Showing posts with label toys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toys. Show all posts
Thursday, April 10, 2008

Invite Me, Invite My Dog

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1901 Every fashionable woman has now a tiny toy dog, which she usually carries about everywhere with her under her arm. These small animals,...
Thursday, July 5, 2007

Seeking to Help Wounded Veterans Regain Lives

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1915 No one has yet computed the sums which have been contributed by this country to the relief of war victims in Europe. The list of the of...
Monday, June 25, 2007

Perpetual Motion Machine

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1909 Runs Perfectly Without Any Aid, Declares Pennsylvania Inventor UNIONTOWN, Pa., Oct. 6. — After labor of years Allen S. Snyder believes ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

German Toys Made of Wood – Lack of Material Because of War

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1918 Makers Forced to Use That Material Because Better Stuff Is Now Almost Unobtainable The German toy industry is showing the effects of th...
Sunday, May 6, 2007

An Editor Who Loves Babies

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1877 We love babies, and also anybody else who loves babies. No man has music in hiss soul who doesn't love babies. Babies were made to ...
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

The Wonderful Tree – Story for Christmas

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The Wonderful Tree By Christopher G. Hazard (1922, Western Newspaper Union) It stood in the corner of a rather needy room. It was festooned ...
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Blowing Bubbles is Fun

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1912 INTEREST IN SOAP BUBBLES Those Made of Soap Water to Which Glycerine Has Been Added Are Quite Attractive. Have you ever stopped to thin...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Supreme Court Unable To Classify Ouija Boards

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1922 CANNOT PASS ON OUIJA BOARD Supreme Court Admits Inability to Classify It. WASHINGTON, June 5.—The Supreme Court today announced it woul...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Toys of the Zuni Indians

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---------- Zuni Toys Zuni Indians make their toys out of clay and bake them hard so that they will not crumble. They know how to model dolls...