Peter Realizes Muskrat Builds Slow Hidden House
In a bedtime tale Peter Rabbit doubts Jerry Muskrat is building a house as nights pass with only muddy water showing. Grandfather Frog explains the underwater work is the hardest part and urges Peter to learn to dive, while Jerry labors beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Rabbit
Trier
Jerry Muskrat
Jerry Musktot
Jerry
Grandfather Frog
Ile
Teter
T. W. Burgens
Peppy Pimentos Add Color and Flavor to Dishes
A food piece extols the Spanish pepper Pimento for its lively appearance and bright color. It argues zest improves dull dishes by adding color and taste, highlighting its appeal to the calories counter and its overall food value.
Candle Fish Glow From River Mouth Catch
The passage notes the candle fish found in northern Pacific river mouths, named for its oily flesh used to make candles. Early observers describe Indians inserting a wick through the fish to burn it as a light source.
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Pacific
North America
The Baby's Rule by Douglas Malloch
A 1933 WNU Service verse about a baby's simple standard for judging people by kindness. It contrasts worldly divisions of wealth birth class and race with a baby's pure ability to love. The poem emphasizes universal blindness to creed and color when faced with genuine compassion.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
PhONERS Parallel Pipeds Description
PhONERS Parallel pipeds are animals with parallel feet and distinctive gait patterns. The brief note outlines their anatomy and compares them to standard pedes, highlighting unique foot alignment.
Golf shafts and pepper canapes in a mid century note
A compilation of humorous and varied remnants from antique papers. Mentions golf club shaft quirks, a wooden club experiment by Trancila Guimet, and a pepper stuffed canape recipe including pimentos, onion, celery, beef, rice and cheese.
Chic Hairdress a Necessary Luxury
Cherie Nicholas extols modern beauty care including machineless permanents and type tailored hairdress styles. The piece celebrates individualized looks, soft curls, feather blown waves, and youthful to mature appeal, noting machined permanents in vapor form and fashionable nape ringlets as current trends.
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Helow
Valon
Pop Phat la croquet Game for family quarrels in park
A lighthearted feature presents croquet as a family pastime, inviting open air play and playful disputes. The item, credited to Bell Syndicate via WNU Service, notes a quirky take on lawn games and social interaction.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
New Length Cape Brings Chic Velvet Cape Fashion
A stylish cape ensemble pairs a pastel frock with a dark velvet cape. The piece features a wide metal ribbon bow and shoulder tie, reflecting Parisian chic and the trend of velvet capes as a color accent for sophisticated costumes.
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Atelier
Laovin
Newest necklines diamond shaped for modern style
The article describes a diamond shaped neckline trend using Schiaparelli designs with curled wire feathers forming a down back line and pointed front meets. It also notes incorporating Angel Wings to coat or jacket as a statement of being fashionably on the team.
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Schiaparelli
Fall Hat Styles Drop Front High Back Turban Beret Returns
The season brings hats with fronts lowered and backs raised, featuring high-backed turbans built with points or quills. The beret remains in fashion, satiny or velvet, pulled down over the eyes with increased back height.
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Baci
Machine Stitching Keeps Feeder Threads in Line
A note warns that improper feeding can cause uneven stitches and bent or broken threads, stressing careful handling of fabric through the sewing machine to prevent damage and ensure smooth operation.
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Euimalt. Corester
Mutledse
Gov.& den Ross
Idaho
Charles L. Sampson
Batse
Citizens’ Conservation Corps
Seatsman
Chicago
By Thornton W. Burgess
Peter Rabbit
Olivia
Gell Syndicate
WNU Sursica
MfcClure
WAT Service
By Douglas Malloch
Jraphic Golf
Australia
Edward
Marshal Foch
Marshal Haig
Marshal Field
Trancila Guimet
Western Newspaper Union
Francis Oumets
By Cherie Nicholas
Dada Krows
Bank of America
Los Angeles
Chemie Nicholas
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