Some Summer Sandwich Hints by Nellie Maxwell
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union note offers summer sandwich ideas. Recipes include Baking Powder Biscuit and Bacon Sandwiches with hot biscuits and crisp bacon, Fruit Sandwiches using fig paste and raisin bread, Toasted Cheese Sandwiches with mustard batter and cheese, Tongue and Olive Sandwiches with mayonnaise and olives, and Anchovy and Cottage Cheese Sandwiches with chives and parsley. Pairings suggested are tea, coffee, or fruit beverages.
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Western Newspaper Union
Inducing Children to Obey By Jean Newton
A mother explains a strict discipline method for obedience. She says punishment is severe and certain, never angry, and tied to the wrong act rather than the damage caused. She stresses memory, cause and effect, and sympathy for accidents, claiming it has worked with her son Bobby.
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Bobby
By the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Meaning of strafe in war context as punitive fire
The term strafe comes from the German word straf which means to punish or punish by punishment. During World War I the word was Anglicized as strafe and used to describe gunfire aimed at punishment or damage.
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Parthenon
Athens
John Finley
New York
United States
Expansion figures for wood and steel per degree Fahrenheit
Wood and steel expansion data show pine at 0.00000276 and cast steel at 0.00000636 per degree Fahrenheit. These figures illustrate steel’s greater thermal expansion compared with wood.
Popularity of Mother-in-Law Joke by M K Thomson
A discussion on why mother-in-law jokes endure despite respect for mothers. The piece argues humor arises from perceived dignity and authority, using satire to vent feelings toward in law figures and parallels with jokes about teachers. The tone mirrors syndicated column analysis.
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M. K. Thomson
Ph. D
James
Jane
McClure
Aspen and cottonwood drive most excelsior production
The text explains that aspen and cottonwood, along with basswood, make up more than half of the excelsior produced in the country. It also lists other woods used in excelsior making such as southern pines, willow, red gum, white pine, spruce, and smaller amounts of many additional woods.
A Plea to the Speeders by Douglas Malloch
Poem urging drivers to slow down for mothers and children. Warns that reckless speed risks loss and heartbreak, noting a mother’s fear and a child’s cry. Appeals to drivers’ conscience to avoid needless tragedy and regret.
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Speeders
Douglas Malloch
Young Abraham Lincoln Defends Fair Play in Schoolyard Fight
In a village store a young Abraham Lincoln refuses to fight and condemns cheating. He battles Jack Armstrong, who uses unfair tricks, then proclaims cheating the basest act. Armstrong later becomes a Lincoln admirer for his stand on fair play.
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Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Mr. Offcutt
Abe
Jack Armstrong
Jack
The Greedy Goslings
Instructions guide young readers to cut out figures and assemble a sliding base and patterns to create a toy gosling feeding mechanism. The project involves using heavier paper and following diagrams to animate the goslings as they take turns eating from a dish.
Rose Show Sparks Love in New York Man
RMY CHALMERS a stressed young executive on six months leave discovers a cottage and a prize rose inspires him to seek companionship. A professor offers hints on life and marriage as Chalmers welcomes a college girl named Rosie who enters the rose show and bonds over the plant.
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RMY Chalmers
New York
Ray
Connecticut
Western College
Mr. Chalmers
Mr Chalmers
Rosie
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