Allie Baa and the Portrait of a Doll
A girl named Alice sits for a portrait while happy over her doll Alice Baa. The painter plans to show Alice with her beloved doll, capturing a child’s affection and the doll’s worn paint. A tale of memory and mother’s comfort follows, linking art to a child’s cherished possession.
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Alice
Daddy
Tomorrrow
Alice Gustava Ariel Star
Alice Baa
Gustava
Ariel
Star
Jewel Bright
Cucumber-Green
Cucumber- Green
Allie Baa
Al‘ice
Allie Ban
Eas
Keeping Up and Catching Up
A brief on balancing ongoing tasks with rest. It contrasts the ease of maintaining steady work if one stays strong with the difficulty of finishing overdue duties.
True Marriage and the Bonds of Friendship
The passage argues that sympathy reverence and intellectual equality form the foundation of true marriage and that friendship merged into marriage elevates both partners. It reflects on mutual worth truthfulness and unselfishness as essential, noting marriage should provide the wife companionship love and devotion while demanding the partner’s best.
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J. R. Green
Influence and Responsibility in Daily Life
A reflective note by Anna B. McCall urges humility and acknowledges every person as a source of influence. It argues that small acts or failings ripple through others and shape lives, emphasizing that life is interlinked and our behavior affects the world.
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Anna B. McCall
Pouring Houses to Be Great Sport for Women
Mrs. Isa Maud Ilsen, lecturer and only woman representative of Thomas A. Edison, predicts pouring houses will be the great sport of women’s clubs in the next decade. She notes guests will enjoy watching a porch drip and a window in the den for about an hour, praising her unique connection to the Wizard.
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Isa Maud Ilsen
Thomas A. Edison
Repentance After Morning Fight With Jim Brown
Teddy admits regret over the morning quarrel with Jimmy Brown. Mother remarks the lesson learned, noting the boy only learned the truth this afternoon that Brown planned to give a part.
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Teddy
Jimmy Brown
Milwaukee Schools Issue Cards For Student Center Visits
In a bid to curb truancy and parental suspicion the Milwaukee schools record when students enter and leave the social centers. Cards issued to children track time spent and related data, allowing parents to verify their children’s reports of evening activities.
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Milwaukee
Novelty car and horse cause curious scene on city street
A new flivver stood at Sixth Avenue and Thirty sixth Street while a Behring sea victoria with an old muddy horse blocked the view. A newsboy urged onlookers with a quick cheer as he directed attention to the odd tableau.
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Sixth Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
Sea Victoria
Con
Canadian peat work spawns private producers in Ontario and Quebec
The Canadian government’s peat experiments prove successful with two private firms now making peat at Alfred Ontario and Farstham Quebec. Report says government peat used by private individuals proves satisfactory for grate fires and suitable for cooking.
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Alfred
Ont
Farstham
Quebec
From Slaves to Gold and Odd Local Anecdotes
A collection of extracts discusses Africa as a major gold source in 1913 with a note on slave history, a humorous tale of Lady Beaconsfield’s faux pas, and a poultry dog protection anecdote. A bull terrier quietly trails suspects, creating a notable moral effect without barking or charging.
Downtown Agriculturist Snaps at Farming Woes
In a rural exchange Mordecai Morose laments losses from hog shipments to Kansas City and criticizes alfalfa silos taxes and middlemen. Progressive Farmer Broadhead counters that Mord owes six hundred dollars and chinchbugs on polgy, implying debt and hard times for farmers.
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Mordecai
Kansas City
Broadhead
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Anna Boeme
Stedmer Kometa
Algiers
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Flare Schaffner & Marx
Canada
Africa
Lady Beaconfield
Lord Mayo
Lord Beaconsfield
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