Compost Pit Mystery for Farmer Browns Boy
In midsummer Farmer Brown's Boy digs a six foot deep compost pit in a sandy garden corner to store fallen leaves sod and barnyard dressing for next year's plants. Sammy Jay suspects a trap but keeps silent watching the boy and the pit as curiosity grows.
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Father Brown
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Sammy Jay
Sammy
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Age's Place by Douglas Malloch 1933 poem
A compact reflection on aging and place as age grows gray. The speaker notes the friction between youth's dominance and the desire of elders to retain status and relevance. The poem laments how vitality and modern hustle push older voices aside, even as lived experience remains rich.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
Renovating a Shabby Umbrella
To renew a faded umbrella, scrub it with a solution of ammonia and warm water. Rinse and air dry, then recoat with light wax to restore shine and prevent water absorption.
TRY THESE DISHES Wr to eat and how to prepare It
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union culinary snippet lists staple fruits and a dessert using apples and a veal heart dish. It describes Tasettes a steamed apple dessert and a veal heart recipe with bacon fat onions stock and peppers, highlighting economical staples for homemakers.
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Sengon
Western Newspaper Union
Secret grip ends over swing in tron golf
Francis Ouimet learned a cure for a fault in tron golf swings during 1914 in England while watching Hilton. He found that placing the right thumb atop the shaft prevented overswing, enabling a crisp hit with tron shots and short strokes alike.
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Francis Oulmet
England
Hilton
Ouimet
Bell Syndicate
Debutante Fashion at National Retail Dry Goods Show
At the New York convention of the National Retail Dry Goods Association a debutante unveiled a spring suit. The outfit features a taffeta blouse in sharp blue with puffed sleeves and wide revers, paired with a neutral gray suit and a scarf tie to complete the youthful ensemble.
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National Retail Dry Goods Association
New York
Traitor Soldier Seeks Union Return in War Echoes
Fragmentary notes recount Arnold Behnett a Union soldier who betrayed his side, was wounded in battle, and later begged for permission to resume Union colors. The text also references humorous exam tidbits and odd terms such as posthumous, and hints at jokes about the Middle Ages.
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Arnold Behnett
Name by Accident Sets Desk Name in Error
The New York Sun reports a Boston firm Charak Furniture used the trade name Governor Hancock desk but a printer labeled it Governor Winthrop by mistake. The misnaming stuck as the official designation for the slant-top desk.
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Governor Winthrop
New York Sun
Charak Furniture Company
Boston
Governor Hancock
Inflation debate explained in Washington this year
Washington editor William Bruckart explains inflation concepts and three main inflation paths: inflating currency, inflating credit, or creating a new dollar. He notes prices have fallen across commodities like wheat and steel, and argues inflation would raise prices and alter wages, bonds, and farmer incomes. Congress may pursue credit inflation amid war-time fears.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Germany
Union
Nancy Hart and Kate Shelley Heroine Profiles
This piece narrates the exploits of Nancy Hart a Revolutionary era heroine famed for outsmarting five Tory invaders at her Georgia cabin and aiding her people. and Kate Shelley a young Irish American girl who crossed a swollen Des Moines River bridge in 1881 to warn a passing train, saving lives and earning lasting memorials.
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George
Miberton
Augusta
Florida
Nancy
Aiberton
Daniel Boone
Georgia
King George
Sukey
Kentucky
Kate Shelley
Des Moines
Boone
Ogden
Moingona
Iowa
Honey Creek
Kate
Shelley Cottage
Yom
Molngonn
Western Newspaper Union
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