Jenny Wren Explains Big Cousin Mystery to Peter Rabbit
Jenny Wren asks Peter Rabbit if he has seen her big cousin Brownie the Thrasher. Peter admits confusion about Brownie’s relation and looks, noting Brownie’s tail twitching and reddish brown plumage. Jenny explains Brownie’s Thrasher name comes from his thrashing tail and denies Thrush blood despite his look.
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Rabbit
Jenny Wren
Peter
Jenny
Brownie the Thrasher
Wren
Brownie
Peter Rabbit
Thrasher
T. W. Burgress
WNN Service
Question Box by Ed Wynn ends with wedding tale
A reader asks advice on a doughnut pricing scheme and loyalty questions. Ed Wynn offers light humor about holes in doughnuts and mistaken home presence. The column then shifts to a joke about a wedding guest and relatives during a marriage event.
No Babies Expected on Wedding Invitations
Reader asks how to prevent babies at weddings. Answer suggests printing in one corner of invitations, No Babies Expected, to set guest expectations.
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N. Gaged
Associated Newspapers
WNU
Unusual Birthday Party For Centenarian In Ill-Used Home
A hundred year old Miss Mary Britt, longtime resident of a home for incurables since 1900 due to arthritis, celebrated a birthday with visitors. Though her hearing and sight fail, her wit remains sharp and she joked with a doctor about jealousy and even sang from a rocking chair.
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Mary Britt
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Farthest Points in United States Measured
The U S Geological Survey identifies Cape Flattery Washington and a Florida coast point near Miami as the farthest apart in the United States with a distance of about 2 835 miles. West Quoddy Maine to Cape Alva Washington measures around 2 607 miles.
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United States
Geological Survey
Cape Flattery
Wash
Florida
Miami
West Quoddy
Maine
Cape Alva
Moonlit musings on women and the heart
A short, fictional voice remarks that women would be different and become struck by love under the moon. The line evokes a playful, era tone typical of syndicated humor prose.
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Polly
Bell Syndigate
WNU
Fruit Iced Tea and Mulled Cider Beverages Featured In Recipe Note
A meal timing piece describes making Fruit Iced Tea with strong tea juice from lemons and oranges, plus sugar and ice, and Mulled Cider with cider, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and ginger. It also mentions hot gingerbread and a punch-style serving idea with ice cream, chocolate syrup, and soda, attributed to Western Newspaper Union.
Red Airplane Over Town Seen From Sky Verse
A poetical fragment describes an airplane flying over a town with slums and mansions, imagining a harmonized view from above. The piece notes God observing humanity as observers gaze heavenward for a red airplane in the sky.
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God
WNU
Witty Kitty by Nina Wilcox Putnam
A humorous note on how dictation seems to arrive with marriage, as a light aside in the WNU Syndicate feature by Nina Wilcox Putnam. The blurb suggests playful misdirection between writing duties and domestic life.
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Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Bel Syndicate
WNU
Time Worth Only What It Confers
A column argues against overvaluing every minute and warns that constant work and profit focus harm living. It asserts time is for living and that wholesome leisure includes doing nothing at times, countering the rush to extract value from every moment. The piece cites a modern writer and reflects on watches, work, and rest.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Monarchist Japan led by humble origins despite aristocracy
Current History notes Japan’s leadership is mainly nonaristocratic with figures like Premier Makoto Saito, war minister Sadao Araki, and foreign minister Hirota born to common or serving backgrounds. Only Araki and Hirota are under seventy, highlighting a youthful regime led by modest means rather than noble birth.
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Japan
Kimmochi Saionji
Makoto Saito
Sadao Araki
Korekiyo Takahashi
Temple
California
Stonecutter
Icki Hirota
Mitsuru Poyama
Araki
Hirota
Point to Remember Should Justice Be Really Blind
A provocative line questions the idea of blind justice and suggests that impartiality could blind one to half the evidence. The quote frames a debate on fairness, perception, and due process with a critical edge.
Lost 57 pounds with Kruschen Salts claim
Milwaukee reader Mrs A Ross Sos reports losing 57 pounds without dieting after using Kruschen Salts. The ad promises a slender youthful figure with one half teaspoonful in hot water each morning, claiming doctors prescribe it and a four week jar is inexpensive with a money back guarantee.
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A. Ross
Sos
Milwaukee
Dont Give Up Despite Fatigue The S S S Tonic
A medical advisory notes persistent weariness from colds or overwork may stem from weakened red blood cells and hemoglobin. It promotes S S S as a blood restoring tonic expected to improve appetite color skin strength and energy with regular use.
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S.S.S
The
S.s.s. Co
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