Servants of the Sea Rally for New Generation of Mariners
A call to rebuild the American merchant marine highlights the pride of seafaring, duty, and loyalty despite hard pay and risks. The piece recalls a Bath Maine schooner captain who shot himself after a wreck, illustrating the mariners’ moral code and sacrifice. It cites the wartime labor board’s balance as a factor in worker gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bath
Wilmington
N. C
Cochran
America
Encephalitis Lethargia and the will to do work debate
A reader asks if laziness stems from illness and notes the term encephalitis lethargia as a joke name. The piece argues enthusiasm drives work, praises imagination and daily effort, and mentions a Senate treaty topic with Thanksgiving kept in view.
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Senate
Steel leaders shaped the rise of modern industry
In a passage connecting Henry Phipps Andrew Carnegie and H C Frick the text notes how these men steered steel’s growth by meeting rising demand. A friend recalls Frick’s remark on fortune and opportunity, while reflections on statesmen reveal a wary view of dishonor and choice.
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Henry Phipps
Andrew Carnegie
Tom Car
H. C. Frick
H. Frick
Frick
Sins of Heart and Head by the Reverend Charles Stelzle
Religion column analyzes the prodigal son parable focusing on the elder brother who resents the returned wanderer. It contrasts mercenary, cold judgments with Jesus’s compassionate stance, arguing two kinds of sin: heartful passion and headlong stinginess.
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Hold Home
Mor
Jesus
In Praise of the Grouchface by Dr. Frank Crane
A critique of universal smiling as overdone, praising the Grouchface as honest humor. The essay contrasts smiling types, from cheerful salesmen to the irritable Bill, arguing that genuine expression and a wary eye are truer social signals.
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Frank Crane
Ness Pa
Bill Smith
Bill
League of Nations
George W. Saccharin
L'Homme
Old Bill
Walt
Old Bear
Moving Vignettes and Household Notes Across Pages
A collage of humorous lines about apartment life and pets, a shoe price anecdote, household hints, and advice columns. It includes a plea to editors about moving out, a reader’s tale of shoes and delayed rage, plus tips from an Akron inventor and price cutting strategies.
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Akron
Apartment house in Paris honors fallen tenants
In the Faubourg du Temple, 25 of 85 residents were killed in action according to war records. A marble slab bearing a roll of honor is dedicated to the fallen heroes with an inscription praising those who died for the defense of the Mother Country and liberty of the world.
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Paris
Faubourg du Temple
Ancient Rivalries Marked by Wars and Sacking on September Twenty Eighth
A fragment detailing historical events dated September 28 across centuries. It notes Marathon in 490 B C with Mithridates leading Greeks against Darius, Lothaire I’s harsh reign and battles, a 1014 flood in Flanders, Henry VI’s imprisonment of Richard Lionheart, and Morosini’s 1687 bombardment of Athens damaging the Parthenon.
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Marathon
Darius
Greece
Mithridates
Dates
Artaphernes
Lothaire I
Germany
Lothaire
Flanders
Henry VI
Richard
England
Coeur de Lion
Henry
Italy
Morosini
Athens
Parthenon
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Kington
Servants of the Sea
United States War Labor Board
Charles Stelzle
the Star
Sa-A
By McKee
Hun
Donald McKee
Zindort
Walla
28Th Ave. N
H.C
W., Fc
Boston
Mass
Globe
Humphreys’ Homeo, Medicine Co
Wiliam St
New York
Boldt
Uptown
3D Ave
2D Ave
M. A
Matthews
Will
THE
First Presbyterian Church
Lew White
Madison
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