Gloves and Mittens Tug Amity Street Friendship
In winter on Amity Street Clarabel Bradley and Josephine Brown share a school day under two rival gifts. Clarabel’s aunt sends brown kid gloves with fur wrists, drawing envy from Josephine and triggering a rift. After a patient teaching moment the girls reconcile, agreeing to mix gloves and mittens for equal friendship.
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Amity Street
Clarabel Bradley
Josephine Brown
Clarabel
Josephine
Bessie
Milly Smith
Minnie Cater
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Matt Robbins Beats the Die Hard for City News
A New York paper tells how Matt Robbins rose from office boy to reporter after a cable car accident. He read copy, rushed to file the first edition, fainted at his desk, then had his exclusive story printed. He asked the hospital if he got beat.
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Matt Robbins
New York Daily
Ity
Matt
Houston Street
Police
Park Row
Chambers Street
Hide and Seek Play at Elmville Ends in Laughter
Children gather for a game described with a counting blindfold and the command Stop. Lillie leads the round seeking hidden siblings including Jack Elsie and Clarence as they scatter among rose bushes wheelbarrows and the woodshed then restart the game with Elsie as blinder and a missed Ten Stop moment.
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Arthur
Elmville
Lillie
Jack
Elsie
Clarence
Harold
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Vacation Time At Grandpa’s
Poem in 19th century tone describing a child’s summer visit to Grandpa’s. The speaker leaves school behind, travels by car and horse, encounters Uncle Fred and the dog Ned, and enjoys riding, hay raking, and long days with family near the old meeting house and schoolhouse.
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Fred
Ned
Grandpa
Little Tommy’s Fourth of July by Eowa Posey Boom
A fragmented verse depicts a mother tucking in Little Tommy after a chaotic Fourth of July. The child bears bruises and burns from the celebration while the mother remarks, thankfully it’s over. The scene ends with a dauntless, still-poulticed Tommy.
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Little Tommy
Tommy
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W. L. Riordon
Matthew Robbins
Matt Fallow
Acusa B. CaniFieto
Anna P. Chandler
Eowa Posey Boom
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