Brownie the Thrasher sparks family mix up
Jenny Wren asks Peter Rabbit about Brownie the Thrasher her long cousin and how Brownie is related to Wrens and Thrushes. Peter recalls Brownie’s tail twitching and reddish brown plumage while Jenny defends his non Thrush blood and confirms Brownie appears in spring dress.
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Rabbit
Jenny Wren
Peter
Jenny
Brownie the Thrasher
Wren
Brownie
Brownlie
Brown Thrush
Peter Rabbit
Ture
Thrasher
T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
Ed Wynn Question Box The Perfect Fool
A humor column presents several readers questions about price cutting for doughnuts, a suitor misreading a hat as proof of a woman being home, widow versus window, and wedding guest baby etiquette. The replies offer light irony and practical jokes to defuse each situation.
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ED Wynn
Mr. Wynn
Many Tongues Broadcast Czechoslovakia Language Reach
The Prague stations air daily in Czech and German and weekly in Russian English French with occasional Polish and Serb. Bratislava broadcasts in Russian Slovene Polish Romanian and Hungarian.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Bratislava
Fruit Iced Tea and Ginger Ale Cream Drinks
A vintage drink column suggests fruit iced tea made with strong tea juice from lemons and oranges served over ice with citrus slices, plus two ginger ale based drinks. A mulled cider recipe adds spice with cinnamon and allspice.
Red Airplane Seen From The Skies Over Town
An aerial view shows a red airplane flying over a town with streets and avenues visible below. The scene depicts harmony and equality under a heavenly eye as residents gaze upward toward the aircraft.
Ginger Ale Cobbler and Ginger Tea Punch
A recipe era instruction details boiling cloves and ginger root then serving hot in stone pitchers. It also describes a gingerbread cheese luncheon with cider and a syrup poured over beaten egg whites into English breakfast tea, lemon ice cream, and freezing into a punch bowl ginger ale cobbler.
Ant Army Cultivates Leaf Circles for Fungal Feed
A South American ant colony marches to a cocoa plantation in formation. Each insect cuts near perfect circular leaf pieces and carries them overhead as umbrellas. Back home, the ants chew the leaf bits and cultivate beds where a peculiar fungus flourishes, providing their primary food.
Oldest US Bible Purchased by Philadelphia Collector
Edward Applebach bought the Kent family Bible printed between 1634 and 1664 from Mrs. B. A. Giffin of Miami. The 1,400 page English volume includes the Bible, Book of Common Prayer, and ritual prayers, with 1670 owner marks and Kent names up to the 1870s. It contains a prayer for the English royal family.
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United States
Edward Applebach
B. A. Giffin
Miami
Fla
Kent
John Bill
Christopher Barker
Catherine
Mary
Fames
Duke of York
Jesus Christ
Lord
German Worth $13,000 Says Nazi Doctor League Leader
Dr Reiter, head of the German health office, told the Nazi Doctors league in Halberstadt that a person with full working powers is worth $10,000 to $13,000 to the state. He urged doctors to treat patients according to their value to the state.
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Doctor Reiter
Doctors’ League
Halberstadt
Postum Free Week Offer From Postum Company
Read the offer in this paper. The Postum Company will mail a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it.
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Postum Company
Postum
Ady
A. Ropiak
Milwaukee
Ruschen
Where He Got It and the Tropics Mentioned
A brief quip contrasts sleeping sickness origins with tropical exposure and hints at civil service experience as the source.
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Tropics
Birds Consume Vast Grain Supplies in Canada
Canada’s poultry population of over 65 million birds uses an estimated 85 million bushels of mixed grain annually. Calculation assumes 65 pounds per bird each year, reflecting the scale of feed demand in a normal year.
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Canada
Eczema on Hands Healed by Cuticura Sample
A testimonial from Mrs. H. Hammond of Holliston Mass describes severe hand eczema with peeling skin and burning. After trying remedies, a free Cuticura Soap and Ointment sample helped, leading to ongoing use and clear hands. Sold everywhere with one free sample offer from Cuticura Laboratories Dept. R Malden Mass.
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Hammond
Pleasant St
Holliston
Mass
Cuttscura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Trend of the Times Phrase Echoes in Public Life
Ethel Locwood notes the slogan Now don't be narrow has surpassed the national anthem in public recognition, reflecting shifts in cultural emphasis and memorable rhetoric. The remark appears in a broader discussion of how certain phrases become defining symbols beyond traditional anthems.
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Ethel Loc Wood
Don’t give up on energy and health guidance
A reader questions persistent fatigue and identity feel after colds or overwork. The piece suggests weakened red blood cells from blood and suggests a tonic marketed as proven by generations and modern appraisal to restore strength, improving appetite color and energy.
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Olive Oyle
Bobo
Link
Frank Lee
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Dada
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Los Angeles
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Cuticura
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William Brush Ee
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Station V
Delow
Savann
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Be-Mo
Youngstown
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WidDe, Harold
Somers
de Kalb Ave
B' ‘Klyn N.Y
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