Stickytoes Reveals Winter Hideaway Inside Farmer Browns Pots
Johnny Chuck learns Stickytoes the toad spent winter in a farmer's house after hiding among potted plants. He describes warm earth, red pots, and the snow outside, realizing he slept in a room inside the house and was discovered by Farmer Brown's wife.
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Johnny Chuck
Johnny
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Stickytoes Secret: Johnny Chuck Recalls Winter at Farmers
The narrator recounts how Farmer Brown and his son cared for him, making a warm home during winter. Spring returns to move plants outside, and the tale notes the surprising plan for Stickytoes to spend the next winter with Farmer Brown.
The Old Way by Douglas Malloch
Poem recounts changing loves across days and nights as a man seeks new joy while a woman settles with a local marriage. The verses contrast restless pursuit with lasting choice and reflect on past eras and personal connection. The piece notes it is from WNU Service in 1532.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
Disillusioned Buyer Notes Fur Bought in 1933
A quoted shopper Doris laments a fur purchase by recounting the clerk’s vow that she would not see another such item. The snippet, sourced from 1933 Bell Syndicate WNU, hints at buyer regret and a dubious sale.
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WNU
Bran fortifies soft foods with tasteless bulk
The piece explains how raw bran adds roughage to soft foods and notes it is tasteless enough to mix into cooked cereals. A tablespoon is suggested as a good daily amount to use in a dish of cereal.
Cassius Recalled as Vile Self-Seeking Figure
The passage portrays Cassius as a vile selfish man always seeking his own ends and making efforts to meet personal goals. The tone critiques his character as consistently self-serving.
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Cassius
Fragmented medley of biblical quotes and scientific notes
A disjointed column blends biblical dialogues with questions on heredity and Renaissance discoveries. It references speaking animals and a yawning abbess, and notes the circulation of the blood as an important invention, attributed to Bell Syndicate and WNU service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Bran Recipes For Health And Constipation Relief
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union item presents bran as aid for digestion and constipation. It includes bran water with meals, bran muffins, and Bran Bread recipes with flour, milk, molasses, eggs, and shortening. Nut loaf version adds nuts for flavor.
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Unica
Cathedral to become atheist theater in Leningrad
Pravda reports the great St Isaac’s Cathedral will be converted into an atheist theater. The first production, The Cathedral of St Isaac, mocks the saintly life at a venue once famed as Russia’s most fashionable church. The cross shaped basilica with a gilded dome cost about $12 million and features lavish interiors designed by French architect Richard de Montferrand.
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Leningrad
Cathedral of St. Isaac
Pravda
Richard, de Montferrand
Moscow
New York Herald Tribune
Rome
Ts Famanus
lLiterary Digest
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