The Why of Superstitions by Hirving King
A McClure Syndicate essay explores the tide based death superstition among New Englanders and English coast dwellers. It traces origins from ancient thinkers to modern science and literature, arguing the ebb tide mirrors life’s end and fuels belief.
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New England
Old England
Dickens
Barkis
David Copperfield
Tennyson
Shakespeare
Falstaff
Aristotle
Pliny
McClure Newspaper
Superstitious Sue Poker Advice Column
A dated advice snippet from the McClure Newspaper Syndicate discusses superstition at poker games. It mentions using the “old bean” and sitting with the grain of the table, implying folklore beliefs about luck and play style. The tone is playful and instructional, reflecting era-specific humor.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Steel and Gold Poem by Douglas Mallocke and Clare Nemuntiyeg Syndicate
A nostalgic verse examines friendship as steel and gold, unbending and enduring through wet and cold trials. It contrasts loyalty with betrayals, claiming true friendship must remain constant through strife and time, shining like gold and supporting like steel.
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BieClare Nemuntiyeg Syndicate
Summer beverage guidance for children from milk to fruit drinks
The article advises avoiding tea and coffee for children in hot weather as they heighten nervousness and hamper growth. It promotes milk for calcium and strong bones, suggests using milk in cereals and desserts, and encourages cooler fruit drinks like lemonade and orange juice over ice cream for hydration with fewer calories. It notes ice cream can raise body temperature due to digestion.
Something to Think About by F. A. Walker
A reflective column urges action over silence to shield neighbors from defamatory quiet cruelty. It cautions that hushed scorn wounds psyches, damages reputations, and harms communal bonds. The piece advocates daily acts of kindness and loving one’s neighbor to grow happiness and mutual uplift.
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F. A. Walker
Diankind
MeCture Newspaner Syndicate
Laughing In Your Sleeve An Old Fashioned Phrase
The piece traces the expression laughing in your sleeve from ancient sleeves to modern belts. It debates laughter behind backs as a social pose and notes the phrase crosses French German and Latin usage, reflecting changing fashions and concealed amusement.
New Kind of Nerve Defect Quip Sparks North Side Talk
A colored woman tells a North side matron about a friend with defective eyes. The speaker quips that improvement is unlikely because the obstacle nerve is affected, reflecting a sharp, period voice in a compact social chat.
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North Side
Richard Barthelmess Discharged After Tank War Spectacle
After a six week campaign Richard Barthelmess and fellow actors in the Patent Leather Kid were honorably discharged from the US Army at Camp Lewis Washington. At Camp Lewis battle scenes were shown to thousands including 3000 regulars and 600 civilians. An extra asked to enlist in tanks and cited swimming skill as a reason.
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Richard Barthelmess
Patent Leather Kid
United States Army
Camp Lewis
Washington
United States
Richard
Filu
Fair Enough Duke Title Searched in Hidden Fortunes
Dialogue from a local pageant scene shows suspicion of a noble title and a fortune. Eloise scans the roof with a telescope hoping to spot a mail letter, hinting at secret correspondence amid playful tension.
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Eloise
Of What Does Your Daughter Speak Esperanto
A witty Tit Bits snippet questions linguistic pride and epochal notions, musing that a boastful elder may be a poor island companion. It quips about Esperanto speaking daughters, moonlight halves, and the limits of youth, with a lightly satirical tone.
Woman and Husband Banter and Newspaper Quips
A collection of light exchanges and wry captions from a woman's view of the press. Snippets include a wife reading for answers on hot issues, a husband's apologetic tone, and quick humor about poems, etiquette, and taxi meter.
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Rother
Bill
Steel and Gold
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Jean Dwight Franklin
Wee Wet
Western Newspaper Union
Barbara Bourjaily
John
Montreal
Bath
England
Pott
Postum Company, Inc
Battle Creek
Michigan
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