Life’s Work Started as Hobby for Clara Crisler
In Carson City Nevada Blind Clara Crisler directed helpers to cut clippings from papers for a vast library begun at age nine. The collection grew to 66 years of work, with hundreds of clipping files across many topics. After moving to Reno the library became a state museum archive, run by Native Daughters of Nevada with the Nevada Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
Clara Crisler
Lincoln
Nevada Federation of Wom
Crisler
State of Nevada
Museum of the State Historial Society
Reno
Native Daughters of Nevada
Nevada Historical Society
Walter Schirra Father of a Space Pioneer
Walter Schirra's son Walter III, age 12, hopes to follow his father into space. The article traces Schirra's career from barnstorming parents in Hackensack New Jersey to Navy pilot, Korean War hero, test pilot, and NASA Project Mercury astronaut. It notes his 6 orbit flight on October 3 1962 and his family.
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Walter Marty Schirra III
Walter Marty Schirra
Shi-Rah
Shirra
Schirra
Pio
7Th Fleet
United States
Pensacola
Fla
Walter Ili
Josephine
China Lake
Calif
Lexington
Pacific
Naval Air Safety Officer School
University of Southern California
Naval Air Test Center
Patuxent
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Suzanne
Scott Carpenter
Walter B. Hendrickson Jr
Dangerous Porcupines Kill A Cougar In California
A hunter in a forested California area finds a dead mountain lion with porcupine quills driven into its brain. The ranger explains porcupines defend with bristling quills that can injure or kill attackers, though they rarely threaten humans. The article portrays porcupines as dangerous to predators and protective of themselves.
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Sam Melstrom
California
Sam
Porky
Pen Pal Requests From Captain Hal’s Readers
Newspaper prints a call for pen pals with reader names and ages. Kevin Bower age 10 from Doylestown Kathleen Falcon age 11 from Cuyahoga Falls Karen Thompson age 13 from Paris Martha Conley age 10 from Tallmadge Sue Caro age 13 from Akron Betty McDonald age unknown from Canton
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Hal
Kevin Bower
Church St
Doylestown
Ohio
Kathleen Falcon
12Th St
Cuyahoga Falls
Karen Thompson
Beechwood Ave
Paris
Martha Conley
Hughes Dr
Tallmadge
Sue Caro
Gaylord Dr
Akron
Betty McDonald
Wildwood
Canton
Cindy Hodgin
Cherry Lane
Graham
N.C
Coleen Spence
Hukaiau Ranch
Paouillo
Hawaii
Cindy Collings
Stonewood Lane
Lynn
Mass
Linda Ingel
Gibsonville
Box
Sue Cain
Altamahaw
Henry Ramp
Sierra Nevada St
Stockton
Calif
Melanie Cuneo
San Andreas
Joan Piacentine
P.O
Linden
Jonathan Rohrer
Maple Ave
Linda Waddell
Gary Fischer
Colonial Blvd
Andrea Peloso
23Rd St
Jim Chiptes
Mike Macrides
St. Elmo
John Byrd
Snyder Ave
Mike Wojak
Pamela Harman
28Th St
Robert Davis
Farmdale
William Davis
Marco Melnyk
Mogadore Rd
Kent
Bonnie Berger
Fifth St
Strasburg
Kathy de Vaul
la Roy
Jane Simmons
Alliance
Pam McKee
Fredericksburg
Barbara Hoover
Warrick Pl
Clarence Moore
W. North St
Ernest Wilson
Barber Rd
Barberton
Brain Teaser Reverse Clues Challenge
A brain teaser puzzle asks to reverse words to form new meanings. Each clue links a reversed form to a second word and yields pairs like snug guns and other wordplay outputs.
Letter to March by Kay Cammer
A playful verse laments March's wind that blows through April and frightens flowers. The speaker begs the season to travel across the sea and return next year with calmer days.
Word puzzle column offers letter chain and word triangle
A quirky word game asks to change POOR to FAIR in five single letter steps with valid words each step. It notes Puzzle Pete’s clues and a hidden word triangle based on a lottery theme and a suggestive phrase about a new king.
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Pete
I Think I’d Like to Be a Twin Poem
A light verse by Frances Gorman Risser imagines the playful chaos of twins. The speaker muses on how knowing and being mistaken for a twin could be fun yet confusing, questioning which one is truly herself.
How Well Do You Spell Misspelled Letter Corrections
Aunt Mary writes Jimmie about lichen, giving a playful spelling quiz with 21 misspelled words. The note lists corrected forms from patches to receives and ends by asking to name other symbiotic examples.
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Jimmie
Spring clothespin letter clip craft idea
A simple desk clip crafts project using a spring type clothespin. Paint with flat white, let dry, then apply enamel in a favorite color. Add wallpaper or fabric for decoration and place a name and address sticker or colorful decal in the center.
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En's Clubs
State of
Nevada
Grace Staples
Astronaut Walter Schirra
Navy
154Th
US. Air Force
Squadron 154
States
Helen Seymour
Baby
Capt. Hal
Suggs Vallv Aalvng
Asnid Svadl
Guvnds Dyom
Ayallot YwaIdval
Adavds
Lvds Las
usIas
Uidi
Tey
Samitv
ANNOS
Kathy Starkey
Paris Ave
Louisville
Sue Kirkland
Wesleyan Ave
Karen Bailes
Amherst St
Brian Chiswell
E. Clinton St
Shirley Cool
Hillcrest
Shirley Anderson
R.D
Ashland
Patricia DeWade
Friend St
Linda Jaschik
Brave Park Rd
Baltimore
Barbara Jenkins
N. Delphine Ave
Waynesboro
Via
Gyomssouod
Land
Dual
Nomad
Damon
Sleep
Peels
Spar
Time
Emit
Ram
Mar
Pat
Tap
Room
Moor
Gar
Rag
Keep
Peek
Kay Cammer
Republic
WORD
Frances Gorman Risser
Zoo’s Who
George
Africa
KIVEV
South Africa
Newspaper Enterprise Association
USA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!