Seedtime Story and Nurse Essay on Child Rearing
Peter Rabbit admires Rosebreast as Mrs Grosbeak visits the tree. Jenny Wren expounds Grosbeaks eat bugs and help farmers, while Peter notes Farmer Brown. The piece shifts to a meditation on caring for children, praising imaginative nurses like Emma Wenzel and warning of the risks of dull care.
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Peter Rabbit
Peter
Jenny
Mrs. Grosbeak
Jenny Wren
Farmer Brown
Tenny Wren
Grosbeaks
Rosebreast
T. W. Burgess
Emma Wenzel
Bell Syndicate
World’s largest flower: the rafflesia of Sumatra
Phat the rafflesia in Sumatra grows to 15 pounds and 3 feet across. Its petals reach dinner-plate size and the cup-like center holds about a gallon of liquid. The plant stands as the world’s largest flower in bloom.
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Phat
Sumatra
Quick Orange Jam For Lunches And Sandwiches
A school lunch note suggests including fresh fruit and appetizing fare. It provides a quick orange jam recipe using orange pulp and juice, lemon juice, and sugar, boiled ten minutes and sealed in glasses. The jam is recommended for sandwiches or as a toast spread.
The Great Inheritance Theme Poem
A devotional fragment promises an eternal inheritance beyond earthly riches. The speaker cites promised mansions and a divine gift of eternal life while enduring earthly strife, with healing imagery and a bright celestial goal.
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WNU_ Service
Carrot Celery Nut Sandwich Assembly across Dishes
A Western Newspaper Union recipe outlines assembling a sandwich from orange marmalade and cottage cheese wrapped in waxed paper. It details mixing ground raw carrots celery and nuts with lemon juice and boiled dressing, forming into cases, adding chopped eggs moistened with lemon juice and seasonings, and layering on lettuce and buttered bread slices.
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Western Newspaper Union
Witty Kitty by Nina Wilcox Putnam
A light humorous note reflects on spring mood as golf widows renew their mourning weeds with witty observations from Nina Wilcox Putnam via WNU Service.
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Nina Wilcox Putnam
Chum
WNU Service
Lovely Straw Hat Adorns Moss-Green Suede with Cherries
A medium sized brown pique straw hat features moss-green suede facing and cherry decorations. The accessory blends classic material with colorful embellishment, highlighting vintage millinery style.
Definition of sound in physics and perception
The article contrasts sound as a sensation produced by ear stimulation with sound as physical energy in waves. It notes that physically sound exists wherever sound waves travel, even if no ear perceives them, highlighting the distinction between perception and propagation.
Sacred Water of Amritsar Birthplace of Revered Pool
The article recalls Amritsar's sacred water founded on sanctity tied to Hindu myth. It notes Rama's army revived there after destruction and a cripple healed by dipping in the waters, with a crow’s color change cited as miraculous, during Guru Ram Das's era.
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Amritsar
India
Rama
Guru Ram Das
Revival of Versailles Palace Glories Attract Mixed Review
Restoration funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr. draws praise from the French ministry and Historic Monuments Commission but a critic from the French Academy says the work is too thorough and leaves the palace looking too new.
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Palace of Versailles
Marie Antoinette
French Academy
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Palace of Palaces
Ministry of Fine Arts
Historic Monuments Commission
Public Works Administration
National Geographic Society
Louis XIV
Versailles
Louis
France
Napoleon I
Louis Philippe
Louis XIII
Louis XVI
Paris
Raven Teases Passersby at London Zoo Cage
A talking raven at the London Zoo is often suspected of teasing pedestrians. Bystanders report a husky voice from Har ry’s cage calling them a fascal, causing embarrassment and annoyance as they pass by.
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Sharry
London
Harry
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Thornton W. Burgess
Caesar
Ides
March
Brutus
Cassius
Victor Hugo
Pasteur
WNN Service
Handsome Rosebreast
WNU
Womans Eyes
Jean Newton
Evanston
Chicago
Fred G. Bennett
Young Indies
Igor
Erich Kocher
Berlin
Papa
Pop
Arrozance
WU Sergi
Irene
Outdoors
Sun King
Historical Museum
National Assembly
United States of America
Great Britain
Willian
Cing
Germany
Raven
Aden
Lord & Ames, Inc
Michigan Avenue
Larned Clothing Co
Nashville
Tenn
S.S
S.8
S.S.S
Merriam, Kansas
H. B. Brady
Davisboro, Ga
Pelee
Inka
Wints
Joe Sye
Geimer
Detroit
Mich
Laverider
Jodd
Sarah, GA
Harold Somers, Inc
B'klya
N.Y
Benne Seed
Bamberg
B. Farmers GM CO
Edison
Bloomfield
N. J
Dept
Blackman
Blackman Stock Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tenn
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