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- This eBook is dedicated to the memory of Emmy Miller.
- OUR TOWN AND CIVIC DUTY
- CIVICS FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- PART I CIVIC VIRTUES
- IDA LEWIS, THE HEROINE OF LIME ROCK LIGHT
- RUN! JOHN, RUN!
- HE DID NOT HESITATE
- DOWN A MANHOLE
- THE TWELVE POINTS OF THE SCOUT LAW
- CAPTAIN ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE INDIAN
- DANIEL IN THE LIONS’ DEN
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- BETTER NOT, BOB!
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- THE KNIGHTS OF THE SILVER SHIELD
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- THE PRINCE AND THE CRUMBS OF DOUGH
- THE TRAMP
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- UNCLE SAM’S MONEY
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- THREE WAYS TO USE MONEY
- THRIFT DAY
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- HOW RICHARD PLANTED A DOLLAR
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- HOW TO START A BANK ACCOUNT
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- THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
- AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW
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- THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
- DRIVE THE NAIL ARIGHT
- STORIES TEACHING KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
- THE STORY OF AN ARABIAN HORSE
- THE STORY OF BARRY
- BANDS OF MERCY
- SOME THINGS THAT MR. ANGELL TOLD BOYS AND GIRLS
- NELLIE’S DOG
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- II
- WHO SAID RATS?
- A BRAVE MOTHER
- ABOUT THOREAU
- FAIR PLAY FOR OUR WILD ANIMALS
- THE TRUE STORY OF PEDRO
- WHAT CHILDREN CAN DO
- A HORSE’S PETITION TO HIS DRIVER
- THE HORSE’S POINT OF VIEW
- A MAN WHO KNEW HOW
- HOW TO TREAT A HORSE
- THE HORSE’S PRAYER
- BIRDS AS THE FRIENDS OF PLANTS
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- ANDROCLUS AND THE LION
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- BOOKS AND STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS
- PART II STORIES ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS
- THE POLICEMAN
- THE POLICEMAN AND THE RUNAWAY
- EVERYBODY’S FRIEND
- WHAT THE POLICEMAN DOES FOR US
- HOW WE MAY AID THE POLICEMAN
- THE FIREMAN
- THE STORY OF A FIRE
- I JACK GIVES THE ALARM
- II AT THE FIRE
- III THE RESCUE OF SHORTY
- HOW TO HELP THE FIREMAN
- DON’TS FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION
- HOW THE MAIL IS DELIVERED
- I UNCLE CHARLES WRITES FROM ALASKA
- II EARLY MAIL CARRIERS
- III POSTAGE STAMPS
- IV THE PONY EXPRESS
- V THE MAILS OF TO-DAY
- BEN FRANKLIN’S OWN STORY ABOUT PHILADELPHIA STREETS
- YOU AND YOUR STREETS
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- EQUIPMENT OF STREET CLEANERS
- HOW WE MAY HELP KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN
- WHAT THE GARBAGE CAN TOLD ROBERT
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- TWO GARBAGE COLLECTORS
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- ROBERT’S VISIT TO THE GARBAGE PLANT
- THE FIRE THAT STARTED ITSELF
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- PART III SAFETY FIRST
- WHO AM I?
- OUR SAFETY-FIRST MEN
- BRAVE WATCHMAN RECEIVES MEDAL FROM PRESIDENT WILSON
- STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
- BE ON YOUR GUARD
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- A CLEAN CITY
- FIRE-PREVENTION DAY
- HOW TO FIGHT FLIES
- HOW TO FIGHT MOSQUITOES
- HOW TO MAKE A MOSQUITO TRAP
- PART IV THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
- THE JUNIOR RED CROSS
- WHAT THE CHILDREN DID
- THE RED CROSS IN WAR
- THE RED CROSS IN PEACE
- THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
- OUR TWO FLAGS
- THE RED CROSS FLAG
- FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
- HENRI DUNANT
- CLARA BARTON
- I. The Christmas Baby
- II. The Little Nurse
- III. Clara Grows Up
- IV. The Civil War
- V. The Army Nurse
- VI. Miss Barton Hears of the Red Cross
- VII. The American Red Cross
- WHEN THERE WAS NO RED CROSS
- WHEN THE RED CROSS CAME
- THE RED CROSS
- HOW MAPLEWOOD WON SONNY
- THE JUNIOR RED CROSS’ FIRST BIRTHDAY
- HOW TO MAKE A RED CROSS EMBLEM
- I KNEW YOU’D COME
- THE DEBT
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG
- TO THE FLAG
- THE AMERICAN FLAG
- PLAIN BUTTONS
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- AMERICA, MY HOMELAND
- COLUMBUS[B]
- OUTLINE OF WORK For the Teacher
- PART I CIVIC VIRTUES
- PART II
- PART III SAFETY FIRST
- PART IV THE JUNIOR RED CROSS
- HOW TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE JUNIOR RED CROSS
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