Sunshine Club Rules From The Herald Young Folks
Sunshine Rules and Regs urge readers to stay hopeful and kind. The piece promotes happiness, repeated smiling as a practice, and a cheerful, resilient attitude even when not feeling merry. It suggests writing smile to trigger pleasant thoughts and notes how to cope when writing is not possible.
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The
Herald Young Folks Sunshine Club
Grand Traverse Herald
Three Oaks
Mich
A& Am
Tremain
Sunshine Club records and Christmas notes from Cedar area
The piece outlines the HY F Sunshine Club organized December 8 1893 with Clara Bates as president and lists officers and members as of January 1907. It shares poems, letters from Sunshiners, new member entries, and a lengthy reminiscence about schoolyard adventures and a snow cannon tale narrated by local children.
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Sunshiners
Salt Lake City
Utah
New York City
Chicago
Roosevelt
Sunshine Club
Smile Club
Luis
Santa Claus
Papa
pClu
jCadar
Mamma
Cedar
Edith Miller
Lillie Miller
Orval Miller
Elmer Miller
Ethel Miller
Mabel C. Maho
The Old Cannon Mereside Boys on the Battery Hill
The tale recalls Mereside as a quiet town with warm summers and snowy winters. Youths flee school to play on the sandy hill known as the battery beside the sea marsh, where an old inventor’s rusty canton and a once famous cannon stand as relics of Revolutionary days.
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George
Pen Williams
Bob Henderson
Pen
Bol
Pun
Bob
Hatte
Mary Trey
Canton
Christopher Columbus and Cats in a Small Town Memoir
A fragmentary diary narrative recounts a boy named Christopher Columbus, a cat, and a white dog named Tip. He recalls cats tied to traps, a mistress, and neighbors in a small town, with the dog Sport and Tip causing mischief and nightly comings and goings around the house.
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Tip
Iing
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills End Headache Worries
A testimonial note praises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for headache relief without opiates or habit risk. It claims the pills soothe tired nerves and quickly calm nervous spells, with guaranteed trial and 24 cent price for 25 doses from Miles Medical Co.
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Miles
P. E. Karl
Detroit
Mich
Bulle Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Cats Suffer Milk and Mistreated Bonded to Kind Mistress
A damaged, first person account describes a cat's ill treatment by a mistress who forces it to dress dead animals and slaps it with lard. The narrator expresses longing for kindness, occasional comfort from milk, and a wish that all cats had such a humane owner. The speaker signs as Christopher Columbus with the tone of a penitential diary entry.
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Christopher Columias
Mattie
Crick
Christopher Columbus
Siren
Tam
Mistress
Roy
Pam
Two Office Boys and a Letter Delivering Routine
A fragment describes a man observing two office boys with duties to deliver notes and cards. One boy regularly brings messages and letters to the desk while the other appears focused on ensuring letters reach the right recipient. The scene hints at office logistics and the dynamics between messengers and the desk.
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Othos
Setter Wet Bey
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Harper
Albert Uhkrind
Suttons Bay
Paul E. Gibson
Pearl Millar
Peabody
Kans
Mildred Westbrook
Lille Millar
Orvat Miler
Mabel
Matm
Mary Moon
Mabel Ferdon
Plainfield
Wis
R. Fld
Kate Nicholson
Leetsvilie
Nellie Sullivan
Y. Y. F. Sunshine Club
Wler
Abel €. Mahn
Edna Clauss
Moisée
Mabel Maha
Lakeside Mich
Paul
Gibson
Cellar, Mich
Miss Hubbard
Glenn Burrows
Pearl Miller
Momma
Michigan
Kingsley, Mich
Deir
Maldie
Tedi
Sunshiner
Willis Morgan
Maudie
Alice Morgan
Leetsville, Mich
Albert Uhrind
Albert
Arley Johnston
Hecre
Esther Good
Nessen
President
Taney
Simmons
Rob Henderson
Fen Williams
Mereside
Wintter
Jack Frost
Georg
Detroit Business University
W. F. Jewell
J. Bennett
C. A. GC
Wilcox Sty
Bay St
Boston
Emilvion
Traverse Guy Mis. Co
Hannah
LAYCO
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