Lola Faces Winter Lake Trial In a Cold Canoe Summer
Lola ventures on a wind swept lake wearing a raincoat and swims back to shore after the canoe capsizes. She clings to the raft like side stroke with clothes on, then returns home to relieved family as the raincoat shrinks.
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Lola
Iola
Self-Review Under a Public Gaze and Gossip
A reflective piece compares daily scrutiny by peers to a cat watching a mouse. It urges personal self examination to resist unhealthy gossip, urging integrity, faith, and honest effort to endure social judgment and finish with flying colors.
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Moses
Job
Salads for a Practical Summer Family Table
A 1929 Western Newspaper Union recipe feature on simple hot weather meals. It covers outdoor dining, meal planning, and easy dressings. Recipes include a celery egg salad with walnuts, cauliflower bacon with cider vinegar, and a potato with smoked herring, all served on lettuce and flavored with paprika cayenne and mayonnaise.
When We Grow Old The Joys We Never Hold
The poem reflects on aging and memories. It contrasts youthful seeking with mature understanding, noting that aging clarifies joy as memories, friendships, and the present moment gain value. It ends with the idea that life’s shrines built by God reveal joys not seized in youth.
Superstitions About the Hazel
The hazel, famed in Europe and the U S for divining rods and magical uses, is linked to Thor and lightning. It is valued for fruitfulness and as a love divination plant, though in America it remains a shrub with a mystic aura.
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Europe
Atlantic
Germany
Thor
For the Goose and Gander
Vi o la Brothers Shore writes about love and art in life and marriage. The author argues passion enriches two people while hate enriches none and notes a strong woman faces criticism but can balance marriage and career.
Hazel myths and superstitions linked to ancient Norse lore
The article notes that some authorities connect the hazel to lightning in Norse belief and suggests lingering superstitions in parts of the country. It cites the McClure Newspaper Syndicate as the source.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Europe
Perils of Mass Production Underscored by Rivet Insight
A narrative notes how factory mechanization raises dangers as workers become mere machines. It warns that overproduction risks unemployment, market oversupply, and calls for fair wages and shared prosperity beyond a five day week. The piece cites a Federal Trade Commission leader on price controls to curb excess production.
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Johnny
Hig Chum
Federal Trade Commission
Castoria Ad from a 19th Century Advertisement
The passage promotes Castoria as a trusted vegetable remedy for infants and children. It claims widespread use in five million homes and urges mothers to keep a bottle for colic constipation diarrhea and restless babies. It warns against stronger medicines for babies and highlights doctors' recommendations and universal availability.
Flapal Castoria Quote Echoes Horace Bushnell
Readable fragment cites Horace Bushnell on nature and society. No clear event or context, appears as a quotation about remedies for sin and nature’s limits.
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Horace Bushnell
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