Peter Rabbit Listens to Melody at Eventide
In the Green Forest as night falls Peter Rabbit sits on the edge of the woods watching for the first star. Melody the Wood Thrush fills the hush of evening with flute like song while Black Shadows creep across the Green Meadows. Peter feels peaceful and believes Melody sings for a nearby nest and mate.
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Olly
Mr. Sun
Peter Rabbit
Green Forest
Peter
Sweetvoice
Whip-poor-will
Boomer
Nighthawk
Welcome Robin
Brownie the Thrasher
T. W. Burgess
WNN
The Perfect Fool Question Box by Ed Wynn
A reader asks for a twelve letter word meaning Letter Carrier, and Wynn replies that five letters are in the postman s bag. Other queries about country air and whisky versus bullets receive witty, brief answers.
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ED Wynn
Mr. Wynn
Ice Box Dainties and Frozen Treats From Motleys Cook Book
Ice box desserts and frozen confections are outlined. Recipes include Refrigerator Dessert with cookies and whipped cream, Frozen Peanut Butter featuring peppers celery and peanut butter, and a Cocoa Charlotte Russe with cocoa and boiling water. Directions cover mixing, chilling, and serving details.
The Little Brown Schoolhouse Remembered
A nostalgic poem recalls an old schoolhouse with brown walls and simple design. It reflects on memories of reading, a teacher, named desks, a revolving globe, and shared chores. The verses contrast past school days with future lessons soon to begin.
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Little Brown
WNU
Cream Mousse Molded With Lady Fingers
A dessert method describes whipping cream stiff and folding in three beaten egg whites with salt juice and vanilla. Line a mold with trimmed lady fingers, fill with cream, chill three hours, unmold onto a serving dish and serve with whipped cream.
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Union
Pop Question Sparks Debate Over Minimum
A brief item notes a playful exchange about minimum thresholds among residents, highlighting a witty line The last drop. The short piece appears in a Bell Syndicate WNU Service relay.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Flamingo Linked Between Herons and Ducks
Ornithologists view the American flamingo as a connector between herons and ducks. It shares long legs like herons and has webbed feet and a duck bill.
Hard Times on Drummond Island 1815 British Fort
The Detroit Free Press recounts Lieutenant Colonel McDowall’s 1815 attempt to corner Great Lakes trade from Mackinac to Drummond Island. The British fort faced funding shortages, scurvy, and death, with relief arriving as supplies and birds returned in spring. Today the site overlooks water and government lighthouses mark the memory.
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Drummond Island
St. Mary’s River
Great Lakes
Jack van Coevering
Detroit Free Press
B. Frank Emery
Old
Mitchell
John J. Bigsby
Bigsby
Colonel McDowall
Cat and Dogged Fate in the Woods
A Davises family cat, aged and worn, is to be drowned by Harry in a night trek to the river. Lost in thick woods, he cannot reach the river or home, but the cat returns home on its own. Harry resolves never to drown a faithful cat again and boasts his pet’s cleverness.
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Davises
Harry
Pathfinder Magazine
Sausage Cases Reimagines Ice Cream Packing Concept
An innovation from the Leipzig fair showcases using sausage casings as portable ice cream packets. A filling machine seals transparent casings with ice cream, allowing customers to buy feet or yards of ice cream sausage and serve in varied lengths.
Bayer Aspirin price cuts go into effect nationwide
Bayer introduces a new consumer price schedule for aspirin tablets, marking a historic low in pricing. The company cites faith to customers and greater service as it expands reductions across 60,000 drug stores in the United States.
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Bayer Company
Bayer
United States
Ady
Transparent radium torch pierces steel through thin brass capsule
A radium based device used by the United States naval research laboratory turns opaque metal transparent, with a brass container under an inch long. It can penetrate ten inches of steel and replaces large X ray machines needing over a million volts.
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United States Naval Research Laboratory
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League of Nations
Geneva
By Thornton W. Burgess
Sweet Singer
Amy Blatt
Alfred Dunhill
C. D
Johnny Walker
Associated Newspapers
Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Chum
Motleys Cook Book
ICE Box
Dainties
Pada
Pesceano
Alan Zelany
East Orange
N. Y
Marine Co
Dpt
Chicago
Myrtle Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y, A
Cattours
Raymond Knight and
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Cuckoos
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