Jerry Muskrat Builds a Stout Foundation House
In Burgess tale Jerry Muskrat toils to build a sturdy new house on the Laughing Brook. He reinforces the foundation with bulrush roots and mud, learns strong roots matter, and dreams of a grand home while neglecting looming danger from Hooty the Owl.
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Jerry Suskrat
Jerry Muskrat
Jerry
Paddy
Green Forest
Green Meadows
Smiling Pool
Smiling Tool
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Banana Desserts and Banana Pulp Creations of 1933
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union feature outlines several banana based desserts. Recipes include Banana Bavarols with gelatin milk and banana pulp, Banana Bread Pudding with milk bread and whipped egg white, Banana and Coconut Dessert with lemon juice and coconut, and Banana Fluff with marshmallows, whipped cream, vanilla and banana pulp.
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Westero
Uzlon
New Golf Ball Aids Elevation and Long Drives
The heavier ball now in use improves fairway play and offers a longer broadside for distance. It rises more easily without a hard strike, reducing the need to slam the ball. Bobby Jones even uses a driver more often off fairways for long shots when wind favors him. The change simplifies brassie and spoon shots, though some players remain hesitant to adopt it.
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Bobby Jones
Jones
Bc Syndicate
Twin Service
Prices By OGuglas Malloch
Filings have come down some certain things and thank the Lord those things most good. But folly still the old price brings. we can't afford and never could. The price of midnight joy is health, and that's universal wealth people keep or throw away. Some things are high the price of sin remains the same. Heaven's easier to win. an honest name may still be had if less of gold means more of orth. More trying for true happiness perhaps this is a richer earth and we have more who now have Jess.
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Jess
Douglas Malloch
WNT
Living Conditions of Fish in Inland Lake Habitats
Different fish species need varying flying conditions and habitats. Some inhabit deep waters then spawn in shallows, others stay in marginal shoals, and preferences vary by bottom type. The inland lake history shows habitat succession driven by vegetation, soil, and depth.
Mannish Fall Cloche Crowned for Double Roll Effect
A mannish cloche hat features a manipulated crown creating two padded rolls running from the back to the front. The design emphasizes a bold, sculptural silhouette with a retro air.
How I Broke Into the Movies as Harold Lloyd’s Leading Lady
An account by Miss Daniels describes borrowing a dress and slippers to interview with Harold Lloyd. After a tense wait and a clever outfit change that aged her appearance, she wins the contract as Lloyds leading lady on a Fortunate afternoon on location amid family hardship and a push to prove herself.
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the Daniels
Plegsant
Goddess of Luck
Harold Lloyd
Mrs. Daniels
Daniels
Oddities and false etymologies from scattered notes
A collage of quirky lines on zodiac shifts, a new planet named Solar Pleria, temperance by region, ship bottom binding blonade, and a misquoted exchange about a bachelor girl. The text blends humorous school exam tidbits with historical newspaper style oddities.
Woman's Right to Act the Gallant in Relationships
A 1934 Bell Syndicate WNU Service column argues gallantry is not male exclusive and that women acting gallant can affect marriage dynamics. It states men and women are human beings guided by hearts and minds, and love fuels mutual care.
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Aten
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Tree Hall of Fame Adds Giant Holly Planted by Nellie Custis
The Path finder notes a new Hall of Fame tree, a giant holly planted by Nellie Custis, George Washington’s adopted daughter, just weeks before her death in 1745. The tree grows on the Custis estate at Aud rey a, about 75 miles southwest of the Capital, one of six such trees in Washington city.
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Tree Hall of Fame
America
Nellie Custis
George Washington
Custis
Audrey
Washington
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Thornton W. Burgess
Atir
Favor
Dada
Teautt
Phic
John Philip Sousa
Congressional Cemetery
By Oguglas Malloch
England
India
San Francisco
Great Britain
United States
Hal C. Herman
Bebe Daniels
Sige Daniels
Miss Daniels
Mother
Ife
H’m
Aliss Daniels
Tatold Lloyd
Priscilla
John
Trenry
Jane Austen
Don Syndicate
Ironical Trane
Bell Syndicatea
Guage
Cuticura
Malden
Salt Lake City
Mormon Tabernacle
Ernest C, Rossiter
Bell Gillette
Bhrong
Tettio USA
Broadway
Boonklyn
New Leork
Parker
Haleean E
Ana Hayee
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.Y
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