The Bell Founder of Breslau and the Tolling Death
A famous Breslau bell founder seeks a supreme tone in a Magdalen Church bell. After misfortunes from ale and temper, a boy’s accidental stopple leads to murder, execution, and a tolling bell that mourns the founder’s fate. The city is moved as the bell’s sound echoes through Breslau.
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Breslau
Magdalen
Petshat
Shim
Could We But See Man
A didactic piece compares a man walking with a bag having front and rear pockets to illustrate how people judge others while hiding their own faults. It suggests turning the bag to stop gossip and self-deception as the world laughs at both visible faults and hidden ones.
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O'Shea
Grant
Horace Porter
St. Louis
April Showers Circus Word Search Challenge
Johnny visits a circus and spots a list of animals including Monkey Tiger Lion Dog Bear Cat Donkey Rabbit Coon Pony and Bull. Find them on the chart by moving in any direction to connect adjacent letters without skipping.
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Johnny
Circus
Pranks and Proverbs from a Curious Youthful Page
A mash of schoolroom quips animal lore weather fables and reminiscences. It includes a boy named Tommy forgetting all he knew a seam arguing with a sewing machine and Tillie defending punishment as good for growth. Also tales of elephants meals with oranges sun rain and horses in war memoirs and cuckoo lore.
Johnny's Answer Quiz Based On Teacher's Questions
A childish exchange lists humorous or misheard answers. Questions cover milk from camels and milkmen, cats covered with fleas, a four legged with a long tail as a mosquito, two kinds of nuts as peanuts and target-me nuts, and that the Queen of Sheba followed after Solomon.
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Johnny
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Adam
Able
Hure
Elba
Ircus
Leigh
Yie
Aie
Carl
Tommy
Tillie
Papa
Mother
Fidel
Twonte
England
Ulysses
Sar
Solomon
Sheba
Dottie
Surly Jarno Oust