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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1900
Page
36
A children's paper featuring news and stories for youth. Edited by Everard Jack Appleton, the issue presents light articles and activities in a playful, encouraging tone typical of early 1900s youth publications.
A reflective piece defends boys as capable and brave, citing three recent incidents: a painter thief caught with boys aiding, a boy rescuing his sisters from a fire, and another saving a girl from a runaway horse. It argues boys can be heroes in disguise and urges adults to judge them by actions not appearances. It also touches on military fashion history, German postal cards, bee behavior, lemonade recipes, and peculiar schoolhouses as context.
Acknowledgment from Covington Kentucky dated June 4 1900 thanks editor for prize money and kind note. Johnson expresses gratitude and extends best wishes for the continued success of Our Boys and Girls, signing from 1612 Scott Street.
A 12 year old Covington Kentucky reader Edwin Beal describes his stamp hobby listing stamps from the United States and many countries. He offers to describe more stamps and give values in a future letter to the paper.
A playful scene depicts dolls gathered for a pretend dinner on the nursery floor. The servant narrates serving turtle soup and arranging a grand miniature feast with the Duchess humorously toppled into the soup.
A playful fragment features Xysta the fly insisting on being called Mister and recounting a humorous meeting with a gun, noting she was kissed despite her small size and bold attitude.
The department invites readers to mail in recipes and household suggestions for making useful items or ornaments. Write on one side of the paper, sign name, age and full address, and send contributions often to help keep the department active.
A brief home recipe for Snippoodle cakes. Christine Klein of 2912 Vaughn Street Mt. Auburn shares a simple batter of sugar butter milk egg flour baking powder and cinnamon. The instructions describe creaming butter adding sugar and eggs then dry ingredients alternating with milk, spreading thin on a tin sheet, baking until brown, sprinkling sugar, and cutting into squares for a crisp treat.
Six year old Mary Bryan, a young stage actress, poses to display a pink pique blouse with a white belt and spotted collar. Her cream straw hat is trimmed with rose chiffon and white dahlias. Also features a kitchen note for a three by three fruit ice cream and a Milford Center bakery credit.
Mildred Russell of Clifton writes to the Commercial Tribune dated May 9 1900 praising the paper and expressing deep interest in becoming an editor or manager. She mentions enjoying fairy tales Rubbermecks prize contests and attractive pictures and hopes the paper continues.
Dayton O resident Helen Thomson writes to Our Boys and Girls paper praising it and hoping it will continue. The brief note expresses support for the publication and signs with her name and age.
Fractured OCR text hints at a boat race with Aunt Kate and Ben Mine names. Vague lines describe sails, a prize for speed, and a muddy island scene. No coherent event or clear participants emerge from the damaged excerpt.
Glendale, O. Edna Drury recalls a Saturday hike with friends in which they encounter a wild-looking steer. They flee over a fence into another woods, gather wildflowers, eat lunch, and return home unable to stop talking about the steer.
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