Chicoree the Wild Canary Roams Old Orchard
In this vignette Linnet the Purple Finch teases Peter Rabbit about Chicoree the Wild Canary. Chicoree boasts a bright yellow plumage and black wings as he strolls the Old Orchard, chasing seeds and thistles while planning nest thoughts for later seasons. The scene blends chatty animal humor with naturalist charm.
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Chicoree
Linnet
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Unusual Dishes From The Mother Cook Book
A Western Newspaper Union recipe collection offers unusual dishes such as Golden Coconut Shortcake with orange sauce and coconut, tomato cups filled with rice cheese and vegetables, orange-vanilla custard, and Maple Junket topped with whipped cream.
Question Box by Ed Wynn Eee The Perfect Fool
A reader asks why a friend would say his father died on the scaffold. The answer explains scaffold may refer to a bricklayer’s fall, not execution, and notes a separate line about raffling a plane with 2,000 tickets.
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ED Wynn Eee
Mr. Wynn
I. D. Claire
Sometimes I Wake
A poem about waking to thoughts of a distant loved one. The speaker trembles in the dark, recalling shared life and hoping the other’s pure spirit reaches them across miles. The verse imagines a guiding star and a lingering ache of love under night’s vigil.
Distinctive celanese street frock with gold accents
A fall suitable street frock features a slight cowl at the throat six gold buttons and a hammered gold belt. Made from celanese jersey it is ideal for the first cool days of autumn.
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Celanese
Jersey
Perfume Quieting Nerves Across Asia
Collier's Weekly notes perfume widely used in Asia to quiet nerves and aid digestion after meals. Belief holds scent creates mental calm and contentment aiding assimilation among Oriental peoples.
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Asia
Collier's Weekly
Love Victim for Rich Heir and Servant Wife
New York society notes the marriage of Willocks heir William W. Willock Jr to Adelaide Ingebretsen, a former chamber maid. They faced snubbing from the Social Register yet celebrate their five year anniversary with a child and ongoing home renovations at Gladwood on Long Island.
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New York
Willocks
William W. Willock
Adelaide Ingebretsen
Gladwood
Willock
Syosset
Long Island
Willy
Adelaide
North Shore
Frank L. Polk, Jr
Katherine Salvage
Mrs. Willocks
Stavanger
Norway
Woman Says Husband Gets Plain Mad in Divorce Suit
Hanford California says Joseph Alfred Belmont a Hanford district rancher became angry and got plain mad he smashed the windshield of his car after it refused to run overturned tables dishes and chairs killed livestock that angered him and plowed up a strawberry patch because she sold berries from it all occurred when something annoyed him the wife alleges in the divorce complaint.
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Hanford
Calif
Joseph Alfred Belmont
Girl Uses Bank Breakage to Escape Whippings
Edith Di Pietrantonio sixteen smashed a bank window to avoid further whippings from her father in Portland Maine. She told police she would remain in jail rather than endure more abuse and threatened to repeat the act if released.
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Portland
Maine
Edith di Pietrantonio
Dime Repaid After Fifteen Years Across the River
A Sarnia woman borrowed a dime from a Port Huron store manager fifteen years ago to pay boat fare to cross the river. The manager's successor reports the woman, now a Dayton resident, has sent the repayment via letter.
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Port Huron
Mich
Sarnia
Dayton
The Great Express Company Robbery Mystery
In the early eighties a crafty thief posed as a clerk to steal a bonds package worth about ten dollars from an Adams Express office. A second bold bank theft used a sharpened umbrella to lift nearby funds, stirring citywide alarm. Detective Francis Kelly identified Chauncey Johnson as the likely mastermind, exposing his ruse at the Drexel bank and leading to custody in Philadelphia. Johnson was later taken to New York on Adams Express robbery charges.
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Adams Express
Philadelphia
Francis Kelly
Custom House
Sub-Treasury
Drexel & Co
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Kelly
Chauncey Johnson
United States
Johnson
United States Secret Service
Financial District
Drexel Bank
Chauncey
City Hall
New York
Adams Express Company
WNU Service
Red quail discovered showing evolution on southern preserve
Pathfinder Magazine reports scientists witnessed evolution as a brick red quail, a subspecies of the bob white, breeding true to color even when mated with standard brown and white birds. The finding marks the first observed instance of natural evolution and researchers monitor the birds closely.
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Pathfinder Magazine
New Sleeping Luxury Ceiba Fiber For Bedding
The Ceiba fiber, derived from a tropical tree already used for insulation, bids to replace wool and down in bed quilts and comforters. Tests show it is 22 percent more efficient than wool and as light as the softest down, with natural moth resistance and odor resistance. It also resists packing or balling during cleaning.
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