The Bewitched Bride Restored by a Forest Fairy
Olinda Quanda, queen of a golden underwater forest, frees a prince’s bride Amalda from a witchy stepmother. A hungry tale turns miraculous when the fairy plants a buried turnip to resurrect the bride, ending with the stepmother’s death at the castle gate.
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Linda Quanda
Hercastle
Olinda Quanda
Golden Castle
Olinda Eee
Olinda
Nero
Sbe
Olinds
Imoe
Amalda
Amalds
Amalia
Hac
Aeria
Prince
Olinds Quanda
Swords and Legends Across the Ages
The article traces the sword as a historic weapon and symbol of power, justice, and culture. It details mythic blades from Excalibur to Durindante, notes famous makers and dynastic use, and describes sword rituals, dueling culture, and symbolic meanings in literature and heraldry.
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Hell
Gordon
Europe
Damascus
Toledo
Bilboa
Stowe
Elizabeth
Durindante
Orlando
Hector
Decandanaa
Doolin
Mayence
Arthur
Uther Pendragon
Amadis de Gaul
Fes
Inglis
Launcelot
Longfellow
Tranchera
Cutler
Brandimarti
Closamonte
Hawke
Oliver
Othels
Italy
Fragmentary verse snatches of Little Boy Blue poem
A garbled poem fragment titled Little Boy Blue by the diarator initializes dreamy imagery of wind, sun, and meadow. It references the boy blowing a horn and mentions blue-drinking dew, sheep and cows, and seasonal imagery, with erratic capitalization and spelling.
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Bina
Boy Faces Life Changes With Steady Heart
A hopeful verse speaks of a boy with a strong heart facing life’s changes without fear, keeping true to adventure and growth as seasons shift.
The Little French Rope Walker
A family of French acrobats toured Europe performing on market greens with a long rope to steeples. Young Henri, four, adores sister Jeanne who dances the rope. When a wind shakes the rope Jeanne falls, Henri bravely climbs to aid her, and parents foretell his future as a tightrope walker.
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Niagara Falls
Blondin
Paris
Europe
France
Germany
Henri
Jeanne
Bert
Little Women Pens and Pencils in Harper's Weekly Style
A portrait of Jules Goodman and wife, artists and writers, noting their daughter Gladys who draws and writes at age seven. The piece recalls Florence and other literary figures, praising child artistry and imagining a future author or artist, urging girls to try drawing and writing.
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Jules Goodman
Aladdin’s Palace
Goodmans
Harper's Weekly
Dermr
Florence
Gladys
William J. Florence
J . Jefferson
Cleveland
White House
Boy’s cigarette habit leads to hospital scare and warning
John Barry, a New York youth, was taken by an ambulance to Bellevue Hospital after his father, Leonard J. Barry, a police officer, found him smoking heavily. Doctors report weak heart, poor sight, and loss of appetite from his cigarette addiction, urging him to quit to avoid life altering consequences.
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Dispatch
New York
John Barry
John
Bellevue Hospital
Ers
Leonard J. Barry
Leonard Street
Barry
Dr. A Ee
Buor
Yale Student Disgusted by Slowness of English Wit
A Yale student returning from abroad laments the English lack of slang appreciation. He recounts a scene in which he explains the phrase in the soup to an old gentleman whose curiosity is aroused. The anecdote highlights cross cultural language gaps and comic misunderstanding.
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Shakespose
Henry IV
John
Dispatch
Sam Villa
Sam
Perano
New Haven
London
Anya
Boston Transcript
Gladstone
England
Bhi Meel
Gildstone
Punch
Estall
Prince Albert Victor
Prince Wales
Lakondy
Sothern Flashes Nerve With Remark Clever Rebuke
In New York City a crowded car prompts E H Sothern to intervene after a man hogs a seat. He politely but pointedly asks what nerve tonic the offender uses, provoking a blush and the man’s sudden exit. Two ladies board, and Sothern reflects, peering out the window.
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E. H. Sothern
Sothern
Dundreary
Exeir
The Typical Democrat: St Louis Philosopher on Girls
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat piece argues the sixteen year old girl embodies the typical Democrat, selecting peers with force and character over milk-sop rivals as she matures, reflecting a judge’s view from youth to adulthood.
Double Letter Enigma from Delore Puzzle
A cryptic note reads S211 double letter enigma with a line about oo in ia ee TeT and a nod to Delore. C A Parcn appears as author or signature in the brief item.
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C. A. Parcn
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Ernest H. Herxicas
Amaldas
Awalds
Awalda
King Arthur
Garden of Eden
Milton
Cesar
Crocca Mors
Mahomet
Eage
Medina
Charlemagne
William
Gaius
Munifican
Aosias
Mulagigi
Haco I
Norway
Thorald the Strong
Eck
Blu
Heine
Ieee
Hildebrand
Edward the Confessor
Burgundy
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Horatio
Aerate Eee
Leonato
Jesus
Kreischinger
Mercury
Brutus
Card
Antony
Cleopatra
Philippi
Swort Okanees
Scott
Olaus Magnus
Knights of Romance
Sir Beira
Hampton
Wayland
Siegfried
Bassett
Yellow Dog Hoodoo
Morrox
Little Boy Blue
Jane
Bine
John Paul Boocock
Trey
Yale
New York Sun
Jimmy
H.R. Coopnoven
Lewiston
Maine
D. M. Harwood
Atineeke
Angwe
Mepios
Enia
W. Wiilson
Prich
Fymicaw
Syp
Ilblas
PaNab
Allah
Palla
Pall
Pal
Bronp
T. Ter
Uae
Medical
Doctor Whittier
Penn Avenue
Fittsburg
Peon Areoue
Rieum
Healthis
da & & Wiers Naken
GRAY
B & Bu Makthéold
Liberty Ste
Jaepie
Hae
Diac Adetrens
Hare
J. Fleming
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