Bragging Tom Sends Himself to Defeat in Western Town
In Green ville, Tom Collins, aged fourteen, earns mock fame for boasting he can whip any boy his size. Two cousins, Frank and Walt Turner, enlist Hank Snell to challenge Tom to a fair fist contest to cure his bragging and reveal his true character.
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Tom Collins
Greenville
Rocky Mountains
Tom
Low
Hank Snell
Tom Collings
Wildcat
Snell
Hank
Frank
Walt Turner
Walt
Henk
Hiss
Frank Turner
West
Inet
Bragging Tom’s Broncho Test Ends Humiliatingly
A boastful boy known as bragging Tom accepts a challenge from Hank Snell to ride a bucking broncho and box in town. Tom fails on the broncho and confesses defeat, leaving the crowd and peers with a lasting lesson on pride.
Proper Rabbit Hutches And Diet From A 19th Century Guide
The article outlines rabbit housing with two rooms for comfort dryness and warmth and interiors to prevent draughts. It prescribes a five inch floor clearance double doors and ventilation, cleaning routines, and monthly whitewashing. A veteran breeder recommends feeding three times daily with hay scalded meat or cooked grains, carrots milk and occasional greens.
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Bunny
Rabbits Care And Feeding From A Victorian Guide
The text provides guidance on domestic rabbit care including feeding with carrots peas and potatoes, water and milk portions, avoiding overfeeding, and the importance of companionship. It emphasizes humane treatment, observing eating habits, and keeping rabbits in pairs for happiness and health.
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Bunny
The Fairies Visit Gracie in the Garden
Gracie sits under a tree with dolls and books when a fairy tale page opens and Princess Lala and Hop-Over-My-Thumb emerge with about fifty fairies. They seat on pebbles turned to chairs and sing with Gracie’s dolls Sissy and Mabel. The fairies praise Gracie and urge she remember them as fairy stories fade from sight.
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Gracie
Lala
Hop-Over-My-Thumb
Realife
Sissy
Mabel
Pany
Stasy
Queen Mab Hosts Enchanted Fairy Feast At Banquet
A magical scene unfolds as Queen Mab conjures a fairy banquet. Gracie acts as hostess at the feast while fairies of all sizes gather around a table rising from the earth. Sissy pours nectar, Mabel serves strawberries, and the fairy court delights in a lavish display.
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Mab
Gracie
Sissy
Mabel
Riding and Feasting in a Fairy Tale Dream
A playful poem and fairy tale scene unfold as children imagine rides from a tally ho to airships and autos. The feast centers on a cake table, then a mosquito bites Gracie and steals the dolls voices from the fairy tale book, leaving Gracie to insist the fairies are still there.
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BY William Wallace
London
Palace Fair
Bose
Behera
Wrord, Posple
Mousie
Winde
Old Rohme
Maud Walker
Paamy
Tim Turnips
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