief that hope for a better future sustains progress and action.
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James Freeman Clarke
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