The Mischievous Valentine Plans of Little Robert
A young boy named Robert carefully assembles a homemade valentine with ink and a red heart while his sisters plot playful mischief. He secretly mails it to a girl named Marjory, then endures teasing as Edith uncovers his handwriting and reveals the ruse.
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Robert
My Valentine
Valentine
Ethel
Edith
Master Robert
Marjory
Frankie Smith
Sissy
Frankie
Sue
Mr. Smarty
A Little Hero by Burdell Potter Retder
The true tale chronicles a daring rescue off Fort McKinlay Maine. Eight year old George S McMullin fell from a small boat into fourteen feet of water and was saved by Russell, the son of a U S Canal Artillery Corps captain, earning the Secretary of the Treasury’s silver medal.
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U. S. Canal Artillery Corps
Fort McKinlay
Maine
Atlantic Ocean
George McMullin
Russell
St Anchor
Val Valentine in a dim old toy shop tale
A gas lit night in a shabby toy shop reveals talking valentines from cheap to aristocratic, each with yearnings and dreams as rain falls outside. A brave rescue at the wharf ends with Russell’s medal and Georges saved from drowning.
A French cow and a child's wartime prayer
A wartime anecdote recalls a French cow with a placard asking How are you today that amuses Allied troops across trench lines. The tale ends with the cow kept as a quirky symbol amid the war. In Paris Montmartre a touching church prayer asks God to protect fathers at the front and spare mothers further sorrow.
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Paris
Montmartre
Vic Tory
Papa
Thea
Jesus
Puzzle Corner diagonal reveals a St Valentine figure
Hearty puzzle lists clues whose diagonal letters spell a famous St Valentine figure. Across items include a large long legged bird, lunar related term, and playful leap, with beheadings forming words like Oxpid and Lunar. Beheaded letters yield Hearts and related terms linked to Valentine history.
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St. Valentine’s I
Valentines Dear Valentines For A Teacher
A playful verse about simple valentines from a speaker to a mother and teacher. The speaker recalls a cat giving a valentine and wishes for two valentines, not costly gifts, but joyful moments of dancing singing and a peaceful night under stars.
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Porcupine
Ike
Valentines
Tvindow
Timmy O'Rourke
Misther O'Toole
George
Georges
Hera
Alane
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