European Armies Starving the Schools
European powers are criticized for prioritizing military spending over education. A French writer cites Paris MonDomaine figures showing France five times more on guns than schooling, with Germany Austria Russia Italy Belgium and Switzerland showing varied ratios. The piece notes Switzerland as an exception with higher education spending.
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Mon Dmanche
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Russia
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Switzerland
The Struggle Poem Excerpt by Arthur Hugh Clough
A fragment from Arthur Hugh Clough expresses resolve amid adversity. The speaker compares ongoing battle and fatigue to creeping hope and eventual light. The verse emphasizes perseverance and eventual victory through endurance despite waning tides and daunting obstacles.
Humble Pie and a Worth of Transmitter Investment
In a serialized drama, a young woman offers to buy a half interest in the Andrus transmitter for 20000 cash after formalizing a trust with lawyer John Dalafield. A year later Everett Carter recalls a prior, similar encounter with Robert Andrus, revealing lessons of pride and prudence.
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Everett Carter
Florence
Liulle Diddy
Dearie
Delafield
Robert Andrus
Carter Motor Company
Andrus Transmitter Company
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Gifted youngster rejects high offer for plant and patents
A man recalls offering $200,000 plus a managerial post and $10,000 salary for a young inventor's plant and patents. The inventor, calm and polite, declines the immediate deal, saying his partner—who owns half the factory and patents—will decide soon.
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National Engine Company
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Doctoring by the Contract
A humorous meditation on paying medical bills by installment similar to paying for furniture. The piece contrasts health insurance limits with chronic ailments and the idea of weekly doctor payments, reflecting on financial strains in contemporary life.
Aspiring Young Writer Seeks Publisher With Big Ambition
A story recalls a youth eager to write and visit a publisher to announce his plan. He plans a novel he describes as similar to Les Miserables but livelier, revealing his bold literary ambitions.
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Hind
Never Sear Dye. A vow of love through aging mocks time
A playful exchange in which a man vows his love will endure as she resists aging. The woman counters that while she may grow old, she will not grow gray, sparking a light domestic moment captured by the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
Double Crossed Freddie and the no-break fast fad
Dialogue style snippet shows Freddie and Bobbie sparring about a no-break fast fad at home. Freddie endures Tim being sent to bed without supper while commenting on how some cope with adversity versus prosperity. The passage ends with a proverb about enduring prosperity.
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Freddie
Bobbie
Tim
Puck
A Pleasant Surprise Caption and Advice Ad
A Baltimore American item jokes about marriage and money and repeats a mother’s duty to keep a remedy for accidents. The ad touts Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as a reliable emergency remedy for children.
Cheap Riding Crackle in Chicago Tribune Style
The letter quotes Uncle Zeke bragging of riding twenty miles on a streetcar for a nickel and Uncle Jed recalling a ride to the town’s tallest building for no cost at all, contrasted with today’s higher fares. The exchange captures a comic passage about travel costs and local lore.
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Zeke
Jed
Chicago Tribune
Milk Solution Considered by Local Family
Mrs Lapsiling and neighbors discuss keeping a cow and using a vacant lot for pasteurizing milk. Mothers are urged to use Winslow’s Boothing Syrup for teething relief in children.
Reward of Duplicity
A brief cryptic note references a boy named Tommy and a line about where little boys go, implying a sly answer about attending ball games. The fragment hints at a misdirection or coded exchange without a clear news event or public fact.
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Tommy
Bless Her Bonnets on the Gay White Way
A lyric note from the New York Evening Mail praising a woman who buys a bonnet made from shredded hay and wears it proudly while carrying a basket of fruit along the Gay White Way in the city.
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New York Evening Mail
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