The Educated Gentleman and the Call for Active Citizenship
The author argues true education should ignite self reliance and public duty. Education must produce citizens who fight to convert private conviction into public action, challenging complacent good citizens and resisting merely conformist schooling.
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God
Jericho Road
Veril of Crur On Sportsmanship and the true sportsman
The article discusses that fear should not replace recreation in athletics and warns against sport becoming business. It argues that amateurs should play for pastime, not for profits or fame, and condemns professionals as lacking true sportsmanship despite possible genuine heart.
The Real Love Match and True Companionate Marriage
The piece argues that a genuine love match rests on mutual sacrifice and shared welfare rather than fleeting passion or marriages of convenience. It claims real women reject convenient marriages as wrong, predicting misery, despair, and repeated divorces, while love matches endure.
Fooling the Public on Cheap Goods and Hidden Markups
An exposé outlines how traveling grocers and Mercantile Supply outfits cheat farmers. It details packing tricks, diluted weights, cheap spices, synthetic extracts, and mislabeling to inflate profits. Scammers use fake marks, fake teas, and misleading samples to fleece buyers while farmers rarely protest.
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Buyers’ Association
John Jones
Mail Order System and Its Effect on Towns
A discussion on mail order trade arguing it harms local merchants and town prosperity. It contends that reliance on distant firms drains town revenue, lowers farm values, and feeds large financial centers and trusts, harming local communities and farmers.
Where the Money Is and the Eastern Manufacturing States
The piece notes that over 40 percent of the U S population lives in about a dozen eastern manufacturing states with New York holding nearly 40 percent of national money and New York City alone 25 percent. It argues large cities draw trade from vast areas, depriving rural towns of surplus wealth needed for local development.
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United States
New York State
New York City
The Drinking Orchid Plant of South America
A remarkable South American orchid drinks water through a tube that reaches into the liquid. The tube retracts into a spiral when not in use. The plant has sharp lancehead leaves radiating from its root and often grows over or near water.
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South America
When a Fool Seems to Own His Irritation
A witty remark notes that the most irritating aspect of a fool is his evident pleasure in his own folly. The line suggests irony in behavior and self-satisfaction as a social critique.
Spotless Town Promotes Town and Farm Progress
An old promotional piece argues that clean streets kept yards and front views reflect community character. It notes how cars and road improvements boost farmer mobility, connecting modern urban convenience with rural life and markets.
Living for the Children and parenthood ideals
Froebel's dictum to live for children rests on a sound philosophy. To meet child needs broadly shapes character and parenthood. The church is urged to recognize the child’s primary place in society and recover lost ground.
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Froebel
Church
Anticipating Age and the Spirit of Youth
The piece argues that fear of aging stems from a mindset more than biology. True youth comes from enthusiasm, curiosity, warmth, and broad feeling, not from age or physical condition.
The Guise of the Greeks and the Trojan Horse
The stinging satire notes that initially cautious Greeks doubted the gift, then mocked it as a mere near-art horse. The essay concludes that such a ruse, born of confidence, led to the fall of Troy, warning against credulity and deception.
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Troy
Puck
Ever the Dream By Lawrence McDonald
A nostalgic verse recalling snowfall, spring imagery and a lover Lisette. The speaker longs for the beloved, linking white snow to memory and desire, with imagery of mignonette arbutus and damask blooms. The poem centers on intimate yearning and romantic recollection.
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Riven
Knightlier
Lawrence McDonald
The Man Who Wins
Poem excerpt from Baltimore News praising perseverance. stresses work, endurance through pain, learning from failure, and helping others while facing envy and hardship.
The Milwaukee Sentinel Poem About a Woman's Mystery
December and May describe a man enticed by a woman's small gestures and mystery. He recalls her smile and warmth, notes her lips and roses on her cheeks, and feels old passions revive before Time dims them into shadows as he dreams of life with her.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
When to Hope Amid Tomorrow's Ills
Poem urging perseverance and faith in tomorrow themes of hope and strength. Cites a parent with a child, contrasting burdens now with promised reward. Encourages moving forward, trusting God, and embracing potential happiness despite present trials. Quoted lines express resilience and the value of hopeful action.
The Broken Vase Poem by Sally Prudhomme
A poem about a vase damaged by a fan’s touch and the hidden wound it carries. The verse warns against touching the fragile vase as the crack widens over time, causing a flower to fade while outsiders see only a whole surface.
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Sally Prudhomme
Necklace of Love for My Lady in A Child’s Kiss
Poetic meditation contrasts gems with a child's embrace. The speaker extols the priceless jewel of a baby’s kiss and two little arms as a necklace linked by angels, surpassing wealth and beauty. A tender motherly sentiment rejoices in the gift of a child.
Love and the locksmith on life’s well-trodden road
Tradition. Love meets an old man on life’s highway and finds his laughter masking sorrow and longing. Love explains the old man is a locksmith, hinting at the hidden keys to passion, memory, and marriage, as recounted by Sam S. Stinson in Woman’s Home Companion.
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Love
Bent and
Gria
Sam S. Stinson
Woman’s Home Companion
Marie Antoinette dress pattern for misses No 5809 5737
Pattern department describes a young girl dress with a five gore plaited skirt and blouse waist. The Marie Antoinette design features frilled shoulder trim and a wide flare skirt. Patterns Nos 5809 and 5737 available for ages 15 to 17, price 10 cents each, orders mailed to Pattern Department with size and pattern numbers.
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Marie Antoinette
A Stylish Five-Gored Skirt Pattern 5632
Five gore skirt in mohair offered in pattern 5632 with long medium and short rounds. Suited for cheviot serge cashmere linen fabrics and sizes 22 to 32 inch waist.
At the Seashore Exchange of Letters Between Wives
A brief comic exchange at the seashore shows Mrs Hoyle asking about writing to her husband and Mrs Doyle replying that she writes daily. Hoyle remarks on the difficulty of finding topics to say, while Doyle quips about requesting money as a lead.
First Autobiography of Sir John de Mandeville
The earliest English autobiography centers on Sir John de Mandeville born in St Albans in 1300 and renowned as a premier traveler of his era.
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John de Mandeville
St. Albans
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