Mr Mouses Lucky Escape From Madam Puss On Thin Ice
A hungry Mr MOUSE flees to a cousins area and escapes a pursuing Madam Puss by crossing a thin ice patch on a frozen pond. She falls through the ice while he reaches the bank and discovers a feast in a pantry. He returns home with new confidence in his wary survival.
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Mr.Mouse
Mr. Mouse
Madam Puss
Mouse
Highton
Mousé
Madara
Puss
Mr. Moise
Weather talk on suits and summer clothing choices
A speaker describes struggles with heat and cold waves, debating summer outfits versus union and two piece underwear. They note costs, comfort, and fear of clothing loss during wind and rain, and consider having two pieces to avoid trouble if one fails.
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Letta da Union
The Right Thing at the Right Time
Instructional guidance on table manners and proper knife use from Martha Marshall Duffee. The text covers handling knives, placement during and after meals, salad and fish etiquette, dessert practices, and bread buttering, stressing restraint and propriety in dining. It echoes a Victorian domestic etiquette voice with explicit how tos and cautions.
The Name Jane and Its Variants Through History
The article traces Jane from John roots to Joanna and Jeanne, noting Tudor-era rise and royal connections. It contrasts Jane as a modern efficient symbol with Jenny as domestic and endearing while highlighting Jenny Lind, the spinning Jenny, and Jenny Wren. Turquoise as Jane's talisman and Wednesday as a lucky day with eight as a lucky number are mentioned.
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Jane
Joan
Jenny
John
Johannes
Joanna
St. Johns
France
Spain
Jehanne
Jeanne
Juana
Jeannes
Juanas
Edward II
Joan Beaufort
James I
Jane Seymour
Jean
Jenny Wren
Jenny Lind
Wold
Teens and Twenties: Stop Look Listen For Wise Choice
A reflective piece by F. A. Walker argues that hunger and thirst are met by food and water, while pain teaches limits. It notes children learn from experience but youth often abandon caution, urging teens and twenty-somethings to pause, heed elders, and pursue a disciplined path to success and health.
Tafts Ambition From Law School to Chief Justice
Uncommon Sense traces William H. Tafts lifelong aim to be chief justice, noting how his drive shaped his career from judge to secretary of war and president. The piece argues that deep, honest ambition, even if not yielding the exact post, builds ability and character for high office.
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William H. Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
Philippines
Ohio
The Hand Of An Artist Finger Length And Shape Rules
A historical reflection on artistic aptitude citing signs in hand morphology. It discusses supple hands, long fingers, and thumb and finger phalanx shapes as indicators of artistic potential and attention to detail, emphasizing the belief that certain hand features predict talent in music and literature.
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Anita Stewart
Brooklyn
Motion
Saturn
Apollo
Why Do Our Faces Stay Warm in Cold Weather
Readers wonder why faces stay warm in cold weather. The piece notes a surface thermometer test and hints at the body's heat regulation, though the explanation trails off without a full conclusion.
Habit Shapes Perception Of Temperature And Sensory Comfort
The text argues that by habituation people adapt to conditions that would otherwise alarm or discomfort them. It notes how face coverings alter which sensations are felt, compares water temperature tolerance, and contrasts city noise with rural quiet. Habit underpins how we experience sensory environments.
Life as Adventure and Memory in a Poet’s View
The verse celebrates memory as healing, turning toil and pain into tales shared by fireside. It frames life as an adventure with hills and gates, where time softens hurts and justice and memory shape a hopeful ending. Ancient quotes from Justice and William Penn add authority.
Tongue and Barley Fudge From Mothers Cook Book
A vintage cooking guidance entry describes preparing ONGUE tongue slowly, cooling, skinning, and flavoring with herbs and vegetables. It also gives a Barley Fudge recipe: brown barley, grind, boil sugar, corn syrup, milk to soft ball, add barley and vanilla, then cool and cut into squares.
Purr-Haps! A Kiss May Be Nothing Or Two
Quirky dialogue fragments hint at playful banter about division and invention. A visitor praises a machine that could replace ten men while noting his wife should have chosen it. The text suggests a light, humorous exchange anchored in wordplay and novelty.
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Mary Marshall Duffee
Hannah More
Mildred Marshall
Imag
F. A. Walker
Soen
John Blake
MR. Taft
Cherud
William Penn
Ste
Vy. Lopyright
Wester
Weeks
Spaper Union
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