Cowboy Lingo Traced To World Words From Trails Of West
An article traces cowboy slang to global roots. It notes origins of terms like Maverick from Texas, ranch from rancho, prairie from French origins, and Spanish borrowings broncho mustang hombre sombrero and arroyo. It also chronicles early eastern cowhands and the first cattle drive on the Old Bay Path.
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New York State
West
Springfield
Boston
Mass
John Pynchon
America
New World
Mexico
California
Texas
Maverick
Spain
Flore Is Captain Hal’s Pen Pal List Seeks Youth Volunteers
A call appears for pen pals with names and addresses from across the United States. Listings include Joyce Honna, Lorna Kimura, Shirley John, Janice Best, Linda Johnson, and others with ages ranging from 8 to 16 in Paauilo Hawaii Ulster Park New York Fair Oaks North Carolina Goldsboro Wisconsin Walnut Street Goldsboro Mississipp i Pascagoula Pass Christian Windham Meyersdale Lisbon Falls Akron Ohio.
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Joyce Honna
P.O
Paauilo
Hawaii
Lorna Kimura
Shirley John
Ulster Park
N.Y
Janice Best
Fair Oaks
N.C
Linda Johnson
Sandra Denning
Walnut St
Goldsboro
JoAnn Korling
Oakes Ave
Superior
Wis
Nellie Pierce
E. Benne Terre
Vicky Saucier
Ducayet
Pascagoula
Miss
Sandy Smith
Pass Christian
Juliana Murray
R.D
Windham
Ohio
Karen Baker
Box
Meyersdale
Pete's COLUMN Scramble puzzle hints and clues found
Cartoonist Cal's sketch hides nine Y items. Across clues include affirmatives and school subjects while downs cover still measure and forest animal. Eight is excellent with wordplay on to challenge and endearment and native metals and a flower.
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Pete
Cal
Behead Puzzle: Leaves to Island to Look to Years
Puzzle Pete presents a word diamond centered on FOLIAGE. Remove first letter to form a word meaning to reach for and containing a steeple, then behead that to yield a funeral pile variation and anger, then behead again to a musical note. The second word is an abbreviation for months, the third a Mediterranean island, the fifth to look fixedly, and the sixth years of one's life. Complete the diamond.
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Pete
Silver Suit Shields X-15 Pilots in Spacewear
Scientists design space clothing for outer space work and space travel. The US Air Force MC-2 full pressure suit, nicknamed the silver suit, features an aluminized outer covering. X-15 pilots wear this MC-2 suit during flights.
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Outer Space
U.S
Air Force
Alan Shepard
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Deep Space
van Allen Belts
Earth
Time Knows Time From Sundials To Space Suits
A compact history traces time telling from Egyptian sundials to candles and hourglasses. It describes early watches in Nuremberg, and details postwar pressure suits leading to space attire with oxygen, radios, and heating protection.
Christmas Tree Trimmings For Family Fun
Create garlands with marshmallows and cranberries for a frosty look. String peanuts in the shell with gumdrops into ropes for colorful decorations. Dip bobby pins in a starch and laundry detergent mix to form icy pins. Attach ribbon loops to hang each icicle on the tree. Dip repeatedly to achieve sparkling effects.
Hose Fun Use an old garden hose as speaking tube
An old garden hose serves as a playful house to garden speaking tube. The portable setup lets residents pass messages or jokes between rooms or outdoor spaces.
True or false brain teaser from historical trivia
A list presents ten statements about U S history with an answer key and an extra tip about sharpening fish hooks. It notes dates presidents and events, labeling some statements as true or false and ends with a general tip.
The Four Winds Move the Moon Across the Sky
The poem depicts Frances Gorman Risser Gay as the Mirror Moon hanging on the Sky as the North, East, South, and West Winds argue over its position. Each wind pushes and repositions the moon until the Sky’s walls are full of star nails, then the winds retire and craft a new moon for their game to begin again.
Make a Lunch Box From a Milk Carton
A simple craft explains cutting around a milk carton to create a lunch box. Leave one side intact as a lid and form small side flaps to complete the top and secure the container.
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R.F.D
Lisbon Falls
Paula Hood
Cory Ave
Akron
Burpapod
Dnomia
Guomssond
Moist
Anoree
Science Designs
Nuremberg
Germany
Weldon Woodson
Walter B. Hendrickson Jr
By Bill Arter
PRISM
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Mark
George Washington
Japan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The
Mirror
Frances Gorman Risser
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