Dicky Dont Helps Save Barn as Fire Sweeps
A young boy nicknamed Dicky Dont climbs and misbehaves until a barn fire erupts. With no supervision, he frees a horse and guides cows to safety before being rescued by a passing driver. The barn burns, but all animals survive and the boy earns a new nickname, Dicky Do.
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Mrs. Wells
Master Dick
Dickey
Dicky
Papa
Mamma
Dobbin
Dicky Do
Sunshine
Thinking Glad and the Prison of Stress
Poem-like verse by John Kendrick Bangs urges shifting thoughts to brighten mood. It promotes optimistic thinking, joy instead of worry, and imagining song birds beyond confinement as a path to inner freedom. The piece uses hopeful imagery to contrast gloom with mental change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrick Bangs
Official Circles Uphold Sabbath Morality in Washington
The Baltimore Christian Advocate notes how the wife of Vice President Marshall recalls avoiding Sabbath social events, while the President abstains from Sunday work and the Vice President shuns Sabbath functions, signaling a stricter moral standard in official life. The piece portrays these shifts as a broad Christian influence on national conduct.
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Thomas R. Marshall
Marshall
Washington
Baltimore
Christian Advocate
Southern Breeze Awakens the Farmer’s Heart
The piece reflects on how mild early summer southern breezes soften the farmer's disposition, inspiring kindness toward others, renewing friendships, and deepening appreciation for creation. It portrays nature as a tonic that brightens life, even amid past wrongs, with a warm, pastoral tone from The Christian Herald.
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The
Christian Herald
Salt of the Earth Theme in May Woman Home Help
A fragment from a May issue of Woman Home concentrates on a salt of the earth persona. It sketches practical domestic virtue and social values celebrated by readers, with hints of essays and advice pieces reflecting midcentury home life.
Galt of the Earth Acknowledges a Practical Woman's Virtues
The passage celebrates a capable, practical woman who handles chores from driving to farming, mending fences, treating injuries, cooking, sewing, curing meat, and shopping wisely. It portrays her as grounded, unpretentious, and attentive to daily realities, deserving respect.
Bent Nail Analogy and Catarrh Cure Advertisement
A teaching moment compares bending a nail to yielding to temptation, stressing strength in virtue. The piece shifts to a medical pitch praising Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, with testimonials and a 100 dollar payoff offer, urging readers to consult F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio, and mentioning Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Nature
Roctor Pierce
Golden Medical
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Armoval
Evra Williams
Belleville
Kans
WNL ¥L
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Liberati to headline Iowa State Fair with grand concerts
Sig A Liberati returns to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair with forty two musicians and six grand opera singers. He will perform three concerts daily including a sacred concert on Music Day August 24. The fair runs August 20 to August 28 with four bands and eighteen concerts daily.
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Liberati
Sig. A. Liberati
Towa
Des Moines
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