Fox Gives Jack Rabbit a Lesson in Hard Things
A fox visits ill Jack Rabbit to share wisdom about webs and effort. The spider’s strong web traps beetles and bees at the burrow entrance, but the fox demonstrates that what seems hard is not impossible, and that perseverance and cleverness overcome barriers. The piece contrasts with other items on the page about Robin Redbreast and Lola seeking mamma’s husband.
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Jack Rabbit
Mr. Fox
Fox
Rabbit
Johnson
the Fox
Mamma
Litte
Lola
Robin Redbreast
Redbreast
Robin
Mrs. Robin
Robins
Mystery Party Amuses Guests With Candle Trick
A hostess hosts a mystery party featuring a staged ghost story and three candles that extinguish one by one. The effect relies on candles cut at different lengths and rejoined with wax heat to hide the method, creating suspense as the audience rushes for the door at the climax.
Minnesota youth engage in farm and homemaking projects
Seven thousand boys and girls in Minnesota participate in farm and homemaking projects this year. Corn content has 3000 boys enrolled and 2000 girls are active in bread making. Field days for bread making have been held in over 55 counties. A pork production contest includes five hundred Minnesota youth. A joke quotes a minister and a boy about future plans.
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Minnesota
Elisha Heavenly Defenders In Kings Era Sunday Lesson
International Sunday School lesson notes Elisha as Israel’s protector during Jehoram’s era and the Syrian siege. It highlights Elisha’s vision fearlessly guiding Israel, the servant’s awakening, and blindness that leads to mercy and deliverance. Lessons stress God’s power, prayer, and magnanimity toward enemies.
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Jezebel
Dothan
Samaria
Jamel
Joseph
Damascus
Syria
Danger
Jehoram
Israel
Sina
Jeroboam
Ahab
Judah
Jehosha- Phat
Athaliah
Jehu
Assyria
Elisha
Isaiah
God
Naaman
Jehovah
Eliahu
Land of
John
Never kissed shows lack of enterprise in dialogue
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt depicts a witty exchange where a character laments never being kissed, another retorts about enterprise and mentions a sister with a fiancé, hinting at a social comedy moment.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Best Kidney Liver and Bladder Remedy Ad Promises Purity
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder diseases while warning it is not for all ailments. Each bottle carries a purity certificate and sample requests via parcel post from Kilmer Co. Includes a separate note about a vacation mishap involving Godspur and a stock market quip.
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Kilmer
Parcel Post
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Droge
Ile
Godspur
Great Lakes
Jacky Chooses Tiny Turkey at Grown Up Dinner
Jacky is invited to a formal dinner with relatives. He sits at the table and watches a turkey being carved. The carver questions the portion for a child, and Jacky requests a small bite of the desired part.
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Jacky
Hut
Jack
Cuticura Soap Ad Promotes Baby Skin Care
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Baths and a free trial ointment for infants and children to ease eczema rashes and skin irritations, noting rest and comfort. A man loudly demands water service, mistaking the water office for the gas office and insisting on turning off his water without walking a mile and a half.
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Dept. XY
Boston
The War Spirit and a Washing Board Fight
A comical court scene features a plump older Black woman accused of striking a neighbor’s husband with a washboard after a heated exchange about Germs, Bulls, and Frenchmen. The judge probes provocation as the defendant defends her honor and denounces insult from “lowdown white trash.” A second quip ponders marriage prospects if a rich woman remains unselfish.
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John
Honali
Witty remarks and weather notes from Abysainia
The dialogue jokes about girls preferring dogs to men before marriage and a man giving a maiden speech. It notes that more than 400 thunderstorms occur yearly in Abysainia, framing a humorous yet meteorological aside.
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Abysainia
Paw's Little Joke and War-Time Wisdom Echoes
A Kansas City Journal item riffs on a humorous paw and son exchange about stratagems and time as money. It blends playful dialogue with wartime sensibility about durability and perseverance, ending with a quip on women enjoying candy lectures and audiences eating it up.
Baby’s first words echo battlefield talk
A mother praises her infant attempting to say mama papa and bye bye while the baby only gurgles. The uncle quips it recalls the father’s speech when he has been busy with a battle, adding a wry wartime aside.
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Robin
Uncle Sam
Cause of Trouble and Provisional Government Wisdom
Fragmentary dialogue shifts from humorous quips about ice and life to political maxims and social observations. Characters discuss patience and life in frozen terms, then move to governance, honesty, and the role of a good cook in government, concluding with a proverb about wives and sins.
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Patrice
Those Dear Girls and Silent Oaths of Sowing Wild Oats
A fragmented snippet mentions Hazel-Harold remarks and Aimee Indeed contrasting silence with purpose. It notes city farmers sowing wild oats and cites a New Zealand mine producing 19 821 651 dollars last year. The tone hints at dialogue and a factual aside on mining output.
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Hazel
Harold
Aimee
New Zealand
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