Scotty Earns Six Nickels From Wildflower Sales
Eight year old Scotty, ambitious to buy toys, watches Hank and Walt work the garden while he plots his own profit. He partners with a flower-peddler, earns six nickels by filling baskets with wild blossoms, and plans to help pay off the family’s new home, demonstrating gratitude and thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotty
Hank
Walt
Wait
Big Meadow
Scotty Sa
Scott
Bretty
Serry
Pat
Bess
Ree Twoony
Scotty Peters
Henty
Ken
Mother
Sho
Mamma
Papa
Tommy the Cat Loses Nine Lives in Endless Play
A comic poem by Fanny Fern recounts Odd Tommy Cat with nine eyes and nine lives. He loses lives through dramatic mishaps from climbing high trees to clawing a dog, slipping after alarming stunts, and a near fatal fall. A baby in the house cares for him, but his life count plummets to four before a final peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Cat
Fanny Fern
Mrs June Bug Farewell Party In A Cave Home
The June Bug family plans a spring farewell in their cave home before summer in town. Mrs June Bug and daughters arrange guest lists featuring Wasps Locusts Butterflies and ants and bees handle service tasks while Lightfoot the ant delivers invitations to guests. The scene highlights a self contained insect community hosting a social event with elaborate invitations and staff roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Bug
Mr. June Bug
Galle
Nike
Lfe
The June Bug Party in the Ant Cave
A fanciful tale follows Mrs. June Bug and her insect household hosting a cavern party for bees ants and butterflies. A storm collapses the cave killing guests while Lightfoot the butler and Old Mrs Honey Bee survive. The ants vow to rebuild and form their own colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Bee
Pot
June Bug
Eine
Little Biographies of Big Masters
A concise biographical sketch of Raphael Sanzio born 1483 in Urbino. Highlights include his early orphanhood, training by his father, studies in Florence, and key works like the Vatican frescoes, The Sistine Madonna and The Transfiguration. Raphael dies April 6, 1520, leaving a legacy reflected in his birthplace shrine and renowned portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael Sanzio
Santi
Urbino
Italy
Raphael
Florence
Leonardo da Vinc
Michelangelo
Perugia
Vatican
Julius II
Julius
Leo X
Grentess
Say Hand
Eo X
Royalary Dresgen
Vatican Gallery
Rome
Mary Graham
Grampa’s Story Tells Of Wars And Wonders
Helena Davis recalls a grand storytelling night with family, droughts of memory, and old-time adventures. The narrator and kin listen as grandpa recounts wars storms and pretend feasts in a banquet hall amid vines and insects, with vivid, humorous details.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Wallace, JR
Tommy
Cook
Tom
Maud Walker
June Bugs
Upper Creek
Gally
June Ug
Lightfoot
Bug
Cloverdale
Grampa
Bumble & Bee
the . S
Uoee
Helena Davis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!