Reddy Fox Seeks Mud for Dream House in Burge ss Tale
In Thornton Burgess story, Reddy Fox hopes to build a house in the Old Pasture but cannot obtain mud. Jerry Muskrat pretends to debate plans while secretly gathering food for winter. Reddy waits at Smiling Pool, then learns Jerry is truly busy storing provisions.
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Eddy Fox
Jerry Muskrat
Reddy
Reddy Fox
Jerry
Smiling Pool
Big Rock
T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
Odd Tidbits From Exam Papers And Ancient Texts
A collage of humorous and curious notes from old exams and books. It mentions Boners in exams, ancient Egyptian science, Cas tor off as a dosage, Pilgrims and weather, knight bathing, Goldsmith on America, and golf wrist mechanics.
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Egypt
Laundry Complaints Flip Side of Prosperous Trade
Cora notes the laundry business looks prosperous yet jokes about shirts losing buttons as a humorous shortcoming. The remark reflects common small business chatter from 1933 syndicated in Bell Syndicate WNU service.
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Bell Syndicate
Cora
WNU
Wrist Movement Described In backswing Technique
The passage explains that initial movement in the backswing begins in the hips and knees, with the wrists following as the arms move straight across the front. This helps achieve a flat arc rather than a abrupt one. Wrists stay relaxed and inactive until about a third of the backswing is completed.
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Bell Syndicate
WNN Service
Ginger Waldorf Salad and Related Dishes Featured in Recipe List
A collection of kitchen directions covers crushed peanut brittle served over ice cream, Glorified Rice with cream and boiled rice folded in, a Ginger Waldorf Salad with apples celery nuts and garlic rub, plus Oxtails en Casserole with tomato juice and spices.
Love at Home by Anne Campbell
A short verse praises a brown wren that brings joy to the home yard and a simple, shared happiness. The poem contrasts a local, everyday song with distant temptations, celebrating home tranquility and understandable happiness.
Princess Elizabeth Coat Interest Among Young Fashioners
Princess Elizabeth and her youngsters set style standards as they favor a green cheviot coat with a velvet collar, reflecting the royal family’s exacting taste.
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Princess Elizabeth
The Bad Man From Bitter Creek and Langlade’s War Path
In this Western portrait, Joseph Slade, known as Alf Slade and The Little Terror of the Plains, is traced from youth in Carlisle Illinois to his Overland Stage duties, later slain by vigilantes. The piece also recounts Charles de Langlade’s pivotal role in the Pickawillany attack and his later partisan actions, ending with his fading from history after the Revolution.
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Julesburg
Colo
Joseph A. Slade
Alf Slade
Bill Slade
Plains
Bitter Creek
Slade
Carlisle
Fil
Mississippi
Missouri
Overland Stage Company
Jules Reni
Rene
Platte River
Jules
Corral
Stage
Montana
Old Britain
Europe
America
England
France
North
Fs Langlade
Matkinac
Nissowaquet
Langlade
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Pickawillany
Braddock
Order of St. Louis
Contrecoeur
Dumas
Ligneris
Quebec
New France
Godfrey de Linctot
George-Rogers Clark
Hainois
Western Newspaper Union
Treating Incidents as Disasters in Marriage
The piece argues that most marital failure stems from reacting to everyday incidents rather than great disasters. It stresses that small, recurring incidents shape a couple’s life and warns against letting minor annoyances become disasters that threaten harmony and divorce.
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Harold Nicolson
Mr. Nicolson
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Ad Seeks Constipation Relief
Public notice advertises Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a natural method to overcome constipation. It warns against strong mineral purgatives and promotes bowel regularity with pills priced at 25 cents per box from Wright's Pill Co located at 100 Gold St New York City.
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Wright
Wright’s Pill Co
St. N. Y. City
Statue of Liberty Replica Shocks Visitors in St. Cyr
In the French village of St. Cyr a small statue of liberty startles Americans who expect their landmark to be unique. The miniature figure holds a lantern instead of a torch but closely resembles the famous New York Harbor statue.
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St. Cyr
Liberty
New York
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Tonic Sold by Drugists
The advertisement proclaims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Tonic as a remedy that makes weak women strong. It notes the product is available as a liquid and is sold by druggists.
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Dr. Pierce
Not a Dutchman Henry Hudson Was English Not Dutch
The article clarifies the explorer Henry Hudson was English, not Dutch, countering a common belief about his nationality. It notes the misconception and emphasizes his English origins.
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Henry Hudson
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Thornton W. Burgess
Oliver Goldsmith
Minneapolis
Czar
Russia
Fox Wilshire Boy Scout Troop No
Los Angeles
Wasri Cock
Indiana’s Great War
Yun
Indianapolis
Indiana
BY Anne Campbell
Elmo Scott Watson
The
Mertens
Caer Basel
St. Joseph
St.Joseph
Garfield Tea CO
Garfield Tea
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