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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1908
Page
2
A coastal Florida tale depicts a wise king crab rallying his ghost crab army to drive out pirate rats invading a crab island. After initial clashes and failed traps, the tide and careful burrow strategy trap and drown the rats, saving the crab realm and restoring beach life.
A Charleston tale recounts the white violets who lose their purple frocks and bow to a moral trial. Elves, robins, and the fairy queen weigh punishment and mercy, ending with the violets choosing white gowns as a sign of forgiveness and inner purity.
A Washington Star fragment presents a speaker addressing a young inquirer. The poem discusses limits of knowledge and the patient journey toward truth, promising understanding when life guides the child. It evokes innocence, faith, and the passage of time through shared life.
Instructions describe creating a moving copper or brass snake with a tail thread spun over warm air to revolve. It advises painting in bright colors for effect and then outlines making a magic flute from a cork pressed against the teeth and played with fork handles to imitate flute tones. It also mentions forming a cork figure with a tiny bullet cap glued to a base as a toy.
Teddy Green and Lonnie find a possum in a persimmon tree on the way to school. They bring it home and plan baked possum but it disappears while they fetch more fruit. Teddy reveals the animal was pretending dead, and mother would not have cooked it anyway.
A column recounts renowned figures and how modest tools sparked great discoveries. Wollaston prized a tea tray as his lab with a balance and blowpipe. Franklin's kite experiment, Bewick’s chalk sketches, Stockhardt’s butterfly study, Black’s latent heat, Wilkie’s barn-door canvas, Watt’s syringe origin of the steam engine, and Demosthenes’ odd prep reveal perseverance and invention across ages.
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