Old Mr Toad’s Pride Triggers Forest Dinner Plot
In Thornton Burgess tale Old Mr Toad swells with pride after dining with Buster Bear and shuns neighbors. Jimmy Skunk and Buster Bear conspire to teach him a lesson by inviting him to dinner at the rotten chestnut stump, prompting a humbling display of vanity.
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Buster Bear
Bobby Coon
Jimmy Skunk
Green Forest
Jimmy
Buster
Old Mr. Toad
Bobby
T. W. Burgess
Tidbits on Rugs All Over Designs Win Favor
Betty Wells surveys rug trends noting all over borderless designs in narrow and broadloom carpets, patterning called patterned plain, two tone effects, and leaf and flower textures. She cites color ranges from silvery greens to pastel pinks, beige bases, and warm blues, plus tips on size and fringe options. Durability hinges on construction and materials, and chemical washing adds glow but may wear similarly to untreated rugs.
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Betty Wells
WNN Service
Coast Guard Air Rescue Over Jamaica Bay Crash
A United States coast guard amphibian air rescue saved five pilots after a plane faltered and plunged into Jamaica Bay. Pilot Kenneth Porter of Elizabeth New Jersey, at the controls, was seriously injured from a 500 foot fall into the water.
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New York
United States Coast Guard
Jamaica Bay
Kenneth Porter
Elizabeth
N. J
Ragman Sells Van Gogh Art Gems for a Nickel
Amsterdam reports Couvreur a Breda ragman reveals how many Van Gogh paintings circulated unknowingly among locals. He bought crates of works as rubbish thirty five years ago and sold or traded them for small sums. He kept two pieces, noting his son may profit later.
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Amsterdam
Couvreur
Breda
Holland
Vincent van Gogh
van Gogh
V. G
Commandments for Personal Success from Boston Dean
Dean Everett W. Lord of Boston University outlines ten commands for personal success. The list covers be yourself be alert be positive be systematic be persistent be a worker be a student be fair be temperate and be confident with guidance on self mastery and steady progress.
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Boston
Everett W. Lord
Boston University
College of Business Administration
Homerville Plans Fence Around Town to Curb Cows
Homerville Georgia with about 1500 residents will enclose the town with a fence to keep cows out of flower beds. Mayor G C Hughes says it is a beautification move and the eight road entrances will be controlled by stock gaps.
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Homerville
G. C. Hughes
College Professor Names Most Abused English Words
Evanston Illinois state university notes the most abused words. Professor Walter K Smart of Northwestern nominates thing and ain't for first place. He also cites business proposition and among women awfully terribly. Among writers so. He calls no the most helpful, stop the most dramatic and ubiquitous the ugliest.
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Evanston
Walter K. Smart
Northwestern University
Smart
Stock Worth $180000 Found in Ancient Trunk
A Kirkland Lake man discovered stock certificates aged and yellowed inside an old trunk left by a deceased brother. The certificates were valued at about $180000 in today’s assessment.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Sneeze Dislodges Shrapnel After Twenty Years
A Melbourne man, Daniel Dwyer, escaped surgery when a sneeze expelled a shard of shrapnel lodged at the top of his nose for two decades, an incident deemed a remarkable medical relief in Sydney reports.
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Sydney
Daniel Dwyer
Melbourne
Broadway Night Life From Dusk Till Dark in New York
A vivid Blick at Manhattan’s afterglow with traffic and crowds spilling from theaters. Nightclubs, taxis, and box offices surge as prices rise and newsies cry. Curious notices include a window skunk display and odd court-side characters at 1775 Broadway.
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Broadway
Benny Venuta
At Work With Jesus Easter lesson on Mark ends
The lesson emphasizes Easter relevance on every Sunday, presenting Jesus risen as the central truth. It outlines three parts: the transcendent gospel, unbelief as a barrier, and the Great Commission to preach to all creation with the Lord working alongside. It notes American church declines and urges mission at home and abroad.
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Jane
Christ
Jesus
America
Bees in Argentina reflect world conditions, Kelley notes
Henry J. Kelley observes that bee swarms in Argentina are behaving violently and even staging a sit down strike against him, mirroring wider global tensions.
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Mich
Henry J. Kelley
Wire Used in Clocks Tells Copper Span
Over 100000 pounds of copper wire sized like a human hair will be used in 1938 by a single firm to form coils for electric clocks. One continuous strand would circle the globe 23 times.
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New York
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