Bear Boys at School in Happy Hollow Progress Brings Bear Pupils
A tale from the Washington Star describes the first day of school for two bear cubs Jason and Jerry in Happy Hollow. Elders warn of progress while the youngsters ignore advice, chase a rabbit, misbehave, and arrive an hour late to a stern master who condemns them to a dunce's stool.
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Holden
Dave
Wiseacre
Happy Boliow
Jason Bear
Jerry Bear
Ifabe
Jerry
Jason
Betsy Bunny
Bunny
Uren
Washington Star
Last Mer Baby Abeep Story From a Western Ranch Visit
A traveler just back from three years in the West recounts a tale of a mother abeep whose lamb fell into a hollow pit. He freed the trapped lamb, and the grateful mother abeep’s eyes gave him lasting consolation.
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Abeep
Inet
Riddle Text Sparks Questionable Legacy
A garbled snippet questions how a scandal spread mouth to mouth and mocks its swift arc, noting plans once daily and the sudden end of a supposed ongoing plot. The fragment hints at public speculation and casual humor about a rumored affair or event.
Treating Yellow Fever Across the Edge of Danger
Four Washington women who lived through major yellow fever outbreaks share a scrapbook of methods cited by the Washington Post. They insist treating yellow fever differs from other fevers, avoiding strong medicines, recognizing early symptoms, and using mild remedies to induce perspiration. They advise immediate care, castor oil, orange juice, caution with food, and careful air flow while keeping comfort and sanitation.
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Washington
Washington Post
Talk Ant Company
Galveston
Abe
South
How to Make Concord Grape Jelly Step by Step
Instructions describe making Concord grape jelly by cooking fruit in a double boiler without water, pressing through a colander, straining, measuring juice, adding a pint of sugar per pint of juice, heating sugar in an open oven, boiling juice then adding sugar, and pouring into jelly glasses set in hot water.
How to Take Drea Breathing Exercise Guide
An old instruction describes a breathing exercise for improving chest capacity. It advises standing straight with hands by the sides and a cane held crosswise, inhaling slowly while lifting the cane above the head, then exhaling and lowering the cane behind. It claims value for girls and boys with narrow chests or delicate lungs.
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Drea
Brooklyn Times
How to Rest and its Importance over Work
The text argues rest matters more than work and that rest requires change of scene and activity. It notes lounging tires, sleep is not always restorative, and inactivity can invite weariness, suggesting rest is a learned, sometimes elusive faculty.
How to Keep Meats in a Vinegar-Wrung Cloth
A dated note explains preserving meats by hanging them in a hot bed under a current and covering with a wrung vinegar cloth. The method requires daily renewal of the covering to maintain freshness.
How to Cleanse Roots Boots with Molasses and Lampblack
A brief historic note describes cleansing boots using mixed molasses and lampblack as a cheap cleaning method. The technique emphasizes using fine sweet molasses and a touch of lampblack to produce clean, shine, and protective boots.
Elopement Plot In Mexico Ends In Surprise Bluff
Bruce Parker recounts a ruse to run away with Juanita and Blanca, a plan by Blanca who turned out to be a man, foiling the elopement and yielding a final joke from Arango. The tale blends love, revenge, and ranch politics in a single dramatic episode.
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Senor
Arango
Hilm
Blanca Savedra
Juanita
Blanca
Manca
Rewand
Abe
Joaita
Jeome
Bruce Parker
Hot Water Bags Care and Tips From Washington Star
Hot water bags are not cheap and easily fail from poor care. Instructions warn against storing with air, advise draining, hanging, then lightly inflating, and restoring by ammonia in hot water if stuck. Do not fill with boiling water and avoid folding after use. A flannel cover is handy. Also notes Canton, Ohio laid the McKinley monument cornerstone.
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Washington Star
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