Something to Think About by F A Walker
A lengthy critique of lazy, slipshod workers labeled as the lazy and lax, detailing how their unmethodical habits cause disorder, wasted minutes, and quarrels, and how such behavior blocks promotion and harms colleagues. The piece attributes the tone to a McClure Syndicate column.
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Remembering Your First Grade Ahead
Poem reflects on aging and memory from a rural voice. A speaker recalls a past romance and shared youth with a girl who has now advanced in life. The piece notes growth, time passing, and the wish to remember while leaving no concrete plans.
Moody surname origins debated by authorities
Nir argues Moody comes from Muthe a personal name while another expert says Moody is a morose adjective once used as a nickname with the sense of valiant. Muddiman is noted as akin to Moody in etymology discussions.
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Old fashioned remark on girls in skirts over bipartisan view
A local quip notes a young woman across the way prefers skirts, declaring Old-fashioned style over any bipartisan stance. The line reflects social humor of the era and uses light, tongue-in-cheek tone.
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Moody family roots trace to 17th century ministers
The Moody lineage begins with William Moody of Ipswich who sailed on the Mary and John in 1638 settling at Bayfield, Massachusetts. His sons included Joshua, a Harvard graduate and famed minister, Caleb ancestor of Dwight Moody, and William. The family boasts a lineage of prominent preachers from Joshua through Dwight Moody.
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Mother's Cook Book fragment at Lippincott's verse
A fragment from Lippincott's features a rhymed quatrain about Mary her lamb and a tragic twist. The verse mentions the lamb's fleece and an implied teaching moment at school referencing a cook. The tone resembles a satirical note on a childhood nursery rhyme reimagined in a literary snippet.
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Seasonable Foods For a Luncheon Or Dinner Dish
A historical recipe describes browned pressed veal with pork, eggs, and cream, folded with bananas, coconut, and sugar, then frozen. It includes curry, anchovy essence, Worcestershire, salt, cayenne, and coconut milk. The dish is served over freshly boiled rice in a cool, coconut enriched dessert style course.
Revenge on a rival at bake shop and lemonade tea
Daysey Mayme Appleton enacts sweet revenge after a lover abandons her, cutting bread into thin ham sandwiches tied with baby blue ribbon and serving lemonade to 12 girls while the rival is left out. Lysander John Appleton townsfolk reflect on missed courtship and class.
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Safety Device for Cars Aims to Protect Pedestrians
A French patent by M Laurenceau presents a steel net with automatic arms resembling a locomotive cowcatcher. It trips the car to a stop when hitting an obstruction, lifting or holding a struck pedestrian until the vehicle halts. Designed for all car sizes, initially intended for taxi use.
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Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Promotes Toilet Trio
An advertisement extols Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and perfume, part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap and Ointment. It markets the powder as economical for face skin baby and dusting use and claims it renders other perfumes superfluous.
To Balance Family Ledger An Expert Says Boys Are Better At Arithmetic
A London humorist quips that boys are ten percent better at arithmetic than girls and adds they “have to be" when they marry, framing a witty gendered joke about domestic finance and marriage.
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America on Wheels and Humble Reflections
A fragment discusses autos per capita comparing the United States and Germany, noting eighty times as many automobiles in the U S. The text then shifts to a moral reflection on humility, warning that pretended wisdom lacks real experience.
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