Peter Rabbit Sees Hunters Threaten Quack Family
Peter Rabbit laments the Quack family's peril from hunters with terrible guns as they endure a long journey to the South and back to the Green Forest. He discusses the danger and hopes Lightfoot the Deer shares his concern for the ducks' safe return in spring.
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Peter Rabbit
Mrs. Quack
Southland
Peter
Farmer Brown
Brier
Latch
Green Forest
Lightfoot
Quack
The
Bightfoot
Jook
T W. Burgess
WNU
Good Soups Part Of The Meal In Historic Eatery Note
A fragment discusses soup as a warming part of a meal that prepares the stomach for heartier foods. It emphasizes nourishing value though text is incomplete and draftlike.
Mother's and Father's Day Observed in Anecdotes
A homely reflection on Mother's Day and Father's Day, honoring both parents while noting hidden duties in family life. The piece includes a fable about a wife’s gratitude and a vignette with Peter and a horse named Lightfoot, ending with a 1932 attribution to Douglas Maloch and a WNU Service tag.
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Douglas Maloch
WNU
Boners and Babble in Odd Exam Extracts
A collage of quirky phrases and schoolhouse curios includes jokes about Boners and Pharisees, followed by a simple pea soup recipe. The note, credited to Western Newspaper Union, mixes humor with culinary tips and moral musings from old exam papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Indian Wampum Belts Describe Significance of Belts
John Fitzpatrick notes wampum made from rare shell of beauty was pierced longitudinally and strung into bands worn as belts. The belt size reflected the significance of the occasion as interpreted by the Indians, per the Washington Star description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. Fitzpatrick
Washington ‘Star
California Fig Syrup touted as gentle cure for bowel issues
A Western mother from Oklahoma City credits California Fig Syrup with stopping her three year old son Neal's constipation in days and keeping him strong afterward. The ad appeals to mothers to ask for the product by its full name and to seek the carton bearing California.
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California
Neal M. Todd
West 27Th St
Oklahoma City
Okla
Neal
Washington’s money chest in Batesville ownership
A twelve by five by three inch hand made red wood money chest with brass nails and walrus hide has been identified as former George Washington property. Jewel Dodd owns the chest in Batesville Arkansas.
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Washington's
George Washington
Jewel.Dodd
Batesville
Ark
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Akker
Fargierette
Los ‘Angeles
Pomona
Calif
Ani Hay Cock
Ing
Miss Takker
United States
Holland
Thornton W. Burgess
Otis Edmunds
Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
BY Douglas Mallogh
Riesis
Isca Rubber
Tawa
Mock’ Bisque
G. Avr
Lincoln Tomb
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
S. S. Shean
O Street
Lincoln, Neb
Sic & Te
Gould
Haarlem Oil Company
Norristown
State Department of Agriculture
N. U., Lincoln, ND
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