Cuckoo Returns To Orchard And Fends Off Caterpillars
In a spring scene Jonathan and Kitty discuss the Cuckoo’s reputation. Kitty defends Mrs Cuckoo against unfounded gossip about eggs and nests while noting the bird’s usefulness in controlling tent caterpillars. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is described feeding on caterpillars, then leaving the nest intact.
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Orchard
Peter
Cuckoo
Kitty the Catbird
Sally Sly
Kitty
Farmer Brown
T. W. Burgesa
Plaster of Paris Origin Tied to Gypsum Beds
The material plaster of Paris comes from gypsum. Paris, France sits atop gypsum beds and first popularized its use for small statuettes, with the term plaster of Paris describing such figures.
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Plaster of Paris
Paris
France
McClure
WNU Service
Dolores Gologoress A London Dancer Dies in Poverty
Dolores Gologoress, once famed dancer and muse of artists in London, died in a hospital after a fall from wealth. Once praised for her beauty and counted among society’s darlings, she died around age forty, having been married four times. The piece reflects on rise and fall and warns the young against neglecting prudence and health.
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Golores
London
Dolores
Edward VII
Sirah Bernhardt
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Cherry Jelly From Canned Cherries
A simple jam style recipe for busy households. Two cups juice from canned cherries, adjust with water if needed, add four cups sugar and pectin, boil, skim, and seal with paraffin. Banana mashed and added to orange juice with sugar as a fruit complement.
Noodle Jelly Charlotte and Apricot Desserts
A Western Newspaper Union food item presents recipes for Noodle Jelly Charlotte Steamed Apricot Pudding and Dried Apricot Jam. Instructions cover noodle preparation butter eggs and baking, steam method for pudding, and jam with dried fruit pectin and paraffin seals.
Question Box by Ed Wynn on unlucky number 13
Dear Mr Wynn a reader asks who started the idea that 13 is unlucky. The answer cites a 1803 case in which a man convicted of murder blamed the jury and judge, claiming the verdict as the origin of the superstition.
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ED Wynn
Mr. Winn
Sue Perstition
Mr. Wyn
Mr. Wynn
Smoked Sausage Recollection Sparks Spinach Debate
Elise recalls a time when hotdogs were called smoked sausages and notes youths preferred spinach to sausage. The memory contrasts simple meals with changing food names and tastes in a nostalgic reminiscence.
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Elise
After a Vacation by Anne Campbell
Poem reflects on returning home after travel, noting dew on grass, blooming delphiniums, and the welcoming glow of home. The wren, pear tree, and garden wall scene frame a credo that love and home endure after a journey.
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Wren
Associated News vs WNU Service court dispute noted
A brief legal item notes a case between Associated News and WNU Service, with details sparse in the readable text. No dates or locations are provided in the fragment.
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Associated News Vs
WNU
Or What Have You Cattaro a historic crossroads village
Cattaro, a Jugoslavian harbor village, has endured Roman, Venetian, Turkish, Spanish, Serbian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Russian, French and Austrian rule through centuries, reflecting a long history of cultural convergence and shifting power.
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Cattaro
Sapphire moonlit murder leads to hidden hand and wedding
In Middlesex, Mary Lascelles endures a tragic love triangle. Edmund Lascelles is killed after a quarrel with George Manners. A farmer, James Parker, confesses to severing Edmund’s hand to steal a sapphire ring. Manners is condemned, later reprieved, and Mary and George marry after detective James Shropshire uncovers the missing hand.
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Co Manners
Mary Lascelles
Middlesex
England
Ann
Edmund
George Manners
Manners
Edmund Lascelles
Lascelles
Mar
James Shropshire
Shropshire
James Parker
Parker
WNU Service
Ice Box Cookies Molded in Ice Cream Carton
A method describes using an ice cream container as a mold for ice box cookies. Press the mixture into the carton, cover, chill, then tear away the cardboard to form a cylinder to slice into cookies.
Swamp Secrets Drowned as Dam Floods Island Near Espyville
The swamp near Espyville Pennsylvania, home to legends of monsters and a reportedly drained ship Griffith said to be abandoned by De Soto, is being submerged by a state dam. Biologists found ancient plants and animals while natives warned of a great spirit as waters rise five to fourteen feet.
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Espyville
Lake Erie
Griffith
de Soto
Shenango River
Roct of Sympathy Teaches Pity From Personal Woes
A reflective aphorism notes that true pity for others grows from one's own experiences of sorrow. It suggests empathy emerges through understanding pain firsthand and applying that insight to others' misfortunes.
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Bedtime Story
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Sonos
New York
Red Cross
Coolidge
Western Newspaper Union
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Home
Jim Nasium
I. M
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Chum
Vance Wynn
Public Ledger
Housewife's Idea
Public Ledger, Inc
Swamp
Write A Products, Inc
Way
J. B. Cumming-Brown CO
Rome
Jackson Fire
B. Anderson
Columbia, Miss
Ieron
Wea
Salter
P.O
Atlanta Ga
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