Destiny and the Dog in Cullen's Apple Tree
In Miss Cullen's yard a deacon clings to a tree while Simeon Yates mocks and aids, the bull terrier rages below. A chaotic scene ends with Miss Cullen's engagement to Simeon after a feathered entanglement and humorous misadventure.
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Uriah Partridge
Miss Cullen
Eon Yates
Simeon
Deacon
Cullen
Brother Yates
Cal
Brother Partridge
Sim
Uncle Simeon
Partridge
Prince Albert
Plug Hat
Misa Cullen
Deacon Partridge
Mr. Yates
Dominicker
Snow Forts and Winter Play for Boys and Girls
A guide to entertaining winter activities for children, including building snow forts and snow palaces, making catapults from elastic wood, crown ceremonies for a snow queen, Eskimo style snow houses and polar bear roles, snowshoe races, and safe snowball practices. Also trivia and brief literary quotes.
Viking the black retriever aids a doctor’s visit
A well known big black retriever named Viking visits a doctor’s home by appointment. A waiting patient sits on a couch and the dog politely offers its paw, drawing amused response from the lady.
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Viking
Postage stamp varieties by region total 20 496
The total known varieties of postage stamps issued by all governments reach 20 496, with 6 153 for the British empire and 14 343 for the rest of the world. Europe, Asia, Africa, America, the West Indies and Oceania totals 4 361 3 856 4 469 4 688 1 637 and 1 485 respectively. these figures cover standard stamp varieties only and exclude post cards and other stamped items.
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British Empire
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
West Indies
Oceania
Boy Gives Bible Gift with Humble Front Inscription
A young boy seeks a birthday gift for his mother and buys a Bible. He wrestles with the front page wording and finally writes To dear mother, with the author's compliments, after peeking through library books for inspiration.
Gulliver’s Travels Quips on Mars Satellites
The passage recalls Swift’s mock remark about Laputa's astronomers discovering two satellites around Mars. One completes a orbit in ten hours, the other in twenty one, illustrating satirical tech prophecy.
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Swift
Mars
Professor Hall
Naval Observatory
Dean Swift
Gulliver
Laputa
Conundrum Jokes from a Historic Riddle Page
A playful list of old time puzzles and puns. It features wordplay about noses and centers, paired apples, stonecutters on strike, drinkers at the bar, Adam and Eve, and a watch taken from its guard.
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Adam
Eve
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Destiny and the Dog
By Edgar Welton Cooley
Edgar Welton Cooley
Good Afternoon
Winter
Samuel Smiles
Hawthorne
Howell
Pope
Gay
Burns
Thomas Tickell
Longfellow
France
Sicily
Conundrums
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