Pass the Patman Bill and a King's Jubilee Echo
A 55 to 33 Senate vote approves the Patman veteran cash bonus, with no guarantee of a presidential override. Commentary questions money’s value versus bonds, Roosevelt’s praise for King George, and lingering debates on US policy. Elsewhere an air crash kills five, including Senator Cutting, prompting calls for safer parachutes. Also notes on NRA advertising limits, Germany’s marriage drive, Pope Pius XII’s concerns, and Hopkins warning of an emerging new order. King George’s jubilee may see free beer in one English town as CCC camps debate morale.
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Senate
Patman
United States
CCC
Bedtime Tale of Danny Meadow Mouse and Billy Mink
Danny Meadow Mouse hides in a hollow log while Billy Mink waits just outside the doorway. The frightened rodent contemplates his mistakes as Mink schemes to lure him out, hoping for an eventual catch. The tale ends with tension as Danny stays hidden and Mink persists.
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Anny Meadow Mouse
Billy Mink
Billy
Danny
Danny Meadow Mouse
Billy Bink
Laughing Brook
Question Box to Ed Wynn The Perfect Fool
A reader asks why a rich rider wears one spur on the right boot. The answer humorously notes efficiency and horse side instinct.
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ED Wynn
Mr. Wynn
Mother's Cook Book Savers Time with Roux and Dressings
Practical kitchen tips from the Western Newspaper Union on simplifying gravies soups and sauces through pre made roux white and brown and a keepable French dressing. Steps include amounts cook times storage and how to use roux for thickening and flavor, plus a note on adding hard boiled eggs to dressing.
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Unica
Umbrella described as portable shelter in early diction aries
The text notes an 18th century view of the umbrella as a portable shelter to screen from rain or heat. It claims medieval use as a rank symbol in ceremonial processions and dates the first US appearance to Baltimore in 1772 with stray closing words about a syndicate.
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United States
Baltimore
Love Lamps Burn in a Rural Verse of Passion
A poetic lyric laments enduring love across years and generations. The speaker recalls a single flame that grew into many lights, framing memories of family and shared home. The imagery widens from personal devotion to a broader, luminous connection that survives time.
Note Make-Ups By V. V.
Public Ledger presents a brief note by V. V. on makeup techniques and stylistic choices for features in the print edition. The piece touches on editorial timing, presentation, and reader clarity for backdated and future columns.
Illinois Brevities show calm lifelines and legal battles
Mrs Nancy Runyon aged ninety one dies at her farm near Pomona leaving 154 descendants. Henry county veteran Charles N Lester turns ninety three. State tax receipts top 3.5 million in April. Drowning deaths near Monmouth. Davenport burglaries tied to Frank Cole. Governor Horner acts on heart balm ban. Rock Island’s aging leaders pass and new officials assume office.
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Nancy Runyon
Pomenza
Charles N. Lester
Kewanee
Henry County
K. L. Ames
Sjr
Robert Perry
Eldon Waddell
Monmouth
Frank Cole
Davenport
Iowa
Moline
Rock Island
Horner
Miinels
Secretary of State
John W. Claspell
John Buford Post
G. A. BR
Francis Porter
Champaign
George Arnold
Hudson
Gale Rade
Carlock
Dwight Uffey
Bloomington
Samuel Atkins Eliot
Arlington Street
Boston
Mass
University of Ilinois
Arthur P. Miller
Clara A. Applegate
Illinois
Atlanta
Miller
Kankakee
Roy Taylor
Fister
Albert F. Hattenberg
Ilinois
Geneva
Fulton
Whiteside
Lee
DeKalb
Abraham Lincoln
Belleville
Anna Schwartz
John A. Bengston
Washington
Post Office Department
Lester Tiffany
Lake County
William H. Holly
Charles Foster
Waukegan
Olaf Pohlson
John Huban
Foster
Holly
Jai
Leavenworth
Clarence Maitland Service
State Department of Public Works and
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
George T. Jones
Joliet
William A. Hennessy
Jones
Mase
Joliet Works
Miinois Steel Company
D. H. Lewis
Joseph Whallen
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Cutting
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Pope Pius
Hitler
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Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency
Mussolini
Stalin
America
Tlttiie
King Festures Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Arther Brishbare
Windsor Castle
By Thornton W. Burgess
Ann Gloe Saxon
Mr Wynn
Polly Annah
Ima St
P. Knutt
Associated Newspapers
Wndu Service
der Syndicate
McCree Va
Love’s
By Anne Campbell
Vionnet
Ascot
Public Ledger, Inc
Willie Donnelly
St. Louis
Lynn
York
Maine
Willie
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