The Children’s Story of Peter and the Quack Family
Peter warns the Quack family of a hunter with a terrible gun near the Green Forest pond. The Quacks, wary of the Big River and autumn danger, prepare to migrate south as they bid Peter and Paddy the Beaver farewell. The shot echoes as the family begins their long flight toward safety.
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Peter Stabbit
Mrs. Quick
Southland
Mr. Quack
Paddy the Beaver
Green Forest
Peter
Paddy the Teaver
Quack
Hunter
Paddy
Beaver
Reddy Tox
Reaver
Black Wool Frock with Persian Lamb Bib Embroidery
A black wool frock features cap sleeves, a flared peplum, and inserts of fur fabric. It has a bib front embroidered in fuchsia tones and a cholero brakied style hint.
How to Cook Rabbit from 1932 Western Newspaper
A vintage recipe excerpt describes Pickled Rabbit and Belgian Hare dishes. It details marination with vinegar and spices, then braising and baking steps with stock, flour, and vegetables. and a separate hare dish with browning, cream sauce, lemon juice, and cornstarch.
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Walon
The Great Duck Migration Under Threat
Peter watches as Mr Quack and his ten ducklings depart for the distant Southland amid a hunter's danger. The flock fades with wing whistles and black specks vanish. Peter hopes for their safety despite the guns. The tale notes Mr Quick as a protective, trainable parent to a large brood.
I Will By Douglas Malloch
Poem urging action over doubt with lines about the power of will over fate. It emphasizes that success comes from determination, not circumstances, and contrasts the would-be winners who choose to act with those bound by fear. The piece reflects classic inspirational verse from 1938.
Fronters and Boners in Fractured Puzzling Roast
A garbled set of notes mixes humorous bon mots and exam tidbits with questions about watered stock and dumb linguistic myths. It cites Nantes laws, a mild jab at Ike, and a quip on Manhattan’s price, framed as a cluster of curiosities from early 20th century trivia.
Get Rid of a Bad Headache in Few Minutes
Bayer laboratories announce instant relief from headaches neuralgia and rheumatic pains through Genuine Bayer Aspirin. The unique process makes tablets dissolve quickly in the stomach, so pain relief begins in three to four minutes. Ensure authenticity by boxes marked Genuine Bayer Aspirin and tablets stamped Bayer in a cross.
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Bayer Laboratories
Bayer
Tablets Are Genuine Bay Aspirin Without This
Devastation by Lemmings reports on Norwegian jemimings migrating in mass, then dying at sea with few survivors needed for rapid breeding. A later exchange mocks opinions as wife’s broadcast by copyright owner. A Tian steals clothes provoking harassment. A joke about marrying for money ends with a candid remark about obtaining a wife.
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Norway
Jones
Cinemnai! Enquirer
Hot Air Hunter and Shoot the Bull Joke
Cincinnati Enquirer notes a sharp quip about a perpetual talker nicknamed the hot air hunter. The line compares boasting to actually shooting big game, ending with a terse joke about shooting the bull.
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Hunter
Cincinnati Enquirer
Eden in Trempeleau County A Pamphlet Claim
Wisconsin Eden found that a republished pamphlet by Rev D O Van Slyke proclaims Trempealeau county Wisconsin as the veritable garden of Eden. The note also mentions Paris pioneer's Legion of Honor ribbon awarded to Giroudaux for subscribing to telephones fifty years ago. In early Paris there were about 200 subscribers who were rung by name, not by number.
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Wisconsin
Galesburg
Wis
D. O. van Slyke
Trempealeau County
Washington Star
Paris
Legion of Honor
Giroudaux
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Compton
By Thornton W. Burgess
By Douglas Malloch
Douglas Mailach
Wnu Bservica
Papa
Felts
Nellie Felts
Tulane
Nellie
Froners
Alps
Louis Niv
France
Satan
Manhattan Island
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Post Office
Post Office Department
Washington
Hoover
Pennsylvania Avenue
Commerce
Graham, Anderon, Probst and
White of
Chicago
Prefa
A Tian
London
Lydia E. Pinkham
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Mase
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