Johnny Chuck Seeks Fat Winter Sleep Readiness
Johnny Chuck sits on his doorstep pondering if he has enough fat to survive a long winter. He weighs the need for warmth and food stored as fat, explaining to young readers how fat acts as a blanket and energy reserve during hibernation. Neighbors label his eating as piggish while he prepares for winter in the Old Orchard.
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Chuck
Johnny Chuck
Johnny
Striped Chipmunk
Rough Brother North Wind
Jack Frost
Greatness By Douglas Malloch in a Historic Verse Tale
The poem traces a search for greatness in unlikely places. The speaker finds tall trees and soil in a rock cleft yielding a rose, then a man with gold who gains fame, and a mother whose quiet songs shape a son. It contrasts public applause with private virtue and memory across scenes of society.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU Servica
Boners and burlesque trivia from old exam notes
A collection of humorous tidbits and definitional quips from exam papers and essays. It includes mock definitions such as blood flowing in odd directions and erroneous biology terms, plus a joke about pork from a porcupine and a hot pineapple butter dish recipe.
Panama Salad and Porto Rican Sandwiches Featured in Cosmopolitan Dishes
The article lauds cosmopolitan cuisine reflecting global trade, noting breakfast staples like tea from China and India and coffee from South America. It describes Panama Salad with pineapple, grapefruit, orange, and stuffed date, followed by Porto Rican Sandwiches using pineapple halves and pimiento.
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America
Globe
China
India
South America
West Indies
Budapest on the Danube as a Moslem holy city and thriving hub
Prepared by National Geographic Society, the piece tours Budapest along the Danube, noting its designation as a holy city for Muslims, planned Mohammedan university, and grand monuments. It paints Pest and Buda views from the river, the royal palace, Gothic Coronation Church, St Gellert baths, bridges, and busy quays, with vivid observations of nightly illumination, commerce, and public life. It highlights demand for medicinal baths, public amenities, and street life, contrasting historic events with modern Budapest's tourism and industry.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Udapest
Da-nube
Pan-Islamic Congress
Jerusalem
Budapest
Danube
Pest Bank
Francis Joseph Quay
Parliament House
Maria Theresa
Hungary
Francis Joseph
Buda
Bela IV
Matthias
Hunyadi
Vienna
Louis XIV
Rome
Pest
St. Gellert
Paris
Germany
California
Walters
Solaria
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Monaco
France
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Principality of
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Republic of France
By Thornton W. Burgess
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Reds
Owen Joseph Bush
Donie
Cincinnati Reds
Dan Howley
Bush
Georgia
Whig Party
Bell Syndicate
WNN Service
Western Newspaper Union
Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Ada Krows
Gorden
Cornhuskers
Arl Seiler
Knox County
Llinois
Galva
Carr
Baths of
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