Public School Beginnings in Seattle Echoed by Elderly Narrator
In a Seattle story recounted by Mabel Cleland, an elderly speaker recalls the city’s first public school started in 1865 with seventy children. She contrasts past simple class life with modern operettas and festivals, noting how far Seattle’s schools have progressed and recounting early teaching standards and honor rolls.
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Mother Dear
Seattle
University
Dren
Yester Way
David
Third and
Marton
Tingaling Enlists Twins In Bell Magic Adventure
Tingaling invites the twins to help with his magical bell system in the Land of Dear. He explains bells control animals and grant size changes using Green Shoes and the Mushroom. The twins, curious and amused, agree to assist as Tingaling requests their help immediately.
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Mother Dear
Pegcy
Tingaling
Nick
Nancy
Mr. Owl
Mr. Drake
Freet the Fox
Ben Bunny
Ben
Mr. Tingaling
Unc Billy Possum Seeks Old Friend in Green Forest
Unc Billy Possum heads to the Green Forest to meet what he believes is his old friend Ol Mistah Wasphe at a roost for the night. Jimmy Skunk notes the stranger's approach as Unc Billy plans a cautious, stealthy greeting to avoid alerting predators.
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Billy Possum
Jimmy Skunk
Unc
Billy
Ol’ Mistah
Mistah Buzzard
Mistah Buzzard Finds Friends in Green Meadows Tale
The story recounts Mistah Buzzard mistakenly feared as a hawk by the meadow creatures. Unc Billy Possum explains the misunderstanding and invites the buzzard to stay, leading to new friendship as the buzzard realizes the locals are friendly.
Danderine Hair Treatment Claims Stop Loss and Boost Vigor
An advertisement asserts Danderine stops hair loss and dandruff after application. It promises visible results with every hair showing life, vigor, brightness, more color, and thickness following use.
Nightie or Shroud Fashion Sparks Surprise In Brussels
A young girl drew attention on a Brussels boulevard at midday wearing a loosely knitted khaki sweater that draped from neck to feet. Passersby debated whether the garment resembled a nightgown or a shroud, noting the fashion had not caught on.
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Brussels
Hungry Island Scene of Misery in Skye
The 40,000 inhabitants of the Island of Skye in the Hebrides suffer privation due to poverty and limited steamship service. For seven weeks there was no flour or meal in Glendale, forcing many natives to walk 16 miles for half loaves of bread.
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Island of
Skye
Hebrides
Glendale
Officer Drowns in Eight Inches of Water
London dispatch reports M. Baron, a Boer War and France veteran, drowned after falling from his bicycle into a ditch near Bournemouth while riding in light rain.
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London
M. Baron
France
Salonica
Bournemouth
Wizard Oil Promoted as Influenza Preventive Remedy
Advertised grip and influenza prevention using Wizard Oil mixed with water or gargled and snorted for antiseptic defense. Claims to stop chest cold and sore throat from developing into influenza. Sold by druggists for 30 cents with money back guarantee. Also promotes Wizard Liver Wips pills at 30 cents.
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Star Seattle
Mabel Cleland
Mabelela
4Th Ave
Adventures OF the Twins
Oliver Roberts Barton
California
Mr. Buzzard
Buly
Ol' Mitsah Buzzard
Ol’ Mistah Buzzard
Olivia
Allman
Leo
MR Pal
Hes
Peter
Freckles
Blosser
Abel
Cee
Mister
Wei
RES Bane
Joneses
POP Mom
Dysios
MR. Jazbo
Pont Blane
Clarice
Ava
Otto Auto
Clem
Ahern
Edinburgh
Tom Aecus
Ohio
China
Hamlin
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