King Eagle and Buster Bear Quarrel Over Vanished Fish
A tale in which King Eagle and Buster Bear contend for a big river fish caught by Plunger the Fish Hawk. King Eagle appears to seize the fish but none is found, leaving both birds puzzled and embarrassed as anger fades to foolishness.
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Htat
Hawk
King Eagle
Buster Bear
Buster
King
Sniff
Retreat from Lexington and a comic animal fable
A 1932 poem by Douglas Malloch asks whether a nation remains brave or retreats from Lexington, then shifts to a King Eagle and Buster Bear dialogue about a lost fish, exploring themes of pride, generosity, and quarreling. The piece blends historical reflection with a gentle woodland tale.
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Lexington
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Bear and Eagle Quarrel Over a Lost Fish
Granny Fox and Reddy Fox enjoy a fine fish dinner after Buster Bear and King Eagle quarrel over a fish they say Granny Fox grabbed. Granny Fox notes quarrels benefit others and advises keeping out of fights while watching to profit from others’ mistakes.
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Granny Fox
Reddy Fox
Buster
Buster Bear
King Eagle
Granny
Plunger
Reddy
T. W. Burgess
Wnii Service
From Paris to Timbuctoo and Back Again by Air
This account details the Sahara Desert air expedition that brought back Pere Yakouba’s authorized memoirs with historical notes on Timbuctoo. Capt Rene Wauthier led the four seat plane with William Seabrook and Marjorie Worthington aboard.
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Seabrook-Wauthier
Sahara Desert
Timbuctoo
Pere Yakouba
Rene Wauthier
William Seabrook
Marjorie Worthington
Seabrook
Floyd Gibbons
Desert
Father Yakouba
Gibbons
Georges Etienne
Sahara
Hoggar
Reggan
Dubois
Greens for Small City Lots Grow Fresh Vegetables
Tips show how a tiny plot can yield lettuce spinach radishes greens and onions. Steps cover soil care weeding watering and progressive harvests plus simple recipes for lettuce with bacon vinegar dressing green onions in cream sauce and spinach nests with eggs.
Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam
A brief note references Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam with a line about friendships among men and implied dialogue about women. It includes a culinary aside for baking a dish with butter cheese cream and eggs served in baking dishes.
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Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Adopts Healthy Habits
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's syrup pepsin as a mild safe laxative for all ages. It promotes tonic benefits for liver and bowels, claims to prevent sluggishness, and urges keeping a bottle in the medicine chest to avoid chronic constipation. It ends noting James Melrose of York at ninety nine refuses cars.
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Dr.Morse
Fellows' Syrup Promoted as Tonic for Nerves
An advertisement urges readers to stop worrying and use Fellows' Syrup to boost appetite and energy. It claims the tonic strengthens the body, improves vigor, and is commonly prescribed by doctors, recommending readers ask their druggist for genuine Fellows' Syrup.
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Fellows
Fellows Syrup Income Tax Evasion Noted in Channel Islands
The piece notes heavy taxes in Britain driving legal evasion, including yacht living to avoid taxation. Compton Mackenzie leases Jethou and Herm near Guernsey for about $1 weekly, gaining duchy privileges, while Herm’s lease has ties to Prince Blucher. The article mentions a unique tax-free status for tobacco spirits and gun licenses and ends with a note on English nurses left $175 each by the author.
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Great Britain
Monte Carlo
Compton Mackenzie
Jethou
Herm
Prince Blucher
Waldstadt
Germany
Blucher
Legacies for Serious Minds in Sir Alfred Yarrow Will
In Sir Alfred Yarrow's will the shipbuilder, who recently died at ninety, criticizes women he views as leading useless lives and leaves legacies to a select group of women he deems have “justified their existence.” He condemns leisure pursuits and urges a moral hierarchy among his heirs.
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London Hospital
Alfred Yarrow
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