Thoughts On Comfort And Happiness In Aging
A reflective essay argues that as years pass the longing for content grows while wealth fame and art lose value. It stresses living in the right channel to find true ease, cautioning against chasing hollow goals and emphasizing inner balance over outward success.
Mother's Desk Book Recipe Commentary
A compact excerpt reflects on loss and world without children. It then provides a kitchen note detailing orange sections with sugar, soaked raisins, chestnuts and oranges, finished with lettuce and French dressing. The tone blends sentiment with practical preparation advice.
Chicken in Aspic and Chestnut Salad Form Summer Dishes
A warm day favors cooling dishes as chicken in aspic and chestnut salad appear. The aspic recipe uses a four pound chicken simmered with vegetables and spices then clarified with egg whites and gelatin for a molded loaf with color from asparagus tips eggs olives and peppers. Chestnuts are boiled peeled roasted and sliced thin for a delicate salad option.
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Quote on mob judgment by Wentworth Dillon Roscommon
Wayne D. McMurray notes Roscommon the fourth earl of Roscommon spoke of the crowd as often wrong He lived under Charles II and Cromwell and witnessed the multitude bless or damn royalty He is remembered as a minor poet with few surviving works including essays on translation and Horace His life spanned 1688 to 1635.
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Charles II
England
Charles
Oliver Cromwell
Horace
Wayne D. McMurray
Is That Your Best Test for Every Job
A motivational exhortation urging constant improvement by asking Is this my best. It argues that unfinished work harms the maker most and that progress requires pushing beyond yesterday's limits to achieve better results.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Last Name Milton Ancestry Traced To Milton of North Carolina
The Miltons claim descent from Judge Christopher Milton, brother of John Milton the poet. A descendant, John Milton born in Halifax County NC in 1740, served as Georgia secretary of state after the Revolution and was elected by Georgia electors as a candidate for the first President. His son Homer Virgil Milton, a War of 1812 officer, was known as General Milton. General Milton's son John Milton, born 1807, became governor of Florida. Governor Milton's son William Henry Milton was a jurist and his son William Hall Milton, born 1864, became a noted surveyor general.
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Young Lady Across the Way
A fragment from the MeOture Newspaper Pyndicate notes a young woman now living in a temperate zone amid ongoing bootlegger activity in the area. The snippet preserves a local gossip tone without clarifying names or places.
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Old Wedding Customs in Russia and Beyond
The article surveys traditional wedding rites where coins grain rice and sweets are scattered over the couple. It notes aims of fertility prosperity family acceptance and sweetness for the bride as shared symbolism across cultures.
Pauls Vision and Lydia The First European Converts
Lesson text summarizes Pauls Divine guidance to Europe starting with a Macedonian vision and his later ministry in Philippi. Lydia of Thyatira convert, baptism, household faith, and hospitality illustrate early mission impact and the role of prayer and Scripture in leading converts.
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True Humility Quote by Captain Hadfield
A concise quotation on true humility stating that not thinking of oneself at all is the measure, not thinking little of oneself. It attributes the saying to Captain J. Arthur Hadfield and frames humility as self-forgetfulness rather than self-esteem.
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J. Arthur Hadfield
Selfishness Sermon to the Modern Reader
A compact moral reflection on selfishness argues the soul withers when it feeds on itself. The aphorism urges selflessness as the path to renewed vitality and virtue.
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W. L. Watkins
Our tasks are easier when we pray about Gies
A compact editorial line notes that progress on unspecified tasks is aided by prayer directed toward Gies. The brief emphasizes faith as a factor in effort and resilience, without detailing concrete actions or outcomes.
Ancients Had More Than Fair Idea of Surgery
Prof HD FE Greenman of the University of Michigan reports evidence that prehistoric Michigan skulls show trephining. In Alpena county several drilled skulls were found with healing indicating the operation was performed in life, suggesting skull trephining extended beyond Mexico.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
HD. FE. Greenman
University of Michigan
Alpena County
University of Michigan Museum
Repute
Mexico
Story of Zoroaster and the Perso Iranian faith
Zoroaster, an early East teacher, founded what may be called the national religion of Persians. His era is uncertain but likely between 1000 B C and 600 B C. He taught a dualism of power, good light and evil darkness, with sun worship arising as the source of light and all that is good.
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Zoroaster
Cuticura Ads Promote Soap Ointment For Hands
An old advertisement encourages soaking sore hands in Cuticura Soap and drying then applying Cuticura Ointment. It notes removing surplus ointment with tissue paper and suggests using Soap Ointment and Talcum for all toilet purposes.
Vampire Strain in Modern Romance Says Gilbert Frankau
Gilbert Frankau argues in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan that most women resemble vampires in demanding endless ego satisfaction from lovers. He contends the idea of women as men's playthings is a bachelor illusion and asserts the reverse dynamic is true.
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Gilbert Frankau
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
Hill country woman seeks son in Indianapolis drugstore
In Indianapolis a visiting elderly woman asks a drugstore clerk for her son Jim, saying he has lived there four years. The clerk denies knowing him, prompting a brief exchange about recognition and local residence.
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Japs Rebuilding Shrines After 1928 Earthquake
A Shinto shrine reconstruction committee in Japan votes to rebuild 198 shrines in Tokyo and nearby areas using fireproof materials after the 1928 earthquake fire. Estimated cost reaches 4 562 168 yen.
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Japan
Shinto Shrine Reconstruction Committee
Tokyo
The Man Who Is Too Lazy to Stand Up
A pithy aphorism on laziness and truth telling. The remark suggests those unwilling to face facts will lie about them, framing truth as a duty and deceit as a consequence of inaction.
Maine’s key highways bear over half of state traffic
A traffic survey by the Bureau of Public Roads shows Maine’s primary system, just 7 percent of total mileage, carries 53 percent of the state’s traffic indicating a small road network handles most travel.
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Maine
Bureau of Public Roads
Why Suffer From Indigestion No More
In thishealthy advert from Cleveland the copy promises relief from indigestion and stomach misery. It claims many people have eaten freely with less distress after using a Mentha something product and suggests buying a bottle today with a guarantee if it fails to help.
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Dave
Icebox Becomes Iceless Refrigerator With Water-Powered Evaporator
An improved icebox can be transformed into an iceless refrigerator using a newly invented evaporator that fits in a standard ice chest and runs on water power.
Officer, I Found My Wife Amid Bullying Admonition
A judge remarks on a case where a caller reports a missing spouse and faces taunting comments. The exchange highlights tension between authority and community behavior as the matter proceeds.
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