Final two survivors stage a grim weary peace amid ruin
Fat Phillips presents a scene with Stoopey and Droopey, the last two survivors of a world war, debating hate and a possible compromise. Their conversation turns to rebuilding a world and listening to a lone radio as they await a hopeful but hollow future. A satirical aside mentions "Hitler and Molotov Talk for Three Hours" and a jab at labor peace amid carnage.
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Stoopey
Droopey
Tas
O. K
Cooling a House in Summer via Attic Ventilation
A reader asks about attic cooling methods. The answer emphasizes ample attic ventilation to allow heated air to escape, using roof traps or attic windows with cross ventilation, plus a large fan to speed air movement.
We’ll Miss You: A Reunion at the Station
A young man returns after eight years abroad to his home station but finds no one there to greet him. He looks for the stationmaster, a friend since boyhood, who speaks first by name asking if he is going away.
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Droopey
Stoopey
You
George
A Suitably Occupation
A humorous exchange about new work as a cigar lighter in a Bugs hotel leads to a quip about occupation. Simpson shows a sudden interest in fishing and jokes with his wife about packing a cooking outfit and sardines for fishing lunch.
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Firefly
Bugs
Simpson
Maud
Bird named in Bryant poem about Lincoln return
The poem refers to a mourning dove or or the bird called the hoot owl. however the lines suggest a bird that voices a return. The Gadsden Purchase added southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The youngest president inaugurated was Theodore Roosevelt. The Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede. Most quinine comes from the cinchona tree in Peru and Indonesia.
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William Cullen Bryant
Robert of Lincoln
United States
Gadsden Purchase
Runnymede
Answers trivia list items
The five prompts list quiz items covering nature geography history and law. Item one identifies the bobolink. Item two notes a regional area partly in Arizona and New Mexico south of the Gila river. Item three cites Theodore Roosevelt at age forty two. Item four references Magna Charta. Item five mentions Java.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Gila River
Theodore Roosevelt
Java
Sapling Train: Guiding a Child's Early Path
A proverb emphasizes early guidance shaping lifelong conduct. The saying from the Old Testament highlights the lasting impact of teaching a child proper values and discipline.
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