Do Not Be a Fretter Prose Reflection
A reflective meditation on fretting as a common, unhelpful habit. It argues little value in complaint and urges focus on the brighter side as autumn and September inspire poetic effort. The piece comments on mood, perception, and the recurring urge to complain in daily life.
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Holy Writ
Eavesdropping and Society Satires by Marion Brunot
A collection of wry social sketches exploring marriage expectations and debutante culture. It lampoons widowhood formulas flirtation risks and the vanity of social climbers with witty vignettes on lovers careers and gender dynamics.
Not Bad Reading Directory Counts Drinks and Dwellers
The Trow Directory of Manhattan and the Bronx lists numerous drinks and social terms alongside a population note. It shows Manhattan Bronx totals with 2 736 572 in 1910 and an estimate of 2 822 853 based on 825 995 names.
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Trow
Manhattan
Bronx
The Dairy Openers for Modern Dairy Farming
The note stresses modern dairy practices to avoid business ruin. Key tips include keeping dogs away from cows, using three essential tools a cream separator, a silo, and a manure spreader, weighing milk and testing butterfat, maintaining individual animal records, and ensuring cows have constant access to clean water.
Local Gas Rates Reported by Press Agents
Colonist rate details list E. D. Stratton D P A Evansville A R Cook D P A Louisville Ky and J C Beam Jr A G P A St Louis Mo among travel and distribution staffers. The note names indicate regional agents and offices in Indiana Kentucky and Missouri.
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J. C. Beam, Jr
St. Louis
E. D. Stratton
Evansville
A. R. Cook
Louisville
J.C. Beam, JR
Flagging Ducks Described As Red Cloth Sport
Percy M. Cushing in Outing extols flagging ducks as a sport requiring patience perseverance and grit. He humorously advises eccentric fashion a red lined cap worn inside out and concealment behind beach grass or cedars. The piece contrasts coastal and interior ducking and notes frequent misses despite effort.
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Percy M. Cushing
UPS AND DOWNS
A light exchange about judging women. A husband and wife debate who can best size up another woman with joking barbs and playful skepticism.
Man Spies Possum Family Crossing Road Near Rome NY
Mr G Y Parker on Black Bluff road near Rome NY spotted an animal like a possum. He chased it from his buggy and captured an old mother possum with ten young on its back. The mother and her brood held tight as he brought the curious trio to town. Parker considers possum raising if no more arise.
Variant spellings in a 1578 Raleigh deed spellings of Raleigh family
A 1578 Raleigh deed shows signature variants by Raleigh senior and his two sons with early Sir Walter signatures. The father signs Ralegh the elder Rawlegh, Sir Walter Rauleygh, Queen Elizabeth Rawley. The name also appeared Rawlye in Walter’s lifetime.
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Raleigh
Sir Walter
Ralegh
Rawlegh
Rauleygh
Elizabeth
Rawley
Rawlye
Happiness and pursuit versus chasing an owl car
A philosophical quip contrasts happiness as pursuit with a plain citizen’s counterexample about chasing an owl car on a rainy night. The exchange playfully questions whether satisfaction comes from the chase or the catch.
How came you to advertise that tenor barcarole as a howl
A terse exchange hints at a publicity misstep involving a tenor. A critic questions the claim that a barcarole would attract crowds, noting the performer’s venture failed in a rough neighborhood. The dialogue implies skepticism about sensationalizing art.
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