Moral reflections and memory amid scattered verses
A collage of excerpts on morality memory and aging, interwoven with advertisements and light humor. Reflections touch on youth and old age, ethical judgment, and the social gaze, alongside anecdotes about illness and family conversations from various columns and notes.
Clara’s Quarrel Cured by Wise Words in Munich
A Munich publication notes a domestic quarrel resolved swiftly after a fiancé heeded counsel to yield. The piece emphasizes forgiveness and practical patience, reflecting social norms of harmonious relationship guidance.
Runners Ready as Girls Take on Track Trials
The Baltimore American reports on girls' athletics, highlighting girls training for track events and aiming for strong showings. Coaches emphasize speed, endurance, and school spirit as young runners prepare for upcoming trials.
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Baltimore American
Accret of happiness adage from Adam Clarke fragment
Readable fragment attributes happiness to avoiding ostentation and stagnation. The quote echoes Adam Clarke's style about inner balance. No full context or date provided.
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Adam Clarke
Curious Notes on Tetrodon and a Missionary Tale
The fragment discusses the tetrodon or globe fish and its inflation ability, noting anatomy and hunting posture. It then shifts to a published anecdote about Dr Masters, a former Canton missionary now in Berkeley, whose telegram to his family in Berkeley reads Can’t find the bones will come home to dinner, read aloud by Mrs Masters.
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Downguard
Cornwi Land
Ireland
Cuvier
Dr Masters
Berkeley
Atavism in Dogs and Other Schoolboy Howlers
A collection of brief items on dog evolution in tropical climates, early domestication traits, humorous misstatements by English schoolboys, whale anatomy, household quotes, and anecdotes on heredity from various periodical sources.
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Howlers
James the
England
Joan of Arc
Noah
Julius Caesar
London
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Globe
Unclear fragmentary item from Yonkers Statesman
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference Belle-Get Betty Bellah and post scripts, with unclear context and date. Reads as stray lines from a newspaper page, lacking coherent event, names, places, or numbers to form a clear summary.
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Belle
Betty
Bellah
Yonkers Statesman
State Highway Dept Seeks Bids for Historic Bridge Work
Public letting for bridge construction described by the Illinois State Highway Commission. Sealed bids due Oct 3 1914 at Marshall Court House for two abutments at York and Big Four Bridge with piles and concrete. Specifications include concrete volumes, depths, and completion by Nov 14 1914. contact Springfield office for plans.
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State Highway Commission
County Superintendent of Highways
Springfield
Illinois
Court House
Marshall
York
West York
Zane Arbuckle
Anti vice crusade sparks debate at Wisconsin hearing
Dr Willum H Allen head of New York municipal research argues against public discussion of vice by women and others, calling for ten years of omission to improve morals. He warns the anti vice crusade harms poor girls and cites no evidence of rising vice. Rev E G Upike counters that moral conditions, especially among students, have improved over twenty years.
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Madison
Wis
Willum H. Allen
York
Wisconsin
E. G. Upike
First Congregational Church
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