Music Loving Couple Teach a Lesson in Generosity
A desert mission tale recounts Alexis and his wife, the poorest parishioners of a church serving Indians and Mexicans, who scrape together twenty five cents from gathering hedgehog cactus berries and selling them at a market to fund music for their church. The story, told by a visiting missionary, highlights faith, sacrifice, and community aid in a sun baked borderland setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Desert
Alexis
Agnes Dustin
Feathered friends hidden in puzzle clues series
Puzzle page presents four birds with vowels removed. Solve by restoring names, aided by Cartoonist Cal’s hint. Read bird names backwards if needed. Puzzle Pete centers a word diamond with clues like health resort and items tied to a bow, plus a sparrow as focal point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
Pete
Crossword Clue Packet Entry
Puzzle style clues list with numbered hints covering birds, animals, body parts, seasons, sports gear, and metal terms. Includes downs and across style prompts like rights eternity fox and compass point, forming a wordplay grid.
Florist Shop Keeps Me Enraptured By Enola Chamberlin
I like to go by the florist shop, I walk very slowly and often stop. Orchids purple and lilies white, Roses red invite me to look and look and look and then stop awhile longer and look again. Daffodil and violet, Gardenias with their petals wet. Carnation, Iris, lacey fern. How can I help when I leave but turn around and around and around, and then stop and look and look again. Oh the nicest place in our town, the florist shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnation
Iris
Lacey Fern
Health Museum showcases lungs and living body displays
At Cleveland Health Museum two boys test a lung capacity machine while other exhibits highlight animal care, disease risks, and a famed Juno the Talking Transparent Woman. The museum, opened in 1940, is among America's first health attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Museum
Cleveland
Ohio
Ani
Juno
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
United States
Weldon D. Woodson
Hidden kitchen items in word clues
Puzzle lists eight items hidden in words. Each clue hides an article found in kitchens: 1 pail appears in April, 2 match in checkmate, 3 sink in kittens, 4 stove in voters, 5 table in bleats, 6 bowl in wobble, 7 chair in arching, 8 pan in Naples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Diamond worth rises with weight squared
The value of diamonds grows with the square of weight, not size. A 3 carat stone is worth nine times a 1 carat stone of the same quality. Large stones depend on market demand. the Cullinan, unearthed in 1905, drew no near offers and was gifted to King Edward VII for the Crown Jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Edward VII of
England
Gourd Family Story Highlights Curbitaceae
Cu curbitaceae or gourd family is discussed with notes on its diverse members and curious characteristics in a concise overview. The text signals interest in plant classification and invites further exploration of gourds and related species.
Pen Pals and Gourds Across Time
A reader participation feature invites youths to send name address and age to Captain Hal for a pen pal club. The page then shifts to a meditation on gourds, tracing their roles from ancient Egypt to World War I oil filters, and detailing Mexican and general uses, decorations, and the lore of charm strings tied with raffia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Days Ball Game Named After The Week
The leader bounces a ball against a wall and calls a day of the week. Seven players, each named for a day, participate. If Monday is called and the player fails to catch, he drops out. If he catches, he returns the ball and the game continues until all drop out or no more catches are possible.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Young Astronauts
Ok Paenass
Bae Free
al Hee
Treasury Department
Wadkcaj
Ssortabla
Laundrac Kral
Zoo
Mnokvia
Enola Chamberlin
Gourd
Captain Hal
Michell Louis
Broad Blvd
Cuyahoga Falls
Tammy Beardsley
Norwood Ave
Barberton
John Hryh
Ridge Rd
North Royalton
Nancy Chiswell
E. Clinton St
Doylestown
Marcella Rigby
Bell St
Akron
Janice Houger
Clemmer
Cindy Swanger
Orchard St
Mogadore
Kathy Swift
Fishcreek
Stow
Louise Loomis
Cranberry Dr
Northfield
Penny Campbell
W. Nimisila
Dennis Heritage
State Rt
Streetsboro
Linda Alston
Box
Gilbertown
Ala
Pat Panczyszyn
Carmel Rd
R.D
Millville
N.J
Jane Gaudet
Holyoke St
Lynn
Mass
Susan Finigan
Jersey St
Marblehead
Carol Angelo
Rosalie Romanik
Rachel Holloway
E. Broadway
Linda Johnson
Renville
Minn
Pat Duncan
Kalispell
Mont
Virginia Duncan
Sheila Walker
Osage St
Mobile
Robert Gallas
Fairfield Ave
Michigan City
Ind
Pat Denis
Orange St
Lewiston
Tom Crimer
Maple St
Box 1
Renton
Brandal Wimberly
Industrail
Jackson
Susan Kazmuch
Hobart St
Garland Sessions
Hale St
Chicksaw
Sue Billeau
Newbury St
Nashua
N.H
Donna Guerriero
Alley St
Linda Bosley
Keyser
W. Va
Althea Passer
Wilbur Ave
Kingston
N.Y
Fileen Ladewig
Pewaukee Rd
Waukesha
Wis
Jonah
Haiti
Christophe
George Scarbd
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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!