Saving Pennies In Lent Through Orphan Aid
Orphans in New York and nearby children learn charity during Lent by saving pennies for Easter gifts to orphans or for food and clothing. The piece highlights pious, economical, and even dyspeptic motives, noting how sharing funds with the needy helps both giver and recipient. It recounts stories of children aiding sick relatives and performing acts of kindness beyond mere abstinence.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Hisse Brown
Tot
Eisie
Hisie
Gypsy
Hazel
Marines
Aew
Puzzle poem recounts a winter mishap on hill
Last week's puzzle poem tells of Juveet Arabella and her beau Joe attempting a winter ride down Jameson hill. A crusted snow crust causes their ride to end with the lady landing in a tree while Joe dives through the crust to free her, leaving him stuck and out of sight.
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Arabella
Elphantine Joe
Jameson's Hill
Joe
H Staer
Anei
Joe Rescues Nero the Poodle After Adventures
Joe Dempsey returns from Buffalo to find his dog Nero missing. Mrs. Clancy explains Nero slipped out as she left a door open while he waited for his master. Joe vows to search the town, recalling Buck Shaughnessy and the truckman Tim Mulrennan who mention buying or taking Nero.
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C. B. Loomis
Joe Dempsey
Buffalo
Nero
Clancy
Jos Tanot
Tim Mulrennan
Buck Shaughnessy
Washington Street
Joe
Nero the poodle theft tale ends with boy and dog reunion
Charles Broadnax of Carrollton narrates a chaotic chase as Joe tries to recover Nero the French poodle stolen by Buck and a grocer. Police intervene, a trolley ride distracts the pursuers, and Nero finally escapes to Joe. Joe frees him with a bolt and flees, redeeming his canine friend.
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Joe
Buck
Nero
Ilin
Wex
Buffalo
A Queer School Vacation and the Chestnut Harvest
The chestnut, once dismissed by ancient Romans, becomes staple food in Italy where nut gathering is a seasonal public activity. Castanea nuts are collected by families during a month long vacation, dried, ground into flour for polenta and porridge, with utilitarian cakes called neces.
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Castanea
Thessaly
Italy
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Haz
Elsie
Elsie Brown
Fasie
Hagel
Eistle Brown
tLet
Grandmamma
Dinah
Grandmahrmma
Fairyland
Metropolitan Museum
Tisle Brown
Mme. Trolly
Lida Rose M'Labe
Grandma
Hisie Brown
Tada
Hazel Genius
Mme. Trutty
Teal Fairies
Mrs. Alonzo Richardson
Leaver
Eugenia
Edward
Jefferson
ARAN
Rudolph Brown
J. H. Brown
Atlanta
Charles Battell Loomis
Charles Broadnax
Mrs. E. Bremax
Carrollton
Ade
Washington Market
East Side
West Street
Tim
Mary
Nora
Helen Dyrns
Professor O
OW. I. Dykes
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