Hospital Canary Brings Comfort to Sick Girl Jerry
A young patient named Jerry in a hospital grows cheerful when a tame canary named Dicky Bird visits. She feeds him lettuce and crumbs, watches him bathe, and the bird sings a magnificent tune that lifts her spirits. The bird becomes a hospital pet, bringing happiness to many children as Jerry recovers.
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Jerry
Sandman
Dicky Bird
Bureau
SAWS By Viola Brothers Shore
Witty reflections on time, luck, and social choices by Viola Brothers Shore. The piece muses on neighbors, vitality, money motives, and family judgments with a humorous moral tone.
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Viola Brothers
Civic Pride Shapes City Spirit and Morals
Babson cites Towson on the value of civic pride, arguing that a community’s success rests not on machinery or capital but on attitudes and relationships. Civic pride, he says, creates tone, moral norms, and a desire for beauty, influences crime control, and binds residents to their old hometown. 1927 Western Newspaper Union.
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Roger W. Babson
Towson
Emerson
Elihu Root
Paul
Western Newspaper
Union
Love Potions and Rose Folklore in Ancient Belief
A historical note discusses popular belief in love potions including rose leaves and forget-me-nots. It links rose lore to sun worship and notes legends around the forget-me-not including a Persian tale of a celestial being and the earth daughter, via McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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Elere
Earth
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Do You Know 22 That Do You Know 22 That
Judge Beaver entered a trotting mare driven by Gallagher at a meet. The horse and another fast trotter necked, then the judge shouted let her go and Gallagher released the lines. The mare surged ahead by more than a dozen lengths at the pole.
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Gallagher
Beaver
Anne S. Turnquist
Western Newspaper Union
Home Cookery Notes From The Kitchen Cabinet
Recipes and tips for lemon tapioca pudding creamed mushrooms and other quick dishes. The piece offers simple desserts like lemon jelly orange parfait and caramel custard plus mushroom preparations and a note to save celery tops for soup.
Three Year Old Persists for Candy Or Cookies
A neighborhood tale shows Mary Louise age three visiting a neighbor to request candy. The neighbor obliges but Mary’s mother intervenes and warns against asking neighbors. Mary then sweetly shifts her ask to cookies if available.
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Mary Louise
Mary
Patent office grants about half of filed inventions
In Washington the United States Patent Office processed around 0,000 invention applications with roughly half receiving grant status. The incomplete OCR obscures exact figures but suggests a 50 percent grant rate for the period.
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United States Patent Office
Washington
Poor Horse Without a Wagon Shocks Child Narrator
A four year old girl in the countryside spots a horse without a wagon and tells her aunt she has never seen a horse used except to haul trucks or milk wagons. The moment highlights a child's literal interpretation of rural life.
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Carol
Deeds Are Offspring Of Words In Curious Exchange
A terse exchange blends metaphor and boast as one speaker challenges another about rings and rings’ worth while asserting deeds spring from spoken words. The dialogue hints at pride, affection, and the power of language.
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