Buster Bear’s Beech Nut Banquet Turns Sour
A tale where greed ruins a woodland picnic. Buster Bear grabs all the beech nuts, growling and chasing Lightfoot the Deer and other neighbors, while Peter Rabbit and friends watch, illustrating how piggish pursuit of excess leads to emptier results. Narrator T. W. Burgess.
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Buster Bear
Buster
Hiim
Luster Bear
Lightfoot
Sammy Jay
Redhead
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Happy Jack
Billy
Mrs. Possum
Peter Rabbit
Big Buster Bear
Boners and quick facts from old exam notes
A jumble of humorous or odd statements and misc trivia including weather made longer days, Franklin's lightning, ancient wheat in mummies, magnetic poles attraction, heaven as space without matter, and a quip about a child resembling his father. Mentions John Smith and Pocahontas with a stray 1932 tag.
Through a Woman's Eyes by Jean Newton on The Good Old Days
A Thursday Lecture condemns transgressors under Puritan shades as the constable binds an idle man to the whipping post. Daniel Fairfield stands on the steps of the venue as public shame unfolds.
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Daniel Fairfield
Hawthorne sketches spark reflections on past harsh lives
The narrator cites Hawthorne’s Old New England scenes showing harsh punishments and stern Puritan life. He contrasts such tales with modern progress, urging readers to value current emancipation and daily living freedoms over nostalgia for the past.
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Dorothy Talby
Prison Lane
New England
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ife
Old
John Proctor
Elizabeth
Ashtray Ensemble Named for Detachable Button Ashtrays
A periwinkle blue ribbed crepe dinner ensemble features huge detachable buttons that double as ashtrays, promising popularity for its wearer in a playful fashion note.
The Silvery Years Poem Excerpt
An excerpt poem reflecting on aging and love with recurring silver imagery. The speaker contemplates death and the passing of time as life winds toward its end while love remains. The passage uses vivid silver motifs to describe hair, winter, shadows, and the moon.
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WNOD
Ironic Irene’s Witty Waterline Comment Ignites Debate
A quip by Ironic Irene in 1953 critiques male beliefs about women speaking up. The remark, cited by Bell Syndicate WNU Service, suggests women rarely stay silent except when underwater, prompting discussion on gender discourse.
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Irene
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Part Time Farmers Favor Rural Living in New York
Kenneth Hood of the New York State College of Agriculture reports a study of 700 part time farmers across six counties. They cite lower transportation costs and discounts in living expenses, especially rent, with gains from garden poultry and dairy, plus tourist trade potential and roadside sales.
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New York
Kenneth Hood-of
Hood
Department warns on trichinosis from undercooked pork
The Department of Agriculture urges thorough cooking of pork to prevent fatal trichinosis which in some cases reaches about five percent. Heat destroys the parasite, and the U S Inspected and Passed stamp does not guarantee safety except for certain raw prepared products. When in doubt about processing, cook pork well before eating.
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Department_of Agriculture
Health and blood tonics promise rosy skin and vigor
The text promotes S.S.S. as a blood tonic to raise hemoglobin, improve color and energy, and restore appetite. It links pale lips and cheeks to run-down blood, claims S.S.S. stimulates gastric secretions and provides minerals for better blood health, and notes availability in two sizes from the 8.8.8, Co.
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S'S.s
S.S.S
Wit and whimsy drift through distant papers
A quip from Detroit News jokes about universal fingerprinting aiding communication with Washington to track down a garage band that pawed upholstery. In Kansas City Star a mother-teasing exchange jokes about a "second story man" and a father’s elusiveness.
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Washington
Detroit News
Kansas City Star
Pimples Spurred Cure with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Miss Anna Krouchick of Scranton Pa describes a severe facial breakout that left her unable to go out due to red itchy pimples. After trying various remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, receiving a free sample then purchasing more and after three cakes of soap and two boxes of ointment her face healed.
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Anna Krouchick
Emmett St
Scranton
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T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Bell
WNU Bervica
Benjamin Franklin
Heaven
John Smith
Bell Syndicata
Wwnu
By Jean Newton
Maxie
Mabelle Petit
Boston
Center
Doris Writehard
Marjorie Brooker
Mabelle
Beach Cabana Club
Milam! Beach
Fla
Hawthorne
Texas and Pacific
Fort Worth
Texarkana
Texas
Numa
McOere Newspaper Syndicate
WNU
By Anne Campbell
Schenectady
Cutiura
S.C. Babcock
Parker
Patea
N.Y
Hiscox
Patchogue
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