James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles primitive kitchen utensil and mostly likely dates to

and mostly likely dates to the earlyish 20th century

Also note - "Sun stroke from prosperity may be avoided by sitting under Christ's shadow

surely  they were an empathetic father

though I don't know for certain

I assume it was made with the educational purpose

James McFarland's c. 1900 Speller and Word Book with Good Endpage Lettering and Scribbles primitive kitchen utensil and mostly likely dates toI am forever opening old spellers to check their end pages for names and drawings and doodles spaces of endless expressive potential! This one was once the possession of a young James McFarland, of Lebanon, Tennessee which is precisely where I found it. I find the lettering spelling out the name of his hometown, surrounded by many iterations of his name and and various marks and shapes and numbers etc. pretty beautiful. More at the end, too, looking