Cheerful note from Colonel Ayres on market mood
New York brief profiles Col Leonard A Ayres of Cleveland Trust, educator turned banker and author. The piece highlights his cautious economic views, his forecasting record, and career across education, statistics, and finance. It also mentions Richard C Patterson Jr and his China experience shaping economic views and post as commissioner and liaison.
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New York
Col
Leonard
P. Ayres
Cleveland
Cairo
Colonel Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
Niantic
Conn
Ayres
Boston University
Rochester
N. Y
Puerto Rico
Russell Sage Foundation
Germany
Wall Street
Edward Bruce
Fine Arts Division
Treasury Department
William R. Murchison
Richard C. Patterson Jr
China
Corrections
New York City
Adventures of Dorothy Murphy on a 1914 Dover Plains Night
Dorothy Murphy describes a February night in 1914 when driving a surrey home from the Dover Plains station her horse slipped near a cliff. She clung to bushes, then a tree as a wild dog pack bayed below, spending the night in the branches until a farmer found her at dawn.
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Ello
Dorothy Murphy
Bronx
N. Y
Dorothy
Chestnut Ridge
Dover Plains
Brownie
Western Newspaper Union
Leonardo da Vinci works on display in Milan Italy
More than 200 working models of Da Vinci inventions are shown in Milan after a three year world wide search for original drawings. The exhibit highlights his roles as artist engineer architect and inventor and notes that his basic differential principle and other devices influence modern automotive technology and industry worldwide.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Milan
Italy
da Vinci
Household Tips for Cleaning and Cooking Remedies
A collection of practical home hacks covering odor control with salt for rubbish, making syrup from lumpy sugar, cleaning dusty cane furniture with soda water, removing coffee stains with glycerine, preserving linoleum with paraffin, thickening fruit tart juice with corn flour, and a cocoa to chocolate substitute with butter for smoother use.
Patchwork Crochet Instructions and Special Book Offer
Crochet guides describe rag rug circles squares and triangles with wool strips and varied stitches. A special notice promotes two sewing home decor books by Mrs. Spears 210 S Des plaines St Chicago offering 15 cents each or 25 cents for both with a quilt leaflet or rag leaflet included while supplies last.
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Spears
Education by trial and self reliance in manhood
The passage argues that education and growth come from facing life’s storms and challenges. It likens learning to sailing a vessel, tossed into maelstroms and counter currents, where youth develops through responsibility and personal effort rather than sheltered ease.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
Quiz on Language, Bible, and Science Aims at General Knowledge
The Q and A cover topics from alliteration and claustrophobia to biblical questions and cloud colors. It explains that brass is an alloy of copper and zinc and distinguishes between being interested and curious, noting Esther lacks explicit mention of God while other books include deity references.
One Mind and the Legacy of Education
A compact reflection on how a cultivated mind forms from the sum of past ages, stating that education over time blends into a single evolving intellect. The quote attributes the idea to Fontenelle and suggests that learning is cumulative across generations.
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Fontenelle
Human pity valued over wisdom in George Eliot quotation
The quote by George Eliot extols human pity as superior to wisdom, claiming one genuine act of compassion sustains and consoles more than any learned insight. It reflects on mercy as a guiding virtue beyond intellect.
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George Eliot
Talk of a Great Man Quote in Beaconsfield Writings
A Lord Beaconsfield sentiment notes that while a great book is admirable, the talk of a great man surpasses it in significance. The reflection praises reputation and influence over mere literary achievement.
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Lord Beaconsfield
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By Lemuel F. Parton
Department of Commerce
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Columbia School of Mines
J. G. White Engineering Company
DuPonts
Consolidated Features
WNU
Adventurers’ Club
Ruth Wyeth
Lorange
Belgrade
Egee
Daisy Fly Killer
Lowell
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