Bertha Lewis and the River Fairy
A impoverished girl Bertha Lewis saves a little skater from falling into a river hole during a skating carnival. The rescued child and her parents later repay Bertha's family with aid, securing work for her father, a home for her mother, and schooling for Bertha, transforming their poverty into opportunity.
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Maud Walker
Bertha Lewis
Bertha
Lewis
Jack Frost
Miss Fm
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Lewises
Mamma
The Stolen Ride
Abby runs away to ride in a brown-horse carriage and pretends to be grown up. She encounters a wedding in a church, meets a kind driver and a sympathetic stranger who escorts her home and explains the scene to her aunt.
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Nan Todd
Detroit News
Abby
Ny State
Riddling Mother Goose Questions and Answers
A playful catalog of nursery rhyme questions noting pivotal moments and characters. It pairs lines about beef, the dish, and various figures like Old King Cole and Little Miss Muffett with breaches and mishaps such as Jack falling and the clock striking one.
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China
Miss Muffett
King Cole
Jack
Soy Bean Milk: Japanese vegetable milk made from soy beans
A Japanese method yields a soy bean milk by soaking brushing and boiling soy beans in water. The resulting liquor resembles cow milk in appearance and serves as a substitute for milk for many city's poorer residents with good results.
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