Jerry Muskrat Learns Distrust After Trapper’s Trap
Jerry Muskrat lies injured and reflects on a trapper’s ruse that pretended friendship to lure him. He becomes wary, abandoning favorite eating spots, wary of the Big Rock, and plans to stay safe in his house while gathering winter supplies. He avoids traps at every feeding site and opts for regular food, enduring temptation but choosing caution.
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Dada Krowswatching Distrustful Figure Mentioned
A short nostalgic note cites Dada Krowswatching who distrusts surroundings and finds little joy, attributed to T. W. Burgess via WNU Service.
Chicken Cooked in Milk and Summer Squash Casserole
A historic home cook column introduces a chicken cooked in milk as a new dish and details a casserole method. It shares a summer squash casserole with squash, tomatoes, butter, onion, meat or nuts, and a buttered crumb topping baked until brown.
Through a Woman's Eyes by Jean Newton
A sermon urges readers to recognize freedom given by God and warns against voluntary modern shackles. It contrasts ultimate liberty with daily pressures such as vanity, social conformity, and the pursuit of pleasure that trap many women.
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Joneses
Different Pot Roast from Chuck with Olive Stuffing
A four pound beef chuck roast is slit and filled with strips of salt pork and stuffed olive. Sauté onions in fat, brown meat, then add three cupfuls of tomatoes and simmer until tender. Season with two teaspoons salt and pepper. Western Newspaper Union.
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By This Trick Penetrating Coin Mystery
A brief description of a coin magic routine by Ponjay Harrah showing a coin vanished from the right hand and reappearing through a sleeve using a duplicate coin wedged at the sleeve buttons. The effect relies on misdirection with rubbing the sleeve to reveal the second coin.
You Are Here
A poem fragment echoes longing and reunion. The speaker recalls playful songs once taught to the beloved and laments cannot bring those tunes now that the hour of reunion has arrived. The speaker finds solace in embrace as past dream songs fade to a single line You are here.
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Douglas Malloch
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Annabelle's Answers: Never Forget Your Wife's Birthday
A compact column jokes about remember gifting and aging, urging husbands to honor birthdays while noting humor in aging. It frames anniversary humor with playful quips about wives and birthdays.
War Financing and the Marathon to Endure Obedience
Arthur Brisbane notes that American aid in European war financing could be overestimated and warns against heavy taxation as France, England, and the U.S. grapple with costs. He cites rising bread and veal prices, 40 hour work weeks, and wage demands, then questions U.S. funding of foreign ventures like lotteries and sweepstakes as Dublin banks hold undistributed funds. The piece closes with praise for Mr Son the Japanese marathoner and the lesson that life success depends on perseverance.
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Deceptive Names Across Places and Reputations
The piece notes how place names can mislead by surface meaning, citing the Pacific Ocean as turbulent though vast yet calm in parts, the Blue Danube appearing green, and Montenegro’s Black Mountain gray, while Germany’s Black Forest remains dark and dense.
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Studying the Sun During an Eclipse Sparks Global Effort
Astronomers rush to remote locations to observe the eclipse as two solar layers, the chromosphere and corona, reveal themselves only in this rare window. The chromosphere lies just beyond the surface as a boiling red hydrogen sea with spikes up to 100000 miles, while the corona forms a pearly halo of helium and hydrogen beyond it.
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Earth
The Soo Locks History and Economic Role
The Soo Locks stand as a major engineering feat lifting lake water 20 feet and handling vast tonnage. They route wheat and iron ore westward and coal eastward, connecting Great Lakes shipping to global markets through a key canal.
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Great West
Royal Gorge Bridge Tops World for Height and Span
The Royal Gorge near Denver spans the Arkansas River with a suspension bridge 1,053 feet above the river and 1,250 feet long. The bridge carries a thoroughfare eighty feet wide for vehicles across the gorge.
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Grand Canyon
Arkansas River
Denver
Little Things Shape Life and Fate
A reflective line on how small matters govern life and safety, likening tiny choices to linchpins and rudders guiding a larger whole. The prose emphasizes hidden significance of minute details in daily outcomes.
Blue Wall Plaster Made From Blue Clay and Skim Milk
Early Colonial houses used a blue plaster created by mixing blue clay with skim milk. The resulting tenacious binder produced durable walls that withstood time.
Romans Thanked Hannibal After Cannae Defeat
More than 2,100 years ago the Roman senate met to thank the defeated general Hannibal for not despairing of the republic after the battle of Cannae.
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Cannae
Optimistic Lithuanians Said Among World’s Most Hopeful
A writer lauds Lithuania as among the most optimistic peoples in the world, noting the southern Baltic state’s fate after 1919 when it gained independence from Russia.
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Baltic States
Russia
Arctic Night Babies Weak Constitution Found
Russian medical experts survey Arctic circle health and claim children born during the Arctic night months have weaker constitutions. The study notes harsher living conditions may affect infant health in northern regions.
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Arctic Circle
Turtles Open to All in Fiji After Chiefs’ Ban Ends
In historic Fiji islands the turtle flesh once reserved for chiefs becomes available to anyone who catches a turtle. The shift reflects a move from exclusive privilege to broader access, prompting mixed reactions among communities.
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Fijian Islands
First American Flag Feature Described
A historical note explains the first American flag included a Union Jack in the upper left corner alongside the still thirteen red and white stripes. The description highlights the flag’s early design elements and symbolic roots in colonial history.
Whisperers and the loud voice sage of Chinatown
A Chinatown sage Hi Ho laments whisperers who seek to deceive. He urges respect for the man with a loud voice as a counterpoint to secrecy and manipulation.
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Ancient Theater of the East Survives in Java and Bali
The ancient theater of the East endures in its purest form in Java and Bali, with Oriental authorities citing its enduring vitality and cultural significance.
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