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Newspaper

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1900

Page

37

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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