Men Are Like the Leaves by Douglas Malloch
A 1931 poem compares men to leaves in trees with seasons marking friendship. It reflects that some friends endure poverty or pain and stay true while others fall away as summer ends.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1931
Page
3
A 1931 poem compares men to leaves in trees with seasons marking friendship. It reflects that some friends endure poverty or pain and stay true while others fall away as summer ends.
A brief verse from the Mothers Cook Book speaks to resilience in weather and mood. It encourages gladness in rain and notes the sun will return as blue skies emerge beyond thick clouds.
A kitchen note suggests preparing salad with lemon gelatin as a base for fruits and vegetables. It mentions dissolving gelatin in water or fruit juices or broths made with bouillon cubes to boost flavor and nutrition.
Ostrich farming surges worldwide as Empress Eugenie hats boost demand for plumes. US factories rise from twenty to about three hundred, employing around four thousand workers. Prices, though not as high as twenty years ago, have climbed about 70 percent in six months.
A luncheon or church service guide notes a mottled gelatin salad is well liked. It can be set in small molds or large dishes and served in cubes or broken up and placed on lettuce nests. Suggested mix includes grated carrots onion green pepper celery cabbage cucumber and shredded gel.
The text outlines dissolving three packages of lemon gelatin in hot liquid, chilling, prepping shredded cabbage in cold water, beating egg yolks with water and butter, seasoning with salt and vinegar, cooking dressing over hot water until thick, pouring over cabbage and heating before serving hot.
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union recipe details a cabbage salad using gelatin, cold water, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice, salt, boiling water, pimientos, celery, and pecans. Another method suggests chopping cabbage with onion, frying salt pork, and seasoning with vinegar. serve warm or cold.
In Thornton W Burgess bedtime tale Honker the Goose wakes to a night alarm sparked by Peter Rabbit’s signal. Paddy the Beaver spots Reddy and Granny Fox near the shore and warns the flock. The foxes retreat as Honker and the geese prepare for their southward journey at dawn.
Billy Herman, a sensational second baseman of the Louisville Colonels, was purchased by Manager Hornsby for the Chicago Cubs. Rumored price is $50,000. He was to report after the season but was summoned and put to work at second base. Herman is hailed as the best man in the American Association.
A fragment records a request to thank a figure named Honker the Goose bever and to relay that he will forget the events of the night. Paddy promises to carry out the task.
Old gardener notes the torch lily or red-hot poker, known as Tritoma. It can be wintered in open ground with light leaf protection or stored in sand or coal ashes in a cellar. In northern states it often dies, so lifting and cellar storage or cold-frame protection is advised.
The text defines chance as an event arising by random occurrence affecting a person, while luck specifically implies good fortune. It contrasts luck with broader chance and notes luck carries a positive connotation.
Old newspaper notes reports tall man measurements among tribes and savage peoples claiming Topinarh the Finlander reached 112 inches nine feet four inches from compiled records.
The famous English forest celebrated for its link to Robin Hood sits near an amphitheater known as Robin Hood's hill. An ancient hollow oak called Robin Hood's larder remains on the verge, while the Major oak can shelter a dozen to fourteen people inside its hollow trunk.
The Academie des Jeux Floraux began in Toulouse in May 1324, summoned by a troubadour guild that gathered lords in the garden of Gay Science to recite poems. In 1094 it was established by letters patent and now focuses on Provencal poetry.
A humorous exchange from Path Finder Magazine notes a Pittsburgh person who rejects diversions and questions a man with a maid about courtship. The editor speculates the delay before kissing may be linked to waiting for paint to dry.
The Smithsonian Institution notes that eastern Belzginn Kongo tribes such as the Ratela have developed a telegraph like drum signaling system. Messages rely on drum type, rhythm, volume intensity, and time of day rather than spoken words. In dense jungle settings this method can convey substantial information.
Claude Puval known as Knight of the Road was born in Normandy in 1643. He traveled from Paris to England serving the duke of Richmond before becoming a daring highwayman. Captured in London in 1670 he was executed at Tyburn and his body publicly displayed in a tavern before a judge halted the exhibition.
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