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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
21
A child named Jim fishes from a hole, undresses to swim, dives from a high bank, and enjoys a day of water and fishing. Night falls as he heads home to a mother who will fry the fresh fish, while he dreams of the day’s fun and bedtime adventures. TIM TURNIPS.
A playful collection of wordplay and moral musings in riddle form. It ponders truth and deceit with questions about rooms fires and bells while weaving a final line about a hook on a lady's dress.
Teddy and his friends debate fears around a campfire with bravado. When a loud night tremor and a ghost story push Jack to test courage, he and Ted confront a mysterious “spook.” The truth: a white garment bag blown into a tree by the wind, leaving Ted safe at home while the others laugh at the ruse.
A rough social dialect piece extols watermelons as the sweetest fruit, claiming vast patches hidden in corn fields. It describes the fruit’s red flesh with seeds and suggests a traveler can find a patch with minimal disturbance though patches are scarce and guarded by danger.
In a tale within a tale, Joe narrates a balloon ascent with an expert navigator. They rise beyond land and glimpse a floating town called Airville in Cloud county as they drift above a vast, island-like silhouette in the sky. The narrator questions reality while savoring the wonder of flight.
Sally Joe and George sit under a tree on a hot afternoon and trade original tales. Joe narrates of an athlete ex-circus performer entering a wild country and facing a troop of hostile monkeys. He uses a clever coconut rifle shot to deter them as Sally and George listen intently.
Brittany folk rely on eerie divinations and charms to foretell enemies and fate. They use twenty five needles to count foes, fig leaves to gauge a wife’s length, a molefied hand to cure toothache, and a mystic walking stick made from elder wood and animal parts to attract food and lodging on travels.
A narrator recalls a fantastical airship island built by inventors. The craft drifts, rains, and lands in water after the gas falters, leaving the aeronaut dead and the narrator surviving. George wins a prize for his tale as Sally and Joe praise imagination and finish dinner.
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