Why People Get Nervous by M. K. Thomson
A discussion of nervousness describing how fatigue fear anxiety and guilt trigger random muscle movements. It explains the body's fight ready state and compares human nerves to animals preparing for emergencies, noting nerves sharpen alertness for anticipated events.
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M. K. Thomson
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The Three Horned Unicorn
A humorous note on a rare three horned unicorn once common in England. Caesar kept a ranch near London and paraded a pair down Pall Mall. They later drudged macaroni holes, died from humiliation, and their imagined anatomy is described with popcorn ears and a spaghetti neck.
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Nottingham Road
London
Pall Mall
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Hints About Food for the Baby by Nellie Maxwell
Child feeding guidance urges early introduction of fresh orange juice and quality foods. It stresses vitamin C from juice, careful preparation, and uniform feeding as good habits form, plus general health tips for sleep outdoors teeth cleaning and water intake.
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Nellie Maxwell
Western Newspaper Union
Great Men Hawker for Plebeian Tasks
Bulgaria dispatch notes King Boris drove an express train to Sofia revealing a royal hobby. The piece contrasts elites seeking plebeian roles with common desires, suggesting many crave other lives for reasons beyond fortune or status. It ends with a remark on West Indies hurricanes bringing unfamiliar birds to small islands.
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Consider Little Children By Douglas Malloch
The poem urges kindness to children amid their play and laughter. It contrasts the burdened adult world with children’s joy, noting fathers, mothers, and the cheerful, hopeful innocence that persists despite looming gloom and aging.
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Douglas Malloch
Slum Laborers Tapped Awake by Morning Caller
In English slums some laborers pay a ha penny a week to a professional caller who taps on windows with a long pole each morning. He uses the sound of voices inside to decide when the client is awake, as noted in Country Home.
Readable Motto Then Learn to Remember by Harvey Peake
A brief note presents a motto derived from pictures intended to be translated for learning and memory. Attributed to Harvey Peake, it invites readers to decode the imagery and grasp the guiding saying.
Buddy Beaver’s clever raggedy house on Little Indian Pond
A children's tale describes Buddy Beaver's waterlogged home on Little Indian Pond. Beavers adapt by building a raggedy nest above the water, using mud plaster, and tunneling to entrances. The story highlights beaver anatomy and habits, including a paddle-shaped tail, webbed hind feet, and underwater navigation as he scouts for threats.
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A Bird House Puzzle and Buddy Beaver Tale
A playful scene introduces a bird house puzzle with half the alphabet and six bird names. The narrative follows Buddy Beaver gathering green poplar leaves, cutting branches, and building a dam while warning signs echo with Crunch and Splash as beavers home in a dim, secret world.
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Harvey Peake
Buddy Beaver
The Woman Fate Chose for Him
Two weary artists seek solitude in New England cottages and fate brings them together at a moonlit stream when Harry Vallon, a famed singer, sings to Alice Revelle, a musical comedy actress, prompting an encounter that destiny seems to arrange.
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Engineer's Compartment On Western US Engine Reported
An eastern United States railroad shows a locomotive with a tender compartment fitted for the engineer featuring a bed an electric fan and other comforts signaling a new standard in locomotive cab design.
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United States
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