Nickel the Metal-s Worth Millions of Times Five Cents
The piece traces nickel from its Chinese paktong origins to its European discovery as kupfernickel, then its rise in North American production. It highlights Canada and Bayonne smelting, nickel steel for war vessels, wartime demand, Ontario ore discovery in 1941, and broad daily uses from clocks to televisions, urging pride in the metal’s impact.
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Europe
England
China
Germany
Nick
Cronstedt
Canada
Bayonne
New Jersey
Ontario
Imagine Eating Dinner With Seashells and Simple Utensils
Weldon Woodson recounts how dining customs evolved from shells and wood to metal cutlery. He notes early forks and spoons, the knife’s origins as a weapon, and the rise of stainless steel, showing how tableware shaped modern dining habits.
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America
Prairie Dog Town Near Lubbock Showcases pampered prairie dogs
A seven and a half acre "dog town" in Mackenzie State Park houses pampered prairie dogs tended by visitors. The text explains prairie dogs are marmots, closely related to squirrels, living in burrow towns with sentinels barking alarms while residents retreat into their homes.
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Lubbock
Texas
U.S.A
Mackenzie State Park
Great Plains
States
Reynolds
Puzzle Pete’s Word Triangle Solves AGE Theme
Puzzle features a word triangle where each answer ends with AGE. Summer begins this month and the final triangle reads SUMMER U Mf E, with clues for a combination, a baseball catcher’s glove, a witticism, and half an em to a printer.
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Pete
My Scheme By Frances Gorman Risser
A poem about trying to sleep using counting but shifting from sheep to birds. The speaker imagines snowy and black sheep, journeys through dusky meadows and Milky Way, then counts birds with white wings and a crow named Andy, hoping for calm slumber.
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Frances Gorman Risser
Andy
Ream
Silly Quiz Why Washington Statues Stand Always
A light quiz note explains why statues depict George Washington standing. The joke answer states because he never lies. Credit goes to Bobby Highee of Beverly West Virginia.
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George Washington
More Kids Seeking Pen Pals Readers Invite Letters
A crowd of young readers lists names and addresses to receive pen pals. Captain Hal invites children to mail their names ages and locations to join the letter-writing program. Entries include Kathy Mudlo Harwich Pa and many others across the country seeking correspondence.
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Hal
Nations with N include clues about capitals and emblems
A quiz lists countries whose names contain N and matches hints such as Paris as a capital for one nation, a shamrock emblem for Ireland, Berlin as a largest city in another, Danes as people for Denmark, and Oslo as a capital. It weaves in Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland withAlsos hints about Alps and tulips and canals, prompting identification of several N containing countries.
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Mabel Slack Shelton
Weldon Woodson
Harry Honne
Kann
Prairie Dog Town
Little Prairie
Squirrel
Ocean Movement
Bobby Highee
Beverly, W. Va
Sis
Kathy Mudlo
Spring St
Harwich
Nancy Rich
Franklin St
Revere
Mass
Bobbie Nell Everhart
Miss
Walker St
Thomasville
N.C
Brenda Hanks
Stone
Great Bend
Kaw
Sandra Mattert
Box
Wales
Wis
Mary Turnmire
Evelyn Davis
Brenda Vermillion
Matheson
Colo
Simone Kay Huett
Lincoln, Pace
Perry Neal Watson
Old St
Brewton
Ala
Mazie Bryars
Perdido
Paulette Bryars
Jerry Wilson
W. Franklin St
Peru
Ind
John Douglass
E. Franklin St
Carol Blomster
Ingalls St
Lynn
Theresa Hess
Hannon Ave
Mobile
Mary Jane Gomes
Ihumai St
Wailuku
Maui
Hawaii
Linda Jean Taylor
Littledale St
oSelod
ADV
Skep
Yjuou Oy
Syreg
Hlyou
Guomssoud
N.paris
Shamrock
The
United States
Queen Elizabeth II
Country
Berlin
Columbus
Oslo
A Anne
Netherlands
Kemien
Auemieh
Eouvelg
Zoo's Who
Lower
California
Mexico
Gt Ea Rae
Chipmun
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