Superstition of Tide Death Widely Believed by Coast Folk
The article explores the long held belief that a person can only die with the ebb tide. It cites New England and Old England coastal folk, references Dickens, Tennyson, Shakespeare, Aristotle, and Pliny, and discusses the sea’s mysterious influence on the human life cycle and death.
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New England
Old England
Dickens
Barkis
David Copperfield
Tennyson
Shakespeare
Falstaff
Aristotle
Pliny
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Steel and Gold Friendship Theme Poem
Poetry by Douglas Malloch presents friendship as steel and gold that endure wet and cold times. It contrasts loyal, steadfast friends with those who bend under pressure, using steel, gold, candlelight, and tarnish imagery to stress lasting fidelity through hardship.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Timekeeping Poem Fragment by Jean Dwight Franklin
A compact verse fragment by Jean Dwight Franklin about abandoning clocks and sundials. It expresses longing to hear the evening thrash and know the hour yet feel it noon, blending time with personal perception.
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Jean Dwight Franklin
Drinks for Children in Hot Weather
In hot weather avoid tea and coffee for children as they upset nerves and hinder growth. Emphasize daily milk for calcium, suggest using it in cereals, soups, and desserts, and offer lemon or orangeade as appealing, cooling drinks. Milk stays essential for backbone and teeth, while milk-based dishes support nutrition.
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Heice Crear
Silent cruelty wounds hearts and harms lives
A dated reflection on how hushed scorn and gossip injure women and men alike. It urges kindness, neighborly love, and silent acts of goodwill as seeds for happiness. The piece attributes the words to McClure SAEED AF Syndicate and emphasizes silent scorn’s destructive impact.
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Iife
McClure Saeed AF Syndicate
Laughing In Your Sleeve Through Fashion History
A compact look at how expressions in French German and Latin reference secretive laughter. The piece traces sleeves from ancient times to modern bell shapes and their role in concealing mirth behind a fashion screen.
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Pease
Leath er Kid Discharged At Camp Lewis In Army News
At Camp Lewis Washington fellow-players were honorably discharged from the United States army. War scenes were shown with more than 3 000 regulars and 600 civilians taking part. The film showcased 60 large United States tanks and a recruit expressed eagerness to enlist because he can swim well.
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United States Army
Camp Lewis
Washington
Lewis
United States Regulary
United States
Richard
Dialogue Fragments Hint at Secret Fortunes and Mail
The lines present a playful exchange about a duke’s title and a search of fortune. Eloise is seen on a roof with a telescope looking for a letter by air mail, suggesting a comic, romantic miscommunication.
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Eloise
Desert island thoughts on language and youth
An amusing fragment ponders whether a daughter speaks Tispe ranto in native-like fashion. It jokes that a chronic bore would be a fine desert island resident. It notes there is no fountain of perpetual youth and that wisdom of years blocks it. The moon’s name may hint at halves and quarters.
Woman and Wife Quips and Bath Glass Tinting News
A collage of light humor about a wife reading back pages for answers, a husband praised for faithfulness with a last twist, and notes on Bath England hot mineral waters tinting glass potentially turning the resort into a glass staining center. Also brief lines on etiquette, a poet and taxicab joke, and sayings on sincerity.
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Bath
England
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