Tiny Iceland Lends Modern Model With No Army Or Debt
Prepared by National Geographic Society, Iceland is praised as a warless, debt-free country with a long democratic history. The feature highlights its independence since 1918, geography, climate, and rapid modernization including a local airline, literacy, and extensive hydroelectric use while noting small population and limited natural resources.
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Iceland
Europe
United States
Norway
Denmark
Greenland
Reykjavik
Copperfield
Micawber
David Copperfield
Plodding Mule Holds Own in Machine Age
Washington dispatch notes mules remain valued despite mechanization. A Rome statue honors the mule's World War I and Ethiopia service, its endurance and versatility praised by generals. History recounts mules in wars from Libya to the Alpine front, decked for royalty, with U.S. mule numbers rising then falling due to tractors.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Rome
Ethiopia
United States
Turkey
Libya
Africa
Europe
France
Spain
Italy
Uncle Sam
Turquoise and golden yellow drawn work scarves inspire home decor
Ruth Wyeth Spears presents an experiment turning outdate white linen drawn-work scarves dyed to turquoise blue, golden yellow, and soft rose. The technique uses pulled threads to create an open inch-wide space, with hems sewn as the opening edge is whipped. Orders for two How To Sew books and two leaflets offer 15 cent pricing.
Tried ’Em All Christy A Jointly Irony World
Frank says other girls could make you happier, but they won’t. Christy contemplates the situation in a terse, unresolved exchange implying emotional strain and social tension.
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Christy
Frank
Speeding plea echoes hospital visit request
A terse exchange shows a driver insisting on seeing a hospitalized person, prompting a sharp retort from the constable about whom the visitor seeks. The moment underscores tension between a traffic stop and urgent personal concern.
Heir Question Sparks Witty Ozone Exchange
In a brief literary exchange, a speaker declares love for ozone while another dismissively asks about money, hinting at a character’s social or financial status and the humorous tone of the moment. The remarks create intrigue around an unnamed heir and the speaker’s impression.
Doctor and Boy Discuss Medicine Typo Distortion
A humorous exchange centers on a doctor correcting a boy named Tommy about medicine forms. The doctor says the medicine is tablets not pills, while Tommy insists on pills. The dialogue ends with a playful question about blowing tablets through a pea shooter.
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Tommy
Our National Spirit and Moral Musings from Uncle Phil S
An editorial style passage reflects on national pride and social duty. It critiques self-interest, praises truth and labor, and urges regular effort, religious virtue, and neighborly brotherhood as key values for a cohesive society.
Deuteronomic Law Taught to Palestine Farmers in Olive Groves
Describes how Christian farmers in Palestine historically followed Deuteronomic laws, leaving part of crops for the poor. Olive grove owners abstained from shaking trees more than once to ensure fruit for the stranger, fatherless, and widow, as noted in Collier's.
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Palestine
Collier’s
Around the House Seine After Washing Silver
Household tips cover brightening silver in hot water with a dash of ammonia, keeping dried beef sealed in a glass jar in the fridge, adjusting curtain hangbacks to soften window appearance, borax in tea towels for cleaning and disinfection, waxed-caster repair, reconditioning soap-soaked sponges, classifying dessert lists for menus, and scrambling eggs for easier digestible egg sandwiches.
Fractured Speech as Voice Quivers in Family Exchange
A clipped dialogue captures a tense family moment with a speaker announcing a late ancestor and another reacting with disbelief. The cadence emphasizes stammering and emotional strain, hinting at unresolved grief and generational distance within the conversation.
True to Type in Garden Fence Grievances
Mrs. Smith voices grievances about her husband’s flirting and trust issues. A friend consoles by saying he is likely reverting to type, but Mrs. Smith disagrees, claiming he is reverting to typists.
Wife and husband plan joint bank account
The massive wife of the obviously henpecked husband suggests a joint account. She states her husband will make deposits and she will draw the checks.
Stranger in Chicago Lets Youth Visit Lincoln Park
A man described as a stranger in Chicago halted a youth rushing along Michigan Avenue. He asked to go to Lincoln Park and the youth, after a moment of hesitation, granted the offer with a warning that it should not be asked again.
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Brotherhood of Man
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Lincoln Park
Quick Quiz on Curiosities and Classic Literature
A set of short questions explores baseball terms, historic actions, definitions of savagery and barbarism, color blending outcomes, zodiac animal signs, language nuances, Cleopatra lore, and the origin of the word dandelion. Each item invites concise explanation.
A Quiz With Answers on Browning and Hyphenated Words
A reader quiz asks about the Browning poem Prospice and its significance. It also challenges to name four hyphenated words beginning with an animal name but not related to the animal, noting donkey engineering as example and inviting more such pairs.
Decorative Angels for Sheets and Pillow Cases Pattern 6348
Decorative angels in simple stitchery suit guest linens with options like Good Morning and Good Evening. Pattern 6348 includes seven motifs from 4% by 16% inches to 3% by 9% inches with crochet directions, materials, and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle for the transfer pattern.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Bananas Introduced as Novelty at Centennial Exposition
Collier's Weekly recounts how bananas first entered American culture at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, where they were presented wrapped in tin foil and sold as novelties for ten cents each, marking a landmark moment in fruit popularity.
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Collier’s Weekly
Short Flight Between Infield and Outfield Not Reached
Answers 1 to 10 cover miscellaneous wordplay, mythology, astronomy, anatomy, and etymology. Items include a fly ball between fields, Caesar and his army, savage versus barbarian, white from all colors, zodiac signs with a misnamed Apricornus, and phrases explaining unconscious to conscious shifts, Cleopatra’s effect, dent de lion, Look Forward, and crafted compound terms like pig iron and monkey wrench.
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Caesar
Leo
Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Quote by Lowell on silence and speech
A compact epigraph-style note quoting James Russell Lowell: those who have nothing to say tend to fill time with talk, reflecting on the impulse to speak when absence of idea is present.
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Lowell
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