Chit Chat

The item is undated but the finding aid indicates the entire collection was likely created during the 1890s.

1 item (4 pages) : illustrations ; 21 cm

Presented as published by Ethan Allen and William Little, the alter egos of Walter Nelson and Arthur Nelson respectively, this issue of "Chit Chat" is the only one without a publication date. The first story, "Indian Wars," describes a series of battles fought over a tract of land somewhere on the Great Plains. Ethan Allen and William Little eventually defeat the Indians who are then captured and removed to a reservation. The second piece is entitled "Tom and the King" and it tells of a poor boy named Tom Newton who is picked on at school until Joe, a new boy the others call King, stands up for Tom Newton and successfully organizes a collection to raise money to help him and his mother. The final piece is called "A Visit to Mrs. Hutchensons" and it is a brief description of a visit from Mrs. Jackson and her son, a boy about ten years old, to the home of their neighbor Mrs. Hutchenson.

Box 1 Folder 9

English