Time Flies When You Are Busy by Thomson PhD
Time is a tricky fellow and a practical joker. The piece argues time moves fastest when we are busy and slows when we are idle, noting perception shifts with interest and sequence of events. It compares time to an accordion tied to our attention and urges watching the clock to feel control.
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K. “Thomson, Ph
Jpather
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Lumbago
Strepersnes
Apyeris
The Little Road We All Travel
Poem reflecting on humble roads and daily journeys. It compares small roads to grand avenues, states each person is a path to others, and emphasizes bearing burdens and guiding others to their gates. The tone is thoughtful, celebrating simple routes and shared responsibility.
Gifts for No Reason At All
A humorous reflection on anniversaries and gifts. A wife describes how her husband spoils with unexpected presents while neglecting occasions, noting the appeal of a thoughtful surprise over costly tokens. The piece contrasts ritual expectations with the genuine joy of unprompted generosity.
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John
Best of Panama Weather and Curious Quip in Panama City
Best of Panama notes tropical climate with warm days and cooler nights in Colon and Panama City. Wet season spans April to December, bringing 8.5 to 15.5 inches of rain yearly. The text also includes a literary aside quoting Bridget’s line about strange critters and a reflection on devotion and love.
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Bridget
Bell Syndicate
Panama
Colon
Panama City
About Good Things To Eat By Nellie Maxwell
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union feature offers practical kitchen tips. It includes recipes and tips such as creamed radishes with white sauce, radish greens from tops and wild greens, banana and cranberry jam with pectin, a dictam dirty rabbit dish with tomato cheese eggs, and new peas with bacon served over cream sauce.
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Nellie Maxwell
Unica
The Word Wicked by Jean Newton
An exploration of the word wicked tracing its meaning from evil to daily usage. The piece notes ecclesiastical influence and biblical metaphors describing the wicked as smoldering wicks and the lights of the earth. It credits the Saxons with adapting wick meaning to everyday speech as reeds burned in primitive sconces.
Freckled Caprine and Sardonic Tales of Goats
The piece satirically notes the freckled caprine as the most powerful creature, jokes about its role against Turks in Palestine, and mocks scientific claims with quirky imagery of peanut heads and almond feet, attributed to humorists and the Metropolitan Newspaper Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Palestine
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Jungle Quiz and Curious Creatures in Topsy Turvy Land
Excerpted verse from Mauide Wood by Henty describes a narrator leaving mud at sea for jungle exploration. He notes strange beasts like flying frogs and whistling worms, marveling at lizards shedding tails and a deer that seems unusual, while contrasting jungle life with the sea and reflecting on how each place shapes his view.
Stocky the musk ox Defies Eskimos and Protects Family
In a narrative of Stocky the musk ox, the animal senses a threatening Eskimo scent from the north and decides to defend his family. He confronts pursuing Eskimos, drives them away in a tense, perilous chase, and ultimately earns their wary respect as he and his kin continue living in Arctic peace.
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Stocky
Inuskox
Fieson
Arctic
Tundra
Stocks
Kitchen Recipes and Salads from Western Newspaper Union
A compendium of salad ideas and meals from 1930s cooking notes. It covers carrot and pineapple chicken salads, melon cocktails, potato salad a la russe, collards, and pork chops de luxe with step by step guidance and ingredient lists. The tone reflects period home cookery with practical tips and garnish suggestions.
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Huwailang
Creative junket desserts and preserves from a home cook
A 1920s style guide lists cherry sponge, ambrosia, chicken mousse, a Good Pep Cocktail, prune jam, and dried apricot jam. It details gelatin dissolves, whipping, folding, and chilling steps, plus additions like fruit juices, salt, and liqueur notes, ending with a terse garbled line about dried apricots.
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Railway
Buenos Aires
Sey Lop
Wicch
By M
Douglas Malloch
By Jean Newson
Kipling
Jéan Newton
National Archives
Ars
Washington
Eee
Hugh Hutton
Clarence Case
Quebec
Malay Sea
Jungie
Henty
Tinian
Noni
Prom
Harvey Peake
Western Newspaper Union
New York Morning Telegraph
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