Bird Center cartoons, a chronicle of social happenings at Bird Center, Illinois; pictures and text (1904)
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 · Chicago, A.C. McClurg & co. · leaf 70
Here is something thatwill interest all the la-dies. It is a prize quiltthat was eihibited byMrs. Wes Kidwell at theBird Center County Fair.There are 6,245 piecesin the quilt and twelveyears were consumed inmaking it. If you areinterested in prize quiltssee the account in the Argosy. … Riley Peters played agood joke on Elmer Prattat the Bird Center CountyFair last Thursday. El-mer had a new pair ofshoes, and they hurt himso much that he wentbehind the floral hall torest the shoes. Rileytook Kate Wardenaround, and Elmer washopping mad. He saysRiley Peters has aboutas much idea of…
Wit and humor, Pictorial
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