Johnny Chuck Learns a Winter Secret from Stickytoes
Johnny Chuck debates the wise way to spend winter as many animals store food or sleep. Stickytoes the Tree Toad reveals a secret, challenging Johnny's belief that sleeping all winter is the only sensible plan.
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Johnny Chuck
Rough
North Wind
Jack Frost
Jack
Northland
Johnny
Jack Squirrel
Chatter
Red Squirrel
Striped Chipmunk
Jimmy Skunk
Reddy
Granny Fox
Old Man Coyote
Billy Mink
Shadow the Weasel
Little Joe Otter
Peter Rabbit
Southland
Grandfather Frog
Mr. Toad
Stickytoes
Tree Toad
Any Boy May Yet Be President Some Day
Poem reflects on the idea that a young boy could become president someday. It envisions future prosperity, peace with other lands, and a strong Congress as duties of a young generation. Through verse, it encourages belief in potential regardless of current fortune.
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Douglas Malioch
WNU
Three Mile
Jersey City
Newark
N. J
Gibbons Appointed Physical Director for St Paul Police
Mike Gibbons once dubbed the phantom of the ring takes the role of physical director for the St Paul police. He will train officers in boxing wrestling disarming running kicking and related athletic skills to keep the force in top shape.
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Mike Gibbons
Phantom of the Ring
St. Paul
Boners and Bits From Exam Papers
A quirky collection notes humorous student misstatements: a daughter dying of a long name in her stomach, two kinds of government labeled as lords of God and men of God, Robinson Caruso as a singer on an island, and the metric system leading to kilo grams and telegrams. Also mentions white tombstones on a road and the ironclad Monitor beating ships because others’ bullets could not pierce its armor.
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Monitor
Bell Syndicate
WNN Service
Etiquette on maid of honor and best man roles
Emily Post explains that the maid of honor and the best man are never partners. On wedding day they remain apart in ceremony and reception, with specific positions and duties, balancing the bridal party rather than forming a pair.
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Emily Post
WNU Service
I Must Hurry or I Shall Be Too Late
A brief line from a 1932 WNU Service story by T. W. Burgess features Stickytoes bidding Johnny Chuck a peaceful sleep and setting off, capturing a children's story tone with a prompt cadence.
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Bertha
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Stickytoes
Johnny Chuck
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Banana Dishes Oven Cooked Banana Recipes
Banana Marmalade and Bananas Cooked in Cranberry Juice are described for housewives seeking appealing dishes. The marmalade uses two pounds bananas with sugar and lemon juice, thickened and jarred for tea toast. The cranberry recipe cooks cranberries with water, sieves, then bakes bananas with lemon juice and sugar.
Banana recipes and preparations from a Western Newspaper Union note
A compact digest of banana dishes including Fried Bananas With Bacon or Sausage Banana Muffins and Banana Pie. Describes prep steps, from slicing and flouring bananas to baking muffins and assembling a custard topped pie. Mentions cranberry jelly as a sauce and serving suggestions with bacon or sausage.
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Western Newspaper Union
Poet editor exchange sparks reluctant start
In Rome, a brief dialogue shows an editor urging a writer to begin anew rather than give up. The exchange highlights persistence and creative renewal as a path back to poetry.
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Rome
An Old Friend in a New Garb
Two years of experimental work introduced Chocolate Cascarets, the original candy laxative. The new version aims to outshine the old in flavor, action, and packaging, following the long popular slogan They work while you sleep.
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Cleveland
George Ade
Adv
Long Trail Exchange Retains Comic Bill Collector Quip
A witty exchange on occupation turns into a playful remark about being a bill collector, framed as a pun on pursuit rather than a job. The brief exchange captures light humor and character stance in a concise street scene.
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Hoever
California
Thornton W. Burgess
By Douglas Malloch
Gibbons
Robinson Caruso
Dante
Petrarch
Boccaccio
Radiotio
Ushat
Dada Kriows
Hiscox Chem
Patchocue
N.Y
Hiscax Chemical Works
Patchogue
Omaha
Woodward Avenue
Cadillac Square
Detroit
Nebraska
Castle
Neb
Paneproi
Byers Bros. & CO
Good Live Stock Com
Service Stock Yards
Hotel Conant 16Th
Harney
Omahea
Paxton
Joseph Huckins
Mer
Bliss & Son
Livestock Commission
StOck Yards
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden, Maas
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