Peter Rabbit Meets Short-Tail the Shrew on the Patch
Peter returns to his familiar brier patch and meets Short-Tail the Shrew whose winding paths puzzle him. He debates his aim and chances, questions if Short-Tail seeks fun, then decides to go home after noting the tangle of paths and Short-Tail’s sudden dash away.
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Peter Rabbit
Brier
Short-Tail the Shrew
Peter
Short- Tail
Short-Tail
T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
New York designer debuts jaunty suede Rob in Hood hat
A New York hat designer presents a summer wear Rob in Hood sports hat crafted in stitched suede cloth. The lightweight jaunty headpiece aims to blend style with comfort for warm weather and casual outfits.
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New York
The Old Home Place Is Enough
Poem reflects on contentment with the old family home over grander houses. The speaker recalls a farm rooted in hard work by the father, valuing sufficiency and gratitude. It contrasts material abundance with emotional security, ending that the old home place has always been enough.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU Service
Westinghouse Air Brake Invention Timeline
George Westinghouse invented the air brake in 1868 and earned the first patent on April 13, 1869 while in Pittsburgh. A Pennsylvania Railroad experiment fitted a train with air brakes shortly after. In 1872 he developed the automatic air brake.
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George Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Peter Follows Short Tail Paths in Woodland Mystery
Peter, misled about his neighbor Short Tail, returns to the old log and searches for the tiny private paths Short Tail spoke of. He finds a half inch wide trail leading away, then discovers a second path joining the first as he continues the search.
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Short-Tail
Mole
Peter
Mrs. Peter
Short- Tail
Whitefoot the
Wood Mouse
Complete Turn in Golf Swing and Homemade Sherbet Recipes
The article discusses the need for a full left side turn in the golf backswing with top players like MacDonald Smith cited as examples of balance and inner contact. It then shifts to 1933 food desk notes from Western Newspaper Union detailing peach ice cream orange sherbet and velvet lemon sherbet recipes with step by step freezing directions.
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MacDonald Smith
Smith
Bell Syndicate
Wwnu
Western Newspaper Union
Motier Cook Book French Ice Cream Method
A recipe describes making French ice cream by heating milk, whisked eggs, sugar and salt until thickened, then cooling and adding heavy cream. The method emphasizes nourishing texture that holds its shape when frozen.
Humorous School Dictionary Bits From 1933
A quirky sampling of exam room humor and wordplay notes with lines like Proners boners and finest animals being ground mice. It lists jokes on terms such as crow raven jailbird watered stock and Oxonian a man who drives a pair of axes, attributed to Bell Syndicate WNU Service in 1933.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Chick Mashes Mix At Home For Starting Chickens
Poultry experts outline options for home made starters using farm grains. Formulas vary with ground yellow corn, wheat products, oats, skim milk or buttermilk, alfalfa leaf meal, meat scrap, bone meal, oyster shell, salt, and optional soybean oil meal. When milk is used, adjust ratios. feeding to battery-reared chicks can also work with a cod liver oil addition.
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H. Alp
College of Agriculture
Universality of
Wilnels
WNU
Massachusetts Poultry Free of Pullorum Disease
A Massachusetts report shows 180 poultry flocks tested last year were free of pullorum disease. The Massachusetts experiment station notes this disease, a major threat to poultry, is transmitted generation to generation. Tests conducted by the Massachusetts State College veterinary science department indicate disease free flocks in every county.
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Massachusetts
Department of Veterinary Science
Massachusetts State College
When you hear the first bars of your wedding march
Winnie remarks on the wedding journey ahead with a wry line about realizing the long road after the music starts. The quote hints at commitment and the enduring path of marriage without detailing specific people or events.
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Winnie
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Feeding Potatoes to Hens Boosts Egg Production
The Prairieland Farmer notes that cooking and mashing potatoes with laying mash improves palatability and intake, raising egg output. Use unmarketable spuds in a hot mash fed warm to hens, about six to ten pounds per hundred birds per day, at noon or night.
Poultry Market Shifts As Australia Joins China In Egg Supply
Massachusetts research notes 180 poultry flocks tested free of pullorum disease last year. Pullets must be sturdy and mature early for strong fall and winter egg production. One medium egg, about 2.5 ounces, provides 25 calories of protein and 45 fats, totaling 70 calories.
Oxen Driver Becomes Noted South Surgeon Hero Tale
In a tale recounted by Archibald Rutledge the ragged barefoot lad drives a 67 mile ox team into Columbia to seek an education, meeting the USC president in a bathrobe and trading the animals for learning. From that moment the orphan rose to prominence as a leading Southern surgeon, illustrating that the age of heroes endures. Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are advertised as the original liver pills from sixty years ago.
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Columbia
D. C
University of South Carolina
Man
South
Archibald Rutledge
American Magazine
Dr. Pierce
Split Friendship Difference of Opinion
A concise note argues that compromise in disputes strengthens bonds, suggesting that yielding common ground benefits relationships more than rigid stances. It frames harmony as a practical tool for everyday interactions and teamwork.
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By Thornton W. Burgess
Robin Hood
By Douglas Malloch
China
Tientsin
Orient
eoLly Parret
Sins
America
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
McClure
Mac Smith
Motier’ Cook Book
Rameses
Egypt
Norway
Chicago Fair
Gj Orlandee
Oslo
Chicago
St. Lawrence River
Great
Great Britain
Australia
Britain
Dodge
O. B
Detroit
Conantth
Harney
Omah
Paxton
Joseph Huckins
Mgr
Omaha
Nebraska
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