The Big Boy and His Chum in a School Laugh Incident
A lively school tale centers on a popular tall student who excels in sport and jokes at others, and his quieter chum who shares skating plans. After the Big Boy boasts about a Christopher Columbus essay, the master selects his piece for reading to reveal dynamics between them.
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Colld Geolegy
Uneek
Christopher
Tg Aigo
CIA
Columbus
Alice C. Haines
Erick A. Stokes
Optical Tube Trick And A Noisy Sea Voyage Tale
A torn passage describes using a paper tube as a simple telescope to fuse two eye images and see a double view. The text shifts to a narrator reading aloud about voyages, fears, winds, and a cautious commander amid a tale of Columbus and a dead clam at landfall.
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Columbus
Kandahoo Children Privilege and Thimble Mystery
Princess Mary and Ruth fear a lost thimble will ruin their mother’s birthday. Miss Teachem leads a housewide search while Pickle the magpie secretly returns the item. The thimble is recovered, lessons are learned, and Kandahoo children prepare for a motor trip to see their parents.
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Kandahoo
Ion Reall
Miss Teachem
Mary
Princess Ruth
Prince George
Miss Scribble
Princess Mary
Kandaheo
Ruth
Mary Sophia Alexandra Florence Charlotte Kandahoo
Katie Kandahee
Princess Uth
Georgie
Misseem
Mary Kandahoo
Pickle
Magpie
Miss Teacher
Miss Eachem
Mother
Evelyn
Verses for You to Memorize and The Little Snowflake
Fragmented OCR text references verses to memorize and a poem about winter and snow. Mentions include Verses for You to Memorize, Margaret, and The Little Snowflake with garbled lines about cold weather and a winter storm.
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Margaret x Evers Wnes
Mani
Being Educated About Seeds and Color
A small girl fresh at school brings home a pumpkin seed and asks about color. Her mother questions the lesson and the girl replies the teacher hadn’t taught that, noting they have pumpkin vines in their yard. The dialogue ends with the mother acknowledging schooling yet expecting instruction.
The Passing of the Plate
A fragmentary scene shows a quiet man and a woman in a church as the plate is passed. The man asks for a penny and the girl offers a small cheer while the congregation sings softly.
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Tom Tutricks
Big Boy
Emilie B. Knipe
Aeetar
Marys
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