Trust Broken in the Green Forest Tale
Thornton W. Buress reflects on trust and suspicion through the story of Jerry Muskrat and Farmer Brown's Boy. A stranger's kind actions mask traps leaving Jerry wary and unable to fully trust again. The tale shows how a single act of deceit shatters years of goodwill and sows lasting doubt. The narrator notes Farmer Brown's Boy's sorrow and anger at the trapper.
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Jerry Muskrat
Farmer Brown
Green Forest
Green Meadows
Smiling Pool
Jerry
Strang
T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
Bran Ginger Cake and Salmon Croquettes From Mother’s Cook Book
Practical kitchen notes describe Bran Ginger Cake with bran and spices and a salmon croquette based on bread crumbs, lemon juice and egg yolks. A rice cheese croquette with nuts and a tomato sauce is also outlined. The tips emphasize nourishing meals and wholesome additions like bran.
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Western Newspaper Union
Chicken and Rice Souffle Directions
A beginner recipe note instructs to take one and a half cupfuls of diced chicken and one cupful of cooked rice, season with salt, moisten with chicken gravy, and proceed with the mixture.
Chinese Months Names and their Seasonal Associations
The text lists Chinese names of months corresponding to June and provides associations for each month such as holiday moon budding moon sleepy moon peony moon dragon moon lotus moon moon of hungry ghosts harvest moon chrysanthemum moon kindly moon white moon and bitter moon.
The Way and the Goal by Douglas Malloch
A reflective verse on pilgrim life, guiding that the path matters less than the shrine ahead. Morning can reveal fortune or trouble, but the journey remains meaningful as long as the goal is clear. The poem balances joy and wrath, urging steadfastness on the road to purpose.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
Air defense, Pacific coast pilots and Noguchi’s example
A Pacific coast air militia idea advocates one hundred to three hundred flying machines to deter future threats, with San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle firms backing the force. Hideyo Noguchi is hailed for yellow fever work, his sacrifice praised as a model for global human welfare. The piece notes land value shifts and birth control debates among Kansas City doctors, ending with King TT Boine.
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Pacific States
New York
Abraham Lincoln
New York City
California
Oregon
Washington
Vancouver
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Seattle
Sam
Japan
Noguchi
America
Hei-Min
Kansas City
King TT Boeine
Heat Expands Roads Adds Miles to Highways
The National Highway Conference reports heat expands road surfaces, adding 100 miles to U S total roadway mileage. Warren Van Dyke estimates seven miles added in Pennsylvania. City streets total 190 090 miles in towns over 2 500 population, with area over 1 000 square miles. The American Automobile Association seeks repeal of federal motor taxes amid tax revision talks. 1935 motor-vehicle tax receipts total 1 286 907 000 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Old Sol
National Highway Conference
United States
Warren van Dyke
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
American Automobile Association
the Association
Will water dissolve a coin magic trick described
A magician performs a coin vanish using a handkerchief and goblet. The coin is dropped beneath the cloth into the glass, then appears to vanish when the glass is shown. Subtly tilting the goblet makes the coin strike the base, deceiving listeners as to its location. WIN Service.
Annabelle Answers on Wedding Bodies Through Time
Dear Bee explains why modern brides are thinner than grandmothers with a quick contrast to heirloom ideals. Annabelle replies that past designs aimed to last a lifetime, while current trends emphasize lighter, changeable styles.
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Annabelle
Bee
Wasted Words by Uncle Eben on Talkative Folks
Uncle Eben shrugs at chatter that fills air with show of cleverness. He warns that arguments waste time when speakers with no real intent to help dominate the talk.
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Uncle Eben
Flying housemaid ferries between mines near Goldfields
May Rice of Grand Prairie Alberta, Canada's only flying housemaid, works for miners around Goldfields Saskatchewan. At seventeen she boards planes to Warren camp 35 miles away on Mondays and returns midweek, commanding high wages while awaiting a miner husband.
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Sask
May Jean Rice
Canada
Grand Prairie
Alta
May
Goldfields
Gold Coin Cache Found at Johnsville Mine Claim
John Pezzola mining near Johnsville California uncovered a cache with 170 rare $1 coins five $20 pieces and seven $10 pieces totaling substantial gold value The find showcases advanced mining techniques turning coinage into mined wealth in the area
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Johnsville
Calif
John Pezzola
Fish Mystery Solved by Goldfish Gender Theory
Washington reports the Bureau of Fisheries weighs in on distinguishing male from female goldfish. Missouri expert Wallace A Little proposes a simple test: flat gills denote males while round gills indicate females, valid only for two year old fish, with Edwin H. Perkins partly backing the claim.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Fisheries
Wallace A. Little
Richmond Heights
Edwin H. Perkins
Baltimore
Mr. Little
Bureau
Columbus
Missouri
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Liverpool
Nova Scotia
John R. Brinkley
del Rio
Texas
Zane Grey
Thornton W. Buress
Vera ‘Borea
Eve
Hobby
Girligac
Bell Syndicate
By Douglas Malloch
Brisbane
Hideyo Noguchi
Africa
Newark
N. J
Market
Association
White House
Ponjay Harrah
Public Ledger, Inc
BY Ray Thompson
Chesapeake Bay
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