A Happy Family of Bluebirds for Linens
Textile transfer pattern offers five bluebird motifs to embroider on linens. Includes eight to the inch cross stitch, lazy daisy and outline stitches with color suggestions and stitch illustrations. Pattern 1524 provides two large and four small motifs plus six tiny motifs, plus material requirements and transfer details.
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Bluebird
Needlecraft Dept
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New York
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F. D. Blake
Downhill Toward Death
A 1927 Winsel Burg mountain rescue tale recounted by Eric Frank of Palisades Park. Floyd Gibbons preserves a stark account of a skiing party losing a member and the solo rescue attempt that sent Frank racing toward a deadly cliff at high speed. The dramatic close caps a narrow escape and a terse exchange as the man saved can only utter a single syllable.
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Ello
Eric K. Frank
Palisades Park
N. J
Winsel-Burg
South Germany
Eric Frank
Eric
Last King and Left Handedness Themes in Historic Notes
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Prize Gobbler in Northwestern Turkey Growers’ Championship
Miss Inez Dyer of Lancaster California presents a fat Tom turkey from Helland flocks in Lancaster as a competitor in the Northwestern Turkey Growers championship. The prize bird will be carved for Thanksgiving. Birds from all the northwestern states entered the competition.
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Inez Dyer
Lancaster
Calif
Helland
Cohan Burlesques President in Fireside Address
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Comic Exchange Reveals Night Out Plan
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Tolnight
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Birthday Wish Turns to Humorous Advice at Work
A manager asks his assistant for a birthday surprise for his wife. The assistant replies with a cheeky suggestion about lipstick placement, leading to a risqué exchange. The banter showcases office humor and playful miscommunication.
Spanish onions unavailable amid war time shortages
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Fragmented Lines Reflect Inner Turmoil in Club Scene
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Joubert
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