The Curious Exchange Between Peter and Short-Tall Shrew
In a field tale Peter Rab bit waits patiently as Short-Tall the Shrew reveals his hidden winter storehouses. He explains how he survives cold months by tunneling for snails, foraging under leaves, and scavenging scraps from hunters, asserting his resilience and curiosity.
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Peter Rabbit
Peter
Short-Tall the Shrew
Short-Tall
Short- Tall
Danny Meadow Mouse
Short-Tail
Reddy Fox
Shadow the Weasel
Short-Tails
T. W. Burgens
Better to Be by Douglas Malloch
A reflection on steady, incremental growth through deeds and character. The poem favors humble, lasting progress built day by day over sudden fame or wealth, urging integrity and steady effort as the path to enduring worth.
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Wind Service
Frozen Desserts: Lemon Ice and Strawberry Ice Cream
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union recipe feature outlines lemonade ice, strawberry ice cream, and pineapple orange sorbet. Lemon ice uses boiled water sugar lemon juice with optional rind. strawberry ice cream combines fresh berries cream milk eggs and sugar, frozen with ice and salt. sorbet mixes pineapple lemon and orange juices with sugar syrup and water to a mush.
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Western Newspaper Union
Oddities and golf tips from a 1933 column
A mix of humorous misprints and medical quirks followed by a golf instruction passage. The notes touch on misheard terms like Boners and bronchitis, a duke of Clarence death reference, and a detailed swing method explaining grip, aim, and follow through for a robust shot from a close lie.
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Chick
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Government accounting pennies and the comptroller general
A long discussion on the U.S. government auditing system and the comptroller general’s role. It notes small overpayments and refunds, the need for strict spending rules, and the vast scope of checks and disbursements guiding federal finances. The piece includes a George Eliot quote about judgment and honesty.
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Sam
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General
United States
Congress
Traiter
Western Newspaper Union
Sky Ride Echoes Colombian Cableways At Century of Progress
Visitors at Chicago's Century of Progress thrill to the Sky Ride suspended cars between tall towers. Colombians know such aerial cableways, common in their mountains for years, where a cableway carried 100000 passengers and 82000000 pounds of freight last year.
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Chicago
Colombia
Odd Findings of Gold in Chunks
A curio-filled recount of giant and small gold nuggets found worldwide. Tales include a California boy’s $1 800 nugget, a 28 pound piece from North Carolina, and a 50 pound Ural nugget with dramatic backstory. The piece notes convicts' finds and a Sydney ore nugget selling for 148 000 dollars.
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Frederick Simpich
National Geographic Magazine
California
Perkins
Calaveras County
Dutch Flat
Dan Hill
North Carolina
United States Mint
Reed
Cabarrus County
Montgomery County
Thomas Faney
Faney
Fancy
Ural
Russia
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Man
J. Vincent Lewis
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Leicester
Eny
Roosevelt
Charles Chaplin
BY Thornton W. Burgess
Chick Evans
Lena
Dobbin
Ball Syndicate
WNN Service
Cyrck Gvans
Ball
Girli Cacp
By Douglas Malloch
Lincoln
Napoleon
Duke of Clarence
New York
Panama
God
George Eliot
Papa
Oliver Martin
Martin
Fowler
New South Wales
N.Y. Ad
East
28Th St
New York City
Peterman’s Rhe Ay
Washington
Hay-Adams House
Hay-Adams
Nathan Sinrod
Lafayette Park
16Th Street Bivd
Wrights
wTee Wrights Pill Co
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