Bingo the Dog and the Boy Who Loved Him
A long canine life follows Bingo and his boy Joey Travis from playful woods days to a winter death beside Jo y’s grave. Bingo endures loss, travels with new masters, returns home aged and frail, then lies beside his master after eight years of companionship.
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Bingo
Joey Travis
Joey
Joey Bingo
Josy
Bing
Escent
Ringo
Lfe
Ife
Phaeton
Unique Historical Chair in Independence Hall
A chair manufactured in 1888 by William Snider for the Kensington Commissioners contains relics such as Christopher Columbus’s 1496 house fragment from San Domingo, a segment of the elm under which the Penn treaty was formed, oak from a WilHam Penn home, cane from Penn’s seat, walnut from the old State House yard, a lock of Chief Justice Marshall’s hair, a fragment from the U S Frigate Constitution, and a piece from the ship Pennsylvania launched in 1837. The thirteen stars on the chair symbolize the original states. Mary Graham.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
William Snider
Commissioners of
Kensington
San Domingo
America
William Penn
Wil- Menn Penn
Wil- Mam Penn
State House
Marshall
Constitution
Pennsylvania
Mary Graham
Riddle describes a chair with limbs and squeak
A compact riddle outlines a chair with legs and arms but cannot move or speak, its only sound a small squeak when used.
Peter's Woe in the Garden Misadventure
The fragment describes Peter going to a garden to weed it and picking a hoe then striking at weeds. He instead damages his toe and later visits a river with a crooked pin. The text conveys a humorous misfortune centered on a simple domestic scene.
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Peter
Watch chain mystery from fragmented note unfolds
A fragmented OCR note mentions a watch chain and a person named Saeed, with unclear phrasing around possession or action. The readable items point to a personal item tied to Saeed, suggesting a minor missing item report or informal inquiry. Further context is unreadable.
Lettie Finds Her Tongue In Fairy Rescue
Lettie a chatty girl wishes to lose her tongue after a series of scoldings. An old witch steals it, and Lettie and family search fruitlessly. A fairy recovers the tongue, restores it with magic wax, and Lettie vows to study and guard her tongue, celebrating the reunion with her mother.
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Lettie
Mama
Teacher
Speever
Irish Wit and a Judge at Niagara Falls
A humorous Irish scene features a judge who keeps asking pardon and a quip about Niagara Falls. O Toole and Pat debate the Falls, with Pat remaining calm and skeptical about what makes the sight wonderful as water cascades over the rocks.
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Niagara Falls
O'Toole
Begorra
Pat
Feathered giant of the past Extine phogorhacos
The phogorhacos, a feathered giant from about 3 million years ago, lived in Patagonia. It stood about eight feet tall with a horse sized head, could not fly, but ran swiftly and hunted living prey.
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Phogorhacos
Patagonia
LETTER ENIGMA A SUMMER PLEASURE FOR LEISURE
Solve the six letter riddle where each letter appears in the first word but not in the second. The six letters form a word describing pleasure for people in summer who have leisure.
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Cays
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Ter
Hfe
bin- O'Be
Conundeums
The
Saeed
Helena Davis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!