Ten Good Reasons Why I Swear
A humorous verse listing ten claimed motives for swearing. It asserts social benefits and cites a biblical commandment about not taking the Lord's name in vain as the supposed rationale.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1921
Page
3
A humorous verse listing ten claimed motives for swearing. It asserts social benefits and cites a biblical commandment about not taking the Lord's name in vain as the supposed rationale.
Wartime doughnut morale and the Salvation Army lassies are cited as a lasting act of care. The Kentucky Post urges readers to donate to sustain peace-time aid for the down and out, hungry and ill clothed, noting a dollar can mean much to those in distress.
A summer anecdote from Baltimore shows a genial haberdasher sizing a customer’s foot and predicting needs. The salesman suggests garters after hosiery and union suit, then explains why a list of extra items harms sales. The piece praises thoughtful, proactive guidance over rapid upselling.
The article outlines caterpillar problems on garden crops and how to manage them. It notes corn earworms threaten corn and sweet corn, tomatoes, and cabbage as well as melon worms on cucurbits. It discusses picking damaged fruits and spraying arsenate of lead or Paris green, with dusting methods when dew is present.
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