Seasonable Good Things for the Home Cook
Seasonal recipes for ham loaf chicken croquettes and pancakes with notes on economical dressings. Ham loaf blends smoked ham pork onion pepper and bread crumbs with a milk egg mix baked in a cracker crumb crust. Chicken croquettes use white sauce maple stock and seasoned chicken rolled and fried. Pancakes use sour milk and a mix of flour sugar and spices, with optional shortening. Also tips to stock commercial dressings and quick fish sauce.
Buster Bear Wins A Wish Against King Eagle
In Thornton W. Burgess tale, Buster Bear grumbles on a contrarious day until a silver fish dropped by Plunger the Fish Hawk falls toward him. King Eagle dives for it, Buster claims the fish as his wish fulfilled, and a clash ensues over ownership as the episode unfolds above Laughing Brook.
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Cster Bear
Laughing Brook
King Eagie
Plonger
Fish Hawk
Buster
Plunger
King Eagle
Mrs. Plunger
Buster Bear
Desmond Holdridge Leads Brazilian Jungle Expedition
Desmond Holdridge, a 24 year old leader from the Brooklyn Museum, launches a Brazil expedition with a native mechanic and Emerson Smith to explore the Melo Mundo region. They sail from Manaus aboard the Rio Mar to the Rio Catrimany headwaters and plan a four month trek into uncharted jungle to photograph tribes and wildlife including the Cock of the Rocks.
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Brazil
Desmond Holdridge
Brooklyn Museum
Lee Trenholm
New York
Catrimany
Manaus
Negro
Amazon
Atlantic
Holdridge
Emerson Smith
Manacs
Rio-Mar
Branca
Rio Catrimany
Parima
Orinoco
South America
Smith
Manaos
Siapa
Col
P. H. Fawcett
More or Less by Douglas Malloch
Poem reflection on human failings and excesses as daily life traits. Lines compare repeats of longing and action with outcomes, noting more talk than deeds and more trouble than joy. Written in 1932 for WNU Service.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
Saint and Bin ner differ by past and future
A terse joke notes that a saint has a past while a sinner has a future, reflecting a moral contrast. The line appears as a 1932 Bell Syndicate item distributed by j-WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Glory Departed Mosul and the East’s Lost Trade Link
A Boston paper notes Mosul once supplied Europe with fine lambs wool cambric known as Moussoui laine and rivaled Baghdad as a key eastern trade depot. Now the city is in the doldrums as luxury markets draw elsewhere.
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Mosul
Boston
Europe
Bagdad
Libraries wardrobes of literature for use and curiosity
Compact quotation-based item notes a historic view on libraries as wardrobes of literature, shaping informed readers who produce useful, ornamenting works. The tone evokes mid-19th or earlier discourse on knowledge, reading culture, and public libraries.
Plunger Incident Sparks Quarrel Over Belongings
In a 1933 vignette by T. W. Bargeas, King Eagle and another character dispute a dropped plunger that neither claims, escalating a needless fight over something not theirs. The tale explores foolish pride and misattributed ownership.
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King Eagle
T. W. Bargeas
WNU Serview
Target Tobacco testimonial touts savings and cigarette taste
A reader claims switching to Target blends saves money and preserves real cigarette taste. The note urges readers to try Target ready made blends and gummed papers at a local dealer and see for themselves.
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Target
Weasel Diet Across Farms Sparks Rat Control Debate
An authority argues weasels mainly eat mice and rats, not just blood. While weasels occasionally raid poultry, the main cause of disappearing chicks is more often rats, and swift hunting of vermin is advised to protect flocks.
The Scheme Seldom Fails Joe
A fragmented dialogue hints at a trickster scheme and social exchanges. The warped line suggests interpersonal irony and hidden motives, referencing candy and cordial as symbolic tokens within a casual exchange.
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Joe
Jack
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