The Hunter's Friend
An old hunter lives alone in a cabin with scarce rations and a wall gun. A friendly bear named Johnnie Bear feeds on his food, guards him, and later helps him survive a dangerous encounter. After a long separation, the hunter and bear reconnect as debt is repaid and life continues.
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Jebnole Hear
Uwe Bear
Joho Ie
Koeter
White
Johnnie Baars
Johanin Bear
Johnnie Bear
Big Bear
Johnnie
Dinter
Gaye
Johnnies
Itv
Cube
Diary excerpt reveals a prince’s pastry paradise tale
The text presents fragments from Julen le Maitre published for Everyman, quoting a seventeen century prince who records indigestion after cream rich meals. The diary describes Abbe de Fevalas dictating A Voyage In Abe Island of Daltgtt, a tale about a traveler who longs for balance, with vivid fantasy foods and a humorous indulgence.
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Chaniboy
Fevelas
Daltgtt
Han
Very Convenient Lunch Box from Crackerboard
A brief note describes shaping a crackerboard to make a simple lunch box that fits a man's pocket. By folding and creasing the board with a few cuts, sandwiches can be packed neatly. It references a diagram and step by step folds to form the container.
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School OF & Plenic
McCall's
Ilnen
Convertible Coat of Scalette Diagram Instructions
Instructions describe folding and creasing a paper model labeled parts 1 to 4 to form a compact garment. Steps include forming right angles at creases between parts 1 and 2 and through figures 2 and 4, bending folds, inserting tongues from part 2 into slits in part 1, and tucking extensions of part 3 under part 1 edge to lock the arrangement as shown in diagram B. A penknife is advised to crease without cutting too deeply.
Box party tale and fashion notes from a bygone era
A playful tale about Bobby inviting Peter to a lunch box party and a shift to fashion commentary describes a coat of plush fabric named furdtabric with a wide collar and fur accents. It outlines dress details for girls including high waistlines, empire silhouettes, and delicate trimmings suitable for special occasions.
New Neckwear Arrivals Echo Fashion of Wrath and Gowns
A fall assortment introduces high collar neckpieces built on a close fitting band with wings tabs and sheer layers. Designs include embroidered handkerchief inspired bands with scalloped edges and dual tab rows. Many styles suit long necks while short neck wearers may admire the evening bodice trend.
Flowers Woven in Yellow Skeleton Stitches
A Boston Herald item notes flowers with petals in yellow skeleton stitches and centers tied with brown French knots, using a green braid to cover the blooms. The passage also critiques a reforming marriage dynamic and mentions evangelists prompting mass hiking along a path.
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Boston Herald
Confessions 1 a Mail Order Man By Mr. M. O. X.
A former mail order operator explains tricks to extract profit from customers. He details counterfeit goods, cheater branding, and manipulated logistics to boost margins, plus the rotten response culture of suppliers and clerks, including fake letters and stamped signatures.
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Teaver
Mfg. Co
Moon Big. Co
Kisses for Charity and a Glove Stall Prank
Youths crowd a charity bazaar to bid for a kiss offered by a glove marked with a delicate note. Old Tom Porson, a hefty local butcher, claims the glove and steps forward to take his turn as a string of ticket buyers await. A final line mentions a novelty match bar for pipes.
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Los Stall
Tom Porson
Garlic praised as wholesome herb with health uses
The text extols garlic as a powerful health aid stimulating secretions and benefiting liver and kidneys. It describes medicinal uses by European doctors for tuberculosis, internal syrups, poultices, and inhaled infusions, noting its strong, sometimes disagreeable, odor and the essential sulphide compound.
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Fartic
Europe
A Frozen Santa By Harry Boehme
In a Cheat Mountain camp on Christmas Eve an old timer, Uncle Sam, recalls Billie Burke a reformed, beloved boy who grew kind and generous. Billie leaves for Durbin to bring gifts for poor Paxson children, is found dead near a precipice after snowbound travel, inspiring a sobering Christmas tale.
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Cheat Mountain
Sam
Billie
Bill
Pop
Billie Burke
Reform School
Blooming
Wal
Red Sulphur Spring School
Durbin
Uncle Sam
Widow
Santa Claus
Paxson
Santa
Widder
Philadelphia
Christianity in Korea Gains Rapid Converts Weekly
A newspaper notes Korea sees about 3,000 new Christians weekly, with converts averaging one per hour since missions began over twenty five years ago. It claims a sharp rise to 18 per hour in this era cited by Canopus Central Sun, an astronomical quirk. The piece mashes in other extravagant references and weather quips.
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Blank
Orer
Signer
Korea
H Walkley
Western Canada's Wonderful Yield Sparks Wide Hype
An American writer reports extraordinary wheat yields across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with figures from fifty to sixty five bushels per acre and isolated claims over seventy. Threshers and farmers claim large acreages produced high returns though some accounts warn of pending harvest delays and debt for many farmers.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alverta
Warner
Mik River
Peterson
Roland
Carr
Feld
Western Canada
Saskatoom
Regina
Moose Jaw
Soo Line
Woman and War Playmen and a Widows and Orphans Remark
Fragmented reminiscences show children playing war with a girl excluded until a boy relents. Snippets include jokes about Cupid and marriage, a Castoria ad, a wants ad for butternut meat, a sign about ticket speculators, and a quip on a nonexplosive gunpowder.
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Jenny
Harry
Jemmy
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Peter
Sua Pictus
Ling
Aldyne
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Ming
Hermione
Latio
Roy
Tommy
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Picamura
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Korran
Harry Boehme
Western
Canada
Fletcher
Cupid
Ladies' Home Journal
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