Dale Plays the Game in Colt City
Evicted from the theater world Dale Evans hides in a California town where love, debt, and a dying Brant Kendall collide. A planned sham marriage for a $81,000 legacy tests her resolve as Sandy warns and Dale faces a cold hotel lobby gaze and a shadowy intruder on her wedding night.
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Dale "Evans
Ae Hanep
California
Brant.Mendall
the Waffle Kid
Theasland
Kendall
Rendall
Dale
Qandy
Sandy
Brant
Seatchman
Brant Kendall
Collie
Luaneh
Colt City
Meltow Uwekt
Daisy Dale
Howard
Daisy
Evans
Briliant
Howard Evans
Ife
Ma Curtis
Alm
Miz Hendricks
Miz Beebee
Uncle Wiggily and Kittie Kat Meet in Snow Surprise
Uncle Wiggily in an auto coaster with sled runners passes the house of Jose Tommie and Kittie. He finds Kittie Kat standing in a bank of snow and asks what she is doing as she acts strangely.
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Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Jose
Tommie
Kittie
Kittie Kat
Uncle Wigeguy
Lost my mew in the snow tale ends with cure
Uncle Wiggy questions Kibtie about trying to lose his mew by standing in snow. Kibtie explains Jackie Bow Wow once lost his bark from a cold and was treated by Dr. Possum, restoring his bark. The light dialog follows with playful misunderstandings.
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Kirlie
Uncle
Kittie
Uncle Wiggly
Kitle
Jackie Bow Wow
Mr. Dlongears
Kib~ Tie
Jackie
Uncle Rays Corner urges balanced reading and play for youths
A long reader letter to Uncle Ray from Laura Nickse urges loving books while noting limits. The columnist agrees, citing benefits of reading for knowledge and imagination, but warns against overreading. He stresses fresh air, outdoor play, and careful selection of good books to avoid eye strain and memory jumble.
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Uncle Ray
Laura Nickse
Laura
Frock patterns and desert battle tale appear in one page
The page blends fashion patterns PATTERN 8599 through PATTERN 1657 with descriptions of woolen frocks and pleated diagonals. It shifts to a World War I desert battle account detailing General Murray's defense moves, Turkish artillery, Anzac cavalry actions, and an ingenious trenching method using shrubs as a gun carriage mattress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasha
Jersey
Ower
Sir Herbert Lawrence
Hera
Kittie Kat Rescues from Bob Cat on Uncle Wiggily’s Car
In a playful Uncle Wiggily adventure, Kittie Kat rides with a rabbit gentleman and seeks medicine from Dr Possum. A Bob Cat hides in the front seat and is clawed by Kittie, saving the trip and earning a squeaky rubber ball.
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Kittie
Dr. Possum
Rabbit
Kittle
Kittle Kat
Uncle Wiggily
Bob Cab
Bob Gat
Bob Cat
Bob
Uncle Wikgily
True Heart and Browning Biographies in New Books
Richard G. Massock reviews Sylvia Townsend Warner's The True Heart a quiet Victorian romance about Sukey Bond, an orphaned servant girl, and her love with Eric Seaborn, later recalled in a London voyage for a queen’s autograph. The piece also covers David Roth’s Browning biography and notes on Walter Edmonds's Erie frontier tale.
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Richard G
Massock
New York
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Mr. Fortune
Sukey
London
Brownings
David Roth
Marner
Roth
Robert Browning
Robert
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Prints and More Prints Feature Spring Apparel Trends
Spring fashion returns with printed fabrics dominating lines across coats and dresses. Designers showcase floral, geometric, and color block patterns, including black and white combos with vivid trims, plus satin and wool textures in Nile green and pastel hues. Featured designs include Design 1645 frock and 8533 accessory ensembles, highlighting diagonal blouses, inserted skirts, and pleated details.
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Design
Ehic
Kasha
Jersey
Dinner party honors departing families at Marble Rock
Women of the Christian Aid society hosted a dinner at the town hall in Marble Rock on February 23 to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schultz who relocate to Wateriss and to wish Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gates success as they take over the Joseph Merfeld farm. Mrs. Doris Winn Peterson lies critically ill from tuberculosis with little hope of recovery. she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winn, formerly of Marble Rock.
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Gourier
Marble Rock
Christian Aid Society
Town Hall
Charles Schultz
Wateriss
Lloyd Gates
Joseph Merfeld
Doris Winn Peterson
Harry Winn
Gord’s Country satire rewrites early American history
A reflective historical burlesque by Ralph Barton traces canal life, daring crews, and a fortune seeking boy, intertwined with wild east portraits. It mocks 1492 fame and the shift from monarchy to female rule, depicting a nation ruled by mistresses in a satirical travelogue.
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Canal
Daniel Harrow
West
Ralph Barton
Ysabel
Spain
Cristobal Colon
Barton
Gord
United States
St. George Washington
Tho
Ming
Mystery of the Lands by DeWitt Mackenzie
In this World War era piece DeWitt Mackenzie recalls the 1917 Sinai desert battle near the Suez Canal where British forces defeated the Turks. General Murray probes the puzzle of crossing a treacherous, waterless desert, challenging Napoleon’s long held view and pondering Turkish intervention.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Rodmani
Suez Canal
Sunay
Sir Archibald Murray
Egypt
Ismaiiya
Napoleon Bonaparte
Little Corpors
Sinai Desert
Napoleon
Murrmy
Suez
Queen Elizabeth aids Belgian housing crisis drive
Brussels February 93 44 Queen Elizabeth backs a movement to curb a postwar housing crisis. Belgian feminist Miss Louis Vandenplaes claims in the four largest cities about 6 000 large families lack adequate homes and that only one seventh of Belgium's 1 800 000 families are properly housed.
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Brussels
Elizabeth
Louis Vandenplaes
Couple examples of couples and a clerical note
Abe Martin notes jests about couples who seem to have the knack of getting along. He cites Mr and Mrs Lege horn Tharp, married nearly two years, as an example of opposites like Democrats. Mrs Art Smiley adds a morning remark about Sunday plans and good weather.
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Legehorn Tharp
Art Smiley
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Lil Ramie
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Canel
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