Peter Rabbit Learns Work From Bramble Patch
Peter Rabbit grows upset at being called a loafer then discovers happiness in work. He notices brambles blocking his path and decides to cut them away, realizing there is work to do even when not required. He begins clearing paths, learning a lesson about effort and purpose.
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Peter
Striped Chipmunk
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Happy Jack
Jerry Muskrat
Danny Meadow Mouse
Army gridiron stalwart never plays in official minutes
Cadet Charles Broshous is noted as a key kicking specialist who never appears in official game minutes. Experts say his toe boosts the ball for extra points after touchdowns, while he remains on the bench during plays.
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Army
Charles Broshous
Broshous
Clay and what clay may mean in life and art
A poem by Douglas Malloch urges reflection on clay as a metaphor for humanity. It contrasts mudholes and harvests, treachery and truth, and asks what each person will make of themselves, citing Phidias as a counterexample of transforming clay into beauty.
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Phidias
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
P.C
Brooklyn
Ouarfield
Peter Learns Joy Comes From Honest Work
In the Cear Old Briar Patch story Peter, who had been lazy, finds happiness by staying busy. He clears paths once neglected during summer and discovers that being productive brings real contentment. His hurt feelings fade as he keeps at the work, and time seems to pass quickly.
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Peter
Cear Old Briar
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Oddities and Misprints From An Old Exam Scatter
A quirky 1932 Bell Syndicate piece humorously defines odd terms and phrases such as pronomers boners swain and ship bottom scraping. It jokingly contrasts literal and figurative meanings while noting playful misfires in exams and writing.
Fudge Shortcake Recipe for Luncheon Sandwiches
A luncheon menu item named Fudge Shortcake uses a mix of shortening sugar egg milk flour baking powder salt and vanilla with one third cup shortening two thirds cup sugar one egg two thirds cup milk one and two thirds cups flour three and a half teaspoons baking powder half teaspoon salt and one teaspoon vanilla.
Pop buggy dusts up in exclusive ride 1932 tale
A 1932 Bell Syndicate WNU Service feature asks what a buggy is and promises more exclusivity and dust than the automobile. The light humor reflects contemporary interest in vehicles and social distinctions.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Kitty McKay By Nina Wilcox Putnam
The text presents a 1932 Western Newspaper Syndicate item by Nina Wilcox Putnam featuring a character Kitty McKay and practical cooking directions for bacon peanut sandwiches fudge orange tea biscuits and salmon fritters. It resembles a serialized column with recipes and light notes on fashion and security.
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Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Smith surname patterns vary by city and region
The article notes Smith as the most common American surname with 1.4 million bearers, but city patterns differ. In New York Cohen numbers rival Smiths, Milwaukee leads Schmidts, Chicago favors Johnsons, and Scandinavian influence in Minneapolis and St Paul correlates with Smiths being outnumbered by Andersons Nelsons and Petersons. Another snippet contrasts a witty dialogue about "Poor Alice" and her husband.
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Smith
Smiths
United States
New York
Milwaukee
Schmidt
Chicago
Johnson
Seattle
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Johnsons
Andersons
Nelsons
Petersons
Howard F. Baker
American Mercury
Unarmed Youth Fights Tiger in Kathlal
A Kathlal youth hunting with locals faced a tiger in a cave attack. His dagger broke but he bravely fought the beast until others arrived and killed the tiger with spears. He later died from his wounds.
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Kathlal
India
Bit Forward Her Father
A young man faces his father in law in a terse exchange about his six year courtship and a proposed kiss, as reported in the Weekly Telegraph of Sheffield.
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Weekly Telegraph
Sheffield
True Boss and Applicant Clash Over Wages at Good Hardware
Dialogue captures a hiring dispute where the boss questions pay for an unskilled worker and the applicant counters that the job is harder without experience at the Good Hardware store.
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Ur Temple
Illiam Schlake
Common Brick Manufacturers’ Association of America
Rufus GC. Dawes
Moon God
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Babylon
Christ
Our
Thornton W. Burgess
Eter Rabbit
Brier
By Douglas Malloch
Texas
Greece
Katrina van Tassell
Ped Shah Service
Idada Krowwss
Procter & Gamble
Orr
Alice
Boston Transcript
Parker
Hiscox Chem
N.Y
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Cleveland
Federal
Cleveland Compress & Cotton Service CO
Houston
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