Humorous Aphorisms on Want, Wealth, and Woes
A playful collection of quips on money, pride, and human foibles. It contrasts pig iron toil with iron will, notes sales resistance from affordability, and mocks social pretensions. It ridicules laughter at others while weep over own misfortune and comments on hobbies and bachelor life.
By Their Walk and Self Respect
An essay notes that posture mirrors self-respect and influences the mind. It warns that loss of self-respect leads to slouching and describes the swagger of the loud, while advocates a balanced path of confidence, courtesy, and consideration. An advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets claims to remove waste.
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Dr. Pierce
Louisville
Juby
Charles St
Ierce
PD. Pierce
Lydia Pinkham Compound Ad Claims Revitalizing Benefits
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female discomforts and mood, claiming it tones up the body and has helped over a million women. It urges readers to purchase the product without delay.
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Jon
Denny
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Pinkham
Under Pressure Joyce Sewell and the Mexican inheritance
Joyce Sewell nears her twentieth birthday while rebelling against her stepmother Irma. Irma schemes with Helm Blackadder to push a rich suitor and Joyce fights back. Joyce learns La Barranca in Mexico belongs to her, receives a $10000 murder compensation letter, plans covert travel, and meets lawyer Margarida Fonseca and General Onelia as she travels.
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Joyce Sewell
Irma
Helm Blackadder
Joyce
Michael Atrack
Mike
Blackadder
Renee
la Barranca
United States Treasury
Bradley
Mexico
Dirk van Suttart
Mexico City
Margarida Fonseca
General Onelia
Nightclub scheme to seize La Barranca unfolds
In El Tenebroso Margarida and Onelia plot to oust Dorado from La Barranca by staging a capture and abduction. Joyce joins to gather information and is watched by Dorado’s arrival. Adan Arnaldo hosts a tense scene as Dorado enters and a dangerous plan edges toward action.
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Margarida
la Barranca
Dorado
Onelia
la Bagranca
Joyce
Senorita
Adan Arnaldo
el Tenebroso
Arnaldo
Adan
Castellito
General Dorado
El Tenebroso Occupies Triangle at Calzada Villalon Intersection
Fragment describes El Tenebroso occupying a triangle at a side street intersection with Calzada Manuel Villalon gin. A chain of private rooms forms its longer flank but the text ends abruptly outlining the scene.
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el Tenebroso
Calzada
Manuel Villalongin
Domestication of Horse Traced Back to Ancient Kish Tombs
Field Museum News reports that horse remains from Kish dated circa 3000 B C indicate domestication earlier than thought. Large horses were hitched to chariots in tombs, suggesting early use for transportation in the afterlife and prompting reexamination of Sumerian vocabulary and horse origins in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
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Field Museum News
Chicago
Babylonia
Kish
Field Museum
Oxford University
Mesopotamia
Wolfgang Amschler
College of Agriculture
Vienna
B. C
Nile Valley
Founding of Benedictine Order and Modern Craft
The Benedictine order, founded by St. Benedict around 529, began as a philosophy of life and quickly organized within its first century. Known for their liqueur, the Benedictines are credited with preserving Christian art in western Europe. At St. Ottilien, Digest notes, vows of industry have shifted them from crude handwork to highly mechanized production.
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St. Benedict
Europe
St. Ottilien
Digest
Great Divide and Key Historical Facts Quiz Answers
Answer set covers geography and history. The Great Divide refers to the Continental Divide shaping river flow. Alfred the Great is called Father of His Country. Chesterfield quote from Letters to His Son. President cannot declare war, Congress does. a posthumous child is born after the father’s death. Cleopatra was of Greek ancestry. Jerusalem remains a walled city with newer stones replacing old. Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin have the most places named for them.
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United States
Cleopatra
Jerusalem
Alfred the Great
England
Chesterfield
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Franklin
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