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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1906
Page
16
Mr and Mrs Croker move from the Pond to Frogville chasing social status for their children. Frogville's snobbish, two legged aristocrats spurn them and their brood. After dangerous encounters with giants and social isolation, the Crokers abandon elitist dreams and head back to the Pond.
In a tale of the Pond, the Croker couple abandons bragging about Frogville, a pretentious town built in a ditch, and returns to their plain home. Wise old Wiseacres welcomes them back, declaring a fool errs but a wise frog repents, praising simple, democratic life.
A short discussion on animal lifespans notes that size does not predict longevity. Beavers outlive rhinoceroses, whales may reach two to three hundred years, some claim up to 1,000. Elephants average about 150, cats reach about 20, and early development does not determine lifespan. A table of average ages is mentioned.
A compact list of girl names with etymologies and meanings from various languages, noting origins such as German Latin Hebrew Greek and Greek. Entries include Alice Alicia Agnes Amy Anne Arabella Bertha Blanche Bernice Catherine Charlotte Caroline Chloe Clara Deborah Diana Dorothy Eliza Elizabeth Emma Esther Frances Grace Helena Isabella Eliza Mabel Margaret Mary Maud Matilda Mercy Priscilla Prudence Psyche Rebecca Rosa Ruth Salome Sarah Sophia Susan Susanna Ursula Winifred and a note that boys names follow next week.
Poetic inquiry by ANNIE JAMES asking what a child would choose to do from playful options like marbles, fishing, hayrides, or cloud watching, inviting imaginative reflection on a carefree day.
In a cramped rural home Stella frets over poverty and a dream of Eastward schooling. Her mother, torn by need, conceives a plan to send Stella away, but a final mother daughter confrontation reveals the true ship arriving is love and home. Stella vows to stay, cherish family, and work to ease their burdens.
A retelling of the Echo myth with the nymph Echo famed for chattering and mischief. After tricking Juno and delaying Zeus, Echo loses the power to speak first and pines for Narcissus. She shadows him through the woods, tries to speak but only repeats others' words until she becomes a voice in the rocks and mountains.
A brisk collection of playful lines and tongue twisters. It features Simple Simpkins singing about stix pence under a sunlit shoe shop sign and Sarah selling seashells sewn in a sheet. The piece includes multiple alliterative phrases and the line Break the bands that bind you blindly before breakfast.
A compact pairing of two notable maxims on conflict and diplomacy. It juxtaposes Franklin’s line about the impossibility of a perfect war or peace with Cowper’s cynical view that rulers would not wage war if their peoples understood it as a game.
The riddle points to the letter E as the clue. The beginning of eternity and end of time and space, the start of every end and the finish of every place all reference the letter e.
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