Should a Wife Pardon Her Husband for Folly
A reflective essay on marriage showing how trust, forgiveness, and mutual respect shape a couple's future. It warns that flirtation and gossip harm relationships, urges wives to judge kindly, and notes how infidelity and debt pressures test patience and pride within the home.
Gossip and its peril to a woman's reputation in a community
A meditation on gossip's power to ruin reputations. Men read faces better than books, and a gossipy woman can damage a girl’s name with a single whispered hint or careless remark, spreading rumors that outrun truth.
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Hannah
Women Prepped for Crisis to Aid Nation
The piece urges women to wake to danger and prepare for hardship. It argues men shield families from news while women should learn cooking, self support,and open life skills. Each girl should know what to do to help fathers and brothers and face duty.
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Times
Franklin's Almanac and the Poor Richard Proverb Boom
In 1733 Benjamin Franklin issued the first Poor Richard's Almanack under the pseudonym Richard Saunders in Philadelphia. Franklin continued the almanac for about twenty five years and filled gaps with proverbs promoting industry and frugality. These sayings echoed Solomon's wisdom and remained popular after his death.
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Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Richard Saunders
Richard
Franklin
Solomon
How The Stomach Accepts Food In Short Bursts
Kellogg explains in Good Health that eating fills the stomach in small portions rather than a single chamber. A morsel is seized and a new one taken as the stomach gradually relaxes, sometimes leaving a sense of fullness before the appetite returns after a brief chat.
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J. H. Kellogg
Circumstances Shape Character Says F B Meyer
The passage argues that personal circumstances are chosen to develop character and usefulness, implying individuals would select their life conditions if all knowledge were available, shaping a high finish of beauty and virtue.
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Meyer
Farmer Demands Permit as Angler Claims Consent
An angry farmer confronts an angler who asserts his wife granted permission to fish on the property. The exchange features sharp retorts and a tense stand-off, reflecting a dispute over access rights and ownership.
Barren Island Ward On the Edge of Civic Life
The New York Sun surveys Barren Island in Greater New York, a remote ward known for its garbage plant economy and crowded shanties. Residents, mostly Russians, Slavonians, Poles, and Africans, live in simple homes with limited sanitation while children scavenge on refuse heaps for trinkets.
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Barren Island
New York
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New York Sun
City Hall Park
Municipal Building
Canarsie
Canarsie Landing
Brooklyn
Commissioner Goldwater
Barrens Island
Health Department
Westchester County
South Pacific
Polar
India
Central
Africa
Scandinavian News: Sweden Norway and Denmark Reports
A digest from Stockholm and Christiania notes unity of Swedish parties on neutrality, trade moves, and royal aides. Britain’s postal seizures and Hague 1907 rules are discussed, along with Swedish disharmony over English salutations. Norwegian traders protest a misrouted cargo and church vacancies rise as theology studies grow. The Lokken Power buys Sagberg Falls for 3,000 dollars while Namdal Private Bank boosts capital to 135,000 dollars.
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Sweden
C. F. Silfverstolpe
Stockholm
Gustave Adolph
New York
Silfverstolpe
Gothenburg
Sweden- America Line
United States
Great Britain
Christiania
Kristiantafjord
Norway
Men of age enjoy dance in a Woman's Home Companion feature
A sixty year old dancer explains how older adults can learn new steps and enjoy dancing. He notes a circle of older fox trotters who are becoming ballroom mad and cites examples of seniors initiating lessons, dancing before breakfast, and partnering with younger relatives.
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White
Fox Trotter
Sapphire lore ties to church and gems in Morgan collection
Sapphires favored by royalty and clergy. the Clerical Stone term marks church rings. The Morgan collection features a 543 carat largest sapphire. Biblical use of sapphire discussed as possibly lapis lazuli by Mr Arnold.
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Morgan Collection
Arnold
Unfailing Remedy in a Father's Dilemma
A humorous dialogue features an anxious father asking what ails his daughter. The doctor prescribes outdoor activity and humorously suggests a new hat to energize her, implying a remedy through simple lifestyle change and morale.
Made in America Dinner Celebrates Fifteenth Anniversary
The Brethren of the Amen Corner in New York held a distinctly American fifteenth anniversary dinner. Every dish and drink carried an American title from Cape Cod oysters to Empire State champagne, with lively merriment noted despite an unnamed coffee origin.
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New York
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Maine
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Michigan
Florida
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Georgia
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Battle Creek
Norwegian Rewards from Carnegie Hero Fund and Danish War News
The Carnegie awards list 1915 honors for Anton Hansen Nygaard and Miss Henry Paulsen of Risor and Paul Albertsen Groning of Steigen with bronze and silver medals for lifesaving. Norway reports Russian treatment of 12 seamen, the Kong Helge voyage, and new Norway Russia steam routes. Denmark sees Ford peace delegates in Copenhagen with police oversight, a large fire at Aarhus oleomargarine plant, bridge plans at Limfjorden, Danish export curbs to Germany, and a bank capital rise in Drowning.
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Anton Hansen Nygaard
Gildeskaal
Nordland
Henry Paulsen
Ford Peace
Copenhagen
Mme. Schwimmer
Minister of Justice
Committee of Arrangements
Royal Shooting Club
United States
Eagan
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