Othy Edmonds Riddle Poem Fragment
A fragmented verse asks what makes flowers black as night and what is all around that you cannot see. The lines puzzle with imagery, suggesting hidden forces or unseen surroundings.
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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1931
Page
6
How It Started To Beat Hollow
A note on language quirks explains that to beat hollow is a corruption of to beat wholly and carries the same meaning. The shift likely arose from mispronunciation, with literary sanction appearing by 1759 in James Townley's play High Life Below Stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Townley
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Why Called Old Bailey
The term refers to the bailey of a fortified enclosure, with inner and outer baileys when multiple lines of defense existed. The Old Bailey in London sits in one of these baileys that formed part of the city’s ancient fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bailey
Game of Nine Dots Tic Tac Toe Mystery
A puzzle description outlines a nine dot grid on cardboard with three black and three white buttons. Players alternate placing buttons on dots, then move them along lines to get three in a row. The first to form three in a row wins.copyrighted WNU Service.
Dentist Help Wanted Through Saw and Chisel
A brief dialogue shows Saw asking for a good dentist. Chisel questions the purpose. Saw replies he wants teeth straightened. The exchange frames a practical need for dental alignment.
Deaf Mute Invents Devices to Aid Others in Cambridge
William E. Shaw, a deaf mute from Cambridge, mass, has invented 54 devices to assist the deaf and blind. His creations include a talkies telephone a noiseless doorbell and a silent alarm clock plus a typewriter that spells words in electric lights. Payroll in 1930 listed over 520000 men and about 89000 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
William BE. Shaw
Lights of New York 22 Walter Trumbull
In a column by Walter Trumbull he contrasts urban transport advances with gaps in common street rail and streetcars. He recalls a Maryland town with dusty street cars, jokes about aviation, peaches, and a batless fashion among students, ending mid anecdote about a shopper in a department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lights OF
New York
Walter Trumbull
United States
Maryland
Recollections on Hats and Inventions in a New York Minute
A narrator recounts small urban moments from a hat shop to the Grand Central terminal. He jokes about hat bands, a seashore hat, and a Vermonter quip on milk prices while noting patent office curiosities and a clever musical elevator idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Barton
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Desserts and Dishes From The Kitchen Cabinet
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union recipe roundup offers desserts and meat dishes. Caramel Nut Sauce and Butterscotch Sauce mix sugars, syrups, and milk with nuts or cream. Marshmallow Mint Sauce folds marshmallows into sugar syrup and egg whites. Gateau Princess layers sponge cake with berries and jam. Ginger Sundae uses ginger cream or vanilla ice cream with ginger flavor. Mutton with Apples pairs browned mutton with onions apples and mint jelly for serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Typewriting device with bells could aid newspaper offices
A historical note imagines a typewriter that rings a bell for each key, producing a xylophone like tone. It suggests stenographers become composers in newspaper offices and in musical comedy shops.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
How to train BABY'S BOWELS
A historic health ad praises daily half teaspoon of Dr. Caldwell's Lymp Pepsin to aid constipated babies. It claims the remedy regulates bowels and supports growth, citing the doctor's 47 years of practice and 3500 births without loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
The Shock Cure Hiccough Trick From Zurich Nebelspalter
A compact Zurich Nebelspalter line cites a gag about hiccoughs and fear as a cure. The joke pivots on a patient or reader asking for fright to end a fit, followed by a quip about lending money and thanks for a brief attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich Nebelspalter
Old or young at sixty Fellows' Syrup promises health
Health ad proclaims age is a state of wellness not years and urges readers to fight run-down nerves with Fellows' Syrup. It claims physicians in 58 countries prescribe the product and that it restores energy and vigor, suggesting readers obtain a bottle at their druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayne
D. Jayne
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