Lightfoot the Deer Finds Love After Great Mountain Fight
In the Green Forest Lightfoot, a deer's pride in victory over a big stranger from the Great Mountain gives way to a longing for Miss Daintyfoot. A timid meeting in a thicket reveals mutual love, ending with Lightfoot realizing his true feelings and Miss Daintyfoot’s reciprocal affection.
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Lightfoot
Paddy
Beaver
Green Forest
Daintyfoot
Miss Daintyfoot
Great Mountain
Dear Card Promises a New Girl with Dimples
Promotional tease urges readers to “get yourself a new girl one with dimples” in a bold sales pitch. It treats the card as a humorous gift idea or novelty item and emphasizes playful charm over specifics.
Orange Cream Cake and Creamed Cheese on Toast
A vintage home recipe outlines Orange Cream Cake with orange rind and juice, lemon zest, and a two layer bake, plus a frost made from butter sugar flour and citrus. It also gives a Creased Cheese on Toast sauce with cheese and onions, poured over hot toast before serving.
The Mystery Knot That Vanishes When You Turn Away
A simple string trick shows a single knot between two loops while the ends are tied with tight knots. When you look away for three seconds, the lone knot seems to disappear as it slides to the top and merges with the end knots, allowing the string to be examined.
One World and Nation Unite in Common Aim
Poem attributed to Douglas Malloch from WNU Service emphasizes unity beyond creed race or nation. It argues that character matters more than skin color and that public duty protects the poor inspires greatness shapes laws and builds a shared foundation for a hopeful future.
Scientific heroes tame fog to aid sea travel
The article notes calm work by scientists amid global tensions between Russia and Japan while detailing fog navigation risks. It describes how fog endangers mariners and how radio and lab research help clear fog by sinking mist particles with directed sand, improving safety at sea.
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Europe
Russia
Japan
Fog
Mariner
Science Gives New Weapon to Bridge Crews at Sea
Oceans conceal ships and ice hazards no longer as men exploit science to reveal dangers. Since Phoenician times the sea has challenged mariners, yet knowledge now offers a decisive tool for those on the bridge against the perils of the deep.
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Havana
Knight
Rog AU hee Cramping His Style
Dialogue snippet with humorous exchanges about angels and wing clipping. Observations on Bill's improved tone after marriage reference a wife from an old family and a dog with an aristocratic pedigree.
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Bill
Oyster Sauce Over Toast or Crackers
Instructions describe thinning a sauce with two and a half cupfuls of milk then cooking slowly until thick and creamy. Heat one and a half cups of oysters in their liquor, fold into the sauce, then serve over toast crackers or in patty shells. Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Chicago Its Population Question in a Local Exchange
A brief classroom exchange notes curiosity about Chicago’s population. Miss Shaw asks about city size while Bobby recalls three years living in the area, highlighting a local sense of place.
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Bobby
Chicago
Miss Shaw
Mrs Youngbride Orders Rare Beefsteak by Telephone
A brief wartime style exchange has Mrs Youngbride telephoning her grocer to request two pounds of beefsteak. She specifies that she wants it rare, and the grocer asks for the preferred cut.
Spectator sports frock pattern sale headline
Summer chosen Barbara Bell Pattern No.1868 B offers a youth bodice with elastic hold and action back pleats. Sizes 14 to 42 with busts 32 to 42. 414 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. Send fifteen cents for pattern and pattern book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago Illinois.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Til
Bell Syndicate
WNU
King for a Day
A reader asks what one would do if granted a single day as king. The response envisions borrowing vast sums to secure a carefree future beyond the day’s limits.
Stolen Kisses Echo Through Household Quarrel
A humorous exchange unfolds as a wife recalls past kisses and a husband concedes the claim with a wry remark about past behavior. The light dialogue centers on affection and domestic banter within a marriage.
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