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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1908

Page

28

Dumpling’s Cloud Voyage to China and Return

Dumpling is lifted skyward by a balloon then rides a cloud into distant lands. He lands in a Chinese palace where villagers treat him as a god. After adventures and a kite escape he returns home just before supper, unsure if the journey was real.

Bon Heur France Dumord al-Jing Dumpling Sergie Jing Gome Mire Seigle Pons Dumpling Seigle Simapling Horras Vilage China Lost Dumpling Tyre Dempling Nin Xiol Victor George Howard

The Light of the Firefly and its Lantern Like Glow

The article explains fireflies are beetles with soft wing covers and bright intermittent light. It notes regional varieties and the biology behind the glow, including a sulfur-yellow rear joints and light produced by nervous-system activity. It mentions a Brazilian firefly called cucatze and a large Pyrophoris brought as an ornament to the United States.

Fieby Famons Brazil Pyrophoris United States

PONE BREAD Rhyme Highlights Southern Dialect Foods

A fragmentary verse recalls making puny bread and cakes from dough over fire with hickory wood. The speaker asks an audience about tasting hoe cake and ash cake and props up a rustic cooking scene with a cheeky undertone.

Bobby Black

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