We Can't Be Much Mistaken Reachin Out For Better Things
A generic philosophical note argues that people should aim higher and seek virtue. It suggests worldly life betrays truth and urges gratitude as a path to divine friendship. The piece links aspiration to better things with moral discipline across social ranks.
Diverse world facts and figures from an old periodical
A compilation of varied statements across science geography and culture including sea levels distances, textile exports, nutrition, forestry, and technological curiosities. It notes historical timelines, industry data, and natural phenomena with emphasis on named places and broad estimates.
Build your home boom doomed by high costs and labor demands
A newspaper critique argues the building boom collapses as materials price hikes and wage demands squeeze builders. It cites farmers bartered goods required for trades and condemns the exploitative gap between material dealers and labor, urging a five million homes plan despite obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
When the Devil Is Sick
A New Orleans States editorial argues that people who pray only in trouble show weak faith and compare such conduct to yellow piety in a moral critique of religious fervor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
When Money Talks Exchange Quote
A clipped exchange urges restraint in anger with a proverb about counting before speaking, linking monetary issues and marital temper to measured reply.
A Vain Vein Reflections on Sentiment Versus World
A quotation from the Boston Evening Transcript notes that a young man with sentiment often learns it is all in vain when faced with a callous world. The line contrasts fragile feeling with harsh reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Evening Transcript
LICKSKILLET ITEMS From The Bloomington Star
A collection of small town items from Bloomington notes Aunt Becky Jones buys jeans at a Gosport sale and donates them to a preacher. The preacher wears them to church yet they bag at the seat. Remade by the women’s sewing circle. An upcoming weekend popcorn social hosted by Love Ann Long assisted by Peruina Fish. Constable Si Plum warns water conservation at the town pump. Doc McFadden notes a croup outbreak and goose grease short supply. Arminta Jones arrives late with a stiff starched skirt. Aunt Sally Hawkins’ rooster “Billy Bryan” has laryergitis and cannot crow. Mrs. Sadie Blithers suffers heat while boiling soap. Aunt Sally brings green apple sauce to the preacher. The divine eats it with fortitude. Every night Dick Bledsoe is seen at the barn with a blanket. hay fever among the boys. Society belles rumored to host corn-on-the-cob eating party followed by kissin games. Zeb Stubbins laid up with a stubbed toe in bare foot season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Jones
Gosport
Love Ann Long
Peruina Fish
Si Plum
Doc McFadden
Arminta Jones
Sally Hawkins
Big Rooster
Billy Bryan
Sadie
Thought for the Day: Debtors and critics
A brief aphorism notes that some individuals settle debts not with payment but through continuing criticism. It frames criticism as a substitute for monetary repayment and evokes a cautious social motive.
Time to mature genius in American letters
Thomas Jefferson defends the claim that America has not yet produced a literary genius. He notes that nations such as Greece Rome and England produced Homer Shakespeare and Mil ton after long ages and suggests unfriendly causes hinder American poets from reaching similar fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
America
Racine
Voltaire
Shakespeare
Milton
Europe
Sleep With Head to North Belief in Japan
A traditional Japanese belief holds that sleeping with the head pointing north promotes longevity. The custom reflects cultural ideas about direction and health in historical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tapestry Furniture Covers Offer Quick Protection
The article suggests covering tapestry furniture arms with linen squares about 15 inches square to prevent soil and wear. The washable covers can be hemmed and pinned directly to the furniture, are removable for washing, and serve as a neat substitute when slip covers are unavailable.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jersey
WIBLE
Sullivan
Head of Middle Tennessee
Garrard & Henderson
Henderson
California
Sierras
Caspian Sea
England
Australia
London
Salvation Army
India
Canada
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
British Museum
Nile
France
Honolulu
Paris
Scandinavian
Mediterranean
Italy
Africa
Great Royal Gardens
Saratoga
N. Y
New South Wales
Medical Research Council of
Tampico
George IV
Persia
Solomon Islands
Alfred Yarrow
West Indies
Tropics
South America
United States Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Oregon
Old Settlers’ Meeting
Farmersburg
Yanchettes
Reema Matthews Wd
Vautocaster
Studebaker Special
Moiels
Studebaker
Sedan
W. B
Dixon-Harbaugh Co
West Washington ST
The
Bloomington Star
Zeb Stubbins
Berman’s Bargain Store
North Side