Reddy Fox's Smooth Grin Targets Jerry Muskrat
In the Smiling Pool tale Reddy Fox uses a pleasant mask and flattery to study Jerry Muskrat's new house. He plots to exploit Jerry's work, watching nightly from the bank under moonlight and praising the unfinished project before revealing his true intent.
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Reddy Fox
Reddy
Jerry Muskrat
Jerry
Jess
Paddy
Paddy the Beaver
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
A Scotch kettle beef dinner plan described
A recipe suggests browning brisket or beef shoulder in a Scotch kettle with fat, then adding water and cooking slowly. After an hour or more, add carrots onions and later potatoes, continue cooking and basting to finish the meal.
Note, the business man avoids and the opera singer attains
A compact aphorism from 1933 issued by Beil Syndicate via WNU Service. It surveys a paradoxical idea comparing a note to a business stance and to an operatic achievement, framed as a terse public-domain style quip.
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Matilda
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Beil Syndicate
Mists of Morning and Small Griefs
Poem reflects that many sorrows are only mists that rise with the dawn and disappear with time. It urges letting go of minor losses, recognizing larger griefs while avoiding dwelling on nonessential troubles. The piece concludes with a hopeful note to stay glad unless conditions are truly dire.
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Brother
Douglas Matloch
WNU
Deep faced clubs counteracting slice in golf
Deep faced clubs help cure a slice, appealing to average golfers who mostly slice. Deeper faces counteract the slice, while shallow faced clubs may reduce hooking. Choose based on your tendency. A straight ball from the tee sets up the hole.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Molasses and Raisin Pies From Historic Instructions
A historical recipe passage describes baking Molasses Pie with a lemon butter thickener and optional walnut meats, plus Raisin Pie made from boiled raisins, sugar, salt, and flour in a rich pastry crust. The instructions include molasses boiling, butter paste, and a moderate oven bake.
Boners and Brief Facts From Old Essays
A collection of humorous and oddities from exams and writings. Includes quirky claims about gravity and acorns, miscast science facts, and snippets about historical figures. Mentions Alfred the Great, Alfred’s Chronicle, and the Immortal William. Notes on Stevenson’s father and lifelong travels. The era’s miscellany ends with a line about pasture life.
Dessert technique for Cool Fall Days and Bedouin meals note
For Cool Fall Days the center, sprinkle with the juice of a lemon and grating of the rind, add one-half cupful of water in which the raisins were soaked and hot with two tablespoonfuls of butter cut into small pieces. Cover with pastry and bake forty minutes. Have the oven very hot the first ten minutes to bake the pastry, then reduce the heat. Serve hot or cold. 1933 Western Newspaper Union. Poor Bedouin Sure of Meals Every poor Bedouin of the Egyptian deserts has a right to share the meals of his wealthy tribesmen.
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Western Newspaper Union
Russia recognition debate and Treasury ceremony described
The article analyzes arguments for United States recognition of the Soviet government, noting trade records show no clear benefit from recognition. It discusses religious liberty issues, then describes a Treasury ceremony redeeming part of the Fourth Liberty loan, with Undersecretary Dean Acheson presiding and envelopes drawn to retire bonds. It also touches Germany and Hull on Nazi actions toward American citizens.
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Washington
Russia
United States
South America
Stalin
AstoTrade
Bainbridge Colby
Roosevelt
New York
Treasury
Dean Acheson
The
Liberty
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Robert
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Aquaplane College
Roy Arnold
William Bruckart
Germany
Hull
State Department
Hitler
Washington Administration
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