The Comptroller General and the Penny by Penny Watch
An aging government employee recalls a 3 cent repayment delay and explains how the general accounting office audits every federal payment. He notes the comptroller general must balance legal requirements with disbursing officers and overpayments, stressing why precise accounting protects the nation’s funds.
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Sam
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General
United States
Congress
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George Eliot remarks that thoughts often misjudge others as we judge only partial words and deeds. She says God sees our full nature, not separate feelings or actions, and we consistently misjudge each other.
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God
George Eliot
Fisher the hunter of the forest and its prey
A playful animal portrait describing the fisher as slow on land yet swift in trees. It notes his varied diet including fish frogs beavers and a porcupine and warns other small animals of his fearsome prowess. The verse attributes a savage foe image to the fisher in a folk style.
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Fox
Cotton-Tail
P. F. Volland Co
WNU
Reducing Kitchen Hours With Two Practical Plans
Edith M Barber outlines two approaches to cutting kitchen time in hot weather. One favors bulk cooking like roasts and baked goods for multiple days, the other relies on quick dishes plus desserts from bakery or seasonal fruit. The article suggests a modernized baking day and a midweek mixing day to keep meals varied and economical.
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Edith M. Barber
Notionate Exchange Sparks Nervous Kiss Speculation
A fragment shows a nervous man fearing an impending kiss while a woman reacts with amused inevitability. The dialogue hints at impulsive desire and social teasing between two characters in a tense social moment.
Neighborly Household Tips from 1933 for Everyday Care
Practical household hints include preserving books with lavender oil, cleaning a white raincoat with soap magnesia wash, soaking dried foods overnight to save time, and trimming pie crust after fitting. Meal plans suggest Friday to Sunday menus featuring crabs, ham, steaks, salads, and desserts with tea or coffee.
Bolt Scares Woman Sparks Car Plunge in Embankment
Miss Marion F. Chapin of Providence escaped serious injury when a bolt of lightning startled her in a storm. The car skidded on hail and plunged 40 feet down an embankment in Chicopee Massachusetts, ending in wreckage.
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Chicopee
Mass
Marion FE. Chapin
Providence
R. L
Weekend Menu Plan With Fresh Dishes And Make Ahead Tips
A weekend menu features broiled sword fish, crab salad, veal loaf dishes, multiple potato preparations, assorted vegetables, fresh cake and banana tarts. It notes icebox rolls can be mixed ahead and refrigerated for near meal time while cookies, ginger ale and fruit desserts complement the plan.
Street talk on racketeers and pay scales in 1933 New York
The piece notes how crime wages have fallen in the Depression era with petty theft at five dollars and kidnapping at one hundred. It describes a world of underworld bargaining and violent acts priced per person in New York City.
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Hartridge
Forty-Third Street
Eighth Avenue
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Hartridge in Thaw Case Fades From Public Eye
The article recalls Clfford W Hartridge the attorney of record in Harry K Thaws trial for the Stanford White murder. Disbarred after the case and sued for fees he lost in federal court. His ethics questioned by the Bar Association and he remains largely out of sight in New York. His bridge interest endures.
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Irvin
Cobb
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Mr. Hartridge
Forty-third — Street
William Travers Jerome
Pittsburgh
Hartridge
Thaw
Bar Association
New York
Bridge
Madison Square Garden
Delphin M. Delmas
John Barleycorn and the lore of strong drink
How It Started By fear Newtom examines the figure of John Barleycorn as a personification of hard liquor. The piece traces its roots from the 1651 song Sir John Barleycorn and explains the evolving uses and public attitudes toward alcohol.
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John Barleycorn
Barleycorn
Sir John Barleycorn
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Great Western Starts Daily Cardiff Plymouth Air Service
The Great Western Railway opens two daily flights between Cardiff and Plymouth to counter road competition. The air trip takes just under an hour, versus over four hours by rail, under a four year old parliamentary measure now enacted.
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London
Great Western
Cardiff
Wales
Plymouth
English Channel
Hungry Patron Critiques Canvas as Artist Delays Meal
A distressed artist admits he had not eaten for three days when creating the canvas. The hungry patron voices dissatisfaction, saying the work lacks the standard expected.
New Englander Donates Trophy for Dumb Flyers
Capt Joseph A Wilson of the New England reserve air corps donates a trophy named The Flying Dumbbell for flyers deemed to have committed flying errors. Each boner judged by a court of inquiry results in the pilot’s name engraved on the base. The first to accumulate three boners retires the prize, a winged dumbbell.
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New
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