Adventurer Jip the Hound Survives Icy Rescue
Newton Belgum reports Jip a half foxhound half pointer stranded in icy river water near Sullivan Illinois on a bitter December morning in 1933. The dog fought the current with three men blasting ice and guiding a channel to safety after fifteen minutes in the cold.
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Tlyello
Jip
Illinois
Newton Belgum
Chicago
Newt
Harry Russell
Frank Blackford
Kaskaskia
Sullivan
Til
Newton
Frank
Harry
Nett
Jim
Bowler Hat History and Notable Descriptions
The bowler or derby hat originated in Britain over 60 years ago, crafted by William Bowler for a Norfolk farmer and spreading widely. It stands for solidity while the high silk topper signals social standing. John Hetherington once faced arrest for its glare, and Antoine Gibus contributed a key hat mechanism. High hats remain hand made.
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William Bowler
St. Swithin’s Lane
Britain
John Hetherington
London
Antoine Gibus
Efficient kitchen book shelf with oil cloth folders
Homemakers can store back issue booklets and cookbooks in bright oil cloth folder covers, matching kitchen colors. Folders are cardboard stiffened, labeled by subject, and kept flat under weight to dry. Selling two titles at 15 cents each or 25 cents for both, with bonus leaflets included for a limited stock.
Citizens urged to support retrenchment in government
U S Senator Pat Harrison says responsible citizens must press Congress for reduced expenditures. He emphasizes that fiscal retrenchment depends on active public interest and encouragement for economy measures back home.
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Congress
U. S
Pat Harrison
Ambidextrous remark sparks bias question in brief item
A compact News item notes a debate over whether side matters in a playful exchange. Alford dismisses differences, stating ambidexterity. The quirky line includes phrases like Love bug and curled reference, hinting at a lighter local panel or feature.
Fragmented quotation from a distressed exchange
A damaged passage shows a terse back and forth about repeated actions and a tense exchange. The lines fragment a confrontation with a fatherly accusation and a lingering question, reflecting a moment of strain and uncertainty.
Postman Mixes Message in Housewife Dispute
In an unclear exchange a woman, identified only as a housewife, rejects a postman’s note while arguing over attribution. The line about a name being obliterated signals faded identity in a domestic quarrel.
Traffic wait turns into social critique in a street scene
A woman watches the busy street waiting for a clear moment while a friend suggests turning away and blaming others. A quip about a man’s loud clothes prompts a conservative reply, and a husband wife exchange jokes about saving and the neighbor’s expenses highlights social humor.
Quickfire Qs from a quiz show style list
A compact set of questions spans optics of gunfire hearing order to definitions and history. It asks about immigrant versus emigrant, Abraham’s plains, a prestidigitator, one-word equilibrium, Molly Pitcher, ambergris origin, Hanging Gardens origin, robot umpires, and German silver.
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Mollie Pitcher
Babylon
The Answers Quiz Truths and Puns
The flash proves light travels faster than sound. An immigrant enters a place while an emigrant leaves. The region named Quebec features in the riddle. A juggler is a magician who performs with many objects.
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Quebec
Balance of questions and answers in a history quiz
The item lists several Q and A style entries. It mentions a Revolutionary War wife who filled her husband's cannon role at Monmouth, the ambergris source from spermaceti whales, King Nebuchadnezzar, a new electrically operated robot umpire invented by John Oram of Dallas, Texas, and an alloy consisting of copper zinc and nickel.
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Monmouth
Ambergris
Nebuchadnezzar
John Oram
Dallas
Texas
Around the House tips and housekeeping notes
A collection of domestic hints covers ways to keep mustard fresh with salt, store honey in a warm dry place, and a Sunday night menu of hot bacon sandwiches fruit salad brownies and iced coffee. It also advises washing ice trays weekly, using old linen for polishing glass, cleaning yellowed white paint with whiting solution, separating glued jam pot covers with a hot iron, washing artificial silk with tepid salt water, and using methylated spirit in rinsing water to preserve gloss and prevent creases.
Strange Facts From Around The World And Beyond
A collage of curiosities: divers painting at sea depths, the Trans Siberian Express covering Moscow to Vladivostok in eight days eleven hours, Sempervivum tectorum roofs shielding houses from thunder, Peruvian hats coated with lead paint becoming rigid, and 50s New York barbershops selling ceiling ads. Collier's.
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Moscow
Vladivostok
Russia
New York City
Collier’s
Six Points For A Young Man's Start In Work
A quoted aphorism outlines six steps for a young man starting out. First secure a position, second keep his mouth shut, third observe, fourth be faithful, fifth make the employer think he would be lost without him, sixth be polite. The advice emphasizes discretion, loyalty, and courteous conduct as keys to early success.
Summer outfit patterns for children and 1773 dress
A sewing pattern advertisement describes a 1773 style soft afternoon dress with full sleeves and paneled skirt in chiffon georgette or voile, plus a tot summer wardrobe including bonnet pinafore and play suit. Sizes 2 to 62 offered with yardage guides and trimming details. Orders to The Pattern Circle Dept Chicago Illinois for 15 cent patterns.
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Séwity Circle
Rooiti
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Hil
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Favorite Recipe of the Week Kool-Aid Jello Style
A recipe titled Favorite Recipe of the Week outlines making a lemon Kool-Aid dessert. It lists ingredients including sugar corn starch eggs lemon juice butter salt and Kool-Aid and provides step by step preparation from boiling sugar water to thickened custard folded with beaten egg whites.
Farmer Giles Found A Happy Equilibrium
A village buzzes as Farmer Giles, older husband, weds a bride about twenty years his junior. Critics say the match unequal, but Giles and his wife insist their ages balance: he feels twenty years younger when he sees her, and she feels twenty older when she looks at him.
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Giles
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Ian In
Adventurers’ Club
Ourself
Western Newspaper Union
Bowler Hat
Farmer
Mabel
Alford
O’brien
Sina
Lis
Ou Ya
Newell
Lice
Wes
America
Jerry
Asa Hornet
Hoban
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