Double Date By Crofton High Loyalist
A Crofton High student refuses to play basketball cites athletic build but Ruthie pressures him to prove himself. He grills friends Emmett Zark Shiella on a tangled dating scheme involving idiot's delights and jealousy, ending with Ruthie calling him a detective after a chaotic night at the Bean Pot.
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Uthie
Crofton High School
Zark Needles
Crofton
Ruthie
Herbie
Babe Didrikson
Sonny Tufts
Ruthes
Emmett
Zark
Shiella Melba
Shiella
Zarkie
Zack
Shiela
Hair and its surprising facts across the ages
The piece surveys hair as a social marker from infancy to old age, noting color variety and cultural attitudes. It cites hair weight differences among blondes and brunettes, hair growth cycles, elasticity, and historical hair trade including prewar Czech women and Hollywood wig supply.
Quickwink Riddlers and Whaling: From Puzzles to Ocean Profit
A puzzle page asks readers to find a missing word, while a historical note describes whaling’s return to big business due to global fats and oils shortages. The piece outlines whaling's early history from Nantucket to New Bedford, ship types, and the modern factory ship system with hulking killer boats and harpoons.
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America
New England
Nantucket
New Bedford
Young cook ginger Calvert shares spice cake recipe
A 13 year old girl Ginger Calvert of West Point Mississippi sends her favorite Spice Cake recipe. The ingredients include brown sugar butter flour buttermilk spices vanilla and soda. Instructions mix bake and frost with seven minute icing.
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Ginger Calvert
Commerce Street
West Point
Miss
Ginger
The Secret of Gratitude and Its Powerful Effects
A compact guide on gratitude stressing saying thank you as a core habit. It argues gratitude builds friendships, improves mood, and attracts reciprocal appreciation in school, work, and community. The piece urges daily thanks for small things and for all aspects of life.
Little Ann Learns Manners From Mother
A five year old girl named Ann learns classroom etiquette from her mother. The mother asks what to say when given something and when requesting something and Ann replies correctly with thank you please. She also says oops after a minor collision, illustrating polite responses.
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Ann
Riddle answers list clues and puns
A series of 10 riddle answers is presented with explanations or puns for each. 1 Caraway. 2 because they hold the reins. 3 because she’s always a railing. 4 B and J. 5 in the length of his bill. 6 good at drawing houses. 7 It’s a newt. 8 Firkin. 9 Dogtooth violet. 10 when they are chattering.
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Bee
Jay
Riddles Jiffy Jibes From Hester Alletson
A page of light riddles with playful questions and answers. It includes puns about seeds like beans, clouds as sisters, a scolding woman, letters of the alphabet by air, an attorney and a kingfisher, architects as actors, a salamander like a freshly printed T, and a wooden cask riddle.
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Hester Alletson
Indoor Cardboard Table Football Game You Can Build
A DIY kitchen table game uses three cardboard disks as a ball and a blowing action to move the ball between goals. Players sit at table ends, cannot touch the ball with hands, and score by blowing the ball off the table into the opponent’s goal. The first to 10 goals wins, or play four five minute quarters with rests.
New Year Puzzle Pack Opens With Brain Teasers
A batch of New Year puzzles challenges solvers to rearrange letters for four Baby New Year clues. The Puzzle Man offers crossword starters with clues ranging Gay to Musical note and a list of homophones. The center theme is New Year, with hidden words and a diamond center puzzle referencing calender cycles.
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ROSS
Auld Lang Syne
Rebus at Queen's Arms Inns Exposes Marital Customs
A Londonderry inn, the Queen's Arms, featured a famous rebus on its window. The puzzle used E E before marriage and X X after marriage to convey that too much ease before marriage and too many crosses after marriage represent troubles, a play on the term crosses for troubles.
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Queen’s Arms Inn
Londonderry
England
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Russ Winterbotham
Crofton High
Quickwink
Savoy
France
Czechoslovakia
Hollywood
Garret Geerlings
Rowland G. Bild
Chase
Fis
Iere
Compass Puzzler
Ieja'r
Apostle
Gnu
Queen's Arms
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