Foreign Phrases and Their Meanings in Brief Notes
A compact list of French and Latin expressions with English glosses. Entries include Chevalier d industrie sharpers, Deus tecum, in medias res, Mauvaise honte false modesty, Nil admirari to wonder at nothing, Ecce behold, A tout prix at any price, Brutum fulmen ineffective thunderbolt, Revenons a nos moutons return to the point, Pate de foie gras, Quantum sufficit as much as suffices, Savoir faire the knowing how to do and tact.
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Chevalier D’industrie
Medias Res
Postum Free Week Offer From Postum Company
Read the advertisement offering a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. The notice appears in another part of the paper and invites readers to request the complimentary week’s supply.
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Postum Company
Beware of the Bad A Good Driver
A cautionary note about safe driving advising that a skilled driver should not count on others to follow rules or anticipate hazards. It emphasizes individual responsibility and vigilance on the road.
Aboard the Normandie A Quick Glimpse of a Floating Microcosm
Brisbane This Week reveals a shipboard panorama with Mrs Widener Mrs Astor and Dr Carrel among a cosmopolitan crew and luxury passengers. The piece notes the Atlantic race between the Queen Mary and Normandie and muses on the ocean as a world within a ship.
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Widener
Astor
Dr. Carrel
Normandie
Queen Mary
Rex
Europa
Utopia
Sir Thomas More
The Word Preached in Thessalonica and Berea
Lesson notes trace Paul and Silas's mission from Thessalonica to Berea. It covers preaching methods, doctrinal content like atonement and the deity of Christ, and the outcomes of faith or persecution. It stresses receiving the Word with readiness, careful study, and living a holy example.
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Philippi
Paul
Silas
Thessalonica
Berea
Thessalonian
Christ
God
Thessalonians
Our Place in the Sea Quote on Duty and Honor
A short inspirational statement reflecting on Providence and duty, asserting that value comes from how one fills a position rather than its status. Includes attributed moral reflection by Tyron Edwards.
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Tyron Edwards
Getting Rid of Misery and Human Benevolence
A fragment reflecting on alleviating misery through mutual aid and humane conduct. The passage suggests benevolence, comparison, and humanity as remedies, noting a general curse of life and proposing collective effort as relief. Contains archaic phrasing and possible attribution to Addigon.
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Addigon
Old Oaken Bucket Panel Embroidery Pattern
A home wall panel memory of the tune Old Oaken Bucket invites quick embroidery using mainly single and running stitches with light French knots. Pattern 1067 includes transfer art 15 by 20 inches a color chart key material list and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents for the pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York N Y with name and address.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N.Y
Cairo milkman Ram Mohamed claims 112 years old
Ram Mohamed, a Cairo milkman, says he recently reached 112 while still milking goats and delivering door to door. He avoids drink and smoke, values rest, and follows a simple life diet of beans twice daily plus meat and vegetables. He has one wife who is still alive and a son aged sixty five.
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Ram Mohamed
Cairo
Mohamed
Montreal Herald
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