Billy Mink Seeks New Dinner After Fish Fatigue
Billy Mink, tired of fish and craving variety, abandons the Laughing Brook hunt. He spots Kingfisher Rattles carrying a small fish, then departs hopeful for a different meal, signaling a change in appetite and a new pursuit.
Billy Mink Seeks Kingfisher Nest in Laughing Brook
In a tale from 1932, Billy Mink tracks a kingfisher den at Laughing Brook to raid a brood. He avoids detection by Rattles the kingfisher and Peter Rabbit, slips into a sandbank nest hall, and faces a fatal misjudgment by ignoring his nose warning him of Mrs. Rattles.
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Laughing Brook
Billy
Jerry Muskrat
Peter Rabbit
Rattles the Kingfisher
Rattles
Peter
Bill Mink
Mrs. Rattles
Veal a la King and Dressings From 1938 Menu
A 1938 Western Newspaper Union feature presents a Sour Cream Dressing recipe with flour vinegar salt pepper and sour cream plus an olive oil variation. It also offers Veal a la King with browned veal carrots onions pepper bay leaf mushrooms peas and cream, thickened for gravy and served over noodles. A candy bar dessert idea uses cupcakes topped with candy and custard or lemon sauce, served hot or cold.
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Western Newspaper Union
Each Has His Place by Douglas Malloch
A poem notes the sea and hills each fill their own place and long for others. It reflects on discontent as creatures compare their duty and space, while acknowledging each side serves God in its own task.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU Services
New Hats This Fall Cover Forehead and Hair Safely
A described Agnes model in frappe velvet shows this fall’s hats covering much of the forehead and tucking hair neatly down the back, highlighting fashion with practical head coverage.
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Agnes
Frappe
Odd Jumbled Thoughts From 1932 Bell Syndicate
A fragmented, humorous snippet lists scattered aphorisms and quips about Pharisees, grammar, occupations, philanthropy, tuberculosis detection, and regional questions. The passage includes a stray line about northern New York and ends with a note attributing to WNU BServies.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Bservies
Uneeda and Oddities in a Mixed Bag of News
A collage of quick items and quips ranges from Jud Tunkins on politics to theater lateness and a weekly note on birds stomachs and gizzards. It mentions cactus plant drugs and soaps, golf humor, family banter, travel deals, labor views, and pickle anecdotes reflecting everyday curiosities.
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