The Pleasing Voice for Success and Courtesy
A McClure Syndicate piece extols a pleasing voice over loud speech, arguing calm tones win listeners, aid sales, and influence in all work and social settings. It urges cultivation of refined speech and courteous manner across professions and daily life.
The Life of Oliver Goldsmith Reveals A Turbulent Path
The sketch outlines Goldsmith born in 1728 Ireland to a modest ministerial family. It traces early schooling at Trinity College, a failed clerical path, tutoring disputes, a near voyage to America, a rescue by his uncle with 50 pounds, and study shifts from law to medicine in Edinburgh.
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Goldsmith the Vicar of Wakefield Author Dies in London
The article notes Oliver Goldsmith studied at Leyden with his uncle funding, and achieved fame with The Vicar of Wakefield and The Deserted Village. He delayed taking a $500 royalty fearing costs, died in London on April 4 1774 in debt over $10 000, described as the best loved literary man of his generation.
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Leyden
Wakefield
Goldsmith
London
Wayne D. McMurray
George Matthew Adama
Your Friend Yourself A Poem On True Companions
A reflective verse extols lasting friendship. It contrasts those with funds and aid who never need help with the truly formed bonds that sustain life through winter and spring. The speaker cherishes friends who provide both joy and resilience in adversity.
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Ufe
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Last Name Origins and Early American Lineage Traces
The note tracks surname roots to a North Riding parish linked to John de Wycliffe born 1324. It recounts David Wickliffe as Maryland’s first Protestant male birth and a family arc across Maryland, Virginia, and intermarriages involving Mary Nicholas, Nathaniel Pope, Lewis Nochilas, and ties to Col. William Pierce and John Rolfe.
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Yorkshire
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David Wickliffe
Maryland
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Brook
David
Virginia
Mary Nicholas
Nathaniel Pope
Lewis Nochilas
Robert
Margaret
Col
William Pierce
John Rolfe
Lumley Name Echoes Anglo Saxon Roots in England
The Lumley family is traced to England from the Conquest era with ties to Durham. King James I visited Lumley Castle in 1608, sparking a humorous remark by the king about his knowledge. Boston imports roughly two thirds of the wool entering the United States.
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England
Durham
James I
Lumley Castle
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Adam
McClure
Boston
United States
Vegetarian Main Dishes From The Mother's Cook Book
A recipe excerpt offers meatless meals including a nut roast with tomato sauce and pressed pea and corn cups served with cream sauce. It details baked potatoes with onions, a cream soup, lettuce with peanuts, cantaloupe with lemon sauce, and berry pie. Mock sausages made from lima beans are also described.
Council at Jerusalem and Gentile inclusion
Lesson notes discuss Acts 15 and the Jerusalem council addressing whether Gentiles must keep Mosaic law for salvation. Peter and James argue God accepts Gentiles by grace, Paul and Barnabas recount miracles, and a letter clarifies that Gentiles are not bound by Jewish ceremonial requirements, enabling broader missionary work.
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Jerusalem
Antioch
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Barnabas
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Amos
Leverhulme’s Soap Empire Grows From Warrington to Port Sunlight
The passing of Lord Leverhulme highlights the rise of his soap works at Port Sunlight. From 20 tons a week in 1886 to over 4000 tons weekly, the business employs about 10,000 workers and uses 10 million packing cases yearly. Port Sunlight, founded 1889 on a riverside site chosen by Leverhulme, expanded to 800 acres as the operation grew. Trains carrying goods would stretch from Liverpool to London if lined up end to end.
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Port Sunlight
Warrington
Liverpool
London
Communists promise millennium if in power say Danville mayor
Mayor Shouse of Danville quotes a Los Angeles Times passage attacking selfish egotism and social labels. He mocks terms like dude sloven spendthrift miser snob and contrasts those who think as he does with boneheads.
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Mayor Shouse
Danville
Los Angeles Times
Old Theory Shattered on Septuaginta Origins
German scholar Professor Franz Wutz asserts new findings on the Hebrew Bible challenging the view that the Septuagint derives from original Hebrew. He argues the Greek text largely reproduces Hebrew words in Greek letters and that Jewish scholars used Greek-Hebrew texts for translating into Greek as early as 200 B.C. The claim opens a new vista on biblical literature.
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Franz Wutz
Germany
Tesla Turns to Mars and Life’s Age on Planets
Nikola Tesla, noted inventor, speculates that life on Mars may be one to ten million years older than Earth. He believes communication with Mars is possible once proper apparatus is built, using Earth’s vibration frequency of 11.77 cycles per second.
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Nikola Tesla
Mars
Earth
Public Baths for Dogs Open in Munich Bavaria
Public baths for dogs have been established and funded by the local authorities in Munich Bavaria to clean up streets after the war. The facilities operate from 9 80 a m to 7 p m and are widely used by pet owners.
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Munich
Bavaria
Cuticura Advertises Scalp Soothing Routine
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for itchy scalp and dandruff with a nightly treatment, followed by a Cuticura Soap wash in hot water each morning. It urges making these products daily to achieve clear skin and soft, white hands.
Early telephone broadcasts reach Budapest arts and news
As early as 1896 Budapest, the capital of Hungary, housed Telefon Hirmondo, an organization that transmitted music news and full operas by telephone marking an early form of broadcasting.
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Hungary
Budapest
Telefon Hirmondo
Ver mifuge taunts worms with one dose claim
An ad claims a product named ver mifuge can expel worms or tapeworms in a single dose. It attributes the claim to Dr Faery "Dead Shot" and gives an address at 872 Pearl Street Northeast.
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Faery
Pearl &T. N. Adv
Teen Runner Returns After Marriage
A fifteenth year old boy typically stops running errands until he marries, after which he resumes those duties.
Spiritual Growth: Avoid Foolish Action, Jefferson Warns
Charles E. Jefferson argues that spiritual growth cannot occur when individuals persist in foolish behavior. The quote emphasizes personal discipline and moral conduct as prerequisites for genuine growth.
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Charles E. Jefferson
To Shore Unknown Let me dream that love goes with us
Fragmentary line reads as a poetic note about dreaming of love accompanying travelers toward a shore unknown, with fragmented phrasing implying a romantic or reflective mood. The text lacks clear who, what, where, or when details.
Strong Body Pure Soul Quote Note
The excerpt presents a motto contrasting physical strength with spiritual integrity, attributed to a Burning Bush source. It emphasizes that a strong body matters less than a pure soul, reflecting a value hierarchy between fitness and virtue.
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Mrs Fuller of Walpole New Hampshire reports improved health after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saying she feels stronger, better able to care for her babies, and recommends it for rundown and nervous conditions. Over 200000 women have replied yes to benefiting from the product and it is sold by druggists everywhere.
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Lydia
T. H. Fuller
Walpole
New Hampshire
Pinkham
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