Open Cut-Out Offenders Boiled In Oil Poem
Douglas Malloch laments noisy cut-outs that wake readers at night praising harsher justice for the culprit. The speaker condemns any person who leaves a cut-out open creating unrest and a moral clash between patience and punitive desire.
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Douglas Malloch
Superstitious Sue Warns Against Repaired Grindstone
The Bureau of Standards warns that a broken grindstone mended and run at high speed risks catastrophic failure due to internal stresses. In theater circles a Poe play faces a “hoo doo” stigma, with producers vowing never again to stage such work.
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Bureau of Standards
Edgar Allen Poe
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
About the red oak Quercus Rubra description and issues
The red oak grows 60 to 90 feet with smooth young bark and thick ridges on the trunk. Leaves are ob long and dull green turning maroon in autumn. Acorns in broad shallow cups. It faces wood rot fungi pests like Tussock moth and two lined chestnut borer and has a history of twig blight and canker. In Germany its distribution is broad among American hardwoods.
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Germany
Western Newspaper Union
When Married People Wish to Swap Mates
A western state record tells of two couples who swapped partners after simultaneous divorces. The court dismissed the criminal case, noting no law was violated, leaving the couples to conscience as punishment while facing new marriages and possible social backlash.
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Jean Newton
Lfe
Bell Syndicate
Tips for kitchen and home care from a bygone era
A compendium of household advice on tasting food properly, improving flavor with small additions, and choosing reliable utensils. It covers measuring cups, brushes, dates for lunchboxes, casters on toy boxes, adhesive tape uses, and simple cleaners such as baking soda, turpentine and paraffin oil for furniture, permanganate for wood, and borax for kettle deposits.
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Western Newspaper Union
The Liberian Tic-Toc tale by Hugh Flatton
West Africa natives tame tic-tocs and cage them to time cooking. Happy ticks cause tails to swing and joints to tick like a clock. Timings vary by target: 80 ticks for missionaries and 240 for sailors. A pet tic-toc is described with edible parts for a toy figure.
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PTCHE
West Africa
Canary
Cooking macaroni and rice by Betsy Callister
Talians and Orientals dislike the soft texture of American cooked starches like macaroni and rice. An expert urges longer cooking for digestion, yet American practice favors soft, tender starch. The piece notes children should be taught to chew thoroughly and long cooking is debated, urging balance with digestion.
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Betsy Callister
Farina
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Via Calvaria and Way of the Cross Stations
The 14 stations of the Catholic Church form the Via Calvaria or Via Crucis. Each station depicts by fresco or picture an incident in Christ's journey from judgment hall to Calvary, with prayers offered for each event represented.
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Calvaria
Via Crucis
Judgment Hall
Calvary
Primitive Diet Described By Belgian Congo Pygmies
The text notes staple roots for pygmies in the Belgian Congo, while birds small game rodents and caterpillars are not objected to. It mentions a valued dish of white ants and a feast involving raw elephant meat.
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Belgian Congo
Musterole touted for cold relief and congestion
An old remedy claims Musterole eases chest and throat colds by stimulating circulation. The product blends mustard oil camphor menthol and other ingredients and is advertised for hourly use over five hours. It is promoted as doctor and nurse recommended with a children's version available.
Denmark Credits Diet Shift for Falling Death Rate
Danish food commissioner Dr M Hiphede attributes Denmark's declining death rate to a national vegetable diet. Barley porridge and coarse rye bread with bran are national staples, while butter exports are high but rarely eaten by peasants who favor vegetable butter.
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M. Hiphede
Denmark
No crossing lots after dark, hazards feared
A terse exchange notes caution about walking after nightfall as hazards loom. The line hints at a mood of caution and urban risk, reflecting concerns over safety and public spaces in a divided street scene.
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