Dorothy's Birthday Dolls Bring Twins Named Asia and Australia
Dorothy wakes to find two birthday dolls twins named Asia and Australia, exact replicas of the Trueman twins across the street. Aunt Frances and Cousin Beth independently influence the surprise with matching dolls in pink and blue, and Dorothy greets Europa and Cuba, the wooden horse, as she introduces her dream fulfilled.
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Dorothy
Frances
Beth
East Side
Trueman
Asia
Australia
A Lapland Birthday Present
A Lapland custom gives a newborn child a reindeer. The first reindeer and all its descendants belong to the child as they grow, forming a personal herd by the time he reaches adulthood.
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Lapland
An Optical Illusion Appeals to Eye Judgment
A curious illusion asks which dotted line seems longer the horizontal or the vertical. Viewers are invited to measure and test their eye’s accuracy.
Grandpa’s Safe Work That Feels Like Play
Jack and Louis fear their mothers will not let them do anything. Grandpa suggests tearing down an old chicken run and building a raft from its laths. They work fast, load the raft, tow it along the brook, and later enjoy grandma’s biscuits. Grandpa notes it was work that feels like a game.
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Jack
Louis
Papa
Grandpa
Stool Tug of War on the Lawn Game Guide
A children's lawn game describes placing a small three legged stool at center, two teams joining hands to circle the stool and dance, then pulling to topple the stool. Players drop out as the stool is upset, leaving two finalists amid cheers and clever stunts to avoid touching the stool.
World's longest walls and rails listed in brief
A historic survey notes the Great Wall of China around 200 B C rising twenty feet high and twenty five feet thick at the base, extending 1280 miles across terrain. It cites Australia’s 1236 mile rabbit fence, and Argentina’s 211 mile straight railway section from Buenos Aires to the Andes foot.
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Australia
Buenos Ayres
Andes
Seven Little Pussy Cats Tea Time Mischief
A rhymed tale where seven kittens learn manners at tea. They imitate proper play while wearing bibs and carrying spoons and cups, but rush to drink milk, spill the teacup, and dash outside amid playful chaos. Only retirement remains the mother’s calm instruction.
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Tom
Martinsville couple elopes with onlookers showering rice
Miss Katherine Pottorff and James Kelly, young safety patrol members, elope from an M E parsonage in Martinsville Indiana. After a hurried ceremony they attempt a midnight departure by cab toward the 9 11 train. Friends chase and shower them with rice as Jim carries Katherine to the car. The couple then heads to Freech Lick Springs for a wedding trip.
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Martinsville
Ind
Katherine Pottorff
Mary Vottoff
James Kelly
Jim L.S. Kelly
M. E
R. H. Moore
Mar‘ Svile Sanctorium
Bridg Com
Jim
Freech Lick Springs
Peculiar Will Delays Inheritance For Twenty Years
The Bloomington probate reveals a will by Thonas Snell that uses the law’s extreme limits to keep a $1,000,000 estate intact until twenty years after the death of his youngest great grandchild, now six. Legatees receive only income shares, including Richard Snell Clinton Lena Knsmore Thornton Snell Harry Snell and seven children of a deceased brother. The will directs inheritance as a life income for heirs until all are dead.
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Bloomington
Thonas Snell
Snell
Richard Snell
Clinton
Lena Knsmore
San
Can't Give Booze Away in Ohio Supreme Court ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the state liquor laws in the case State against Linger from Evie County. Linger operated a saloon in a dry township and was charged after the court instructed that liquor might be given away in a dry area though sales were forbidden. The state won on appeal after taking an exception to that instruction.
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Ohio
Columbus
Supreme Court
Linger
Evie County
Linder
Missouri library board bars book over slang title
Kansas City readers report the Missouri library board would add Opie Read's book By the Eternal to the public school list only if the title is changed. The board objects to the slang phrase in the title deeming it unsuitable for school circulation. The tale centers on Jackson era leader Old Hickory.
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Kansas City
Opie Read
Missouri Library Board
Schooo
Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson
Boston Rail Consolidation Bill Advances After Referendum Defeat
The Massachusetts lower house approved a bill to strain the consolidation of the Boston and Maine railroad with the New York New Haven and Hartford until after the next legislature can act. The measure passed 181 to 185 after a referendum to the people was killed. It now goes to the senate for concurrence.
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Boston
Boston and Maine
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Senate
Message of an Unloving Wife
James Morgan of Jasper Indiana found a note from his wife at home requesting a divorce and stating she does not love him. The note said supper was ready, five cents in the drawer, and urged an earlier divorce.
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Jasper
Ind
James Morgan
Jim
Coco Nut Named for Distorted Human Face Resemblance
The saying connects the term cocoanut to its likeness to a distorted human visage. It reflects folklore on coconut naming rather than scientific origin.
He Fired the Stick And Found Quick Healing
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina reports he used Bucklen Arnica Salve to cure a long standing sore after other treatments failed. The salve, guaranteed for piles and burns, is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Bucklen
John Garrett
North Mills
N. C
Stewart
Bachelor Confession Sparks Debate on Child Temptations
A Chicago Journal remark features a heavy set man smoking and a sad man asking about his future son's smoking and drinking. The response reveals the man is a confirmed bachelor for twenty years.
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Chicago Journal
First American World’s Fair Opens in New York 1853
A fragment notes President Franklin Pierce inaugurating the first American world’s fair in New York City with a grand ceremony on July 14, 1853. The dialogue references brotherly sayings and a humorous exchange about a cigar and a bladder.
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New York City
Franklin Pierce
Discharge of Cook Sparks Household Tragedy at Madison
Amanda Delaplaine the cook was discharged by Mrs. Benjamin Walters. Bejamin Walters, a Madison merchant, killed himself after a family quarrel. Delaplaine recalls Walters begging her to stay and defy his wife. She then left during the dispute, ending her employment.
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Madison
Amanda. Delaplaine
Benjamin Walters
Bejamin Walters
Man Offers Gallows Death for Brother in Alabama
Montgomery June 26 John Beeman a negro preacher applies to jailer to be allowed to die on the gallows for his brother David whose execution is set for July 26 He believes the act may convert his brother and both go to heaven Sympathy grows with a petition to commute the sentence First Commuter Second Commuter joke note Foley's Kidney Cure praised by L C Rodgers of Branchton Pa after recovery from kidney ailment.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Beeman
David
L. C. Rodgers
Branchton
Foley
Iowa Central Railway Announces National Education Assn Ticket Sale
The Iowa Central Railway will sell round trip tickets from June 22 to July 5 at one fare for travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles with return travel through any direct route. Stop overs allowed. For full details contact agents or A. B. Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
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National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Iowa Central Ry
San Francisco
Sune
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Summer Excursion Rates From Iowa Central Ry To Western Resorts
For the summer season the Iowa Central Ry has arranged lower excursion rates to summer resorts in the east and to Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado Utah California Washington Oregon Montana Wyoming and South Dakota. Tickets on sale daily from June 1 to October 31 1907 with liberal stop over privileges and flexible routes. Contact A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis for details. The Magic No 3 features Geo H Parris Cedar Grove Me as a testimonial for Electric Bitters which cured liver and kidney troubles after three bottles. guaranteed for stomach liver and kidney issues by Stewart's Pharmacy at 50c.
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Iowa Central Ry
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Utah
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Geo. H. Parris
Cedar Grove
Stewart
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