The Good Ship Wobble and the Mosquito Cloud
A humorous account from the New York Sun traces the misadventures of Capt. Elennie Hussenpfeffer and his ship the Wobble. Misfits, single paddle wheel, Africa, and a mosquito swarm strand the vessel, which sails aimlessly until sails and masts are added. The same flock later recurs off South America.
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Frank Ward O'Malley
New York Sun
Heinle
Atlantile
South America
Hennie
Western Newspaper Union
First Aid to Ailing House Renewing Water Pipes
Practical advice on diagnosing and solving water pipe corrosion and clogging. Explains that replacement is often the only remedy, especially for corroded sections in cellar pipes. Recommends inquiry to choose nonreactive metals, with copper and flexible tubing noted as minimally invasive options.
England's Old Train The Channel Isles Boat Express
Britain’s most antiquated train runs between Weymouth Town freight yard and a quay a mile and a quarter away. It travels no faster than four miles per hour, with a man walking ahead to warn at street intersections along its route.
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England
Channel Isles
Weymouth
Britain
Horse and Policeman Retired Quicksilver Horse Retires
Quicksilver, the world famous police horse, retires after sixteen years of service with owner and London assistant police commissioner. The pair leave on a pension, marking the end of an era in mounted policing.
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Quicksilver
Police Commissioner of
London
Heidelberg Town and Historic University Ties
Heidelberg, a university town in southwest Germany, hosts a university founded in 1385. The city features an ancient castle with a cellar cask capacity of 46 732 gallons and, near its vicinity in 1907, yielded a lower jawbone of a prehistoric man linking to a historic racial type.
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Heidelberg Heidelberg
Barten
Germany
University
Heidelberg
Creation Explained Women Made Beautiful to Attract Men
The passage argues that women were created beautiful so men would love them, and dull to ensure women would love the men. It presents a provocative, dated view on gender roles and attraction in a concise, declarative style.
Speak English Best Of all foreign students in this country
Chinese speak English the best, German rate second.
Down With Demon Rum Tem perance Motto in Nineteenth Century
In early American temperance culture a poem printer craft “The Sons of the De canter” circulated in newspapers and was often reprinted as a typographical curiosity, reflecting the movement’s zeal and stylistic quirks of periodical printing.
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the Sons of the Decanter
Tapioca Adds Texture To Frozen Desserts
Quick cooking tapioca allows thinning cream with milk in frozen dishes. It prevents ice crystal formation, enabling smooth texture and use of milk and cream blends. For mechanical freezers set to freezing desserts and wait for completion.
Ice Cream Desser t Copy with Toasted Nuts and Pineapple
A dessert method combines tapioca milk and corn syrup, then folds in beaten egg whites and whipped cream. Flavoring includes vanilla, toasted almonds, canned pineapple, and toasted coconut, with freezing steps and optional variations using coconut bisque and ginger pudding. O W N W U Service.
Favorite Old Mexico Pring Time Corn Cake Recipe
A spicy thin corn cake with cottage cheese and a Mez tequila sauce method to make six servings. Includes cornmeal, flour, milk, butter, salt and baking powder, plus steps for frying and filling with cheese and sour cream sauce made from tomatoes onion green pepper and sour cream.
Cottage Cheese Eggs and Apple Sauce Custard Recipe
Easy lunch menu for children featuring Baked Cottage Cheese Eggs with Rice and Apple Sauce Custard. Includes steps to mix cottage cheese with milk and yolks, bake eggs over rice with sauce, plus a custard with applesauce and nutmeg. Serves six.
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Eges
Why Do People Pretend Boredom and Disgust
The piece argues that pretending boredom or disgust masks envy and insecurity. It suggests that people dupe themselves into devaluing things they cannot or believe others perform better, reducing ego pain. It notes that inferiority feelings correlate with such pretense more than genuine self-confidence.
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WNU
Diocletian Palace and Dalmatia’s historic city
Dalmatia’s Chief Town Dalmatia grew from Aspalatos when Emperor Diocletian arrived in the third century to plant cabbages. He built a vast palace occupying about ten acres, housing hundreds of families. In the seventh century his mausoleum became a cathedral and his Temple of Jupiter a baptistry. The cathedral showcases a rare blend of antique Roman Asiatic early Gothic Renaissance and other styles through sixteen centuries of repairs and changes.
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Dalmatia
Split
Yugoslav Riviera
Diocletian
Aspalatos
Jupiter
Grace Moore Passes High Honor For CBS Radio Show
Grace Moore rejected a command performance before the King of England and an engagement at Covent Garden to stay in the United States for a Saturday night CBS radio program. The piece notes other radio figures such as Dale Carnegie, Rudy Vallee, Shirley Lloyd, Conrad Thibault, Edgar A guest, Johnny Green, Marlene Dietrich, Gus Edwards, and Carlton KaDell, highlighting their roles, achievements, and quirks in the era of radio variety shows.
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Grace Moore
CBS
London
Covent Garden Opera House
Win
DeLuxe
Mckay Coffee
Easton
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Frankie Masters
NBC
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Knights of the Baton
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epStetter
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Queen Anne
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