Seep Seep the Brown Creeper Performs A Diligent Forage
In a woodland tale, Seep Seep the Brown Creeper climbs trunks with rapid, circular movements to find insects under bark. Yank Yank explains his nest habits behind loose bark and twigs while Peter wonders about Dotty the Tree Sparrow as they discuss forest life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ello
Yank
Jenny Wren
Jenny
Peter
Yank Yank
Farmer Brown
Dotty the
Tree Sparrow
T. W. Burgess
Marmalades and Salads for Winter Meals
Marmalade varies with rind amount from mild to flavorful using lemon orange and grapefruit. Apple salad with Baldwins, sugar sirup and cinnamon candies serves with lettuce and cream cheese. Grapefruit and almond salad mixes diced pulp with almonds and grapefruit juice gel. mold and serve with mayonnaise or whipped cream. Cauliflower casserole with macaroni tomato cheese bake features buttered crumbs. serve hot. Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Question Box jokes from Ed Wynn and readers
A humor page features letters to Ed Wynn about coffee served muddy disguises bunion plasters and bigamy penalties. Answers joke about ground coffee law foot pads and three mothers-in-law while the column credits Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wynn
Anapology
WNU
Massive California Sequoias Crown Public Forest Pride
California holds a record boasting over 17 000 trees with ten foot diameters measured six feet high. The vast majority of these giants grow in Sequoia National Park, underscoring the state's remarkable timber landscape.
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California
Sequoia National Park
My Boy Comes Home by Anne Campbell
A verse about heaven meaning a reunion with a late afternoon yard scene. The speaker imagines heaven as a green yard with birds, roses, and the shadow of a gate as the son returns. The poem ends with the strong young arms returning home.
The Spy Plot That Failed at Pittsburgh Library
In the early World War days a rough visitor posing as a Belgian frequented Pittsburgh's Carnegie library. Miss Frances Langfitt noticed him tracing coastwise maps and alerted authorities. German agents Harmon and Mayer were tracked, shadowed, and arrested after meeting. a detachment camp held them, ending the spy plan linked to the library. Hog Island lore notes Detroit bought land in 1879 turning a reptile purge into a park.
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Carnegie Library
Pittsburgh
America
Frances Langfitt
Department of Justice
Henry
Jacob Harmon
Emil Mayer
Harmon
Mayer
Navy
New England
United States
Pittsurgh
Dates as staple food worldwide long known says Geographic
A National Geographic bulletin from Washington notes dates anciently cultivated on the Euphrates banks and valued globally as nourishing food. It cites usage by China, Spain, Greece, Persians, Arabs, and North Africans, as a chief staple in Arabia and a universal sustenance for desert nomads and livestock. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets advertised as liver pills.
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World
Washington
National Geographic Society
Euphrates
China
Spain
Greece
Arabia
North Africa
Englishman and American Share Quiet Train Compartment
A Liverpool express compartment hosts two travelers, one Englishman silent until a spark shows his coat pocket is on fire. The American quietly notes the issue as the train crosses Runcorn bridge. The Englishman replies curtly about the tie.
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Liverpool
Runcorn Bridge
Montreal Star
Little Girl Healed by Cuticura Psoriasis Treatment
Mrs Marie I Johnson of Omaha Nebraska reports her three month battle with facial psoriasis ending in relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment per directions. She notes itching subsided and her daughter recovered fully. The ad cites prices 25 cents for Soap and Ointment and 50 cents for Talcum with free samples from Cuticura Laboratories.
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Marie I. Johnson
Ames Ave
Omaha
Neb
Cuthura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
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Alaskan
United States Coast Guard
Northland
Oakland
Calif
Nome
By Thornton W. Burgess
ED Wynn
Vic Salve
LM. A
Ano Awl
Dada
Bell Syndicate
BY Anne Campbell
Nero
Milady
Poppaea
McClure
WNU Service
Chicago
Leland Monasmith
Jerauld County
South Dakota
Doris Louise Paul
Muscatine County
Iowa
Vance Wyn
Public
War Office
WNN Service
Belle Isle
Michigan
Dr. Pierce
WriteMarine Co
Cincinnati
Cuthura
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