Little Junie Escapes Gypsies to Reunite at Home
Five year old Junie, left alone while her family works and studies far from town, journeys along a hill road toward Pearsville. She bravely boards a wagon with gypsy figures but is spotted by brothers Tom Frank Nell and Minnis, who rescue her before danger. They hurry back to the farm to tell their mother and father of Junie’s safe return.
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Maud Walker Ittle
Junie
Waters
Pearsyile
Pearsville
Mttle Junie
Nell An
Win
Frank Nell
Minnis
Nitle Junie Tom
Junte
Acheck
Tom
Sielers
Tule
Jons Ting
Wien Juntos
Noah
Dolly
Little Junte
Schol
Junle
Pipps
Janie
Junia
Nell
Fesser
Julie
Tom Funie
Tan
Junio
Murg
Bricktop and the Twins Brave Snow Home Safe
In a heavy snowstorm Bricktop and the twins face hunger at school and peril on the return home. Mrs Perkins fears for them as Bricktop guides Bettie and Lettie through drifts, while a strong young rescuer helps lead Bettie to safety. The family reunites by the hearth as praise for Bricktop’s care fills the room.
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Atrents
Mia Perkins
Bricktop
Bettie
Letila
Mrs Perkins
Bette
Mia Parkins
Santa Claus
Mrs. Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Bettle
Lettie
Safe Harbor
Dearest
Gamma
Perkine
Matilda the Good Queen of Henry I of England
Matilda of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm III, called Matilda the Good, rose from Romsey nunnery where she wore a veil to guard against advances, to wed Henry I after a royal betrothal by her brother. She gained affection from subjects and earned a famed noble bearing as a progenitor of English royal lineage.
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Matilda
Malcolm
Scotland
Eagar
Fittermice and bats awaken as spring returns
The passage describes how small fittermice and bats hibernate through cold months in caves rocks crevices and hollow trees. With warm weather they rouse their families stretch take flight from mothers and hunt gnats and mosquitoes after months of fasting.
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Futtermice
Mr Fittermice
Pittermice
Uke
A Close Shave and Narrow Escape in a Sawmill
A reminiscence from a Chicago Tribune reader describes nearly lethal sawmill danger. While substituting as tail sawyer, a log shifted and a cant hook flew free, the carriage surged, and the whirling teeth tore at clothing. The head sawyer, a cousin, steadied the moment and stopped the machine before tragedy.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Michigan
Netter
Sawyer
Alphabet Family Poem Told In Letters A Through M
A playful alphabet verse lists Arthur, Carrie, BAward, a father, grandpa, grandmother, Irene, Jim, Kate, Tim and other kin. The speaker notes naming all folk would be lengthy and warns talking too much is a sin.
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Arthur
Carrie
Slater
Baward
Grandpa
Tia
Irene
Jim
Kate
Jank
Tim
Seven Days In Our History January 6 179 George Washington Marries Martha Custis
A fragmented chronology lists events from January including Washington's marriage to Martha Custis in 179, Lafayette sailing from Boston to aid France, the first national election, battles at New Orleans, and various political milestones. It compiles dates, places, and notable figures with minimal context.
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Martha Custis
Elizabethtown
Frante
Engand
Lafayette
Boston
Philadelphia
Andrew Johnson
Pegins
Thomas Paine
Congress
United
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Lia
Umn
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Beang
Mallidas
Prince Henry
Matilda the Good
Mathda
Sco
Rockefeller
Kansas City Journal
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Edna Augusta
Frank Rockefeller
Trussell Kans
John D Rockefeller
John Porter Brook
Los Angeles
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Jraphive
Atlanta Constitution
Iasons
America
Francois Blanchard
Washington
Iws-Cineress
New Orleans
Star of the West
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Sumter
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Chicago Tribune
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