NRA and world events mirror Humpty Dumpty in Brishbane Week
In a collage of views from Brisbane this week the NRA is likened to Humpty Dumpty as reformers attempt to piece it back together after upheaval. Notable items include the Normanide and Queen Mary race for records, kidnapping cases like Danny Walsh and Volney Davis, a cross fashioned from tenpenny nails, and King George’s birthday pageantry. The piece also notes land security in Palestine, flood threats, and broad U.S. priorities beyond NRA.
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NRA
Washington
George
Irish Guards
Buckingham Palace
Night on Green Meadows Solves Danny Meadow Mouse Mystery
Nanny Meadow Mouse fears for Danny as silvery moonlight and chasing shadows set the stage for a perilous night. She worries he may be dead, speculating about threats from Redtail the Hawk, Reddy or Granny Fox, or Black Pussy the Cat, while the Meadow Mice rest safe in their nest.
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Meadow Mouse
Nanny Meadow Mouse
Danny Meadow Mouse
Nanny
Danny
Mistress Moon
Mr. Sun
Reddy
Granny Fox
Green Meadows
Black Pussy the Cat
Farmer Brown’s
Redtail
Hawk
It Isn’t Home A Poem Of Longing For Familiar Places
A reflective verse contrasts the beauty of oceans and city lights with the ache for a distant familiar home. The speaker imagines a green patch of land, a little house, a maple tree, and a rose-laden fence as the true anchor of home amid miles and stars.
Westion Box to Ed Wynn The Perfect Fool
Reader questions and witty answers from Dear Mr Wynn letter column. A waitress asks about tips, a girl comments on a boyfriend’s praise, a dance partner, and a Sunday school confusion. Answers offer playful puns and moral quips reflecting comic-era humor.
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Mr. Wynn
Mr Wynn
May B. U. Knoe
Mottiers Cook Book Delights With Prunes and Rhubarb
A brief Mottiers recipe touts a prune and rhubarb pie filling option. It suggests cooking the fruits together to fill a baked shell with meringue or baking slowly in two crusts. Also includes a fruit sherbet method with a sugar syrup and citrus juice.
Colonial Style Fruit and Cabbage Dishes Feature
This Western Newspaper Union item lists recipes for a banana dessert with whipped cream and three egg whites, a braised cabbage with apples onions and vinegar, a gelatin mold with tuna and salad dressing, and a squash tomato bake with buttered crumbs, offering varied preparations for vegetables and fruit.
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Western Newspaper Union
Hoosiers Skeptical of Desert Bloom Experiments
Rutgers university experiments show roses sweet peas and other flowers thriving in ordinary sand with nutrient enrichment. Ornamental horticulture chief Charlies H Connors says seashore gardeners may grow flowers to the ocean edge, with roses forming stronger roots in sand. Indiana dunes and sandy shore landscapes attract nature lovers despite shifting sands and beach light.
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Isaiah
Longfellow
Nile
Sahara
Rutgers University
Indianapolis News
Charlies H. Connors
Leutgers
Indiana
Dizzy Dean Winners Contest Ad Read In Paper
A brief advertisement invites readers to read the Grape Nuts ad in another column and learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program for a chance at valuable free prizes.
Way Of to One Side A Missouri Storekeeper in New York
A Missouri country storekeeper, recently in New York City, returned home amid curiosity from customers. He described the city as immense and busy with moving cars, underground trains, towering buildings, long paved streets, and constant traffic, but doubted its lasting success due to its distance.
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Missouri
New York City
New York
Bowie Knife Named After Col James Bowie of Texas
The heavy sheath knife popular in early western states is named after Col. James Bowie of Texas. He forged the blade from a worn-out file and had already killed a man with it.
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James Bowie
Texas
McClure Newspaper
Wnou Service
Golden glow eyeshadow sets trend for lids and jewelry
The fashion shifts to metallic makeup with a new gold bronze or silver eyeshadow shade. This trend could coordinate eye lids with metallic jewelry to heighten ensemble impact. Public Ledger inc. copyright.
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Public Ledger, Inc
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Servica
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Pacific Paradise
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Hawaii
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Noles
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