Feathers and foul play in the yard tale
In a rural fable the Gray Hen and White Hen hatch a plan to discipline Chicken Young after he steals a worm. They rig a trap using a rope and a dog, leading to Chicken Young swallowing a large worm and nearly choking before being rescued and warned to scratch for himself next time.
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Abun Yoo
Chicken Young
Gem
Tor Bill
Ory Gam
Tim
Tia
Gray Hoo
Vin Te
Fenton
Sur
Gray
White Hon
Aiko Kimaott
Gray He
Dickens Kong
Chores With Restrictions Leads to Apple Argument
In a cramped kitchen scene Hobbie and Elee argue over two apples at the table. Kino and Rach weigh choices while Gually breaks the deadlock by taking the larger apple, triggering Bobbie’s angry demand to settle the matter with a check.
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Hobbie
Elee
Hobbbiw
Blate
Kino
Rach
Bobbie
Seed Corn Workin County Schools Encouraged Partners
The article describes a program where school children partner with local farmers to study seed corn. Each pupil learns about variety, planting and harvesting dates, storage, and prices, then compares notes at a school meeting. Partners are invited to a school event to read winning essays. Tests occur February and March with community support from farmers, bankers, and merchants to boost cooperation.
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Girie
Kaith
Millora
Commercia Chute
Leather Trimmed Suits Show Fashion and Function in Paris
Paris aims to blend utility and beauty in women’s apparel with leather trimmed separate skirts. Describes short leather faced skirts, leather pockets, belts, and a leather piping finish, noting leather garments can be costly and impractical but offer protection and style. Also mentions a caution against alligator skin pockets and a brief note on seed corn prospects.
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Paris
Dressy Frocks for the Difficult Age
The article discusses selecting clothing for girls aged ten to fourteen, noting the common body types and the need to flatter figures. It offers two example dresses for a ten year old, describes styling details for slender or fuller figures, and cites fashion editor Grace Gould on realistic dress choices and avoiding overzealous trends. It also touches on trends like ostrich plumes and new tailleur suits.
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Vella
Drea
Woman's Home Companion
Grace Margaret Gould
Morro Boys Turned to Baseball and Boxing Lessons
Morokita youths engage in baseball before breakfast and all day, with Mr McCall noting the activity has spread to Pinang Agricultural school since December. An incident involved a little orphan boy and a glove gesture after a brief conflict. The episode ends with the boys shaking hands and walking away arm in arm.
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James Fi SeCall
Wehoals
Cotabate
Hy Danile
Thames
Hasehall
Morokita
McCall
Pinang Agricultural School
McCallelas
Tan
Mr. Mc
Confessions of a Mail Order Man Urges Local Spending
A writer argues readers should stop sending money to mail order houses and spend at home to boost local merchants and communities. He contends small town dealers meet customers face to face, provide better service, and keep dollars circulating locally, urging a concerted effort to resist big mail order firms.
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Mall
Fruit A Healthful Food and Umbrella Morals
Health Culture extols fruit as a healthful staple though only 4.4 percent of our diet is fruit. The piece argues fruit’s life-giving cells and crude fiber aid digestion, contrasts fruit with animal decay, and notes superstition against fruit. It includes a humorous aside on umbrella theft at a tea and ends with praise for the onion’s enduring aroma appreciated by children and poets.
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Sydney Smith
Oil City
Bilzzaré
North Sea Resorts Get German State Loans
German bathing establishments along the North Sea receive state loans due to wartime idle payments. The loans are guaranteed by local districts and cities, with no interest for two years, then 2 percent, repayable in ten years. Westerland alone needs about $125,000 to cover overdue interest, with other resorts similarly affected. A real estate securities department may be created to manage bathing firms’ paper.
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North Sea
Frankfurter Zeitung
Westerland
Substitute for Meat Gains Ground as Healthy Budget Food
The article argues Americans should embrace macaroni and spaghetti as nutritious, economical staples amid rising meat prices. It highlights durum wheat semolina production in the Midwest, modern U.S. factories, and the superiority of American macaroni processes over foreign methods, predicting global adoption under the Made in U. S. A label.
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Pharaoh
United States
Mediterranean Sea
Europe
Italy
France
Testing Shrapnel Oven in Pennsylvania Arsenal
A thermostat controlled electric oven for shrapnel testing is now in use at a Pennsylvania government arsenal. It maintains 120 degrees Fahrenheit for 24 hours using a thermostat that opens the circuit above the limit and closes it when cooled, with arcing minimized by a condenser.
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Pennsylvania
Doldiers Well Fee and French Army Rations Describe
The article details French wartime rations and cooking in the trenches, noting bread and coffee for breakfast, ragout and pot au feu for meals, and meat kept on the hoof. It highlights the cook as a brave figure, meat disposal, and half pint wine allowances, with remarks on French economy and dining practices. It also includes sketches on Lord Byron’s popularity in Greece and snippets of social humor.
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Cannes Duce Ets
Mike
France
Pallas
Nes Ag
Uss i
Tentior
Puzzled how to raise children with Grape Nuts
A Brooklyn mother touts Grape-Nuts for her weak digestion and her child’s improved appetite and growth. She notes her husband’s health gains, a friend’s two malnourished children benefitting from the cereal, and the family’s overall wellness as testimony to the product.
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Brooklyn
Postum Co
Battin Creek
Mick
Tia
Nene
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New York Tribune
Johnny
Miastesippi
Mr. M
Gos
Germany
Real Estate Securities Circles
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Pate
Hansas City Star
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Lord Byron
Greece
W. Miller
Pri- Helieve
Puck
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