The Butterfly or the Bee Tale in a Flower Garden
In a sunlit flower garden a Bee works hard while a vain Butterfly flits about admiring her colors. The Bee speaks of toil and contentment, while the Butterfly pursues beauty and praise. The Bee defends humble labor, noting true joy lies in work, not appearance, and the flowers echo the lesson. The tale ends with the question of who is happier.
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Bea
Madame Butterfly
Bee
Ming
Madame
Sho
Hfe
Butterfy
Back of the American Front Poetry Notes From a Frontline Correspondent
George T. Bye writes a playful diary style piece from a French hotel where he accompanies American troops in France. He describes waking with a song in his head about Americans, observations of fellow correspondents, dining arrangements, and the humor of living as a guest in a room charged to another, while sharing light commentary on daily life near the front.
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Sammy
France
Paris
New York
Beause
Minneapolis
Madame
Rotarians Taught Parliamentary Law
Rotarians plan a Monday noon session with A F Gates teaching parliamentary rules. Secretary Haswell invites members to be prepared for motions and tangles, promising useful practice and potential gains in handling upcoming meetings.
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Rotary Club
A. F. Gates
al. Gates
Black Bear Disrupts Private School Session
A months' old female black bear broke up a session at the fashionable Low Haywood private school for girls at Shippan Point Stamford Conn. The bear had been at large since Monday and exaggerated reports about its size and ferocity had spread locally.
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Stamford, Conn
Shippan Point
Bear cub mascot escapes at Shippon Point in town scare
A bear cub, mascot of an army cantonment football team, escaped captivity at Shippon Point. After roaming the area overnight it attempted to hug local children, prompting a police search by Chief Brennan and eight officers. The cub finally slept in a Robins family flower bed before being captured.
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Shippon Point
Merritt Skalding
Stamford
Mr. Skelding
Chicago
George A. Jenking
Davis Robins
Thomas Robins
National Advisory Board
Brennan
snow-Heywood School
Robins Place
Hotel Card Note About Sugar Rates
A fragment from a New York hotel card records sugar options and prices, noting two lumps of sugar, a rate in cents and a powdered option priced separately. The wording suggests service charges or options on a guest bill in a historical travel context.
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New York
Women Employed In Wall Street District Since War Start
It is estimated that 20,000 women have been employed in the Wall Street district of New York since the beginning of the war. The figure reflects rapid wartime labor shifts and the growing role of women in finance and related industries.
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Wall Street
New York
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F. A. Walker
George T
A. B. Haswell
Eacretary
Gray Gander
Caticara
Dept
Boston
Lumbago
cOlle
Black Bear
Sora
Ford
Detroit
Repass Automobile Co
West Fifth Street
Waterloo, Towa
Rock Island
Los Angeles
Calif
Nora Junction
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
BR. H. Johnston
Light
Overland-Hanson Company
Fourth and
Franklin Streets
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