American Institutions and the Growth of Our Own Soil
The article extols American legal uniqueness such as courts striking unconstitutional acts and direct treason proof, contrasting with other nations. It highlights the contract clause and the sanctity of contracts as foundations of progress, asserting citizen responsibility under representative government.
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Congress
America
I Believe in Earning the Right to Exist by Living Constructively
A Nebraska governor's wife describes her daily duties managing a twenty-one room home without servants. She details cooking, child care, social obligations, and constant communication while upholding family traditions of service and living constructively.
Imagine a World Without Mathematics
A thought experiment posits a cataclysm erasing all mathematics texts, symbols, and computing devices. Worlds would slow. finance, industry, and transport collapse as numbers disappear. Ships would lose navigation, steel girders lose dimensions, and cities like New York would face economic and logistical collapse.
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Seven Seas
New York City
Wall Street
United States Needs More Homes and Home Owners
A fragmented piece urges expanding home ownership to stabilize society and economy. It argues thrift through owning a home builds independence and future security, urging readers to plan, save, and pursue ownership as civic duty and personal prosperity.
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United States
America
Canrot
Human nature and the garden of motives
A meditation on human nature arguing that most people act from good motives. It compares people to a garden where kindness and love cultivate positive growth while envy and greed produce weeds. Each person must tend their own garden and give doubt to motives until proven bad, the belief that good prevails.
Effectual Effacement at Crimson Gulch Gaming Resort
A terse exchange notes Crimson Gulch big gaming resort has closed after a police action. Three-flingered Sam claims police involvement, but another says Cactus Joe finished with a winning streak.
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Crimson Gulch
Sam
Admiral Vernon and the origin of grog and rum
The piece traces how Admiral Edward Vernon popularized rum and water onboard his ship, giving rise to the terms grog and grag as sailor slang and tying them to his nickname Old Grog and the grogram cloak worn by sailors. Mount Vernon is named after him.
Lucky Striking Women Turn Ideas Into Profits
An article praises entrepreneurial women turning ideas into successful ventures, highlighting Elsie Shaver of New York who created a line of dolls and built a thriving shop. It notes hard work accompanies luck, with other examples in advertising and retail, urging self-initiative over waiting for luck.
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Elsie Shaver
New York
The Woods and an Ants Burden on Summer Day
A dated verse reflects on a tiny ant laboring under heavy loads in the sun. The speaker watches the creature haul grains and a straw piece, noting its persistence and the eventual triumph of a larger power over its world.
Moving misadventures and feuding friends flash in town tale
A retired merchant recalls a day of tense exchanges with eccentric locals Kersmith Gooseworthy Farthingdale and Featherly. He laughs at moving woes and a fiery confrontation with Featherly after a playful slap on the back turns sour.
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Kersmith
Gooseworthy
Farthingdale
Farthingale
Featherly
Victorian Toasts and Salad Recipes From a Vintage Kitchen
A collage of culinary instructions and poetic lines describing making peas with mint and a green salad with bacon fat or olive oil. Includes Herring Salad heavy with eggs and potatoes, French dressing with onion juice and cream cheese, and a nutmeg scented warm sauce. A blend of prose and recipe fragments in a historical cookbook style.
Recipe for eye-white and yolk purée with whipped cream
A dated cooking line describes pressing eye-white and yolks through a ricer then serving with a rich dressing. The dressing is enriched by whipped cream, suggesting a delicate, airy finish to the dish.
Poached Eggs on Anchovy Toast with Gelatin Salad
Soften gelatin in cold water then add boiling water. Strain and mix with ginger ale sugar and lemon juice. Fold in strawberries and banana, chill. Serve unmolded on lettuce with French dressing. Top toast with poached eggs over anchovy paste and buttered crisp toast slices. Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Timid doughboy flees front lines faces general inquiry
A timid doughboy on his first day under fire flees his company retreating rearward. He reaches a portly officer who reveals himself as General Richardson. The shocked soldier learns he has already run a great distance and is overwhelmed by the encounter.
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General Richardson
American Legion Weekly
Abraham's Oak Tree at Mamre Marked by Shared Veneration
The account notes Abraham’s journey to Canaan, his dwelling near Hebron, and the altar he built at Mamre. It adds that a great oak marks the site, revered by Christians Jews and Mohammedans, preserved under Turkish rule through multi faith protection.
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Abraham
Canaan
Mamre
Hebron
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