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War News is meant for "embracing war news & topics of the times" and "is for all who are interested in war & also those who are sportsmen and boatmen because it tells all about the latest inventions of the age." This particular edition is a short piece titled "The First Fighting" that provides details of an attack on Forest Continent that left "seven thousands men killed and three thousand men wounded."

War News is meant for "embracing war news & topics of the times" and "is for all who are interested in war & also those who are sportsmen and boatmen because it tells all about the latest inventions of the age." This particular issue includes a cover story called "A Great Battle: It Has Shaken the Whole World. Nearly a victory for L.C.," illustrations, and news from around the world.

War News is meant for "embracing war news & topics of the times" and "is for all who are interested in war & also those who are sportsmen and boatmen because it tells all about the latest inventions of the age." This particular issue has wonderful illustrations that bring various technological and warfare devices to life on paper. This edition also includes updates from around the world, an index of the Nelson Bros. Seeds, an honorary piece on William Little, and a story about the "Great Skier" Jimmy Allen.

This scrapbook edition of War News is a change of pace from the other Nelson books. Here the Nelson brothers paste stories from the periodical press into their own paper. Story titles include “In the Wilds of New Mexico,” “The Story of Two-Bits,” “Character Reading by Lead Pencils” (how a pencil can determine a persons character or personality), the first chapter of “The King’s Business,” a “Children’s Page, "“Tiger Cannoneers” (details of the battles of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans), and a cartoon called “Strictly Private.” Very cleverly, the boys stamp their own paper's title "War News" at the top of most pages and  “Continued” at the end of excerpts that leave readers hanging.

Thirty Days War is a five chapter story written by William Little, documenting a war between the allied forces of Long Continent (William Little) and Round Continent (Burt Green) versus Big Continent (Ethan Allen). Burt Green calls on William Little to help defend against the "the blues" (Big Continent's army) and restore peace in the Western World.

Chapter 3 of The Young Sailor or Deer Lake tells the story of a boy, Ethan, who sails to a fort in the woods. Upon arriving, there seems to be a tension brewing between two groups of children, the “Berryville Boys” and the “Deer Lake Boys," but the hostilities are cut short by a truce. The story ends with a celebratory picnic where the children crown a king and queen of the forest with wreaths of oak leaves.

The World is an illustrated periodical with adventure stories signed by both Elmer and Arthur Nelson. It contains two boating adventures, “Whaling” and “Surrounded,” as well as the longer story “Out Hunting” in which the brothers leave the boat and hunt deer. 

Written on the frontside of an envelope, this short story describes three brothers, presumeably the Nelsons, hunting for squirrels and pretending to ride a horse after discovering a tree that had a "limb for a tale and limbs branched down for [the horse's] feet."

The Western World is a periodical that includes outdoorsman inspired stories and current news of the Nelson's World and its continents, along with agricultural and commercial advertisments. This particular issue includes a story about Jimmy Allen, Ethan Allen's son, and "Words Concerning the Navy." The issue is not completed with empty column space and squares blocked out for illustrations that were never drawn. There is a list of agricultural and hunting supplies (including books, paper and pencils) on the blank last page of the document.

The Western World is a periodical that includes outdoorsman inspired stories and current news of the Nelson's World and its continents, along with agricultural and commercial advertisments. The stories include "The Lost Hunter," "A Wild Cat Hunt," "A Race for Life," and a story about sugar making that experiments with dialect writing. Stories with varied bylines not located in the Nelson's World suggest that children outside the family may have participated in the production of this 1895 periodical. The periodical also includes sophisticated pencil drawings, one of which is a comic named "A Base Bawl Game." This particular issue is the "Easter" edition.