Along Life's Trail and Shifting Moral Codes
A reflective diary-like piece notes that older generations view modern youths as straying from prudence. It highlights changes in female education prompting practical careers, altered manners, increased self reliance, and new communication speeds through telephones, cars, and radio. The writer argues youths mirror their elders and are not morally worse than prior generations.
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Grandmother
Jean
Myers
The Book Agent Comes and Goes in Quiet Temptation
A narrator describes Armingham a skilled bookseller who struggles with temptation from a persistent book agent Birmingham. Nancy warns against buying more books while the narrator contends the agent is a charming, persistent visitor and admits guilt after each encounter.
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Armingham
Nancy
Buriingham
Birmingham
The Spirit of Labor by Charles Payne Smith
The text proclaims the Spirit of Labor as ageless and sexless, shaping progress by turning thoughts into deeds. It frames labor as humanity's regenerator, yet contrasts toil with exclusion from comfort and learning, promising eventual recompense through patient striving.
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Earth
Recognition of Labor's Rights in Samuel Gompers Speech
A 1924 Labor Day keynote by Samuel Gompers emphasizes Labor Day as humanity’s holiday dedicated to organized labor. He urges wage earners to observe the day as a celebration of trade unionism and the fight for human freedom, justice, and democracy through the labor movement.
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Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor
Labor Movement
Trade Union Movement
Labor
Friends of Labor
Amelia
Prayers of the Social Awakening Text
A wartime era call urging protection of women from unequal burdens and preservation of family strength. It invokes Mary and mothers as moral anchors and pleads for honoring women while guiding society toward equitable rights and responsibilities.
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Mary
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Western Newspaper Union
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Ney
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