Tales of the Chiefs Sitting Bull
A portrait of Sitting Bull born 1834 in South Dakota, famed Sioux warrior and peace maker. The piece sketches his raids and coups, debates on cowardice versus heroism at the Little Bighorn, and his later capture and death, noting his enduring defiance and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitting Bull
Tian
South Dakota
Fort Buford F
Red Man
Litcée Bighorn
Custer
General Miles
Canada
Miles
Fort Buford
Acallaweg
Bull
Aod
Htter
Fae
Biway System Could Move Mass Transit Above City Streets
Westinghouse engineer Norman Wilson Storer proposes the Biway system a high level transit network linking skyscrapers via glass bridges. Continuous trains run on parallel tracks with local and express services boarding at any point while gates and signals are centrally controlled to provide rapid, synchronized movement. Adhesion drive uses stationary power stations under the route with motors pressing wheels against T rails to propel the cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELIEF
Norman Wilson Storer
Westinghouse
Storer
Buster Bear Flees Bees After Honey Heist
Buster Bear tumbles from a hemlock after frightening Farmer Brown's Boy and honey eager, then flees through the Green Forest as Sammy Jay teases him. He nurses bee stings and seeks mud baths at Paddy the Beaver's pond to ease the pain. Farmer Brown's Boy, unhurt, heads to the same pond for relief from stings.
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Buster Bear
Farmer Brown
Buster
Sammy Jay
Sammy
Laughing Brook
Paddy the Beaver
Morvios
Miss Huth Osburn Sets Missouri Valley Discus Mark
Shelbyville Missouri athlete Miss Huth Osburn won the discus at the Missouri Valley AAU regional Olympic tryouts in Columbia. She launched 108 feet 214 inches to surpass the American record of 107 feet 6 inches. Osburn also captured titles in shot put baseball throw and javelin.
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Huth Osburn
Shelbyville
Columbia
Miss Osburn
Caroline C. Lowe
Miss Osborn
Boy chooses law over preachin in family talk
A father and mother discuss their son's future in law, hoping he can afford schooling and serve others. The mother favors preaching while the father supports law, stressing service to men. They agree the key is integrity and helping others, not money. The piece reflects moral values and hopes for a lawful life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graybeard
Douglas Malloch
WNU Service
Bran Muffins and Bran Upside Down Cake Recipe
Instructions for making Bran Muffins and Bran Upside Down Cake. Lists ingredients including flour milk bran egg baking powder sugar salt melted shortening, with measurements and mixing steps. Provides baking times and a note about using soured milk with baking powder and soda as a substitute. Attributed to Western Newspaper Union from 1932.
Bran as a Laxative Food: Uses and Recipes
The article extols uncooked bran as a laxative and digestive aid. It notes many can use roughage, detailing its role in cleansing the alimentary canal and suggests methods to incorporate bran into meals such as adding to cereals or a recipe with eggs, sugar, butter, and bran.
Man to marry a bridge fiend, says Honorah
Honorah, a housekeeping figure, comments that a man can easily reduce by marrying a bridge fiend. The remark reflects social humor in a 1932 Bell Syndicate item distributed by WNU Service.
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Housekeeping Honorah
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Lessons From Genesis On God and Beginnings
A compact lesson summary covers Genesis themes from creation to Joseph. It outlines April through June topics like God's preexistence, the Fall, Abraham, Lot and Abram, Isaac, Esau, Jacob, and Joseph. It emphasizes divine sovereignty, human choice, mercy, and deliverance through God.
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Asis
God
Abraham
Lot
Abram
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Bethel
Canaan
Jabbok
Joseph
Egypt
Three Kinds of People Quote
A brief aphorism notes three types of people: the wills who accomplish all, the wan'ts who oppose everything, and the can'ts who fail at everything. The saying categorizes attitudes as a concise moral reflection.
Tongue of Hate Costs a Man His Life
A saying declares that certain stinging insects die after a sting and a man who drinks from venom loses what he esteems above life, reflecting on the cost of hateful speech and its self-destructive urge.
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Editha
Watson
By Thornton W. Burgess
By Douglas Malloch
O. K
Western Newspaper Union
Bran Macaroons
Assuan
Cairo
Pyramids of
Giza
P B Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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