Fretting God and Rivalry In School Leader Selection
Emily learns humility as Serena earns leadership praise while she frets over being first choice. Miss Louise admonishes self focus, urging reflection on virtue and teamwork. Serena graciously hid her advantage, contrasting Emily’s boastful attitude.
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Serena
Emily
Miss Louise
Siave
Nane Triad
Caphle
Laange
Loretta
Misa
Owas
Gil
Emily Learns Humility Second Best Wins Honor
An excerpt notes Emily grudgingly accepts being chosen second, Serena’s initial pride, and Miss Louise and mother praising Emily's measured conduct. A moral medley follows on patriotism and global origins of garden produce, ending with a brief historical nod.
Our Duty to Our Flag Poem by Edgar A Guest
A brief excerpt titled Our Duty to Our Flag by Edgar A Guest exhorts readers to reduce hate and greed and to show more love and service to the flag and nation.
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Edgar
How They Made Up
Two girls quarrel over nothing and quickly reconcile with a playful apology. The twinkling eyed one says sorry for being cross, the other agrees and laughs, ending the quarrel. Source unknown.
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Essie
Vegetable Immigrants Origins of Common Garden Plants
A garbled list traces origins for many vegetables and fruits. It names celery from Germany, chestnut from Italy, onion from Egypt, tobacco from Virginia, nettle from Europe, citron from Greece, oats from North Africa, poppy from the Hast, rye from Liberia, parsley from Sardinia, pear and apple from Europe, spinach from Arabic sources, sunflower from Peru, mulberry from Peria, and gourd and walnuts and peaches from unspecified regions.
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Germany
Italy
Egypt
Virginia
Europe
Greece
North Africa
Liberia
Sar‘dinia
Peru
Peraia
Origin of Ice Cream Through Time and Palate
A historical sketch traces ice cream origins from Marco Polo's thirteenth century tales of water and milk ices, to Catherine de Medici introducing frozen fruit juices in France. It notes Louis XIV era banquets with gilded cups revealing a sweet meat, as chefs advanced ice cream varieties for aristocracy.
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Marco Polo
Japan
Mast
Catherine de Medici
Italy
France
Louis XIV
Nastor
Ned and Grandmother Share A Patient Apology
Ned and his grandmother are close friends and she approves of his careful, repeated apologies. After a tiring day moving a wheelbarrow and helping in the dirt, Ned learns the kind of apology his grandmother likes best. The family shares a moment of renewed youth and kindness.
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Apeck
Toledo Honors Millionth Willys Overland Car
Toledo marks the production of the Willys Overland one millionth car, serial No. 1,000,000, with Mayor Brough and Pres. John N. Willys in attendance. The celebration includes a factory ceremony, a presentation to a Toledo buyer, an evening block dance, and Jubilee Week plans from June 18 to 23 with parades and displays nationwide.
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Overland
Toledo
Willys-Overland Co
Brough
Pres
John N. Willys
Baker
Willys
Iba
Philipps
Ehait
Willys-Knighte
Overland Cars
United States
America
World Ain't What It Ought to Be Rallying Poem
A reflective piece argues against complaint and for action to improve life. It contrasts hopeful ideals with harsh reality, urging steady effort, kindness, and community work over cynicism and fault finding. The text cites a boy's accident as a metaphor for fragile belief and life’s illusions.
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Pal
Fragmentary OCR notes on education and tuition
Fragmented text mentions education, School, tuition, and experience with unclear phrasing. No coherent event, persons, or organizations are identifiable from the readable fragments.
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