Jerry Muskrat Builds New House At Night
In this Children's Story Jerry Muskrat begins preparations for winter by building a new house at night near the Smiling Pool. Peter Rabbit watches curiously as Jerry works behind the Big Rock, mudding the pool and making progress while avoiding daytime activity.
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Erry Muskrat
Jerry
Jerry Muskrat
Peter Rabbit
Paddy the Beaver
Mr. Sun
Left arm pull aids early downswing in golf technique
The article discusses using the left arm to start the downswing, likening it to pulling a bell rope. Bobby Jones is cited, noting success when he feels he is pulling against something in the initial downswing, with the right hand kept out early.
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Bobby Jones
Bell Syndicate
WIN Service
When There's Sickness When There's Sickness
A brief period poem by Douglas Malloch from 1933 about anxious care in illness. It contrasts independence in health with reliance on the Great Physician, as a family waits for news and seeks strength through prayer during sickness at home. The piece reflects hope, fear, and faith in trying times.
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Douglas Malloch
Wnu Servica
Jerry Keeps Digging to Build a House
In 1923 T W Burgress notes Jerry faces muddy water as he digs foundations. Neighbors grumble, but Jerry endures, finding happiness in being usefully busy while the work continues under water.
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Jerry
T. W. Burgress
WNU Service
Summer meals for warm weather and shortbread cakes
The article suggests light meals with fresh vegetables and small amounts of meat, such as chop suey with celery and onions, green beans, and rice. It also offers a dessert idea of short bread cakes filled and iced, advising crisp celery and a dash of chop suey sauce.
Odd Bits From An Old Exam Sheet And WNU Service
A quirky compilation of humorous and nonsensical lines from exam papers and a Bell Syndicate WNU Service item. Includes remarks about veterans, boners, revived drowning, John Hancock, planetary resolutions, and a canal description.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Creamed Sardines With Buttered Crumbs And Eggs
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union recipe outlines creamed sardines served on toast. Drain and debone sardines, mash flesh, melt butter, mix in bread crumbs and cream, then fold in finely chopped hard boiled eggs with salt pepper and paprika. Heat through and serve on toasted bread.
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Western Newspaper Union
Howe Hollow Echoes a Family Choice in May Twilight
Martha Howe faces a pull between heritage and modern life as her son William and his fiancée Felice choose to stay at Howe Hollow. The couple plan to marry and move, but a renewed sense of belonging leads them to ask Martha to remain. The scene unfolds through warm spring imagery and small-town talk about home and progress. Martha grants their wish to stay, embracing a future rooted in the hollow.
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Howebrook
Howe Hollow
Martha Howe
Joshua Howe
William
Anna Pratt
Howe
Martha
Paris
New York
Felice Leeways
Felice
New England
Howe House
Anna
Mother Howe
Foxes Outwitted at Woodland Spring In a trapper’s sly method
Foxes known for keen scent are defeated by a bubbling woodland spring. By placing a submerged trap and bait on a mossy stone near the bank, the trapper approaches without leaving scent. Foxes’ diet includes birds rabbits rodents poultry eggs and nuts, echoing Aesop’s grape fable.
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Brer Reynard
Aesop
Village of Ancients and Happy Inhabitants in Shotley Bridge
The Durham village of Ancients boasts ages totalling to ancient days with residents living long lives. Shotley Bridge, a small community, houses many nonagenarians and eighty-year-olds. sixty and seventy year olds are considered youths.
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Durham
Adam
Shotley Bridge
Montreal Herald
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