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Flora offers money to buy a hat for her mother and a matinee. Mrs. Dean and Agnes realize the sacrifice is shared, with Flora’s gift enabling her mother to enjoy the hat and matinee while Flora enjoys her party.
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16 May 1910
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1910
Page
1
Taffy Party Delights Local Girls and Mother
The text describes a candy themed party with taffy making and pulling enjoyed by Agnes Flora and their mother. Molasses cost 20 cents and the candy in boxes would have cost 2.25, making the event a novel and joyful evening. The girls praise the fun while the mother notes their gratitude and potential new hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes
Flora
Taffy
Mrs. Dean
Potsdam the Prussian Versailles and Royal Playground
Potsdam famed as the Hohenzollerns garden and royal playground near Berlin. The town castle and rooms of Frederick the Great attract visitors while relics and a historic burial tale mingle with legends of Napoleon and the Russo German alliance formed in 1805.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Potsdam
Frederick the Great
Berlin
Havel
Peacock Island
Frederick William III
Voltaire
Sparta
Athens
Mark of
Brandenburg
Hohenzollerns
Frederick William I
Frederick
Germany
Napoleon
Alexander I
Russia
A Wildwood Study by a Boy in the Fields
A clever boy builds a wildwood study in a woods near his town. He erects a pine frame shanty with wire sides and a slanted roof. A trench drains rainwater while vines grow to shade walls and a rough wooden table and writing materials complete the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loors
Avere
Flora's Birthday Party Turns to Twelve Boxes of Candy
Flora demands three one pound boxes of candy for her birthday party and gets funds from her mother. After overhearing the mother’s tight finances, Flora buys the candy but returns it for a refund when she realizes her mother is sacrificing. The story ends with Flora confessing selfishness and insisting her mother keep the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Agnes
Fiora
Mamma
Stella May
Plain Pete Becomes a Hero on Prairie Fire Rescue
Plain Pete carries frail Mrs. Jones to safety as a prairie fire closes in, saving her life at the cost of a perilous mile and a half run. The boy, mocked as plain, earns praise from neighbors and his own family as a saintly hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Pete
Hosses
Adja
Jones
Dickinson County
Anderson
Peto
Mr. Jones
Mr. Anderson
Mrs. Jones
Grandmother Jones
Feiler
The Jamaica firefly’s pulsating light study
A Jamaica firefly, over an inch long, emits a brilliant pulsating light from the head and beneath the thorax. The light persists after death, prompting speculation on oxygen triggering luminescence and questions about the dead insect still flashing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Old Blue Bottle Fly Song Recited in Verse
A playful verse describes a blue bottle fly buzzing at a window all day. The speaker notes the insect never laughs or cries yet persists despite efforts to shoo it away. The refrain emphasizes the constant buzzing through spring and into summer.
Infantile Composite: Baby George Spriggins Shown to Caller
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegram reports a mother viewing four week old George Herbert Sanderson Spriggins. She notes no single exact resemblance but traces of various relatives in his features and smiles at family resemblances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Herbert Sanderson Spriggins
Helen
Joe
Ted
George
Spriggins
Eva
Pittsburg
Moving image shows at present form the most sought after amusement
An Siam presents a moving picture described as the era’s leading amusement, attracting crowds with its modern appeal and popular appeal among audiences seeking entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Siam
Puzzle Corner Enigma Builds A Great Tall Thing
Riddle hints at a word formed by letters common to mount groom you nature tune narrow idle night but not others. The final answer is a tall great object found in every country and admired by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petey Anderson
Peter
Peter Anderson
Little
Pete
Chairman
A riddle describes two parts forming an officer who calls to order with a gavel. The first part is a seat found in many sizes. the second part is a common friendly creature who helps the world. Together they name an officer who speaks in public across the land.
Riddling Wordplay Connects Clues in Historic Puzzle
A playful trio of word puzzles links a breeze to a weightlifting machine, an evergreen to relatives yielding a small wooden vessel, and a fare paid on railroads plus a water source place yielding an adieu.
Conundrums Show Builders and Novelists Parallels
A playful riddle set links house builders to novelists as creators of stories. It asks when a wheel resembles a fly and answers with flywheel. It notes court ships as ships more common on land than water.
Answers to Last Week's Puzzles Card
A compact puzzle recap listing several wordplay items from last week. Charade, Zigzag, Crosswords and Beheadings are noted with sample answers such as Want Nut Law Curl Ohio Flat Fear Trap Idle Hars and Glove Love Flute Late Clash Lash plus a Rebus clue Watch the heavens for Hal ley's comet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Peanuts Demand Exceeds Supply in United States
The article notes high peanut demand in the United States with Japan exporting 17 million pounds in 1907 and 1908, and says Southern localities devote themselves to peanut raising though supply lags behind demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Japan
United States
Scotland Loosens Age Limits for Marriage
Article reports that in Scotland, boys over 14 and girls over 12 may marry. It also notes a white handkerchief seen from a window in Italy signaling that a housekeeper has rooms for rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Grey
Dearie
Mother
the Royal Playground
Wildwood
Florence Davis
Plain Pete
Maud Walker
Conundrums
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