Brave Little Prascovie Sails to Empress for Family
A Siberian family of exile endures hardship until brave Prascovie travels to St. Petersburg. After a perilous journey aided by a bear and a loyal duchess, she pleads for help and wins the Empress's favor, securing pardon for her exiled father and mother and a return to happiness.
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Pras-co
Petersburg
Empresa
Prascovie
Tobolsk
St. Petersburg
Ace
Taas-Co-Vie
Prascovic
Robber Fox Lurks in May Night for Burrow Plunder
Story follows Reynard the robber fox as he tracks a group of five young rabbits. He digs into a burrow but the rabbits, warned by Mrs. Rabbit and Mr. Rabbit, escape with help from their friend Bunny Gray Tail. They find safety and supper.
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Hobber Fox
Reynard
Kebber Fox
al- Fairnes
Brown Rabbit
Black Rabbit
Robber Fox
Jacky
Jack
Eir Teles
Mrs. Rabbit
Mr. Rabbit
Mrs. Habbit
Rabbit
Old Bunny Gray Tail
Jackie
W. L. Chinneck
The Last Straw Bath Time Miracle
A father plays the long blessing game as his 11 year old son lists relatives by name after prayers. The boy ignores interruptions, speaking aloud a lengthy blessing including Aunt Alice and Cousin Annie before the father ends with amen.
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Mr. Brown
Mammon
Grandpa
Grandma
Edith
George
Alice
Annie
Who's Running This Prayer Says Child in Tears
A short reflective line from Harper's Monthly quotes a child asking who conducts a prayer. The phrase captures a moment of indignation and parental guidance in a domestic scene.
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Papa
Harper’s Monthly
A Jolly Game OOKBINDERS Described by Mrs Kingsland
The game involves a circle with a leader in the center placing books on participants’ outstretched palms. The leader moves around striking the hands holding each book while players try to withdraw. If a hand is withdrawn or the book falls due to a faulty move, the victim swaps places.
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Mrs. Kingsland
World’s Head-Walking Siblings Draw European Wonder
Danes Baptiste and Francon, aged about 25, walk on their heads rather than their feet. They traveled from Denmark to Paris demonstrating head walking in public places under police permission. They perform tasks like reading, eating, and operating a bicycle head first, astonishing crowds.
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Europe
Paris
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Francon
Place de l' Opera
Rue Drouot
Police
Coughing Bean Plant Belches Dust Cleansing Its Pores
A Star Monthly item describes the coughing bean, a tropical plant that coughs to clear dust from its sensitive pores. When pores clog dust ferments gas inside cells and triggers a paroxysm of coughing and sneezing, much like a throat clearing mechanism. It notes the plant can be grown indoors and even reacts to weekly carpet sweeping.
Puzzles and Problems Delve Into Enigmas and Word Tricks
Puzzle text presents riddles with references to plants animals and musical terms, asking for solutions and noting wordplay. The piece lists numerous clues about what plant or object fits each riddle, followed by word games and dog-themed queries, all in a busy, puzzle-heavy format.
Reading Class Confusion Sparks Quick Recall
A first reader class recited as a boy misspelled f i e then recalled a creek catch after the teacher asked what he caught in the creek Johnny. The moment showed how prior familiarity aided a quick correct response in class.
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Johnny
Boy Helps Father Milking While Neighbor Speaks Rapidly
A boy observes his father milking a cow and, after trying, jokes that he would have to begin speaking a different tongue. A niece asks if Mrs P is American, and a humorous misunderstanding reveals she thought Mrs P was a different species.
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Puess
Not a Local Hero In a Third Grade Recitation
A country school scene centers on a third grade class during an exercise. The teacher asks about a mnasium and a girl asks who Jim is, reflecting playful confusion in a small rural classroom.
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Jim
Willie's Question at the Seashore
A three year old boy asks his mother about wading too far at the sea. She answers that he would drown and go to heaven, while the child expresses reluctance at the idea of being soaked.
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William
Amusing Puzzle Misread In Pictorial Arithmetic
In a recent puzzle contest a pictorial arithmetic item used four pictures: a weeping child, honeybees ears, a woman, and a nice man. The intended reading yields Tears minus ears plus woman plus man equals Two. One solver misread and sent an alternate answer: Tears minus ears plus woman minus man equals An Old aid.
Enchanted Tray and Scrambled Eggs Hat Trick
A set of old party tricks described for entertainment. The Enchanted Tray uses an iron tray and glassware to produce sparks with static electricity. The scrambled eggs in a hat prank involves fake eggs while one real egg is dropped to fool the company. The Bewitched Watch trick uses a load stone to control a watch’s ticking by moving it between hands.
Seismograph Foretells Earthquakes Adopted Worldwide
The seismograph described as the earthquake foreteller was first used by the Japanese in 1497 and has since been adopted by all nations. Every earth oscillation, no matter how slight, causes the needle to scratch a line on a glass plate covered with a thin film of lamina.
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