Peter S Search For Rattles Home In The Green Forest
Peter the Rabbit pursues the mystery of Rattles the Kingfisher home, visiting old holes and ignoring water proximity. Jimmy Skunk hints Rattles stays near water as Peter learns Grandfather Frog’s warning and pursues clues in the Green Meadows, Green Forest, and beyond.
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Eter Rabbit
Rattles the Kingfisher
Ile
Rattles
Peter
Grandfather Frog
Smiling Pool
Laughing Brook
Green Forest
Jimmy Skunk
Jimmy
T. W. Burgens
WNU Service
Quizzer’s Corny Riddles From 1932 Bell Syndicate
A jumble of humorous exam tidbits and misquoted facts from the WNU Service. Items include playful lines about Boners in Dante and the Inquisition, a guillotine as a bed quilt, and other trifles reflecting dated schooling humor.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Postage Stamp Cost Reported at 6 Percent Per Thousand
A historical note states the approximate production cost of ordinary postage stamps per 1,000 is 6 percent cents. The brief item records the expense as a fixed production figure, reflecting wartime or early 20th century pricing concerns.
Ancient superstition among ostriches and lessons on obedience
The piece notes the old belief ostriches bury their heads in sand and adds a romantic line about a lad who steals a kiss deserving another chance. It ends with a Solon quote on obedience and command.
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Romaine
Bell Syndicate
The Call of Kind
A poem reflects on Chicago’s lure and the universal pull of city life. The speaker travels from hills to gray streets and finds that cities call not for walls but for the calling of our kind and the heart of demos in urban life.
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Chicago
Demos
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Apple Delight Dish for Invalids From 1932
A delicate recipe guide for serving invalids describes Apple Delight with stewed apple pieces in gelatin and grape juice, a chilled gelatin custard mold, and optional fruit sauce. The note from 1932 Western Newspaper Union presents simple, nourishing sweets for caretakers and patients.
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Western Newspaper Union
Formal gowns of length and elegance capture 1932 trends
Fashion notes from 1932 highlight floor length gowns with trains, delicate peau d ange lace, and velvet wraps. France leads with bias cut skirts and silk pique evening wear while powder blue lace gowns or Patou blue accents define the season's chic, simple elegance.
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Paris
Couturiers
Patent Leather Leads For Fall Footwear Trend
Fashion notes from a New York conference declare patent leather dominates fall footwear with black shoes and Paris influence. Sandals give way to oxfords pumps and step-ins while patent suede blends rise with accessories like hats bags belts and gloves shaping a chic head to toe look.
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New York
Paris
Milady
Velvet Hats and Turbans Gain Summer Fashion Steam
With peak heat, women turn to velvet for hats and turbans as French designers feature velvet small turbans tiny-brimmed hats and crown hats combined with straw or other brim materials.
Dark Blue Percale Blouse With White Dots
A dark blue percale blouse with small white dots complements a navy suit or can be worn with a separate skirt. It presents as a modern option in coordinating outfits.
Contrasting Top In New Fashions By Cherie Nicholas
In advance fall showings the light top bodice continues to prevail. A dress like the pictured model may be satin, black with white, or deep brown with pale beige, or all velvet in pale blue, pink, white, or near white velvet for the draped yoke and sleeves.
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Oregon
Ear Barlow
Ore
Pudding River
C. W. West
BY Thornton W. Burgess
Bassanio
Ferdinand and Isabella
Charles I
West Indian Islands
Dante
Tower of
Pisa
Anita Louise
RKO Radio
Solon
By Douglas Malloch
Ikkpume
Commerce Department
Washington
Pittsburgh
By Cherie Nicholas
Cherie Nicholas
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