Peculiar impulses and psychasthenia insights from Dr Myerson
The column discusses everyday quirky habits as mild symptoms of psychasthenia and nervousness. Dr Abraham Myerson explains these impulses arise from fear and possible adrenal dysfunction, noting many people have such moments and can work them away with willpower.
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Advice They Will Take by Berton Braley
A compact verse on youth ignoring elder advice and forging its own path. The poem contrasts parental sermons with youth’s independent learning, noting they often prove right or wrong. The closing lines humorously pivot to a horse names and a porch sawing joke about a fortune from grease.
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Local notes and election date in Lynden Tribune brief
A Lynden Tribune snippet reports a polite visitor in the office and notes the September 12 primary election date. The brief also contains humorous quips about rouge, a nickname for Babe Huth, and various light comments on fashion and gossip.
Misieu Addresses a Trapper and a Dreamer
Batiste Renaud calls Houston Misieu for the first time, easing a father’s ache and hinting at belonging. Houston travels from Denver to Boston after securing a vast Empire Lake contract, yet doubts loom about machinery, funds, and logistics for a railroad mill. He laments fragile odds as society debates crises and Bolshevism while a sleeper car holds his grim vigil.
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Loyal letter defends Capt Tennant against removal
Alfred H. Lundin writes that rumors claim Captain Tennant faces dismissal as head of the detective department. He asserts Tennant is honest, capable, and essential to keeping crime low, urging Mayor Brown not to remove him to avoid inviting crime agents and weakening the force. He cites past graft prosecutions and asks Beattie to interview former lieutenant John Wickman to verify Tennant’s integrity.
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Leader McKenzie Urged as King County Cleans Up Court House
A letter praises editorials urging King County to adopt clean governance. It recalls David McKenzie, then chairman, who in 1910-14 pushed economy and business methods, helped expose abuses, resisted payroll padding, and supported ferry operations reform. The writer urges McKenzie to seek the Republican nomination again.
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Antidoter Defined as Poison Remedy Term
The daily word Antidoter is defined as a noun meaning a remedy for poison or evil and used with against for or to. It can also be a transitive verb meaning to antidote poison, tracing to Latin antidotum from Greek.
Evening Sky Fire Canvas Inspires Rest for Workers
Poetic creed depicts the Western sky as a canvas of flame drawn by evening paints. The verse promises peace and rest for those who toil through the day, offering a calming vision and solace in twilight.
Ranch 345 by 175 Miles FeAstor
A narrator recalls life in town and meets a man who spent four years in Sonora on a cattle ranch stretching 345 miles by 176 miles. The encounter yields reflections on Mexico, Obregon, Yaqui country, and a view of Americans as they were in the old West.
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Praises Suzanne's Sportsmanship in Letter to Editor
A reader in The Star defends Suzanne Laglen's sportsmanship amid criticism from Mr. Wilson and Milo Legion's supporters. The letter argues writers should judge players on merit, notes Mile Legion's dancing claim and its fallout, and urges praise for Laglen's performance in singles and doubles.
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Beethoven Apprentice Organist in Bonn at Age Twelve
A young Ludwig van Beethoven served as an organist at a Bonn church when he was 12, marking an early display of his musical talent within a religious setting.
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