Betty and Bunny Cottontails Visit Town Gone wrong
Betty and Bunny Cottontail venture toward a distant town. A dog attack and shouting children force a desperate escape through corn shocks. They vow to abandon risky urban visits, return home, and heed their mother's wary advice.
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Betty and
Bunny Cottontail
Bunny
Betty
Lees
Moses
Mme
Cottontail
Mme. Cottontail
Mme. Cottentall
Tome
Cousin Bunny
Mate, Cottentall
Mamma
Mmed Cottontall
Mme Cottontail
Betty Cottontail
Sean
Friend of Children Barnardo Remains A London Hero
Dr Thomas J Barnardo, famed as the friend of London waifs, died recently in London. He left medicine to found homes for homeless children, expanding to 100 houses and rescuing over 45,000 youngsters, with many finding homes in Canada and other colonies.
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Thomas J. Barnardo
London
Whitechapel
Barnardo
Dr. Barnardo
Canada
Melbourne
Aunt Anna Learns to Read at Ninety Nine
A vignette presents Aunt Anna learning letters at age 99 with dialect speech. The scene features lessons on A through G, references to apples, cows, bees, and a dam, and cautions about rough language and the mill pond. The dialogue contrasts patient teaching with Aunt Anna’s humorous misunderstandings and fading memory.
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Anna
Chile
Cousin Ned Brings Sunshine on a Rainy Saturday
Two girls, Margaret and Jenny, dread a rainy Saturday canceling their country plans until Cousin Ned arrives. His cheerful presence lifts moods, inspires room preparations, and turns the weather into a source of joy as he declares himself king of sunshine and the girls revel in hospitality and imagination.
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Ned
Jenny
Margaret
Mamma
Mare
Manma
Cousin Ned
Kiddles
Lesa
Sunshine
The Fearless Horsemen Ride Across the Bridge
A rhythmic verse recalls fearless riders crossing a steep riverbank bridge. Their horses pranced as they went to the far side and vowed to return another day. The stanza paints bold soldiers on a long journey with hopeful lines.
A Wash Woman Game Turns Rough at Uncle William's House
J W Penfield recalls a country visit at Lil Hall where cousins turn a play game into rough play. George leads washwoman, the dandy endures a mocked washing and punches, uncle halts the activity and chides harsh play. The boy learns holidays mix rough and smooth in youth.
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Henri
J. W. Penfield
William
Lil Hall
Uncle’s
Blindman
George
Little Charles Dickens A Child of hard times and hope
A biographical sketch of Charles Dickens born February 7, 1812 at Landport England. It traces his poverty stricken youth in London tenements his early reading of Rod erick Random Peregrine Pickle and other works his mother teaching him to read his talent for storytelling and singing and his path from debtors prison to eventual success as a parliamentary reporter and famed novelist.
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Mrs. Flaherty
Mary Graham
Harles Dickens
Darling Little
Nell
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
Manly Nicholas Nickelby
Landport
England
Portaca
Charlies Dickens
Charles
London
Roderick Random
Peregrine Pickle
Humphrey Clinker
Tom Jones
Wakefield
Don Quixote
Robinson Crusoe
Bolool
Dickens
Charles Dickens
Marshalsea
Natural Bridge Oregon Remarkable Canyon Bridge Discovery
A natural curiosity in Oregon near Oakland Douglas County offers a ninety foot span arch with near perfect perpendicular walls. Discovered by Charles Magee of California, the site presents sweeping views of nine snowclad summits Crater Lake region and Crater Lake area from the canyon head above Rock Creek. The bridge supports diverse growths on top, yet inside remains free of vegetation for full observation. The surrounding scenery is wild and inviting for camping with clean air water and abundant fish and game.
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Oakland
Douglas County
Rock Creek
Tyee Mountain
St Marys Peak
Benton County
Crater Lake
Charles Magee
California
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Hetty
Benny
Lavinia D, Richardson
Aunt Anna
Peter
Annie James
Jenny Burton
Goosie
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Fearless Horsemen
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Mia
Biaherty
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