Advertising's Value and a Train Car Conversation
A Vernalis reader recalls ad laden era comparisons and hotel horrors while exploring how ads reflect society. The piece muses on hotels as town fortunes and notes a witty exchange about the value of advertisements even in daily life. It also meanders through social commentary about civilization, misperceptions, and historical references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Richmond
Sam Jay's Strange Visitor Stirs Green Meadows Tale
Sammy Jay recounts a remarkable encounter in the Green Forest with a mysterious black fur coated figure walking on four feet before standing on two. Blacky the Crow, curious and cautious, decides to seek the stranger alone after hearing the tale.
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Blacky
Sammy
Farmer Brown
Green Forest
Paddy the Beaver
Crow
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Finger of Shrewd Mentality And Its Hand Signs
This passage analyzes the fourth finger as a marker of shrewd mental power with hints of excessive leanness and length, a pronounced curve toward the third finger, wiry appearance, prominent knuckles, long narrow nail tips, and a tip positioning near the third finger. It asserts such individuals plan secretly and work tirelessly to achieve outcomes.
Scarlet evening suit described in crepe and scarf detail
A blue jacket front contrasts with a black crepe dress and jacket. The outfit features a softly draped scarf-like front and black sleeves, with clips at each side of the neck on the dress.
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Wallis
First the Hill First the Hill by Douglas Malloch
A poem about the dream of building a nation moving from New England to Oregon. It speaks of dreams driving settlers to seek new hills of enterprise beyond familiar lands. It warns that those who abandon ambition stay in the valley, while climbers reach higher paths and progress.
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Oregon
Enterprise
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Pitcairn Bible’s Journey From Edinburgh to Pitcairn Island
The Pitcairn Bible was printed in Edinburgh in 1764. A sailor carried it aboard the Bounty and deposited it on Pitcairn Island in 1789, where it stayed until 1839. On May 24, 1924, heirs of Rev. Daniel Miner Lord donated it to the New York public library.
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Pitcairn
Edinburgh
Bounty
Pitcairn Island
New York Public Library
Daniel Miner Lord
Feng Yu Hsiang: Mixed career of warlord painter and pacifist
General Feng Yu-Hsiang, famed Chinese warlord and self styled artist, is described as a fierce commander who once entered Tientsin in civilian clothes to disrupt Japanese plans. The piece chronicles his early life, conversion to Christianity, unconventional discipline, and retreat to Tai Shan where he studied Confucian classics while maintaining readiness for battle.
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York
Feng Yu-Hsiang
China
Japan
Japanese Tientsin
Chiang Kai-shek
Feng
Chiang
National Military Council
Chaohsien
Anhwei
Peking
Mary Morrill
Maine
Miss Morrill
T’ai Shan
the Five
First Aid to ailing house by Roger B Whitman
A buyer should consider long term occupancy costs and future repairs when choosing a home. The article advises hiring an architect or unbiased builder to inspect water pipes roof timbers walls and mortar joints to reveal depreciation and maintenance needs before purchase.
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