The Trouble Bird Returns in Cedar Canyon Tale
Tom Carter and his sister Nita study a fearsome Trouble Bird seen over Cedar Canyon. Indian Chief Joe Two Horns fears a warning from Ancient Ones and tries to sell sheep to Syd Morton, while Tom risks a bold plan to bring down the bird and save the tribe.
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Cedar Canyon
Tom Carter
Tom
Nita
Carter Ranch
Chet Two Horns
Joe Two Horns
Chet
Big Cave
Canyon
Trouble Bird
Syd Morton
Joe
Syd
Morton
Price
Chief
Improper Invitation Yields Tribal Tension and a Stolen Pistol
In a tense scene Chief Two Horns stops Syd Morton from drawing a pistol after Tom returns a kite. The chief confiscates the weapon and warns of reporting a trick in fifteen minutes. Tom refuses tribute and jokes about fist fighting with Two Horns while promising future visits and a sheep barter.
String Doll Hang-Up Craft for Mother
Today's handicraft highlights a string doll to hang in the kitchen. It features a stuffed head with painted facial features, a spool body, red buttons as sides, and fabric arms. The 11 inch bag forms the torso, with an 8 inch side opening, and a ribbon neck tie for hanging.
Dan Dummy dances spark at after game party
A football crowd staged a jitterbug with a prop dummy during the post game dance. Hostesses directed pattern dancing as boys and girls swapped partners in a lively, pre arranged sequence. Also a note on Maud and Miska Petersham's American Stamps and advice on bicycle noise and storage income for apartments.
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Dan
Riddles to Ponder From Hester Alletson
A page of ten wordplay questions notes light brain teasers about food and phrases. Each riddle teases a pun or analogy with common items such as fruits bread love and the sea.
Teener Tip About Weekend Visits
A guidance note advises that a girl be invited to a boy's home for a weekend by the boy's mother or elder sister. The suggestion reflects social etiquette norms of courting era youth behavior.
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Harry Hazy
Sylvia
Harry
Hazy Bristlebean
First Bay Psalm Book Becomes a Collector’s Item at 300 Years
The Bay Psalm Book, first printed in Cambridge in 1640 by Stephen Daye, now fetches about 151000 dollars at auction. Eleven copies survive as churches and printers mark the 300th anniversary with commemorations as the book’s influence endures.
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Stephen Daye
Cambridge
Mass
Daye
United States
Massachusetts Bay Colony
England
Richard Mather
Dorchester
Thomas Welde
John Eliot
Roxbury
Welde
Eliot
John Sanders
Boston
New England
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Scotland
Thomas Prince
Massachusetts
Old South Church
North America
Mexico
Prince
The
United State
Box Tops Drive Feeds Family Hunger For Prizes
A father recalls eating vast amounts of breakfast cereal to collect box tops for his children Joan and Pete. He lists prizes from cereal promotions and laments the effort, joking that he may become the world’s tallest, fattest, healthiest champion while funding the kids’ gifts.
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Joan
Pete
Emma
Mother
Riddles on Food Puns and Wordplay
A playful list presents ten lines of pun filled clues about food and language. Each item twists a common phrase or ingredient into a humorous reply, ranging from ice to marmalade and more.
Leader or Boss The Choice Within You
A reflective piece contrasts leadership and boss traits, urging self check to choose a path that serves others. The leader is a giver, constructive and loyal, while the boss pursues personal power and outcomes.
Crossword Puzzles Add a Letter to Conjunction
A compact set of crossword clues with across and down answers. Add a letter to a conjunction to form mineral rock and add another letter to make greater quantity. Includes Indian and Irish Free State province references.
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Irish Free State Province
Missing Words Puzzle in Nineteenth Century Lyric Satire
A historical note discusses a sentence with missing words sounding alike but spelled differently. The drayman shouts amid VARIETY themed lines in a diamond center, with the second word a golf term, the third peels, the fifth long and slender, and the sixth a pigpen. It references Variety 2 Or ore more and notes the march The Muleteer Guard as a satire of pseudo military groups, with Edward Harrigan lyricist in 1872.
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Drayman
Muleligan Guard
Edward Harrigan
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the Trouble
Lillian E. Andrews
Bird
Two “Orns
Chief Two Horns
Trick
RAOM
Ann Brush
Young Ideas
Maud and
Miska Petersham
Macmillan
New York
Food For
Eiffel Tower
Hester Alletson
Teener Tip
BY Katherine Houison
America
Cour Aaddern
Dad
Compass Puzzler
West
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