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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1939

Page

4

Snail Race at Hollow Stump Tree School

Miss Mouse declares a snail race at Hollow Stump Tree School after dismissing classes. The one snail volunteers to race against Pupils Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow the puppy dogs Sammie Littletail the rabbit and Billie Wagtail the goat, prompting doubt about the snail’s chances.

Hollow Stump Tree Miss Mouse Miss—Mouse Jackie Peetie Bow Wow Sammie Littletail Rabbit Billie Wagtail Goat Sammie

Snail Race Ends with Cliffhanger at Schoolhouse

In a playful scene at Miss Mouse's school Billie the goat Sammie the rabbit Jimmie the duck and puppies Jackie and Peetic race a snail around the schoolhouse. The snail inches ahead with slow progress as the others surge ahead, leaving the outcome for the next story.

Miss Mouse Billie Sammie Rabbit Jackie Peetic School House

Poet's reflections and an Iowa probate notice

Edgar A. Guest laments war and praises beauty in vivid couplets while a public notice from Linn County Iowa announces the appointment of Morris Bitzoff as administrator of the Katzof estate with instructions for payment and claims submission to the Linn County District Court.

Tate Iowa Linn County Joseph FP. Katzof ‘Tate Towa Morris Tzoff Hickenlooper & Mitvalsky

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Boots Hamlin Lhasent Moo QO Crane NEA Service, Inc T.M. Reg U. S. Pat Bedtime Jimmie Billie the Goat Duck Peetie Red Ryder FETC Littl Beaver Old Hanson RED Rider Ong Blondie Canton Gr Chio Yoong Daddy Mr.*oodley Donald Duck Walt Disnet Ella Cinders Kane Features Syndicate Tee Sybil Conselman Chariie Plumb Jabroon Aitches Ella Wellbuck Joe Palooka Gee AL Capp Bam Fisher Cuddles Honey Little Annie Rooney Fi Brandon Walsa Annie Worthe State OF Colorado George McManus Obie R.C Neil Montgomery Worthwestern “Mutual07 Security Edgar A. Guest the Poet of the People
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