The First Good Snow by Douglas Malloch
Poem reflects on aging and approaching winter as the first white hair appears. It likens seasonal change to life stages, urging warmth, family closeness, and emotional preparation for the cold ahead. The piece evokes seasonal imagery and a gentle moral about enduring care.
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Douglas Malloch
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Humorous Exam Tidbits and Pedagogy Notes
A quirky compilation notes Boners from exams and essays teaching humor in class. It cites pedagogy as walking and mentions liberty quotes attributed to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. The text includes odd assertions about Albanians and a Wald of the Monroe Doctrine, plus a poetic line about the Golden Gate as heaven for good children.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Cakes and flavors from gingerbread to Lady Baltimore
A cake primer lists gingerbread with whipped cream, chocolate varieties with rich fillings, ribbon cake layers, and cupcakes. It highlights versatile desserts for birthdays, Christmas, weddings, and christenings, praising chocolate and ginger themes and decorative fillings.
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Lady Baltimore
Putting Suggestions for the Stance in Golf
Guidance on stance and eye position in putting to improve alignment and stroke. Emphasizes not standing over the ball, keeping eyes forward, inside line of play, and a long low arc to prevent hitting on the upstroke. Notes weight transfer and left hand movement for a longer flatter arc.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Baking Guide for Fruit Cakes from 1933
The instructions describe careful mixing and slow oven temperatures for fruit cakes especially with molasses and brown sugar. Divide baking into four stages from rising to browning and center doneness, then cool on a rack to prevent a moist bottom. Use small amounts of vanilla lemon and almond flavors for balanced taste.
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Western Newspaper Union
Origins of the American conservation movement emerge in 1908
In May 1908 President Roosevelt convened a governors conference at the White House. Experts presented facts on natural resources and plans for conservation were discussed, marking a clear early United States conservation movement.
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Reddy Fox and the Muddy Plan at Smiling Pool
Reddy Fox waits for Jerry Muskrat at the Smiling Pool and schemes to obtain mud for a new underground house. He pretends a rains-based plan, only to discover mud cannot be made from sand and earth. Jerry doubts the idea, leaving Reddy frustrated but hopeful for a clever fix.
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T. W. Burgess
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Stout Women Compared To Ocean Liners By Cora
A 1933 Bell Syndicate WNU Service quip has corpulent Cora saying stout women are like ocean liners and risky to enter slips unaided. The remark uses coastal humor to comment on size and effort.
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Bell Syndicate
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Cora
WNU Service
Basque novelty crepe border with black Persian lamb trim
A ten hour basque of novelty black and white crepe features a border of black Persian lamb, paired with a black crepe skirt and a Cossack cap adorned by a bright red tassel.
Boston Post Office Founded in 1693 at Richard Fairbanks House
The first colonial office began in Boston in 1693 at the Richard Fairbanks house for goods transported from across the seas. In 1753 Benjamin Franklin became the first postmaster general, appointed by McClure Newspaper Syndicate WWNU Service.
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Marker honors early West pioneers along Santa Fe Trail
Prepared by National Geographic Society, the marker at Ars Kan. memorializes Jebediah Smith, one of America's West pioneers. The narrative traces the Santa Fe Trail from Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, describing wagon trains, river hazards, frontier towns, and the transformation as railroads and highways now parallel the historic route, with monuments marking the path.
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