Reddy Fox Uses Smooth Tongue to Win Flattery
Jerry Muskrat, dwelling at Smiling Pool, praises his own water house as Reddy Fox flatters him. Reddy asks to see the interior and expresses interest in a land house, prompting Jerry to consider helping but hinting at caution about an old foe. A Burgess tale from 1933 notes Reddy’s smooth tongue.
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Jerry Muskrat
Reddy Fox
Jerry
Paddy the Beaver
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Reddy
Jerryn
T. W. Burgess
Food and feeding time for children
The article advises mothers on shaping early eating habits to ease future parenting. It stresses starting with infants, forming tolerance for simple, well cooked foods, and making meals pleasant. It notes willful children become difficult adults and urges tasting food for palatability to avoid lasting dislikes.
Breakfast ideas and notes from 1933 health guidance
A 1933 U S health column offers breakfast ideas such as Orange Honey Crispy and Frosted Orange Juice using orange juice with honey or vanilla ice cream. It advises nursing mothers to increase liquids, suggests lemon juice with orange juice for vitamin C, and includes quirky WNU Service snippets on humorous boners and literary references.
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Western Newspaper Union
Not All the Time Yet Life Has Thistles and Grain
A reflective verse noting that prosperity and happiness vary with the seasons. The speaker admits they are not always rich or winning and that life holds thistles as well as grain. Despite weary days and wet skies, others should not fret, for such fluctuations are part of life.
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Iife
Douglas Maloch
WNU
Boners Quote From Queen Elizabeth and Raleigh Exchange
A fragment recalls Queen Elizabeth crossing the puddle and joking about Raleigh's cloak. Raleigh answers in French, Mon Dieu et Mon Droit, translating roughly to My God you are right.
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Queen Elizabeth
Raleigh
Winter hive packing tips from New York agricultural service
George H. Roa outlines fall bee care for winter. Replace weak queens and destroy diseased colonies. Leave ample honey, avoid overfeeding, move hives from wind, insulate after prep, and use tar paper or slaters. Pack colonies tightly in paired groups with ground clearance and windproof coverings before ground freezes.
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George H. Roa
New York State ‘College of Agricultural
WNY Service
Warm storage guidance for potatoes from New York expert
Prof Ora Smith of the New York State College of Agriculture says store potatoes at about 50 degrees F for the first weeks to allow cuts and bruises to heal. Immediate storage at 85 degrees causes weight loss from heat and decay. After initial weeks lower to 36 38 degrees F and keep humidity 85 to 95 percent to prevent condensation and spoilage.
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Ora Smith
New York State College of Agriculture
Soil limestone reaction in soils from Ohio station tests
Soil absorbs limestone tests show that finely ground limestone reacts with soil acids rapidly in ideal conditions. In practice decomposition slows due to impurity in commercial limestone and imperfect mixing. Moisture is essential as dry soil does not decompose limestone. The limestone disappears by reaction but is not lost. active lime binds with soil acids and is gradually removed by crops, drainage, and surface wash.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Agricultural Briefs Highlight Rural Headlines Across States
A sheep’s horns shrink with age in circumfer ence. Taylor county Kentucky eliminates all grade and scrub male hogs from its farms. Thomas county Georgia plant about 2000 acres in cucumbers for fall market. Wisconsin cranberry crop estimated at 50000 barrels about 60 percent of 1932. Irish Free State farm work reducing unemployment. A properly constructed box for holding fuel for kitchen use.
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Taylor County
Kentucky
Thomas County
Georgia
Wisconsin
Golf Practice Tales From A Champion’s Early Years
The article recalls how young Francis Oulmet trained with difficult shots to the green, often aiming from behind a tree to clear height and reach near the pin. It emphasizes willpower, hazard play, and a competitive mindset shaping a future champion.
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Francis Oulmet
Perfect days and the value of difficulty in life
The author argues that a string of perfect days is attractive yet dangerous, as difficulty adds value. It suggests we should profit from hard times to better enjoy good days and spread happiness, noting Goethe's idea that struggle enriches life. 1933 Bell Syndicate WNU Barview.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Barviee
Creomulsion Promises Quick Relief for Persistent Coughs
Doctors have long prescribed creosote for coughs and bronchitis and claim Creomulsion, with seven key ingredients, stops stubborn colds and coughs quickly. The ad asserts Creomulsion is powerful yet harmless and guarantees refund if relief is not achieved.
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Thornton W. Burgess
Dell
Columbia River
Oregon
Griffith Observatory
Leopard
Silas Marner
Pickwicks
Dickens
America
By Douglas Malloch
Ouimet
Francis Ouimet
Irish Free State
Philips
N.R. A
Phillips’ Milk
Magnesia
Ator Are & Bie Gee
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