Losing Dolly
A child recounts losing a dolly and a dog named Don finds her. The verse expresses a young girl’s sorrow, the dog’s faithful effort, and the joyful reunion as she clutches the dolly again.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1908
Page
22
A child recounts losing a dolly and a dog named Don finds her. The verse expresses a young girl’s sorrow, the dog’s faithful effort, and the joyful reunion as she clutches the dolly again.
A whimsical verse where a bear muses on winter life preferring cave sleep to being a teddy bear. He imagines snoozing through snow and spring breakfasts as he awaits spring.
A party game outlines a peanut themed challenge with six to ten players. A leader records results while players perform seven stunts such as guessing a container count, one handed length, peanut dropping into a vase, shelling five nuts fastest, moving nuts across a room, tossing peanuts at a pin, and more.
A Rural New Yorker reminiscence recalls farm childhood days in the 1860s. Boys milking at age seven and rising at four to tend cattle, hoes, oxen, and corn, with long evenings husking corn and paring apples. A lone ride to school at ages nine and ten on a single mare contrasts with later improvements. The narrator recalls harsh chores, sparse schooling, and a winter funeral journey in heavy snow, highlighting a tougher rural childhood.
A novelty game begins with a chosen player at one end with mouth wide open while others toss three peanuts into it. The contestant who catches the most peanuts in his mouth wins the round, as described in the quirky room activity.
A short verse describes a ten year old boy who tries skating for the first time. His playful antics on the ice amuse onlookers while his mishaps reveal a comic, quaint moment.
A riddle describes a word linked to a jail a fire and a gutter with mire It hints that placing the last letter third yields a word meaning belonging to a king without changing its sound Grate and Great are given as a clue to pronunciation
This London Observer piece surveys religious mottoes once common on Western coins. It traces shifts from Latin and Biblical inscriptions to modern omissions, noting notable examples from England and Scotland and the 1343 English noble coin as a milestone in English gold currency.
The article paints Mexico City as a saucer basin with a heavenly climate in spring and troublesome summer rains. It notes the lack of cellars due to groundwater, historic Cortez maps, drained canals, and boulevards shaded by trees. It praises the city’s year round appeal once drainage improves.
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