Peter Rabbit Fights Snowbound Pursuit by Shadow the Weasel
Peter Rabbit flees through the Green Forest in freezing snow as Shadow the Weasel closes in. He uses sideways jumps and quick dashes to shake the pursuer, recalls the briar patch, and faces the fear of capture with increasing fatigue. Shadow keeps gaining while Peter longs for safety and a remembered warning from Mrs. Peter.
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Peter Rabbit
Green Forest
Shadow the Weasel
Reddy Fox
Old Man Coyote
Hooty the Owl
Shadow
Peter
Briar Patch
J. G. Lloyd
WNU Service
Norway Captain I M I Smith Kieland Leads Oslo Ski Team
Norway captain I M I Smith Kieland, captain of the Norwegian ski team, arrived at Lake Placid for the Winter Olympic Games. He hails from Oslo and also represents the Norwegian Olympic Committee.
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I. M. I. Smith-Kieland
Lake Placid
N. Y
Oslo
Paray navy wool crepe drape cape model ensemble
A Paray creation features a shoulder drape resembling a cape in navy wool crepe. Included are bracelet gloves with the bracelet sewn into the cuff and a starched pique touch completing the outfit.
Motfier Cook Book Whey Uses In Early America
The article discusses whey as a versatile product in early America including drinks bread and skin care. It explains whey can be prepared from rennet or junket or obtained from soured milk and notes its nutritional content and historical hospital use for infants unable to take milk.
Virtue and whey texts blend in mixed 1932 prose and recipes
A nostalgic 1932 feature mixes a reflective poem by Douglas Malloch with wartime era domestic guidance from the Western Newspaper Union. It juxtaposes the notion of virtue with conveying sorrow and neighborly care, then shifts to practical whey based recipes and bread making tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Hedgehog defined as a pin cushion with legs
In a 1932 Bell Syndicate item, a playful Pop asks what a hedgehog is and is told the creature is a pin cushion with legs, reflecting lighthearted wordplay from the WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
WNU
Crown Links Remake Empire After Westminster Act
The Westminster statute makes each dominion a self governing nation free to sign foreign treaties and laws without London. Ireland joins the free commonwealth, altering royal counsel dynamics as experts ponder how a single king can be advised by cabinets of multiple countries. Public opinion sees the measure as necessary, hoping dominions embrace greater independence within the empire.
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London
Britain
Commonwealth
Ireland
Geneva
League of Nations
House of Commons
British Commonwealth
Human body worth 94 cents says expert
London reports Dr. Thomas E. Lawson, a noted British physician, calculates the average human being to contain measurable quantities of water, fat, carbon, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, lime and sulphur that at current prices total 94 cents. The breakdown includes ten-gallon barrel of water, seven bars of soap worth fat, 9000 pencils of carbon, 2200 match heads of phosphorus, one dose magnesium salts, one medium nail of iron, and lime to whitewash a chicken coop.
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London
Thomas E. Lawson
Burglar Makes Cemetery Chapel His Unlikely Home
In Limoges a chapel in a cemetery on the town’s edge served as a thief’s improvised dwelling until police raid. The burglar used the altar for storage including a shaving mug and soap while sleeping on loot-filled suitcases. A hose to sprinkle graves provided a makeshift bed and the thief’s loot was gathered in two suitcases.
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Limoges
France
Three youths request dice before prison trip in Norfolk
In Norfolk Nebraska three youths Harvey King Anthony Orth and Lawrence Cambridge after being sentenced to three years for cigarette theft asked to take a pair of dice to the prison. The request was noted as they prepared to begin their terms in the state facility.
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Norfolk
Neb
Harvey King
Anthony Orth
Lawrence Cambridge
Apple Tree Yields High Return Compared To Wheat
A tree yielding 40 bushels of Winesap apples near here brought as much money as three acres of wheat would have, according to estimates. The item notes a valued comparison of fruit versus grain as a local agricultural measure.
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Iberian
Woman Never Removes Ring After Fifty Seven Years
Mrs Belle Day of Quincy Mags has worn her wedding ring since her marriage more than fifty seven years ago, never removing it in all that time.
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Quincy
Mags
Belle Day
Rise and Fall of Detroit Banker Robert Allan
The young Detroit banker Robert Moffatt Allan, once president of American State Bank with 30 branches, is convicted of embezzlement and faces a Michigan State penitentiary sentence of one to twenty years. His meteoric rise from messenger to bank president ended amid the 1929 crash and ensuing scrutiny. He was a prominent social figure, member of golf clubs, a yacht club, and several lodges.
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Detroit
Star of Destiny
Robert Moffat Allan
Allan
American State Bank
Michigan State Penitentiary
Robert Moffatt Allan
New Militia Chief George Leach Named Major General
George Emerson Leach, twice mayor of Minneapolis and World War wounded near Pexonne I France, is appointed chief of the militia bureau for four years with the rank of major general. He succeeds William G. Everson, who resigned to lead the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado, overseeing National Guard affairs.
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George Emerson Leach
Minneapolis
Pexonne
I’rance
Militia Bureau
William G. Everaon
First Baptist Church of
Denver
Colo
Oriental Insects Prove Deathless in Stockholm Museum
Stockholm hosts vast collection of preserved Oriental insects at the Museum of Natural History. A new donation from the Kurile Islands adds 6,000 specimens, expanding a field studied by over thirty-five books and pamphlets.
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Stockholm
Museum of Natural History
Par
Kurile Islands
Springfield Woman Buys Doughnuts for Cattle
Springfield resident Mrs. Anna I Brower reportedly buys most of the stale doughnuts from local bakeries to feed her cattle. The exact timing and method of how the cattle developed a strong appetite for pastry are unclear in the fragment.
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Springfield
Anna I. Brower
Stella
Famed Bad Man's Bones Thought Found in West
Helena Montana workers found a skeleton believed to be James Daniels, an early bad man hanged by vigilantes after a card game murder. The bones were given to the Montana Historical Society. Daniels, convicted of first degree murder, was pardoned by Governor Meagher, then killed by vigilantes who left his pardon in his pocket.
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Helena
Mont
James Daniels
Museum of Pioneer History
The
Montana Historical Society
Daniels
State
T. F. Meagher
13 Spades Hand Tragedy in Chesterfield Inlet Yukon
From the Hudson Bay post at Chesterfield Inlet a grim tale emerges of a card game among two trappers a Hudson Bay Co official and an Eskimo. Pete shuffles a thirteen spade hand and declares seven spades while the Eskimo calmly says seven no trump. Pete’s spades are struck as waste cards and the Eskimo wins with invincible other suits.
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Churchill
Manitoba
Arctic Circle
Hudson Bay Company
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Pete
Bret Harte
Museum Receives One of World’s Smallest Books
In Oshkosh Wisconsin a public museum was given an 1842 English Almanac titled Achless English Almanac. The half inch by seven eighths inch volume features gold edged leaves and poems by Dickens Herr Stqudlgt and Ben Tree along with many dates. It was printed in England.
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Oshkosh
Wia
Mra. W. W. Waterhouse
Dickens
Herr Stqudlgt
Ben Tree
England
Cow Leads Horse and Mule to Death in Flames
A barn fire at Lawrence Multiplex Farm in Newburn caused a cow to drive a horse and a mule into flames as they fled the blaze. The trio perished after the chaotic chase and the barnyard animals collapsed in the heat, authorities reported.
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Newburn
Teun
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By Douglas
Malloch
Douglas Malloch
Frewit
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New York
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Elsie Bailey
Dominions
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Marietta College
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