Happy is He Born and Taught Who Serves His Own Will
A compact quotation emphasizes self-guided integrity and steadfast honesty. The verse praises armor of honest thought and simple truth as the highest skill, suggesting that true virtue lies in personal fidelity rather than obedience to others.
How to Cook Ham in Many Ways for Good Dinners
A guide with several ham preparation methods. It covers caramelizing sugar, frying ham, browning, simmering in milk, and making a white sauce with flour butter milk and salt. Directions include baked ham with cheese topping, mustard garlic brown sugar glaze, and serving with vegetables or as sandwich filling for Sunday night.
Meteor Dust Glows Red Molten Rocks and Gas
A poem-like line contrasts a supposed star with meteor dust made of molten rocks and gas. It describes glowing red material in the sky.
Willing Hands and Hearts Shape A Better World
F A Walker argues that willing hands and hearts sustain happiness and progress. He urges cooperation, cordiality, and alacrity as vital qualities across society, noting they counter discontent and reward steady, virtuous effort amid changing times.
Inclosed Hidden Camera Trap In Telephone Box
Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a Western invention a motion picture camera placed inside an automatic telephone box. The device operates automatically uses 16 feet of film and in tests captured images of people from six feet away to aid in trapping bank robbers and similar offenders.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Weight of Air Vapor Lighter Than Dry Air
Water vapor is lighter than dry air at the same temperature and pressure. When water evaporates, the vapor spreads through a large volume, making the resulting air lighter than a mass of air with the same volume and pressure.
Life Without You A Funny Thing Poem 1928 Douglas Malloch
A wistful lyric contrasts past independence with present dependence on a loved one. The speaker notes how knowledge of the beloved makes life feel lifeless without their voice, musing on moonlight sun and earthly moments as incomplete without contact. References to shared moments and emotion underscore the central longing.
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Douglas Malloch
Luxurious lounging robes and velvet ensembles trend in 1928 fashion
Writer Julia Bottomley surveys a fashion boom for lounging robes, hats, scarves, muffs, and matching accessory sets in velvet and sheer fabrics. The piece notes ornate details like marabou, ostrich trim, lace, and embroidery, praising ensemble coordination for home wear and practical cost efficiency.
Anger fuels quick mobilization and energy release
The text explains anger as a rapid bodily mobilization that increases heart rate and blood flow, suppresses digestion, and floods muscles with sugar via adrenal output. It argues against bottling rage and suggests safe exertion like walking or chopping wood to dissipate the energy without harming others.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Superstitious Sue Predicts Weather in Quirky Advice
A whimsical note suggests that if rain falls before sunrise, the rest of the day will brighten. It cites Uncle Jo and a playful line about not needing to shake the sheik, credited to McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
All Not Nature Lovers Reuben dullery quote chips Alps and Highlands
A clipped quotation critiques modern fondness for mountains and wild nature. It cites a seventeenth century view that the Alps were mere rubbish swept by nature and a traveler preferring Welsh hills for grazing goats. Dr Johnson asks who can like the Highlands.
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Reuben Dullery
Alps
Italy
Doctor Johnson
Highlands
Christmas Cockles Help Santa Fill Christmas Stockings
In a quiet Christmas tale, the warm Cockles sit by the old fire and greet Santa Claus. They reveal their secret mission to warm hearts by carrying kindness, then join Santa in filling stockings and arranging gifts for children.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Clockles
Cockles
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