Broad business training boosts stenographers career paths
The column argues that stenography alone limits advancement and urges girls to pursue broader business studies. It notes few rise to top roles or private secretary posts, stresses the value of office management skills, and promotes evening courses and business publications as pathways to better opportunities.
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Foch Visits Grave of Son on Longray Pilgrimage
Reports say Marshal Foch visited the grave of his son during a nocturnal pilgrimage to Longray. He spoke at a late banquet in a French venue while aides and officials departed by night, with notes of his frail health and a rapid Paris return.
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Tun Klie
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Bet Feeb
Take Time for Play in the Wisest Minds Speech
A column urges balancing work with leisure quoting a proverb about the value of humor. It argues that even the wisest men relish a touch of nonsense and warns against letting money making dominate life. It stresses moderation and personal happiness alongside ambition.
Their Greatest Menace: Tobacco, Frogs, and Edible Legs
A satirical note claims tobacco smoke harms frogs not at all and jokes that the real danger is frogs with edible legs. The quip mocks health claims and animal fare in a playful, period voice.
Last Night's Dreams Meaning A Dream Ships To Prosperity
A newspaper dream-guessing column explains dream of calm seas signals luck and business success. Lovers may see marriage and children, while angry seas warn of loneliness and enemies plotting. Shipwreck forecasts trouble. jail dreams suggest release.
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A reflective verse about a tank conductor guiding icy skid road work through snowy night. It notes the unseen laborers who build success yet may not be fully recognized, and observes the harsh, self made myths surrounding achievement.
Unclear text ripples recalling habit and tavern visits
Fragmentary notes reference George and a tavern, repeated drinking habit, and a concern about posterity. Mentions presses and wells in a social setting with uncertain details.
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Iron From Everywhere Sparks Broad Extraction Claim
A recent investigation finds iron can be extracted not only from street dirt but also from rugs carpets walls roofs and even the skins of inhabitants in iron centers.
Los Angeles Ranked As Nation’s Largest City By Area
The text notes Los Angeles as the largest city in the United States by area, covering 965 square miles. It identifies Los Angeles as the nation’s biggest urban area by land size.
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Harvest Imagery In A Motes Coop Poem
The excerpt describes ripe apples gathered for winter and stored in barrels and bins. It notes nuts drying on the attic floor and large pumpkins ready for Thanksgiving. It ends with memories of children and the year’s feast bringing good times.
Cranberry and Chestnut Turkey and Egg Plant Creole Dishes
A collection of Thanksgiving style recipes details cranberry ice with sugar syrup for freezing, a turkey dressing using chestnuts, a baked chicken pie variation, and a creole egg plant dish. It includes boiling turkey with cheesecloth wrap, garnishing ideas with cranberries or sausages, and a chestnut bread crumb mixture for turkey or game.
The Origin and Impact of the War Era Term Boche
The Parisian slang origin of boche is traced to dropping the Allemand syllable in Allemand and replacing it with boche. The Kaiser protested the term in 1918, while Hun is expected to endure as a lasting wartime linguistic landmark.
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French Academy
M. Maurice Donnay
France
THEN IT'S DECIDED She and He discuss maid service
A brief dialogue shows She considering accepting if He could afford two maids, while He dismisses the extra help saying he learned to cook in the army.
Freedom and Despotism Reflections on Suffering
A terse reflection contrasts a free country with noisy clamour and little suffering against a despot frame where complaint grows in muted lives. The quote underscores how oppression masks pain and prompts silent endurance.
First Fire Engine Presented to Shelbourne Nova Scotia
The first fire engine in America was presented to Shelbourne Nova Scotia by King George III in 1774, marking a milestone in colonial firefighting history and royal support for municipal services.
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Shelbourne
Nova Scotia
King George TW
Mr Dog Recalls Jack Rabbit Dance Tale
An old California dog recalls a past chase with Jack Rabbit. The rabbit tricks him with a new backward step, escapes over stumps and stones, and the dog learns to stick to known moves to avoid future defeats. The tale ends with a warning to avoid learning tricks from rabbits.
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Bathing as a Civilizing Habit Through History
The article argues that bathing marks civilization and refinement across eras. It praises tiled bathrooms with hot and cold water, railroads and wireless progress alongside shower baths, urging daily baths and compact shower designs when space is limited.
Silly Sayings and Household Tips From Forgotten Columns
A jumbled collage of antiquated quips and home hints. It mentions bath routines with a tub and shower, flesh brushes for skin, and cheap rubber spray nozzles. It includes old jokes about lawn care, dialectal lines, and humorous misheard phrases.
One Potato Seed Idea Sparks Global Renewal
An 19th century note suggests a single potato could yield ten billion tubers in ten years with careful cultivation, reestablishing seed supply and feeding the world.
He Never Loses It Says Town Band Drummer Still Sharp
Jgd Tunkins notes the lone remaining member of the old town band retains his technique as the base drummer after many years, highlighting enduring musical skill.
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A Line O' Cheer Wealth Dream
A poem fragment imagines wealth and ease while balancing daily bills and debt. It contrasts riches with the need to fend off creditors and spare generosity for strangers and friends, amid aspirational lines about fortune.
Candidate Violet Chandler Seeks Neutral Campaign Mentions
Miss Violet Chandler, a candidate for county school superintendent, asks Torchlight to avoid calling her supporters by that term. The request highlights campaign strategy and wording standards in local coverage.
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Arkansas
Thomas Cat
Of Great Riches Distribution
A compact reflection on wealth noting true value lies in distribution rather than possession. riches without sharing are mere conceit as echoed by a Bacon quotation.
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Bacon
How the Soviet Came to Italy in the Metallurgical Heart
Italian government confronts a sweeping seizure of over 300 foundries and factories in the Po region led by soviet committees. Workers operate plants excluding owners as ministers and prefects weigh seizure legality while a broader spread to Rome and Naples is feared.
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Filippo Meda
Giuseppe Michell
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