Lightfoot the Deer Reveals Growing Horns Tale to Peter
Peter Rabbit struggles to believe Lightfoot the Deer has grown new horns this summer while Jumper the Hare backs the claim from having seen Lightfoot's old horns and the growth. The tale centers on belief, observation, and the deer’s explanation of the raglike stays on his horns.
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Peter Rabbit
Lightfoot
Deer
Peter
Jumper the Hare
Jumper
Jumiper
T. W Burgess
WNU Service
Pop Persimony Puzzle Delights Readers in 1932
A Bell Syndicate brainteaser from 1932 evokes curiosity with phrases about value and meaning. Dada style wordplay enlivens the page as readers ponder the hidden connections and clues within the quirky lines.
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Bell Syndicate
Wisconsin Badgers guard leads team in first year honor
Gregory Kabat, a first year member, captains the University of Wisconsin eleven and earned all conference recognition. He guards regularly and also plays back field, noted for his versatile play and leadership.
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Gregory Kabat
University of Wisconsin
Odd Aphorisms and Tales From a Turbulent Page
A mosaic of quips and notes recounts humorous exam tidbits, early idioms, and brief fables. It mentions Rosetta Stone in Turkey, a joke about demagogues, heat and cold explanations, and a scene of a tourist in Venice. A vignette cites Lightfoot and Jumper amid horned admiration.
A Mountain Man Goes Home
Mountain man longs to return to the hills and die there. He rejects city life, thanks a farmer for hospitality, and vows to finish his days in the mountain country as age prompts rest. The poem reflects the pull of home and the wanderer’s last path.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU Service
Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam
The girlfriend debates vacation plans between the seashore and mountains as she weighs which would be less exhausting. The fragment notes calendar year rules and fiscal year details, mentioning the federal government as starting July 1 and ending June 30.
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Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Bell Syndicate
California Fig Syrup Promises Gentle Bowels for Children
An appeal from Mrs Joseph W Hill of Omaha Nebraska praises California Fig Syrup as a trusted treatment for a child's bilious headachy restless feverish stomach issues. The ad claims over fifty years of physician endorsement and urges insistence on the genuine carton marked California as millions of bottles are sold annually.
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California
Joseph W. Hill
Bedford Ave
Omaha
Nebraska
John
Barter That Satisfied All Concerned in Deal
A Manitoba lumberman recalls a 45 year old barter where a farmer owed lumber to be paid by hogs sold to a butcher. The butcher’s meat bill funded the hotel board and the hotel repaid via meal tickets, settling the entire credit without cash changing hands.
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Manitoba
Grand Central Hotel
W. J. Palmer
Wall Street Journal
The Way of a Child Apple Tale From Miller River
Mrs. Robert Mc Cabe of Miller River Washington recalls her son Bobby told by his father that pulling the lone apple would earn a spanking. They found only the core hanging as the apple had already been eaten. The writer reflects on liars in the world and on self deception.
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Robert
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Ad Offers Family Stimulant
A nostalgic advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild stimulant for children and adults. It claims to improve digestion, regularity, and general health, urging households to keep the product at home and to substitute harsh laxatives.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
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Thornton W. Burgess
Nippy Jacquette
Dada
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Ees
Jo Mendi
Detroit Zoological Park
John Millen
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Rosetta Stone
Turkey
Shakespeare
Grand Canal
Venice
Nile
Wafa el Nil
Father Nile
Nile Valley
Egypt
By Douglas Malloch
Mother
Grandmother's Pantry
South
Louisiana
New Orleans
Western Newspaper Union
Mercoliz
L. Sullivan
5Th Ave
New York City
Houston
Galveston
Reggy
Grace
Ferdy
Brooklyn Eagle
Tela Co Ip
Sorghum
Washington Star
St.Joseph's
Lydia E. Pinkham
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