Billie Brownie and the Birds Learn Sparrows and Nuthatches
Billie Brownie visits Tree Sparrows and Red-Breasted Nuthatches to learn their winter habits and appearances. The sparrows describe their self sufficiency and color notes while the nuthatches explain blunt tails and pointed bills and contrast their White Breasted cousins.
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Bilie Brownie
Mother Nature
Billie Brownlie
Billie Brownie
Bille Brownie
Chickadee
On the Shelf Origin and Use in Publishing Language
An article traces the phrase on the shelf from publishing and library usage to its modern figurative meaning. It notes that popular works were once on the table while worn or inactive books moved to the shelf and cites a disgruntled author as a contemporary example.
Unnecessary Risks and Caution in Ventures
A 1928 Western Newspaper Union piece argues many risks are avoidable and folly in rushing ventures. It praises discrimination and moral goals, noting prudence protects friendship, reputation, and money, while speed can ruin ventures unless the reward justifies the risk. A closing line describes a vault bolt delaying access by bank robbers.
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Western Newspaper Union
Transference of Disease in Chicken Superstition
A discussion of a widespread belief that letting a chicken die in one’s hands transfers illness to the handler. The piece explains primitive contact magic, the two way transfer idea, and the concept of death contagion as referenced by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
All Grain and Mash Best for Chicks
The Cornell poultry department favors a two part feed of dry mash and grain for young chicks. Start with mash for eight to ten weeks each morning and grain in the afternoon, adjusting amounts by age and availability of milk. The mash blends cornmeal bran flour middlings oats meat scraps bone meal milk products and salt with optional oyster shell.
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Cornell Poultry Department
Spray Solution Kills Mites in Hot Weather
Poultry mites threaten early summer eggs and meat. Spray the coop before infestation with kerosene crude oil carbolic acid and cresol solution, applied thoroughly to cracks and hidden spots. repeat after a few days for best disinfectant effect.
Old Timepieces Gathered by Paramount Studios
A wardrobe department collection at Paramount Studios Hollywood preserves 121 antique watches in working order. From 43 silver and 20 gold men’s watches to 42 silver and 16 gold women’s pieces, the set spans up to 150 years. Notable prizes include two 150 year old Swiss chatelaine and belt watches.
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Paramount Studios
Hollywood
Gentlecare for infant habits and digestive comfort
Advice for mothers on stopping thumb sucking in toddlers and regulating bowel action in babies. Recommends pinning sleeves or cuffs, using Fletcher's Castoria for colic and constipation, and notes the product is vegetable and safe with the wrapper signature as authenticity.
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Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Nickel Candy Bar Names Spark Family Scandal
A humorous note recalls a young man mocked as the black sheep for naming new nickel candy bars. His father oversees naming Pullman cars and his mother writes famous subtitles, but the boy’s naming habit draws ridicule.
Ragged Schools Aided by Volunteers Across Britain
Ragged schools in Great Britain relied on voluntary contributions to educate destitute children. Legend credits John Wounds the cobbler with starting the effort by teaching ragged youngsters in his district while he worked. The 1870 compulsory education act reduced their role as many merged into free schools.
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Great Britain
John Wounds
Poultry Tips For Small Flocks And Brooding
Practical manual notes urge balance in hen diet and oyster shell within reach. Check feed by sight and smell, avoid damp mushy foods for chicks, and keep roosts low and uniform. Start small in poultry, care for turkeys in October, set eggs after a week with males, and milk in chick feed boosts growth per experts.
Red attire wedding warning sparks cautionary tale
A quirky admonition warns guests not to wear red to a wedding, claiming the color signals bad luck. The note uses a humorous, over-the-toptone to stress decorum and avoid drawing negative attention to the couple.
Never Worry Others Motto Grows Stronger
A short maxim on community spirit frames a simple idea. Adding the word others emphasizes shared care and mutual support as a guiding motto.
Money Maker ad for high grade article by Supreme Products Co
An advertisement by Supreme Products Co of Chicago promotes a new high grade article. It targets young men and car owners, offering a good opening in term and sight sale. Located at 64 W Randolph.
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Supreme Products Co
W. Randolph
Chi
Diphtheria Free in Cambridge Tops Cities Over 100 000
Cambridge Mass leads large cities in diphtheria prevention with zero deaths in 1927. Only once in five years has a city with 100000+ population avoided diphtheria deaths, Duluth Minn. previously held the record in 1925. Seven large cities posted zero typhoid deaths last year as New Haven Springfield Yonkers Paterson Richmond Canton Kansas City Kansas appear on the typhoid honor roll, the largest since 1913.
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Cambridge
Mass
United States
American Medical Association
Duluth
Minn
Medical Association
New Haven
Conn
Springfield
Yonkers
N. Y
Paterson
N. J
Richmond
Canton
Ohio
Kansas City
Kan
No Place for Him in Jobs Feeding Sharks
A racial exchange reports a black man offered work feeding sharks, refusing after a blunt rebuke. The conversation notes the handler’s belief that black people are safe but the man declines. The piece highlights racial attitudes in the job offer context.
Any Girl Who Learns to Be a Good Cook
A remark emphasizes that girls who learn cooking gain praise and confidence, portraying cooking skill as a path to social esteem and personal assurance.
The Easier a Man Is to Approach
A terse aphorism noting that approachability often correlates with the challenge of escaping or distancing oneself from a person, implying social or psychological consequences.
Varicose Vein Remedy Promoted in 1926 Ad
A 1926 advertisement touts Mooney Emerald Oil as a powerful topical treatment for varicose veins eczema ulcers and piles. It promises rapid improvement with nightly and morning application and notes availability at pharmacies with a W N U Des Moines No 28 1926 attribution.
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Marietta Millner
Vienna
H. Irving
Kinq
Ruth Brittain
Sue
Satan
Monarch Quality Food Products
Monarch
WerWel
Rees St
Chicago
6Th St
St. Louis
Edward Pomainville
Wisconsin Rapids
Wig
Watertown
Him
Des Moines, NO
Usia
Wolgamor
Richwood
K-R-O Company
Springheld
Cuticura
Outiewa Labora
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