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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1882
Page
6
A playful narration by George S. Burleigh in Our Littlenea follows a twelve month old baby as he crawls, tumbles, and rises across a doorway. The rhythmic cadence celebrates perseverance through clumsy progress and joyful determination.
A girl recalls sharing twelve home sewn rag-babies with friends, each painted with a face. One child, Lotty Cohen, takes the narrator’s favorite Alice, prompting lingering remorse and a vow to recreate the cherished doll for her own daughter.
Uncle John explains coal formation from ancient swamps and forests. He describes layers of decayed trees, the rise and fall of seas, and how peat slowly becomes coal under pressure. The talk notes pine origin, tar and resin, and the carbon logic behind coal’s black color. FP. Treune.
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