Peter Escapes from Grandfather Frog's Horn
In Frogville a loud horn blast signals Peter's disappearance during the day of the town celebration. Mother Bucha sails through the crowd with Nancy in tow, seeking Peter and the missing horn, only to find him released by Grandfather Frog at the bandstand just as the concert begins.
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Frogville
Mother Bucha
Nancy Frog
Nancy
Peter
Grandfather Frog
Mrs. Blue Gil
Sarah Dragonfly
Nan
Frog
Grandfather
Itching Skitters Poem Asks For Relief At Tea
A humorous child’s verse describes relentless itching from biting skitters during a tea visit. The speaker endures bites and scratching, noting grease, powders, lotions, and tonics as remedies while hoping to keep skin uncovered. The poem ends with unsettled anticipation of further bites.
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Dorothy Dickey
Roquefort Cheese Dressing With Egg and Pimento
A recipe for a dressing mixing two boiled eggs with Roquefort cheese and pimento. Ingredients include olive oil catsup salt and the cheese. mix thoroughly and refrigerate. Serves well on head lettuce and keeps for days.
Tomato Aspic and Shrimp Salad
A luncheon salad recipe for Tomato Aspic with shrimp. Tomato liquor and Knox gelatin are heated and set in molds, then a shrimp and mayonnaise filling is added in a hollow center. The filled molds are served on shredded lettuce with cheese straws or crackers.
Buttermilk Ice Cream and Savings Bonds Note
A recipe for buttermilk ice cream mixes quart buttermilk pineapple sugar lemon juice and egg yolks with a freezer method. A separate claim notes Defense Savings Bonds Series E will grow 383 and third percent in 10 years. Witty lines compare the whale the boy in pants and political soapboxes about marriage and buying with returns.
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Defense Savings
Dolton and Riverdale Local Shops Ad Guide
Local ads list Bonse Ice Cream and Sandwich Shop and Luken's Drug Store offering school supplies and magazines. Ruth's Beauty Shop in Riverdale advertises facial and skin care services.
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Dolton Way
Bonse
Luken
Dolton
Lincoln Ave
Ruth’s Beauty Shop
Riverdale
Mich. Ave
Local Riverdale Ads Highlight Tailor Bakery and Market
A collage of civic era ads showcases Lambert’s Tailor Shop Alterations Berger’s Bakery Riverdale Mkt and Grocery and Village Beauty Salon. The notices promote dry cleaning services hair styling groceries and home delivery with contact lines and shop locations.
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Riverdale
Lambert’s Tailor Shop
Leyden Ave
Gabrieleen
Pauline
Riv
Indiana Ave
Louis Reich
Riverdale Mkt. & Grocery Inter
Local Shops Advertise Bargains and Services
Readable ads list Schaefer's Gift Shop offering cheap gifts and neighboring merchants Anders, Lily's Beauty Shoppe, and Caroline's Beauty Shoppe promoting meats groceries fruit vegetables permanent waving and quick hair services. Includes addresses and contact cues in a period storefront roundup.
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Eugene
Lily
Lily’s Beauty Shoppe
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Gasless Sundays and oil saving urged for eastern states
The article urges a one third cut in gasoline and oil use across eastern states due to transportation difficulties. It suggests gasless Sundays may spread nationwide and urges support for defense bonds and stamps as a wartime defense measure. It notes nostalgia for car rides and promotes prudence, faith, and national emergency response.
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Dobbin
Defense
Love and ruins theme in a smashed automobile scene
A noted poem uses the image of love struggling amid the ruins of an automobile crushed by a boyfriend’s overly clever driving. The fragment evokes a car accident as a metaphor for relationship strain and danger.
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Dolton 980
Navy
Ruth
Berger’s Bakery
Chicago Road
Schaefer
Schaefers
Ali
Anders
Herman J. Anders
Caroline
138Th Street
The
Dolton Shoe Clinic
Washington Street
ST. Mary’s (Riverdale) Parish
137Th St
Leyden Avenue
Rev
Math. Hoffman
John N. Weiler
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