Baby gaze at silver shine on old sideboard
A baby reaches for air and silver gleam on the sideboard while a grandfather’s gold watch ticks. The scene shifts to evening shadows and a tired child, soothed only by a mother’s smile as the world grows quiet. The poem, credited to I C Banner in St Nicholas.
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I. C. Banner
St. Nicholas
W A. Alger
Longfellow
Philadelphia
Rochefou
Brown
Georgia
Bobby
Bobl Bobby
N. F. Sun
Sidney Smith
Cecil
Emerson
Rover
Wil
Ant Lion of Milford Pine Shelters Rare Doodle Bug
An Ohio boy sparked the tale of a doodle-bug hole under a Milford pine. He showed how doodle-bugs lure prey, then described the ant lion’s sand pit making, digging, and stalking method with precise, period detail.
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Jimo
Ant Lion Hunting Pit Instincts Revealed In Sand Box Study
A reporter describes the ant lion’s digging behavior, trap construction, and hunting method. The insect tests its instincts by probing sand with stones beneath, then resumes work when clear. It uses six eyes and horns to target ants, digs pits, and waits for prey. The life cycle spans two years in the wild before cocooning and emergence.
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Ohio
Ohio Bog
Milford
J. Mott
N. Y
Leprosy in Europe Warns of Global Spread by Emigrants
St James Budget reports Archdeacon Wright warning that leprosy is being spread worldwide by Chinese emigrants. Paris skin specialists treat lepers among soldiers sailors and missionaries, with outbreaks in Spain and cases in London Dublin and Glasgow. The note emphasizes increasing activity and global distribution raising alarm. In London’s metropolitan district there are twenty-two cemeteries covering 2,000 acres valued at about £250,000.
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Archdeacon Wright
California
New Brunswick
Cape of Good Hope
Sandwich Islands
Europe
Paris
Sisters of Charity
Spain
London
Dublin
Glasgow
Wright
St James
Religious and educational notes and quotes collection
A compact survey of religious and educational items lists writings by Francis de Salas and F B Havergal, notes on Penn smoking policy, a £1,000,000 bequest for education in Britain, and the Stetson factory Sunday school. It also cites the American Missionary Association, Moravian missions centennial, and various wit and wisdom jests from multiple papers.
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Francis de Salas
University of Pennsylvania
Richard Berridge
Ballynahinch Castle
Galway
Irc
Great Britain
Ireland
John B. Stetson
Philadelphia
American Missionary Association
F. BR. Havergal
Oakland
New Jersey
Sion
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Springfield
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WIT and Wisdom
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Kansas
Undertakers
Shockey &Snider's
Fourth and Broadway
Tron
Miller & Snoke
B. Wilson
W. W. Wilson
F. B. Wilson & Soh
Dickinson
Russell
Lincoln
Ottawa
Morris
F. ¥. Close
Poland
Willowdale
Buckeye Avenue
D. Ss. Beemer
Bronway
Shockey & Snider's
Floyd & White
Second Street
Opera House
B. J. Wetherby
Barnes & Northcraft
Spruce and
Fifth Street
Albert Lenze
A. B. Coulson
West End
Tr. Co. McInerney
Third and Broadway
the Abilene Mortgage Company, Eastern Office
New Haven, Conn
A. W. Rice
D. W. Jacoby
M. H. Hewett
D. R. Gorden
J. H. Malott
John Johntz
W. B. Giles
D. Kk. Gorden
T. H. Malott
Kan
Citizen’s Ank
W. H. Eicholtz
ST. Louis
Kansas City
St. Louis, Mo
Se Palace
Texas
South
Lone Star State
Iron Mountain
Mobile
New Orleans
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
J. H. Lyon
W.P. A
Main Street
EL Xenman
Gen
Tragiess Whsend
G. P. It
Louis Me
Citizens’ Bank
Malott & Company
W. Rice
John Johniz
City Bakery
T. S. Barton
Keller Mand
Third Street
T. S. Bartor
Dickinson County
Heal Estate Exchange
Cedar Street
Cor
Eller
Queensware
Merrifield
Merrifield Bros
Shockey & Snider
Ryc
Royer
A Co. G. Bessey, Fry, Boyer "& CO
Citizen's Bank Building
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