Baccalaureate Address Inspires City Graduates
Rev. T. Lewis delivers the baccalaureate at the M. BE. church praising diligence in work and character. The sermon urges graduates to pursue purposeful life calling, self sacrifice, and faith, citing biblical figures and urging steadfast study, health, and virtue as paths to lasting value.
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Eng. T. Lewis
M. BE
Wallace Smiley
Messrs
Breden
Barr
Ward
Fsher
Bliss Mary Lawwell
J. M. Tionan
W. L. Morris
Lewis
Plendid Cliss
Tina Tars
University of Penn
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Wesipad
King of
Pronce
United States of America
Joseph
Paul
Eever
Daniel
Roman Empire
Nehemiah
Jesaleum
Cnllipge
Christian Principe
Som
Horace Stann
Antioch College
Christ
Tennyson
Columbus
Dress and gender roles in fashion and life
A reflective piece argues clothing defines gendered identity with men’s clothes for use and women’s for beauty. It cites nature and literature to claim women’s attire shapes existence and social perception, contrasting Solomon’s artificial regalia with natural beauty.
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Solomon
Queen of Sheba
Harry Cowell
Uplifting the Indian and the moral uplift effort
Washington officials noted progress in the moral uplift program among Indian wards as seven hundred Navajo Indians surrendered gambling paraphernalia and enrolled, aiming for a simpler life. Officials reported the items were displayed with relics and trophies at the Indian bureau.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Abbott
Indian Bureau
Diving for Coins On Madeira Cannibal Island Show
Albert Bigelow Paine recalls a visit by divers off Madeira who urged tossed coins overboard to be seized by small boats and agile divers. The spectacle fascinated the travelers as children divers joined the act, while Portuguese crowds pressed for more wealth.
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Madeira
Albert Bigelow Paine
Outing Magazine
Meaning of the Green Bough custom in house building
The article explains a superstition origin for placing a green bough on new houses. It traces adoption from Brittany to French Conindians, linking it to spirits of trees displaced by felled timber. Planting the branch on the roof was meant to placate spirits and prevent harm during construction, as described by Van Norden's Magazine.
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Germany
Brittany
van Norden
Savona's Struggle and Historic Harbor Sagas
Savona endured a long fight with Genoa ending in the sixteenth century when Genoa seized the town and sank vessels with stones to block the harbor. It later changed hands, was captured by Sardinia in 1746, then returned to Genoa.
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Savona
Sardinia
Genoa
Saro
Mago
West Indies
London Standard
Boy complains after staying with cousin wearing nightgown
A five year old notes to his mother that he will sleep raw rather than wear a girl's nightie again after spending the night with his cousin Nate. The remark captures a child's discomfort with cross gender attire as reported in Harpers Weekly.
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Bobbie
Nate
Harper’s Weekly
The Prankish Monkey and Chateaubriand Manuscripts
An account of a Parisian monkey who stole literary manuscripts from Chateaubriand. The animal hid sheets by suspending them from a cornice in a quasi symmetical arrangement. The author’s writings were restored and published after the mystery was solved.
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Payis
Chiteau
Briand
Monkey
Phe Qienkey
Chateaubriand
Finn
Monker
Charbeaubriand
Aocut
Dog Fat as Tuberculosis Cure Draws Faddish Attention
A Los Angeles Times item reports that dog fat, melted to a oil-like consistency, is claimed by some to aid tuberculosis. Tom Vacher, longtime guardian of city dogs, asserts belief in the remedy, noting past dog-pounds sold canines for medicinal use and that skeptics may prefer to view the issue humorously.
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Tom Vacher
Assurts
Vacher
Los Angeles Times
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