Peter's Feathered Summer Lessons and Farewell
In IL, Peter observes how birds keep trees insect-free and aid Farmer Brown, learning their crucial role in nature. He laughs at fledglings learning to fly, watches birds migrate as autumn nears, and welcomes returning northern visitors, including Sammy Jay and Tommy Tit, in a gentle seasonal tale from the Win Service.
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Peter
Farmer Brown
Jack Frost
Welcome
Sammy Jay
Downy
Harry
Woodpeckers
Tommy Tit
Chicakadee
T. W. Burgesa
Favorite jellied fish mold and roe sauce recipe
A recipe collection from the Western Newspaper Union explains a two pound fish jelly mold with almonds onions and mayonnaise, plus a roe sauce and an olive oil and egg yolk emulsion. It adds instructions for serving on lettuce and in potato baskets, with detailed steps and seasonings.
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Western Newspaper Union
Stocking Origins in Northern Europe
The word stocking derives from stock meaning leg coverings once worn as breeches or upper stocks and nether stocks. Stockings began in cold northern Europe, with earliest examples made from skins.
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Europe
McClure Newspaper Syndicate 2 Service
One Dress Keeps Priscilla From Wardrobe Worries
Priscilla notes the sole dress spares her tomorrow’s outfit worry. Bell Syndicate WNU Service reports a simple wardrobe life.
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Poverish
Priscilla
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Question Box By Ed Wynn The Perfect Fool
A collection of humorous questions and replies from the Question Box column. Letters from readers touch on safety for a bank messenger, engagement with a mystery kiss, a request for a photo in exchange for an answer, and a note on auto accidents involving women drivers.
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ED Wynn
Mr. Wynn
V. Hickle
Witty Kitty by Nina Wilcox Putnam
The girl chum notes that if the new office boy spends spare time reading camp news, the boss will know he will do. WNU Service.
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Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Chum
WNU Service
Only the Lonely Hearted Know
Poem fragment notes how only the lonely feel heavy woe in the night yet find hope at dawn and a tranquil mind through faith, with lines about sunrise birds and a kinship with God. Copyright WNU Service.
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WNU Service
Hush money and peculiar questions from readers
A readers’ Q and A column notes inquiries about hush money defined as nursing wages, prison fares, a dating puzzle with a girl who says you tickle her, and a sleepwalking son advised to become a policeman. the piece reflects cheeky social questions from Newark readers via the Associated Newspapers.
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Mr. Wynn
Bottle trees named for bottle shaped trunks found in Australia
Scientists discover evergreen bottle trees in Australia with trunks curved into soda bottle shapes. The unusual form captivates researchers studying plant adaptations and drought resilience.
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Australia
Pontine Marshes Transformed From Wetlands to Farms
The Pontine marshes near Rome have been drained and transformed into productive farmland. Since 1926 a hydraulic project led by Senator Natale Prampolini, backed by 87 percent government funding and malaria control with Rockefeller support, has built roads and canals, established about 14 000 workers, and planned 3 250 farmhouses among colonists and landowners. By 1935, the region aims to fully colonize arable land with new villages Littoria Sabaudia Pontinia and a planned inauguration, restoring the once malaria ridden landscape as a garden serving the capital.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Pontine
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Littoria
Sabaudia
Pontinia
Rome
House of Savoy
Natale Prampolini
Opera Nazionale Combattenti
Lepine Mountains
Martino
Moor
Tower of
Ninfa
Martinus
Rio Martino Canal
Prampolini
Rockefeller Foundation
Caetani
Sermometa
War Veterans’ Organization
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California
J. Cups
By Anne Campbell
Ima Nass
Newark
N. J
Sing Sing
Yours
Rob
P. Kinn
N. Somnia
The
Associated Newspapers
Duke
Duke College
James B. Duke
Durham Township
North Carolina
Duke University
America
Ponting
Pontine Marshes
Leo X
Giuliano del Medici
Giuliano
Terracina
Sixtus V
Sisto
Pius VI
Gaetano Rappini
Linea Pia
Torre Tre Ponti
Olim Pontina
Palus
Nuno Ager
Pontinus
Pontine Fields
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