Superstition as a national pastime in modern America
A survey of 875 university students reveals widespread pet superstitions from Friday the 13th fears to moonlight farming. The piece lists beliefs from number symbolism and lucky charms to omens in performance, travel, and everyday life, noting famous figures and historical examples across cultures.
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Haiti
America
Mid-Western University
Treasury Department
Agriculture Department
Shipping Board
South Atlantic Steamship Co
A. J. Balfour
Winston Churchill
Stanley Baldwin
Mussolini
Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bill” Tilden
Lincoln
Pola Negri
Gabriel d’Annunzio
Solitude and the weight of personal sorrow
Poem contrasts social response to joy and sorrow. Joy draws laughter and help, but grief isolates. The speaker notes that celebration fills halls while mourning leaves one alone, and suggests life’s pleasures and success do not ease the final journey through pain and death.
Paris Citizens Dishonest Paper Probes Franks Theft
Paris-Soir sent five franc stamps to varied Parisians and found 66 percent kept the money. Saloonkeepers and butchers topped the dishonesty list. editors were 80 percent honest, as were authors. Diplomats and Academy members fared poorly.
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Paris
Paris-Soir
French Academy
Pierre Duval
Paris- Soir
Sermon Pricing: Eight Dollar to One Dollar Sermons
A visiting preacher offers sermons priced from eight dollars down to one dollar and urges listeners to choose their preferred sermon immediately. He highlights a six, five, three, and one dollar option, promising a kerbeeshun collection as part of the outreach.
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Brethren
Hogwallow News Highlights Quiet Local Moments
Isaac Helwanger recalls resting on Saturdays beside a grindstone with a self starter now seen as essential. Sile Kilden reads a medical book and claims the author knew his subjects from personal experience. Raz Barlow plans to walk the left side of his umbrella handle until repaired. Fletcher Henstep notes summer’s passing during a Wild Onion speech, provoking young Jeff Potlock’s quip. Miss Fritzie Allsop celebrates local sleeve styles reaching Paris in a catalog read. The St Joshoe drummer visited Tuesday and muses on past cruelties of swatting flies compared to today.
Brief reference request ends with terse employer note
Mandy, applying for a job, is asked for references. The letter states the bearer will leave after one month and that the employer is perfectly satisfied with the work.
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Mandy
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