Overwork Not Fatal and the Pumpkin Method of Growth
A long article argues that overwork rarely causes ruin while underwork harms progress. It urges steady effort, mental care, and exercise, cites Benjamin Franklin, and uses a pumpkin farming analogy to stress persistent cultivation of one idea. It also mentions a queen bee and a park cage incident ending with Queenie the animal.
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Queenie the Lioness Undergoes Dental Extraction at Brooklyn Zoo
Seven years after a wild cub lioness named Queenie was born in Africa she lies in distress at the Brooklyn Zoo as a dentist aided by a keeper removes a blackened tusk causing her toothache. The operation follows a period of observation by reporters and film crews.
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New York
Queenie
Brooklyn
Household Turmoil Ends With Modern Kitchen Reforms
A narrator recalls four household servants and mounting expenses. After layoffs and modern replacements a gas range and electric washing machine arrive, easing labor. The wife resumes social life while the speaker advances in status and saves the wages previously spent on staff.
Perpetuate Misery Amid European Strife
European dispatches show widespread squalor and economic strain with bankruptcies looming while people cling to symbols of the past. Germany allegedly prepares for imperial colors regardless of monarchic fate, and Budapest Hungarians unveil four monuments to mark four lost provinces amid lingering red days.
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Germany
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Budapest
Hungary
Europeans Seek US Loans While Oath Echoes Restored Inheritance
A fragment notes Europeans urging the United States to lend money while vowing to persist until their inheritance is fully restored, described as naïve by a critic. The excerpt contrasts their resolve with the demand for American financial aid.
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