Harvard Acquires Plateosaurus Earliest Dinosaur Mount
Bren, a mounted Plateosaurus specimen, has been acquired by Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology. Found in Germany, it is the first mounted dinosaur of its kind obtained by a U.S. museum. Estimated at 160 million years old, Plateosaurus is regarded as an ancestor to later giants like Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Bren
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
Germany
United States
The Nuts Fight Between Happy Jack and Chatterer
In the Green Forest Happy Jack Squirrel and Chatterer the Red Squirrel quarrel over brown nuts shaken from a chestnut tree. Striped Chipmunk quietly steals and stores them while Sammy Jay and the breeze look on. The two cousins chase each other until they discover the nuts are gone, leaving their quarrel pointless.
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Happy Jack Squirrel
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Happy Jack
Jack
Striped Chipmunk
Might
Malin
Sammy Jay
Merry Little Breezes
T. W Burgess
WNN Service
The Greatest Thing in Life Poem by Malloch
A 1933 poem questions life’s supreme value beyond wealth fame or power. It argues the greatest thing is life itself, found in love feeling and emotion rather than material or learned pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Malloch
WNU Service
Sunday Evening Supper Etiquette Tips
A Western Newspaper Union piece advises hosting a relaxed Sunday supper with careful service layout. It recommends ample space for plates and cups, simple well-organized tea carts, and serves that are easy to handle to avoid spills and discomfort.
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Western Newspaper Union
Boners and oddities from exam papers and legends
A collection of humorous tidbits from students and teachers including lines about boners in exams, a gsap apron, Macbeth on a vaulting horse, hydraulic ram shearings, desert religious towers, Madame Curie and radio, biblical angels, and Cardinal Wolsey with a rocket and brick image.
Mystery City Emrys Said Hidden Near Snowdon
An item notes Celtic lore of Emrys a city of ancient Britons reputedly atop Snowdon or along the Lleyn to Anglesey route. Described as walled, with towers and six foot thick defenses in a Broich y Ddinas enclave where dragons and a Druid goddess were said to roam.
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Bri
Pearson's
Britain
Emrys
Snowdon
Lleyn
Mona
Anglesey
Broich Y Ddinas
Creomulsion Promises Relief For Coughs And Colds
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a remedy for persistent coughs colds flu and bronchial issues. It claims creosote and healing agents soothe inflamed membranes attack the trouble site and build up the system with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved when used as directed.
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Harvard
Kiddies’ Evening Story
By Thornton W. Burgess
By Douglas Malloch
Mildred
Babe) Didrikson
Texas
Amateur Athletic Union
Jagter
Macbeth
Madame Curie
Daniel
Angel
John
Cardinal
Woolsey
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Chicago
America
George England
Inglewood
Calif
S. S. Shean
O Street
Midwest Refining. Co
104Th St
New York
Bettes
Pittsburg
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