Building a Place to Bide in the Green Forest
Jerry Muskrat weighs options for a new home near Smiling Pool and Laughing Brook. He surveys sites around the pool choosing a spot with access to deep water and safe flood clearance, finally deciding on a mud bank near bulrushes and the Big Rock. He aims to avoid flood risk learned from the old house.
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Father
Green Forest
Laughing Brook
Smiling Pool
Welcome Robin
Black Pussy
Johnny Chuck
Farmer Brown
Johnny
Jerry Muskrat
Jerry
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Ancestors Questioned as Source of Pride in 1933
In 1933, Bell Syndicate WNU service reports on the view of ancestors as a source of pride for many, exploring cultural significance and generational pride amid longstanding traditions.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Strawberry Shortcake and Berry Desserts as Seasonal Treats
The text describes summer fruit desserts with fresh strawberries served with sugar and cream, angel cake, and a rich biscuit shortcake. It notes currants cherries raspberries and blackberries as continual sources of fruit desserts from spring through autumn. It mentions a Blackberry Roll using rich biscuit dough spread with raspberry jam and rolled, moistened at the edges.
Backspin Golf Techniques for Beginners and Experts
The article explains two methods to produce backspin in golf. The first uses a downward swing with a divot to create a low flight and strong spin. The second, known as knocking the feet from under the ball, uses a nearly horizontal strike to impart reverse spin and a higher trajectory.
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Bell Syndicate
Crossword Teaser Puzzle With Mixed Clues and Answers
A large bird, smoking item, and many other clues fill this crossword teaser. Across entries include 1 A large bird and 6 Used for smoking, while down clues cover poems, body organs, and common nouns with various lengths and themes.
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Winnar
Dawn comes at last yet our sight keeps shifting
Poem by Douglas Malloch from 1933 via WNU Service meditates that dawn arrives as time passes though our eyes determine change. It contrasts the sun's westward path with human perception and spiritual sense, suggesting daylight's arrival does not alter reality but alters understanding.
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Douglas Malloth
WNU
Tyro 8 Film Wash Aims to Reveal Pitcher Lineup
The fragment notes an effort described as washing films to bring out pitchers, suggesting a method to evaluate or reveal younger players for the pitching rotation. The text is unclear on teams, dates, or organizations involved.
Boners and curiosities from old exam notes
A collage of humorous misstatements from exam papers and essays. It cites wrong facts such as Solomon’s reign length and geometry of the body with quirky lines about lumbago and cloaca. The items echo early 20th century humor from Bell Syndicate and WNU Service.
Angler Recalls Huge Bass Catch and Kind Gift
An enthusiastic neighbor tells a fishing tale about a seven pound bass he caught last night. His son chimes in that the generous father gave the fish to the boy’s kitten, adding a lighthearted end to the story.
Woman cleans loose tobacco from writing table
A Brooklyn Daily Eagle clipping notes a wife saving loose tobacco by sweeping it into a dustpan and returning it to the tobacco jar, reflecting careful household habit.
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Backe
Brooklyn Dally Eagle
Fraud Accuser and Suspect Clash Over Debts
A fragmentary exchange shows a claimant denying payment of losses while an accuser brands the man a fraud over money to cover his drinks, captured in a Berlin captioned scene.
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Berlin
Something in Common A Car for an Antique Gift
A dialogue contrasts an affordable antique jewelry gift with a car. The giver insists the car stands in for the missing jewelry while the recipient notes the difference. The exchange ends with a light, ironic remark about age.
Chapter and Verse in El Paso World News
A brief quip from the El Paso World News plays on memory humor. A speaker notes a wife’s memory is the worst while the other replies she remembers everything, framing a comic exchange.
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el Paso World News
Uncle Receives Weekly Checks Amid Writing Claims
A writer says he funds his income by writing to his uncle each week to obtain a check. The claim frames the method as his earning source and suggests ongoing financial support through letter correspondence.
Holding Out Does Your New Boyfriend Know Your Age
A briefSmiths Weekly item notes a provocative line about knowing a partner’s age. It comments on social dating norms and the flirtatious tension of youth and privacy in relationships.
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Smith’s Weekly
Suitor Says Formality Should Mark Helen’s Marriage
In a terse exchange Helen’s father questions who proposed sending a cane to signal the engagement. The suitor and Helen’s mother confirm the gesture as a formal custom, described as a customary observance. London Tite Bits.
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Pally
Helen
London
Mystery Cashier Seeks Timetable In Close Morning
Observers report a cashier lacking a moustache appeared early and borrowed the railway timetable. The incident drew questions from London readers about the missing schedule and the man involved.
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London
Everybody's Weekly
Covering Up the Boss and Stenographer Exchange
A brief humor sketch describes tensions between a boss and a stenographer about spelling errors. The boss decries writing mistakes while the stenographer questions the practicality of error avoidance and reveals a blotting solution.
Sardine Tits Quip Baffles Florence Il 420
In Florence Illinois 420 a quirky dialogue revolves around sea salt and pepper with an unexpected punchline declaring oil comes from sardine tits. The exchange captures local humor and odd trivia likely from a humorous column.
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Florence
Five-Instrument Musician Sensed In Munich Romance
A matrimonial agent tells a gentleman about a man who claims to be musical and able to play five instruments in a scene set in Munich. The dialogue hints at a gentle, humorous attempt to break the news.
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Munich
No Smoking in the Office Sparks Interoffice Debate
An exchange in the Venice Gazzettino Tl lustrato notes a disagreement over office etiquette as a clerk clarifies the item in question is a pencil, while the chief reinforces the no smoking rule in the workspace.
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Venice
Gazzettino Tllustrato
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