Christmas visitors fill cupboard with tales of fame
In a festive scene a host of nursery figures arrive at Mrs Hubbard’s door. Cinderella, Prince, Mother Goose, Simple Simon, Bluebeard, Jack, Puss in Boots, the Three Blind M mice, Red Riding Hood and other famous characters stream in to fill her empty cupboard, each named in turn.
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Old Mother Hubbard
Cinderella
Mother Goose
Simon
Penny Pieman
Bluebeard
Jack
Puss In Boots
So Trim
Nice
Blind Mice
Century trees transform Missouri town into shade filled pride
A Missouri resident fosters civic beauty by planting thousands of century trees since 1901. School children received seedlings with care instructions for proper planting and maintenance, creating a leafy, well tended townscape and labeling future growth as a living record of the century.
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Prairie
Middle West
Missouri
Clyie Improvement League
Chia
Merchants in Western Towns Build Home Trade Lead
Western towns once underused trade now push home merchants through better advertising. Catalogue houses retreat as locals learn to favor local stores. Newspapers praise enterprise and shoppers gain by buying locally rather than mail order.
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Farroet
Town Improvers The citizen who speaks a good word
A local profile highlights a resident known for community service and public advocacy. The piece notes steady advocacy, participation in neighborhood groups, and steady involvement in civic projects shaping town improvements.
Work of Framingham Improvement Association Inspires Civic Progress
The Framingham Massachusetts Improvement Association shows how persistent local effort can advance civic progress. It influenced railroad relocation plans through public forums with over 300 attendees, aiming to preserve village beauty and inspire a more beautiful America. The old Center Village Town Hall will be renovated at about $4000, turning it into a social center for the town.
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Framingham
Mann
Framingham (Mass
Boston and Worcester Street Railway
Improvement Association
Framingham Association
McFarland
Town Gardens Back Yard Gardening Adage
The Washington Star notes that town yards can become beautified by old fashioned mixed borders and daily bouquet cutting. It suggests a forty five by thirty foot back yard as a model for simple, practical adornment and upkeep.
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Washington
Garden border plans for shady yards and border plantings
The passage advises creating a six to eight foot wide border along yard fences and centers, with a sand and manure enriched soil base. It notes options for edging, central beds, and using annuals such as asters nasturtiums petunias mignonette candytuft zinnias coreopsis gaillardia sweet peas plus perennials like blue larkspur peonies phlox and hollyhocks. It also suggests reusing old bulbs and improving unsightly sheds with tall annuals.
Well Supplied Doctor Wants Strong Bark At Night
Patient seeks nightly canine bark to deter neighbors dogs and ensure quiet living. Consultation notes mention desire for louder barking as a deterrent while neighbors’ pets already present.
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Pateent
Puck
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Little Boy Blue
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Beach’s Music Store
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Chicago Tribune
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Drovers Journal
Homestead
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Inter Oces
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Times
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Woman's Home Ywables' World
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Review of Hevlewwy
Josmopolitan
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