The Kingfisher’s Den Watch Is On Edge
Peter senses danger as Billy Mink races toward the kingfisher nest at a sandbank. Ratiles the Kingfisher guards his young while Billy Mink follows natural hunger, not malice. Peter reflects on instinct and the boundaries of harm in the wild.
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Ether Rabbit
Smiling Pool
Ratiles the Kingfisher
Birds
Ratiles
Peter
Billy Mink
Billy
Hattles the Kingfisher
Rattles
Beavers, Mink and Rattles: A Forest Rescue Tale
Peter hopes Billy Mink can save the babies as Rattles returns with a fish, while Billy attempts to reach the sandbank hole before danger arrives. Peter weeps as Billy probes the burrow, followed by a shift to a food column and a 1992 Hall Syndicate WNN Service note.
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Peter
Billy
Billy Mink
Langbing
Rattles
T. W. Burgess
Matilda
Hall Syndicate
WNN Service
Boners and puns from history and literature
A fragmentary 1912 era text lists humorous boners found in exam papers and essays, mentioning lines about Napoleonic wars, Lady Macbeth, a Baga warrior, a Facetious faction, and a good orator. It also notes terms like raph and references Romeo and Juliet as a heroic couplet.
Jip Barseh Crowned World Decathlon Champion at Los Angeles
Jip Barseh, a Kansas native, led the world in the decathlon at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. He won the ten event contest with a record 846,223 points, highlighting his status as top athlete of the era reported by Western Newspaper Union in 1929.
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Jip Barseh
Los Angeles
Jim
Kansas
George
England
Royal Nav
Royal Southampton
Tom Wall’s Grit Says Skies Will Clear Amid Rain
A note by Tom Wall counsels perseverance as storms continue. He expresses that though it's dark and rainy now, better days will come when the harvest arrives. Wall emphasizes resolve, work, and faith in eventual clearing despite current hardships.
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Tom Wall
Tom
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Ruwenzori the King of the Clouds and its icy crest
Belgian expedition reports scaling D Wenzori mountains in Belgian Congo. The range lies on the equator with snow capped peaks over 16 000 feet high and rugged swampy foothills amid fogs and surreal vegetation. The massif spans about 60 miles by 2 miles with six snow groups named for explorers.
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Watlond Geoprapee Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Dwenzori
Belgian Congo
Ruyenzorl
Samuel Baker
Lake Albert
Stanley
Duke of the
Brobdinguag
Jess
Ruwenzori
Ruvwenzori
Tain
Emin
Gessi
Speke
Baker
Enigi di
Margherita
Alexandra
Eiena
Savoia
Margherita Peak
Ruwenzorl
Nile
Ruvwwenzorl
Egypt
Ruvwenzorl
Mounts Emin
Geist
Asia
Africa
Kenya
French Equatorial Africa
Angola
Atlantic
Equatorial
South America
Amazon
Messana
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Thiepval
Brace
Somme
Prince of Wales
BY Thornton W. Gurgess
Aiis
Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Hell Syndicate
Wnou Bervica
Lady Macbeth
Baga
Mussolini
Bell Syndicate
WNU Servica
Western Newspaper Union
By Douglas Malloch
Pada
Yio
Jas
Bet
Syndicate Wnu Service
King George
King of the Clouds
Andes
Ecuador
Brazil
Quito
Andean Hills
Equator
Galapagos Islands
East Indies
Celebes
Dutch Borneo
Sumatra
Singapore
East Africa
Equatorial Africa
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