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Don’t Stagnate A Lesson From A Stagnant Pool
A meditation on how pools left without fresh water become fetid and lifeless. The author cites Bishop Vincent and a cautionary tale of a once bright boy who stagnates by neglecting reading, thinking, and personal growth. The message urges lifelong development through literature, friendship, and ambition.
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Vincent
Methodist Church
Arbor Day Observance and Its Broad Lessons
Arbor Day is celebrated nationwide with children planting trees as a teaching moment. The article traces Arbor Day’s origins to 1865 proposed by B G Northrop and the 1872 Nebraska inauguration by J Sterling Morton, noting the day’s spread and its moral lessons about unselfishness, forethought, and beautifying the world through nature. It emphasizes trees as symbols of industry, growth, and life, and ends with unrelated old classifieds.
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B. G. Northrop
Connecticut Board of Education
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Tree Planting and Children’s Growth in Nature
A reflection on how nature reveals order and intelligence guiding the universe. It urges children to plant trees and learn from nature, stressing citizenship, dialogue with youth, and finding lessons in trees, streams, and stones.
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Cporsos Aevnee
Fragmented bits hint at varied topics and anecdotes
The readable text offers scattered items from politics culture and local chatter. Mentions include former Senator Burton and a phrase about stone walls, references to Philadelphia suburb annexation, a German scientist's breath photography method, amateur photography trends among married women, a college education quip, a media gag about an Opera House crowd, a dancer's trick with dynamite rumors, and a town visitor with a dog incident.
Whispers and Letters From Old Hickory Tennessee
A fragment from a local squeaky column contains a joke about a “mellycoddie” liar and a curious chemist mix that burns ashes hotter. The missive mocks attempts to market a heat‑producing compound and jokes about weather and refrigeration.
Parading Soldiers Prompt Comic War Talk at Confectionery Stand
A playful exchange about war’s horrors unfolds as a parade passes by a minor league band and a major league drum major. The scene shifts to a shopfront notice for Oriental Billiard and Pool Parlor at 1412 Third Ave advertising eight new tables and a $210 pool table, described as a place for gentlemen.
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Rollo
Confectionerica
Beattie
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