If I Were Wealthy I’d Spread Cheer and Wealth
A verse in which the speaker imagines wealth as a means to banish gloom. He would comfort a “fair one near,” preach contentment to the poor, and champion plain living, provided he does not fear losing his money. The poem satirizes wealth as motive for benevolence and warns against hypocrisy.
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Riser
Record-Herald
Drexel State Bank of Chicago
F. M. Trimmer
Oakwood Blvd
Chicago
Ills
A BAD HABIT AND A GRIM CHOICE
A reader highlights ways to replace vice with virtue and recalls a Kentucky trap incident where a trapped finger led to a life saving amputation. The piece ends with a moral from Jesus: it is better to cut off a hand or pluck out an eye than lose one’s soul, urging giving up costly habits to save eternal life.
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Chaplin River
Kentucky
Jesus
Sympathy for the Aged in Reverent Regard
The author extols learning from the aged and valuing gray hair as crowns of righteousness. Old age offers wisdom, beauty of character, and happiness through reverent sympathy. Neglect of the elderly is a grave wrong, and the speaker expresses personal admiration for mature, weathered faces and a nod of respect.
What Saved It A Young Laborer’s Severe Hand Injury
A laboring man was brought to a hospital with a badly lacerated hand after falling on an old cotton hook. The hook pierced the palm, dragging rust and dirt. The wound was kept open to suppurate and cleanse, and over time the hand woke the surgeons to its condition.
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Turnéa
Surgeon credits abstinence for saving a hand
A patient with a hand injury avoided amputation as signs of blood poisoning faded. Surgeons questioned possible salvage of more digits, but the hand recovered fully. The surgeon asked about alcohol and tobacco use. the patient denied them and the doctor said this saving factor proved decisive. Tissues nourished by wholesome food resist injury better than those degraded by stimulants.
Child begs grandma to change mind after crying
A young girl asks for a favor from her grandmother who refuses. The child waits and fears, then pleads that her mother would relent when she cries. The tale centers on the child’s simple appeal and the grandmother’s steadfast stance.
Doctor Sunshine Seeks to Help a Boy with a Broken Leg
Tom dreams of becoming a doctor like Uncle Robert. The uncle tests him by sending him to a gray house with green shutters to cheer a boy with a broken leg by giving him an orange. Tom returns joyful, pledging to visit daily and brighten patients with Doctor Sunshine.
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Tom
Robert
Doctor Sunshine
Vanilla Sauce Boil Sugar With Extract
A brief cooking note describes boiling two cups of sugar with one cup of water and adding vanilla extract to finish a simple vanilla sauce.
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Janet McKenzie Hill
Boston Cooking School Magazine
For Sale Carbide Lamp for Bicycle or Vehicle
For sale a carbide lamp suitable for bicycle or other vehicle use. Inquiries at the office.
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Pella
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Otley
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Bloomfield, N. J
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Des Moines
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