Rebecca the Owl of Virginia and letters from young readers
In the mountains of Virginia a revered owl named Rebecca signals seasonal farm work and seed time as old generations recall. The piece blends anecdotal notes on the owl with reader letters from Bond Hill and other towns, praising puzzles, books, and school activities and inviting further correspondence.
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Rebecca
Virginia
Rebecca Leads Farm Family Through Spring
Dom outpaced all and following her example the family achieved success. As spring arrived farmers hunted for Rebecca’s guidance. A chosen herald announced her as supreme but her duty soon shifted to motherhood and tending two hungry babies.
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Rebecca
Dom
Our Boys and Girls letter page readers share thoughts
Genevieve Burkart from Norwood Ohio writes as a young reader about Rubbernecks and fairy tales. Bertha Kern of Fairview Heights Ohio expresses enjoying the paper and asks to print letters as written. Jerome Bolce from Hyde Park Ohio suggests a poets corner.
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Toledo
O. Jessie Gates
Athens
O. Helen Gleason
Marguerite
Marguerite Klein
Vaughn Street
MT. Auburn
City
Shakespeare
Mother Googse
Gladys
Genevieve Burkart
Mary Deaver
Bertha Kern
Boys and Girls
Hyde Park
O. Jerome Bolce
Margaret
Mr. Loomis
Papa
Washington
Alice Eichberg
Walnut Hills
Complimentary reader letters praise the paper and puzzles
A reader from Stewart Ohio compliments the paper for its puzzle section and quality. Angeline Squires from Spring Valley Ohio notes reading Our Boys and Girls and recognizing a letter titled Likes To Get Letters, adding she enjoyed the issue.
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L. Fay. Smith. Stewart, O
Angeline Squires
Spring Valley, O
Hens Aid Orphaned Kittens and Weary Travel Letter
A reader from Cincinnati writes about a hen caring for its orphaned chicks and recounts a family trip from Cincinnati on a steamboat to New Orleans then to Cuba describing Havana and Cuba’s size and dangers to ships. The letter ends with well wishes for a Cuba visit and a note from George W Bettis along with another reader comment and a request for fairy stories.
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Cuba
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Mississippi
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Havana
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Bond Hill
Gertrude Sommer
Bond Hill, O
Bessie E. Johnson
Russell Street
Covington, Ky
ATLAS
Ralph Terry
South Broadway
Dayton, O
Papa and
Adam’cune
Greenville, O
Grey Avenue
Carrie Bland
Maysville
Elizabeth Ballard
D. H
Rebecca, the Wise
Lepfiers
Norwood, O
Lawrence Avenue
P. S
Fairview Heights
Ella Militz
Guba
George W. Bettis
Prospect Place
Avondale
United States
JOHN _ RICHTER
John Richter
Loth Street