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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
31
A boy and a spider argue about eating a fly and a chicken. The boy objects to the spider eating the fly while the spider defends meat as a natural dinner hour. The boy warns the spider with a stick, and the tale concludes with a反 and a moral about eating.
Billy Simpkins a 14 year old high school baseball captain leaves home with plans to work hard and prove himself. His note to mother and father sparks worry as weeks pass without word until a telegram from Mulberry Hospital reveals his illness and summons his parents to his side.
A snow battle tale follows Billy a sick boy in a charity hospital. He worked cutting ice for days, fell ill with pneumonia, and was cared for by his mother and father who visited daily. The nurse notes the child’s prayers and his vow to stay home with his parents once well.
A sequence of light verse riddles compares a bloater fish to drunkenness a tree to felled timber a ship to an ailing heart and a beer barrel to a tapped shoe, using playful analogies to provoke a grin.
Twin siblings Bobby and May, both seven, join their cheerful Big Brother on a cold January rabbit hunt on a farm with wide valleys and a river. They spot a hollow log resembling a bunny and feel compassion for animals, deciding to head home when Big Brother returns with no rabbits.
In a nursery tale Peggy Pepper five years old rules over a cast of dolls and animals. A white kitten named Lucretia provokes a wild brawl with Rover the watchdog and a lion, with the Japanese doll rescuing the dolls from danger. After a half hour the kitten’s supremacy is firm and Peggy carries the injured toys to the hospital.
Paste the puzzle on stiff cardboard, cut out the parts with sharp scissors, and assemble to form a pig. Answer next week.
The passage shows May and Bobby walking home with a sense of achievement after following the Big Brother and catching at least one rabbit, reflecting a small rural event or anecdote.
A compact collection of warnings about luck and misfortune. It warns against counting stars to avoid wrinkles and notes dire outcomes if one rocks an empty cradle. It links repeated mentions of the devil to appearances at death and urges respectful behavior to avoid haunting. It also advises kissing burial shoes and avoiding harsh actions toward doors windows and stones to spare suffering souls.
A humorous exchange about riches and domestic fear precedes a gentle lullaby poem about a child named Dearest Se. The snippets mix a child’s view on marriage and a sea themed verse, with playful dialogue and soothing verses aimed at a young listener.
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