Three Thousand Feet Up The Lehigh Valleys Mountain Retreat
A warm midsummer letter from Elizabeth Zane and other correspondents describes a two week mountain visit near Oakie in a cool highland region. They recount gas lit evenings, berry picking with chigoes and mosquitos absent, a top of a peak view, and naming a mountain while sharing family news and school notes. The piece blends travel reminiscence with requests to publish and photos from Aunt Anna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Leghanies
Qaki
Bingilaw
Letory
Aurora
Oakland
Washington
Arden T
Very Interesting Letter From Billy Boy New Cousin
William Kenneth Dunn writes from Bethesda Maryland about his travels from Australia aboard the Zealandia Sierra and Sierra Pacific liners. He shares diary entries detailing ports Fremantle Albany Adelaide Melbourne Sydney Pago Pago Honolulu San Francisco and Chicago with notes on seasickness porpoises trains and theater visits. He notes family letters and a war garden wish while describing places such as Perth Port Adelaide Melbourne Sydney Pago Pago Honolulu San Francisco and Washington and signs off with love to Aunt Anna and all cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Boy
Australia
Alint Anna
Frementie
Leetowin
Perth
Fremantle
Sydney
Albany
Katoomba
Lloyd
Port Adelaide
Adelaide
Law & School of Porpoises
Melbourne
Manuka
Tasmania
Watson'a Bay
Telegraph Be
Loyd and I
San Francisco
Pago Pago
Samoa
Lorfi Howe Islands
Turtle Island
Honolulu
Y. W.C
Chinatown
Chicago
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific System
Union Pacific
Omaha
Nobr
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Father
Western Australia
Indian Ocean
Swan River
Philadelphia
South Australia
Moores
Victoria
Yarra River
New South Wales
Sydney Harbor
Rio de Janeiro
South America
United States
Pago
Anna
William Kenneth Dunn
Bethesda
St Marva Academy
Mary
Ajine
Sam
We Have Birds On Our Place Dear Aunt Anna
A letter describes a mocking bird nest in a plum tree and a dead fledgling after a berry given by the mother, plus a distant woodpecker pair and a schoolteacher authored bird book. The writer Pascual Agnee L Sullivan and another cousin, Laughing Eyes, discuss a Cousins Club page idea with senior and junior sections and request printing of poems and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Burningtown Falls
North Carolina
Aaint
These Falls
Carolyn Rogers
Macomb St
Cousins
Sax
Max
Laughing
William E Dixon
Gertrude Sullivan
St Anne's School
The Forbidden Bowl Tale of Thomas and the Squire
An old stone breaker named Thomas takes a light shift as a watchman for a wealthy Squire. Tempted by curiosity he lifts an upside down blue bowl and a mouse escapes. The Squire exposes the risk and dismisses Thomas, forcing him back to hard road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homas
Thomas
Gray Kittie Finds Grace and Fortune in Angora Encounter
A stray gray alley cat named Gray Kittie toils for scraps in a shabby neighborhood until she meets Misa Tabitha, a refined Angora who explains class and feeding wealth. The tale traces Gray Kittie’s clever mousetasking, scavenging, and her chance to glimpse a fuller life through an aristocratic cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Kittle
Tie
Gray Kittie
Gray
Misa Tabitha
Tam
Miss Tabitha
Welcome Home Boys and Liberty Bond Pride Message
A patriotic call urges Americans to back returning soldiers with liberty bonds war savings stamps and Red Cross support. It asks if readers knitted made hospital materials or funded ships and gear and reminds them the home front must stand ready with courage. Included is a note from OZMA OF OZ reader Marguerite Mesny and a child pen name request from Leona Dowling inviting joining the Cousins Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
the Cousins’ Club
Red Cross
Granny
Fleur DE Lis
Julis Staley
Rocky Mount
N.C
United States
Harbor of
Liberty
Ozma OF OZ
Marguerite Mesny
Eighteenth Street
Miss Democracy
Granny Scrapbag
Mildred
True Blue Cousins
Leona Dowling
Shang
Truscott Family Finds Fortitude in Wartime Poverty
In a small town cottage the Truscotts face rent and food stress as Mr Truscott goes to France. Mrs Truscott considers moving but, aided by her children Anna and Teddie, with Anna sewing for dolls and Teddie running errands, the family keeps the home while supporting the war effort. A visiting doll dressmaker offers Anna steady work, easing finances and allowing the family to stay in their cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truscott
United States
France
Teddie
Mrs. Truscott
Anna
Eddie
Anna Truscott
Dolis
Teddle
Ltte
Life in a Tank Described by a Veteran Fighter
A memoir scene recalls life in the trenches as a tank crew endures cold, death, and humor. An elderly volunteer dies quietly after a hard march near Bapaume, then the unit trains at a hospice, practices machine guns, and plays soccer and rugger against J and K companies, with a memorable first tank test on a calm dawn at the tankdrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agincourt
Berwick
Gould
Talbot
J Company
Rugser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ada
Ona
Chesapeake Beach
Reynolde
Elizabeth Zane
Ohio
Httle
Wheeling
Fort Henry
Elizabeth
Anne Mobnerny
Dante Academy
Last Mar
Buck
Katherine V. Edmonson
Conduit Road
the Post
Club
Lillian Margolis
Yeam
Pascul
Agnee L Sullivan
St Anne’s School
Acrouch
Arizona
Washington Monument
Mt Vernon
Granny Scraphag
Dorothy May Baiile
Staw
Curly Mary Hamilton
Pasnast
Alexandria
The
Post Boys and Girls
Cousins Club
Cousins’ Club
Miss Muffet
Edna E McGehee
Anna E
Saluekins
Sally Canada
Glen Meho
Belgium
Maid Hope
Marguerite Martin
Post
War Garden
Virginia Franklin
Fredericksburg Va
Grangy
Tay Kittie
Ioan
Benning School
Niere
Marian Tighe
Seat Pleasant
Salvation Army
Bapaume
Boulogne
J and K Company
Avige
K Company
Willie
Wepsright
Richera Haigh
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