Busy Wrens Tend Seven Hungry Babies
Peter Rabbit observes Enny and Mr Wren feeding seven hungry babies, with each chick demanding vast daily meals. The busy parents hunt caterpillars spiders and flies, while the young one’s care weighs on Jenny and the need for rest is rare. Peter then seeks a less busy observer and hears a sweet song from T W Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enny
Mr. Wren
Peter Rabbit
Jenny
Mer
Wren
Peter
Tie
T W. Burgess
WNN Service
Cooked tips and home answers from Mr Wynn column
A composite WNU Service section features humorous home remedies and etiquette Q A. It includes a onion and garlic odor remedy for paint, advice on not turning away tramps, a joke about halitosis, fishing club questions by ANNGLER, and culinary instructions for cake making and pies with flour and baking guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Hathaway builds ornate table with 50619 inlays
World War veteran George L. Hathaway spent three years assembling a table inlaid with fifty thousand six hundred nineteen FH pieces. The craftman showcased the finished piece to local admirers and noted the precise placement required for each inlay.
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George L. Hathaway
Condiments and Home Canning Mentioned in Text
Fragment discusses mustard pickles chow chow capers anchovy paste chutney and similar condiments as items housewives store up or buy. It reflects household storage and procurement practices in a domestic context.
White Crepe Gown With Sequin Band Adorns Dolman Sleeves
A white crepe gown features dolman sleeves decorated by a wide band of black sequins. The sequined band travels to the back of the neck and forms shoulder straps, creating an extremely low back decolletage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Paray
Giants' Bones Found in Munich Sand Pit
Skeletons of prehistoric giants uncovered in a Munich area sand pit reveal forty well preserved remains averaging seven feet in height. Workers reported the find during excavation near Munich, Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Munich
Germany
Morning glory in the yard mirrors a mother's protective love
A poem-like reflection compares a wild morning-glory vine in the yard to a mother's protective love that may choke a loved one's flowering thoughts. The speaker warns that neglect could destroy beauty and growth, urging careful tending of love to allow growth rather than ruin.
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Mr. Wynn
I. M. Nosey
The Sultan of Sulu and a Royal Wedding Fiasco
A U S consul in Sandakan recounts a Malay marriage scandal involving a house boy Alus and a twelve year old girl Canapa. The sultan visits, the consul entertains him, and a plan for a royal wedding collapses when Canapa’s marriage occurs at the full moon. The tale highlights local customs and colonial missteps.
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National Geographite Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Sulu
United States
Philippines
Frank Murphy
Philippine Senate
Dwight F. Davis
Sultan of
George Ade
Philippine
British North Borneo
George M. Hanson
Sandakan
Malmbung
Jolo
Brunei
British Borneo
Borneo
Rajamuda
Singhalese
Ceylon
Alus
Canapa
Janapa
Tuan
Hart
Thad
Howev
Early railways slowed by oxen and mule teams
The passage notes that about a century ago American locomotives often crawled for hours behind slow ox teams or waited on sidings while a bulky mule changed its mind. About ten years after rail lines began, any vehicle with flanged wheels could use the rails, regardless of motive power, making early trains move at oxen pace.
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America
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West Point Miliary Academy
Camp Clinton
By Thornton W. Burgess
Susy
ED Wynn
IL M
B. U. Kno
Delaware River
Wilmington
Del
Associated Newspapers
Dyol
Dada Krows
Triangle
Bell Syndicate
Anne Campbell
Sultan
Government House
North Carolina
Asia Minor
Japan
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