Reddy Fox Leaves Miss Flopears' School
Mrs. Fox sends Reddy to Miss Flopears Rabbit Academy to learn manners. He avoids theft and learns polite behavior but later proves he can’t resist chasing a duck or chicken, ending with a duck take and a lesson that foxes need different training. The tale ends with Mr Fox preferring direct hunting skills over schooling for foxes.
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Mrs. Box
Little Reddy Fox
Miss Flopears Rabbit
Heddy Fox
Mr. Fox
Reddy Fox
Miss Mippears
Himavif
Madam Duck
Reddy
Duck
Reddy Box
Mopeans
Mr Fox
Rabbit
Fox
Mick
Nate
Madam Pox
Dance Night At Somethne Hall Ends In Winded Beats
The narrator recalls a weekend dance where several dancers struggle with clumsy steps and a rough floor. Three rounds with Jess Dempsey leave the narrator hobbling after a toe injury while an unexpected stumble tests patience. The lively orchestra keeps spirits up despite crowding and awkward moves. A brief quote closes with a jokey coin line about hard luck and a pun on living.
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Gutta
Jack Weelird
Jess Dempsey
Bullsheveek Dinee
Maka Fox Trotsky
Lenine
Ike
Beauty Chats By Edna Kent Forbes
Edna Kent Forbes offers arm care advice for eighteen year olds focusing on exercise over creams. She prescribes fast movements, outdoor activity, and specific arm routines to develop toned arms, noting weight awareness and dismissing tedious routines as ineffective.
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Beauty
Edna Kent Forbes
No Strangers in Our Vale of Woe and Joy
A fragment from a Eureka correspondence notes a vivid sense there should be no strangers in the world, recalling shared joys and sorrows. It then shifts to local items about Bernice Radley and visitors to churches near Fairfield and Eureka, Iowa, including Mrs. Jake Bishop and Mrs. Ed Donovan visiting Eu reka. Additional lines reference a political quip about constitutional amendments and a Panora, Iowa, cartoonish phrase.
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Nome
Spencer and Son
Rodgers
Scott
Fairfield
Jake Bishop
Dave Bishop
Ed Donovan
Eureka
Washington
Ian
Journal
Take Time To Smile In Old Home Drama Scene
A jumble of comic snippets shows characters debating joyful manners and propriety. A portrait artist earns a coy compliment and a bachelor pays a misleading compliment. A juror admits uncertainty while a politician jokes about education and thrift.
Preliminary Training and Court Talk Debates in Society Scene
A fragmentary dialogue shows figures debating breach of promise cases and court decorum. The chatter references attending trials, a judge, and public interest in legal matters. It shifts to social topics including a dance, a collector of curios, and remarks on beauty and politics. The tone mirrors a late era social page with witty asides and character portraits.
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Gerantine
The New Order exchange about factory owner and workers
A quoted brief from The New Order shows a factory owner facing derision from workers who mock his wealth and demand. The dialogue hints at a desire for a fortune for the inventor of a vineless flyover.
Marines Raise 61 376 for War Record in World War I
A New York report details the U S Marine Corps growth from 18 725 officers and men to a war force of about 80 000 overseas by 1918 with 1 000 naval ashore, and 30 000 sent abroad. Major McClellan notes major operations in France, multiple army citations for the Fifth and Sixth Marines, and the awarding of the French Fourragere Croix de Guerre. The piece lists battles, deaths, and the corps maximum strength and 61 376 raised for war efforts.
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New York
United States Marine Corps
Maths Bey
Allowa
Mire Corps
Metolian
United States
Aative Forest
Marines
France
Henderson
de Ball
Tancock
MeCtellan
McClellan KayeThe
Prefeh Army
Charon ‘Thierry
Citatiens
War Department
McClellan
Marine Corps
Hill 142
Rouresches
Rolleau Wood
Vaux
Wis
Wuld Wee
Wetion
Bate
Atkanaes
Honan
Medill Milinitee
Helghitt Deere
Italy Eyes Orient Trade for Closer Japan Ties
Italy seeks new trade with the Orient and aims to strengthen relations with Japan. Industry leaders report higher demand for Italian products in eastern markets and a preference for eastern imports when finances are sound. Demonstrations pro Japan have occurred in several cities, Naples noted during a Japanese squadron visit. The move to reestablish free commerce is expected by June, with state grain, sugar, and other key exports possibly exempted.
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Italy
Japan
Tallinn
Naples
Council of
Wild Man Kills Ranchers Cattle on Nevada Oregon Line
Ranchers in Winnemucca Nevada report a wild man living along the Owshee desert on the Nevada Oregon line has began killing cattle and sheep. They describe him as unapproachable with long hair and beard and urge Oregon authorities to capture him.
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Winnemucen
Nev
Owshee
Nevada
Oregon
Hin
Crippled Tommies Get Jobs in National Scheme
London reports the nationwide employment program for disabled veterans has 1,500 firms promising to hire under a set quota. The system targets 5 percent of the workforce, with 97,000 guaranteed jobs and 40,000 more disabled men waiting. Hospitals note many have lost limbs and face limited work paths.
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London
Freak Calf Born in Door County Dairying Section
A remarkable calf with seven legs was born near Wighe in Door County. Six legs are fully grown while the seventh is shorter and undeveloped. The calf, one of the region’s oddities, belongs to farmer Carl Kroll who farms near the city.
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Sturgeon
Door County
Carl Kroll
Plan to Tax Bachelorhood in Paris Debated
A 10 percent supplementary tax on bachelors incomes gains approval from the finance committee as it drafts new tax law. The bill caps the top rate at 40 percent for incomes over 1,000,000 francs, with lower rates for smaller sums. Wage earners face a 6 percent levy with deductions allowed. Bees on a Spree near Los Angeles cause a stir as bees raid spilled wine from a wrecked truck, while Crown Prince Frederic Mast draws portraits of fishermen in Wierengen amid island life.
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Paris
Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
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