Lightfoot the Deer confronts a rival hunter in Green Forest
Lightfoot the Deer hunts for a Beautiful Stranger and discovers fresh antlered footprints. Jealousy flares as he suspects a rival with antlers has entered the Green Forest. He vows to drive the intruder away and prepare for a fight, abandoning thoughts of the dainty-footed stranger.
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Lightfoot
Laughing Brook
Green Forest
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
By This Trick by PONJAY HARRAH
A magician performs a cigarette trick that avoids burning a tablecloth by using a coin hidden beneath the cloth. The coin absorbs heat, protecting the cloth as the performer applies the lit cigarette to the spot.
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Ponjay Harrah
Public Ledger, Inc
Mother's Unusual and New Recipes in a Card Index
A collection of home kitchen directions outlines a chocolate cake with two mixtures, a cheese and tomato cheese blend, a chocolate butter spread, and a broccoli spaghetti dish. The text reads as a dated recipe compendium with steps and ingredients listed for each dish.
Papa Knows Shakespeare Vocabulary Shake Totabulary
A brief item notes a playful quip about a toddler resembling Shakespeare in vocabulary and diction, titled as a quirky readers’ or crossword style caption. The piece centers on language play and parent humor.
Dutch Wives by Douglas Malloch
Poem reflecting on old Dutch wives who wore keys at their waists symbolizing household authority and duty. The verse contrasts traditional keys with modern independence, praising memories of home making as a noble, enduring task.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
Landlubber Sue Shares Sea In Trunks Contrast
A brief quip from Sue contrasts land and sea life noting how a land sailor faces the sea in trunks. The Bell Syndicate distributes the humorous line via WNU Service.
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Pop
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Sue
Retired Miner Richardson Leaves 128000 to Red Cross
St. Thomas Ontario man William Richardson believed to be poor left 128000 in cash bank deposits and stock when his will was probated. The estate totals 128000, with 100000 designated to the Red Cross society.
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St. Thomas
Ont
William Richardson
Red Cross Society
Richardson
Distinctive tiny frock for young girls with scalloped collar
Barbara Bell pattern 1835 B shows a high waist dress for ages 2 to 6 with a dainty scalloped collar and three buttons. Garment features a soft skirt flare and short sleeves, suitable in gingham wool crepe or silk. Pattern book and order details from The Sewing Circle at 367 W Adams St Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Household Tips and Cleaning Tricks From A Old Newspaper
Odds and ends of practical household advice including removing ink stains with ammonia rinsing after washing preventing cake from cracking with cream and eggs adding sugar to stiffen batter setting alarms to time baking removing egg stains from linen soaking tablecloths cleaning waxed floors with turpentine and freshening baked goods by reheating in a 375 degree oven with water.
Dancing Lesson Joke From Tit Bits Echo
A humorous Bud of Tit Bits quip notes a first dancing lesson being easy if you simply turn round and wipe your feet. The bit captures light social wit about beginners and etiquette in dancing.
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Johnnie
The Bone of Contention Joke Exchange
A quip between father and son about the meaning of the phrase the bone of contention. The father replies with a pun referencing a jawbone while the son asks for clarification.
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Sonny Boy
Dad
Son
City Editor Seeks Photo Ruiners After Backlit Portrait
New reporter recalls a girl shielding her face with a book during a photo shoot and a photographer attempting to erase the obstacle. The exchange captures newsroom banter over a halted image and a corrective edit.
Cinema ushers tell patrons to be quiet
A child asks about cinema attendants and a sibling explains they are hired to quiet patrons. The line from Tit-Bits reflects playful, era style language about theater etiquette.
Cosmopolitan Joke Highlights Ancestry Punchline
A humorous exchange plays on cosmopolitan identity with claims of English and Dutch parentage, birth on a German liner near Africa, and a quirky note about a dentist named McTavish. The dialogue culminates in a cheeky remark about Scottish extraction.
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Africa
McTavish
Dream of Return Says Theatres Haunt the Mind
A Tid Bits Magazine quip about theatergoers and dreams hints that visiting a play again in a dream can feel like a double punishment. The humor lies in the eerie repeat of a night out returning in sleep.
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Tid-Bits Magazine
Crude tents best for Lapps schools in Lapland
In Abisko Sweden Laplanders use tent like school sheds with birch bedding and open hearth to avoid illness from beds baths and fresh vegetables. Education follows migratory reindeer herds with families traveling as herds move. Summer eases the pace as Lapps settle near lakes or slopes, attracting visitors to the midnight sun.
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Abisko
Sweden-Lapland
Europe
Lapland
Sweden
The Old Hog Farm Wives Panels on Pig Keeping
A farmer notes that keeping a pig is profitable for disposing of scraps, while his wife comments that he will eat almost anything. The exchange highlights domestic humor about rural life and livestock.
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