The Victory of the Pinkwinks in a Forest Tale
Maud Walker tells how two rival families the Pinkwinks and the Nogwogs clash for power in a shared wood. Spanker Pinkwink courts the Nogwog chief's daughter leading to a planned war but a secret wedding unites the families. The truce holds and peace returns to the wood.
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Maud Walker
the Wood
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Pinkwinks
Nogwog
Pinkwink
Spanker
Negwogs
Nogwogs
Big Lady Love
Pear shaped stars challenge common notions of astronomy
The article explores pear shaped stars, noting ten confirmed examples split evenly between hemispheres. It argues such shapes are real, not freak occurrences, and highlights two binary systems where stars touch at contact points, merging their figures.
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Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
To Support the Family
A Philadelphia Record clipping recalls a boy who comforts his grieving mother promising to become a father figure. As he grows older he vows to stop her labor and to marry a rich wife to support her. The tale highlights family duty and thrift across generations.
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Philadelphia Record
Mamma
St Patrick Day History From Pagan Ireland to Missionary Saint
The piece traces St Patrick's legend from birth around 372 to his mission in Ireland after escaping captivity in Ireland. It notes his role in Christianizing Ireland, battles with Druids, legends of curses, and his death in 1749 while highlighting his enduring Irish reverence and the banishing of toads and snakes.
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St. Patrick
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
County
Antrim
Rome
Celestine
Emerald Isle
Nuts to Crack From Autumn Nuts to Crack Poem
A children’s magazine poem likens school subjects to cracking nuts. It describes hazelnuts and chestnuts around a nursery fire, then equates geography arithmetic spelling writing reading history and grammar to hard kernels to crack, with a bag of nuts hidden near each schoolroom door.
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Children’s Magazine
Wit of Little Children in Chicago
A Chicago column depicts a butcher answering a boy asking for dry herring and a child’s joke about lemons and elephants, highlighting playful exchanges between adults and youngsters in everyday shop life.
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Chicago News
New Academy of Music Promises Fire Safety
The Western paper describes the newly finished Academy of Music and asserts its safety noting that in case of fire two thousand can be cleared in as many minutes, reassuring readers about the building’s design and crowd evacuation.
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Academy of Music
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