Peter Rabbit Watches for Winsome Bluebird News
Peter Rabbit scans the Green Forest and Old Orchard for Winsome Bluebird as Spring nears. He hopes to be first to hear or see the bird, but learns others share the urge for news. He resolves to joyfully celebrate whoever finds Winsome first.
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Peter Rabbit
Green Forest
Jimmy Skunk
Peter
Reddy Fox
Coyote
Roughley
Hawk
Jimmy
Winsome
Bluebird
Sam Jay
Mistress Spring
Farmer Brown
Sammy Jay
Jimmy Chuck
Brier Patch
First Aid To Ailing House By Roger B Whitman
Practical home painting tips cover preparing furniture washing sanding and drying, using two thin coats of enamel rather than one thick coat and choosing enamel undercoaters for flat finish. Readers are advised on workspace protection and proper storage of paints brushes and tools.
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Roger B. Whitman
Manners of the Moment on Reading Letters
A column laments friends who read their letters aloud in front of others and refuse to share. It notes the breach of etiquette, urges privacy for letter recipients, and jokes about peeking as a reaction in a light household advice tone.
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George
The Second Look
Poem reflects on good taste as unobtrusive refinement guiding mind and heart. It contrasts visible display with true elegance, urging modesty and inner beauty over loud attention. Douglas Malloch via WNU Service.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
The Creative Finger of Saturn
The article describes the Creative Finger of Saturn as a straight well formed finger with a longer middle joint and oval nail, indicating a mind with unlimited possibilities for creative expression in arts literature drama or invention. It notes strong potential and a link to brilliance and overall expressive capacity.
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Saturn
WNU Service
Porcelain Print Tailored Silk Ensemble by Maggy Rouff
A blue and white porcelain inspired design by Maggy Rouff rendered on heavy silk jersey for drape. The jacket and skirt stay simple while a deep blue organ die blouse features a Chantilly lace jabot and a Maggy Rouff clip with ruby-centered strass flowers. A white Panama hat from Agnes of Paris completes the look.
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Agnes
Paris
Magill named to probe income tax dodgers
Roswell Foster Magill, University of Chicago and Columbia professor, named special assistant to the secretary of the treasury to study tax evasion. President Roosevelt signals possible congressional inquiry, with focus on high income dodgers and offshore write-offs. Magill, 42, a Dartmouth and Chicago JD graduate, has a long career in law, academia, and tax literature.
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Ashington
Roswell Foster Magill
Secretary of the Treasury
Dodgers
Hugh Stewart Magill
Chicago
American Federation of Investors
Harold Groves
University of Wisconsin
Groves
Morgenthau
Professor Magill
Magill
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Columbia
Brownlow Report
Treasury
Auburn
Dartmouth
University of Chicago
Tax Commission of
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
Seckless Jerry Simpson
Commonwealth Edison
Tt’s
Social Security Board
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Altmeyer
de Pere
Wis
Wisconsin University
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
NRA
Consolidated News
WNU Service
Supreme Court Umpires Health Pollution Rights
The Supreme Court acts as umpire in health and pollution cases affecting water and air. It upholds riparian rights, limits waste discharge, and supports state interest in clean air. The article notes a church case against noise and a DC man’s jury trial rights, illustrating broad constitutional reach.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Western Newspaper Union
Rhodes Dream of Cape to Cairo Railroad Ends In Irony
The piece recalls Cecil Rhodes’ 19th century imperial plan for a Cape to Cairo railway. It notes the project’s failure due to political hurdles, and argues modern transport progress by air and road would have deflated Rhodes’s ambitions, leaving him to see invention outpaced by circumstance.
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Rhodes
England
Cape
Cairo
Cecil Rhodes
Lions Named for Kings in the Tower Menagerie
During King George II's era the lions at the Tower were named after reigning monarchs and their fate was linked to royal fortunes. Two years before the king's death he faced a serious illness but recovered. Lord Chesterfield notes a superstition cited by Stanhope that the oldest lion, similar in age to the king, died a fortnight earlier, signaling the king's near demise.
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George II
England
Tower
Lord Chesterfield
Earl Stanhope
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Jean Thomas
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Mass
Albany
York
William Bendely’ Hearst
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WNDU
By Douglas Malloch
Leicester K. Davis
Public Ledger, Inc
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the Supreme Court
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