Noted Frontiers Figures Tell Tales of Calamity Jane and Captain Dollar
Biographical sketches cover Calamity Jane born in Missouri in 1852 and buried in Deadwood South Dakota in 1903. The piece also profiles Captain Robert Dollar, a self-made transpacific magnate who built a major shipping empire and promoted Orient trade from the 1900s onward.
First Thanksgiving in America painting by Ferris
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris of Philadelphia painted The First Thanksgiving in America as part of a series on American history. The work is housed in a gallery at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, built in 1917 by the city for that purpose.
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America
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Philadelphia
Congress Hall
Sener Hills
California
The Childrens Story Attence and Buster Bear
The tale follows Buster Bear who doubts the saying that every effort yields a reward. He learns that rewards vary and that missing his hoped for outcome can blind him to good discoveries like Busy Bee at work in the Green Forest.
Busy Bee and Buster Bear Tale of Honey Waiting
A Bear named Buster reflects on Busy Bee and her honey making in the Green Meadows. He watches the flowers and waits for Busy Bee to return, imagining how she gathers nectar, stores it in hollow trees and logs, and defends herself with a tiny lance if needed.
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Buster Bear
Buster
Busy Bee
Just Balancing Bird Poem By Douglas Malloch
A reflective poem describing a small bird balancing on a twig in wind and sway. It compares human resilience to the bird's steady pose and crooning despite changing conditions. The speaker notes fragile joy and secure faith, urging perseverance and cling to heaven's Word.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU Service
Buster Bear Waits for Busy Bee in Green Forest
Buster Bear dreams of honey and patience as he waits for Busy Bee to return. He imagines a hollow tree filled with more honey than he can eat. The day passes in calm, sunlit scenes until night falls and Busy Bee is still away.
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Buster
Busy Bee
Buster Bear
Backyard Garden Tips From A City Lot
A practical guide to starting a small garden near the kitchen or in a back yard. It covers site selection, soil, spacing, and crop planning with notes on frost timing, cool weather crops, and when to plant popular vegetables like corn beets and tomatoes for best flavor.
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Western Newspaper Union
Obscure 1932 Clippings Refer to Rewards and Restful Dreams
The fragment mentions WIU Service offering a reward and a character reflecting on a different reward and peaceful rest. It references Job's death and a conversation about a mosquito and a real cause, attributed to Bell Syndicate and T. W. Burgess.
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Job
Bell Syndicate
WIU
T. W. Burgess
Nettie Havens Returns as Mrs Basil Langton
Nettie Havens, longtime businesswoman and owner of a local Emporium, reunites with Basil Langton after fourteen years. She leaves the store to Philander, marries Basil, sells the shop, renovates the family mansion, and resumes society life younger and more graceful.
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Nettie
Jonathan
Nettie Havens
Philander Liscomb
Basil
Philander
Basil Langton
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By Thornton W. Burgess
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Fred Mongeu
Tonnerre
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McClure Newspayee Syndicate
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