Billy Mink and the Laughing Brook Traps
Billy Mink discovers traps set near the Laughing Brook and vents his anger at trappers. He contemplates leaving but stays to watch and learns from Booby Coon. Bobby the raccoon returns, washing his food and sharing forest news with Billy.
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Billy
Bobby
Billy Mink
Green Forest
Laughing Brook Visit Under Moonlight Described
Billy told Bobby the news of the Laughing Brook during a pleasant moonlit visit, omitting details about the traps and the trapper. The note is signed T. W. Burgens and credited to WNU Service.
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Billy
Bobby
Laughing Brook
Mother’s Cook Book Dishes Aids Home Meals
A collection of simple recipes includes small sausages baked in fritter batter, mutton with vegetables, a sauerkraut and pork beef mix, Hungarian style, chicken with asparagus, halibut salad with greens, potato salad with olive oil and lemon, and creamy fish dressings.
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Western Newspaper Union
Annabelle Answers Cling to Old Ruins in Verse
The fragment hints at Annabelle delivering answers from Horace with quirks about inevitability and ivy clinging to ancient ruins.
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Horace
AnNabelle
Mystery Match Box Trick Described in Brief
A instructional note explains a trick using an ordinary match box filled with matches. To heighten the effect borrow the box and repeat with several boxes. The performer holds a closed box to the forehead and names the ear toward which the heads face.
The Acts of Man by Douglas Malloch
Poem contrasts human responsibility with the idea of a distant divine power. The speaker argues that God as shelter, not catastrophe, does not cause storms or famine, and that human sin, greed, war, and ambition lead to suffering and ruin. The poem ends by attributing calamities to acts of man, not to God.
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Man
Naval Officer Nominated Navy Judge Advocate General
Judge Advocate Captain Gilbert Jonathan Rowecliff, commander of Destroyer Squadron Four, battle force, has been nominated as judge advocate general of the Navy with the rank of rear admiral by President Roosevelt. He is fifty four years old.
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Psychology in Business Fur Department Worker’s Change Error Linked to Cat
A London store corrected a rude cash handler by sending her to a psychology expert. The specialist found a early life incident when a cat jumped into her cradle, explaining why she erred in the fur department. She then moved to the umbrella department and improved.
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London
Hidden Box Riddle Reveals Answer by Tilt
A reader learns the trick to a riddle box: lift it from the center and hold it lightly between thumb and forefinger. The heavier end with the heads tilts downward, revealing the correct guess. WNU Service.
Democracy, War Fears, and Global Locust Plague Echo in Brisbane Columns
Arthur Brisbane notes power of ships and engines as a metaphor for democracy and finance. He discusses government bond offerings, Memorial Day veterans, and warnings against new wars. The piece covers court rulings on minimum wages, Sloan’s demand for rebuilding, Argentine locust invasion tactics, and Palestine land issues amid Zionist immigration.
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General Pershing
Mrs. Roosevelt
America
Uncles Advice on Acceptance and Avoiding Resentment
The note urges acceptance of life as it is, guides conscience but warns against imposing it on others. It stresses progress comes to those who act, not wait, and warns against harboring resentment or excessive fault finding. It also cautions not to aim to please everyone as most return little reciprocity.
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