Jerry Muskrat Builds a Safe and Cozy Home
A 1923 bedtime tale by T. W. Burges describes Jerry Muskrat digging tunnels from his cellar to water and bank, building extra thick walls for safety and a dry, roomy bedroom for comfort. Peter Rabbit mocks the pile, but Jerry ensures air, safety, and comfort amid winter fears, echoing hard work over laziness.
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Anton T
Jerry Muskrat
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Comfort
Smiling Pool
Jack Frost
Ceys
Paddy
Beaver
Jerry
Sligher
Stooty the Owl
T. W. Burges
Vitamin rich dishes from common vegetables and apples
A cooking note promotes vitamin rich daily foods using red cabbage and apples. It instructs washing a cabbage, cooking, chopping with apples, then combining with shortening, stock, vinegar, salt, sugar, nutmeg and pepper. The method emphasizes inexpensive, widely available produce.
Flat lie advantages for golf wrists and stance
Teaser notes that a flat lie reduces wrist tilting and aids natural hand position. It argues the flatter lie is easier for average players to adapt to, versus upright lies that force wrist bending during the downswing. Also includes a 1933 recipe segment on stuffed eggplant with tomato rice and cheese.
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Tesart Maiden
Bobby Jones
Beleves
Tess
Bell Syndicate
IWN
Odd Bits and Historical Odysseys Across A Curious Page
A garbled compilation of historical and literary oddities appears, mentioning the Open Shop air benefits for workers, humorous BONERS in exams, Pasteur and dot muzzie, Julius Caesar’s character, Tle and translations, ship cargo dumping, Jonah’s three days, Israelites in bondage over tax, fiery furnace trio Shem lam Decor, dated 1923 WNU Service.
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Shem
Lam and Decor
Cate
WNU Servica
Life Has So Much By Douglas Malloch
Poem urges readers to escape mental confinement and explore life beyond inward focus. It contrasts inner walls with a world of wonder and champions new thoughts, joy, and growth over old limiting beliefs. The author highlights personal growth through openness to beauty, pleasures, and harmony.
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JFK
Doukas Maltoch
Rounded Shoulders Frock Highlights Crepe Fabric
A black crepe Nainbocher dress features a rounded dropped shoulder. Flowers at the neck add decoration while the low skirt floupre completes the silhouette.
Stone Mountain memorial carving described near Atlanta
A solid block of granite rises 67 feet high and nearly a mile long on Stone Mountain near Atlanta. The design stands 200 feet high and 1,300 feet long, carved on site to commemorate the Army of the Confederacy.
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Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Army of the Confederacy
Scriptural Truth Now Spread to All Lands
A new edition of a Bible work to be issued in London shows translations in 65 languages with 446000 copies printed. The British and Foreign Bible Society organized in 1804 expanded from 72 languages to a global, evolving spread across the East and West through 123 years of activity.
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London
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
British Bible Society
No Original Fashions Fashion Lacks Original Styles
A brief note claims No Original Fashions Fashion produces no original designs and imitates prior creations with slight alterations, noting Toledo Binde as the source of the remark.
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Toledo
A Quicker Way To Ease Headaches Bayer Aspirin promises instant relief
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as a fast acting pain reliever for headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia. The tablet allegedly dissolves in two seconds after moisture to begin easing pain minutes after ingestion and urges buyers to insist on Genuine Bayer Aspirin.
All Right Dumb Dora Diner Quip Sparks Menu Talk
A fragment from Loendon Tit Bits notes a comedian’s quip about executives and killing. The short gag contrasts a diner’s seating policy with a waiter’s blunt reply about serving anyone, reflecting a sharp humor piece in the era’s column.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Advocates Liquid Laxatives
A medical warning promotes liquid laxatives over harsh pills as safer, citing risks to the liver and kidneys. It endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and outlines steps: choose a good liquid laxative, dose to suit, then taper to regularity, while reading labels for safe contents.
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Dr. Caldwell
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