Queen Victoria Gift Proposals and Royal Bequests
A garbled report outlines various proposed and accepted gifts to Queen Victoria and related royal bequests. It mentions a favorite parrot, annual payments, and a proposed public gift scheme. It also notes a plan to place a building in Windsor Park and references President Macnevelt receiving gifts and legacies.
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Royal Household
Margate
Bat
Windsor Park
Macnevelt
Bofer
Fragmented Chair Table Readings at Little Folks Page
A damaged OCR fragment from Little Folks shows scattered dialogue about a minister and a girl named Ana, with phrases about eating quietly and a pianist or plate being passed around. The text is garbled and lacks coherent events.
The Big Boy and His Chum at School
A school story about a popular Big Boy who jests and stumbles in class yet shares kindness with his loyal chum who leads the head of the school and often invites skating after recitations. The turning moment comes when the Big Boy’s Christopher Columbus essay is chosen for a class reading.
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Chum
Greex
Uneek
Christopher Columbus
Christopher
Columbus
Alice C. Haines
Frederick A. Stokes
U. S
New York
China
U. 5S
Prestell
Dent
Prohibition Party
Georgia
Sherman
McKinley
Little Chronicle
Kandahoo children dodge mischief at school tale
Princess Mary and Ruth face a missing thimble crisis at Kandabee school. Pickle the magpie steals then drops the thimble, Miss Teachem retrieves it, and the hunt ends with Mary learning a lesson on care. The tale blends palace-ward fantasy with schoolday humor and a closing skating moment.
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Kandahoo
Mies
Princess Mary
Princess Ruth
Prince George
Hoo
Teachem Ley
Misa Scribble
Prin- Ruth
Miss Scribble
Miss Ribble
Pickle & Magpie
Mary
Miss Teachem
Childres Busta
Princess Maury
Seeder
Ruth Iting
Ruth
Mary Sophia Alexandra
Florence
Charlotte Kandahoo
Katie Kandahee
Princess Futh
Pickle
Magpie
Miss Teacher
Ichie
Teach B
Counting-out rhymes from around the world in childhood play
A survey of children’s counting-out rhymes spans England, Cornwall, St Pauls, and abroad. It details various versions used to decide who is “it,” from English and French to Turkish Armenian and Dutch children, noting places, names, and local variants.
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England
Great Britain
Cornwall
Ena
Mena
Mona Mite
Pasea
Laura
Bona
Bite
Ana
Mana
Nana
Mike Barcelona
Bike
Lare
Fare
Nare
Nack
Wille Boy
Silly Boy
Stepped On
Tack
Huddigoo
Buddigoo
Hip No Stone
Luddymove
Muddy Lou
St. Paul's School
London
Hickery
Jack
North
Fawther
Annie
Scotland
Jamie
Renchman
Turkey
Miss Stone
Ahem
Bellem
Chirozi
Ben Ji
India
Counting In and Counting Out Rhymes
An intact rhyming verse notes the American form, Kenny Geeeny Minny me catching a Black person by the toe. It observes English popularity despite its vulgar cadence and mentions an Americanized version.
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England
Kenny
Geeeny
Minny
Verses for You to Memorize by Polly Ev
The piece presents Margaret Feanes' verses on snow and motherhood. It invites boys to commit lines about snowflakes, a warm mother, and a peaceful world to memory. The tone mirrors a school or home study guide encouraging memorization.
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Margaret Feanes
Polly
Pumpkin Seed Lesson Sparks Childs Simple Wisdom
A young girl brings home a pumpkin seed and reports the teacher said a white seed hints at a pumpkin. When asked about vine color she replies the teacher did not teach that, noting parents already know pumpkins grow in their garden and education comes with instruction.
England’s buried city puzzle and acrostic riddle
A compiled teaser presents jumbled city names hidden in five sentences about England and a set of four letter word puzzles. It includes questions on exotic wordplay and riddles about places, ships, flowers, and titles, inviting readers to unscramble and deduce answers.
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Ernest
England
Itceburg
Autumn quiz clues and mixed historical references
A magazine page presents a rapid-fire set of quiz prompts listing figures and events from American history and world lore. Clues touch on presidents, governors, states, cities, and religious groups, inviting answers for a puzzle section.
Puzzles and Riddles Hour Dec 9
Answers across Botanical Musical and Dog puzzles. Includes deceptive wordplay about vessels, sailors, musical terms, flowers, and dog pairs. Ends with a dark verse featuring a Nile crocodile and an unsettling remark.
The Game of Flop 1D You Ever Play It
The article describes a playful lawn game called Flop for about a dozen guests. Chairs are arranged in a circle with backs outward and one guest in the center. On the signal Flop each seated guest moves to the chair on their right while the center player tries to claim the vacated chair. The process repeats as the new center player takes a seat and the game restarts.
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Mary
Ruth
Miss Teachem
Summer House
Mary Kandanoo
Huth
Princess Ruth
Teacher
Boxing Kitten Beats Large Dog in Newark Store
A small Newark shopkeeper narrates a comical scene where his black kitten in a boxing stance faces a large mixed breed dog. The dog, amused, leans on a chain and watches the tiny fighter, then chuckles as the kitten maintains its pugilist pose amid the crowd.
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Newark
Jack
Royal couple memorializes favorite horses with hoof inscriptions
At Sandringham and Bandringham the King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra honor beloved horses by amputating and polishing their hooves after death, inscribing each hoof with the horse name. Photos of the owners line the wall, while a stone memorial nearby reads Two to the memory of dear old Rover.
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Edward
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Bandringham
Rover
Moon on a Stick Lights Up Martha's Vineyard Tale
The New York Press recalls a child named Jennie in a small Martha's Vineyard town admiring electric lights for the first time. She exclaims to her mother with delight that the moon appears on a stick as they walk past trees at night.
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Martha’s Vineyard
Litte
Jennie
New York Press
Ocean population claim sparks debate over data
A flagged sentence claims every square mile of the ocean holds about 130, 000.006 people, a figure that experts question as implausible and require verification from demographic or marine data sources.
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Queen Victoria
Princess Huth
Georgie
Marys Trinable
Big Boy
Emilie G. Ailpe
Tom Tutricks
Wall Street
Newfoundland
Bernard
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