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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
8
Jack, a lone farm boy near a Canadian lake, endures cold winter as he tends animals and dreams of Florida. With wolves reported moving from the bush, he plans a dangerous crossing for ammunition and a rifle to defend his mother, who hints at leaving for the southern lands if the father approves.
In a stormy frontier scene Jack and his mother face a pack of wolves approaching their home. With an unloaded gun, Jack uses a boiling water kerosene hot-water trick to deter the beasts. His mother praises his courage, and the father’s forthcoming praise confirms his heroism.
In the city a family life unfolds as Agnes, Martha and Jane share a building. Martha and Jane are sisters with bobbed dark brown hair, while Agnes has distinctive features described as the text continues. The fragment hints at domestic scenes within an urban setting.
Agnes, Jane, and Martha knit for Therese in France, sending a warm coverlet and four caps. They receive Uncle Dwight's plea to knit, start a box of warmth, and plan a paper doll party to fill it with toys and dolls, while measles keep them indoors but together.
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