Kitty's Big Charity Picnic Ends With Mosquito Bite Lesson
In a July tale Kitty Davis hosts a humane picnic for beetles mosquitoes and spiders. The feast attracts a crowd that eats all the treats then bites Kitty. After a chase the insects dwindle and Kitty finally kills a mosquito. Her parents warn against trusting every creature.
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Alice
Beth
Beetle
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Six Aunts Invite Dot To Vacation Diary Adventure
In a playful diary entry, Dot recalls six aunts in different towns inviting her for weeklong visits. She plans to draw scenes of what each teaches, joking that last year she learned a little about everything and nothing, and hopes this trip brings fun instead of disappointment.
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Kitty
Kiddie
Seaside Adventures of the Twins and Isabel
The Philadelphia Record recalls a family trip to the coast where Wilbur touts seaside tales, the twins contend with ocean bathing, and Isabel expresses doubt about waves. They experience salt spray, shells, and sea life while adjusting to shore life and a homeward longing.
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Isabel
Missus
Darky
Marian
Take Care of Your Toys
A moral urging children to treat toys with care and donate worn or unused toys to poorer children. It compares well off and poorer kids and argues kindness and sharing improve sympathy and usefulness.
The Pillow Fight Gone Too Far
Jack causes trouble during a fort building game with Eric and Bertie, rough play leads to injury and a prisoner scenario, stealing food, and finally a pillow fight ends with broken clocks and a stern wake up call from their father leading to Jack returning to school with bigger boys.
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Eric
Bertie
Jack
Clever jackdaw helps weed the garden then earns confinement
A captive jackdaw is praised as clever by his farmer owner. The bird helps weed the garden and even pulls up a row of lettuces on its own. When the farmer discovers the bird’s overnight gardening, he proclaims it too clever and returns the bird to solitary confinement.
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Rubi
Ordinary Boy Poem Praises Public School Pride
A verse by an ordinary boy from a public school celebrates everyday students and athletic teamwork. It contrasts public and private schooling and highlights the desire to grow into capable men who sustain national effort through hard work and grit.
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Washington Star
Comfort quilt Amuses ailing Marjory at home
A mother reads to her sick daughter and hangs an old red comfort quilt in the window. The quilt’s lively figures entertain Marjory as she longs to read and play, inspiring mothers to share quiet time and crafts with children during illness.
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Marjory
Mamma
The Cion Termination and Word List Update
A Chicago lawyer’s letter adds two more coin ending words to a club notes list. The terms epinicion and cestration join coercion suspicion scion interaecion epinicion and cestracion as coin ending examples. The editor invites further discoveries from readers and adults alike.
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