Indian Head penny portrait born of a 10 year old girl
The face on the Indian Head penny is Sarah Longacre, a 10 year old girl. Philadelphia Mint officials sought a penny design in 1835 offering a $1000 prize. James Longacre’s daughter wore an Indian plume at a visit from western chiefs, inspiring the winning sketch later used on the coin.
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Penny
Sarah Longacre
Philadelphia Mint
Andrew Jackson
Philadelphia
James B. Longacre
Sarah
Henry N. Ferguson
Weightless Up Or Down End In A Flying Circle
Walter B. Hendrickson Jr explains how weightlessness confuses sense of up and down. In centrifugal and zero gravity tests at Wright Air Development Command astronauts learn orientation when upright, but tumble and lose direction on ceilings. Over a thousand weightless flights in C-131B planes show 13 to 15 seconds of floating space.
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Outer Space
Earth
Space
WADC
Wright Air Development Command
Remember Strawberries and the Train Visit
Dean plans a trip with his mother to meet the train after helping with strawberries. He pauses play with Alice’s kittens and Jack to come home, but forgets. His mother leaves to meet the train and he learns the lesson that the time to stop wrong is at the beginning, so next time he will focus on the important things.
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Dean
Alice
Jack
Dorien K. Miles
Easter Puzzle Reveals White Flower on Easter
A riddle hints at letters common to pearls but not stone and ribs but not bones, love but not fame, toy but not game, leading to a white Easter flower. The solution clues point to a flower name likely seen on Easter, ending with a faded or garbled last segment Av] :79Msay.
Missing Word Pairs Puzzle Teaser
A brain teaser lists familiar expressions with one missing word in the right column. Each numbered item shows a common phrase pair like LOCK and BARREL, STOP and LISTEN, Hop and JUMP, FIRST and ALWAYS, HEALTHY and WISE, HERE and EVERYWHERE, BEG or STEAL, EAT and be MERRY, FISH or FOWL, HOOK and SINKER. The scrambled and abbreviated strings at the end seem to be garbled remnants or ciphered clues.
Bobby’s Mother Queries His Kitchen Activity Joke
Laugh Corner tone as a mother calls from upstairs asking what Bobby is doing in the kitchen. He replies nothing with a hammer. The exchange showcases a classic punning setup and punchline.
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Bobby
Puzzle Pete hides four Massachusetts authors in a diamond
Four famous Massachusetts authors have their names jumbled in Puzzle Pete’s word diamond. CAPECOD is a noted resort area. clues include a light knock a small candle and a nickname for Ronald as part of the puzzle, plus an across and down crossword with multiple short definitions.
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Massachusetts
Puzzle Pete
Cape Cod
Ronald
Cal
Going Shopping Game: a fun classroom guessing activity
The game divides players into teams of four to six. Each group selects one item to shop for and designates a shopper. Opposing groups ask yes or no questions to deduce the item, and the first group to guess correctly wins.
Puzzle Answers Decode and Rebus Style List
A garbled puzzle list presents strings and shifted letter groups such as sla Mel and monikers like MONALNAS GaTannaer and GNOMIG Suruuey. The read suggests a wordplay key, cipher, or obfuscated answers likely requiring decryption steps. Readers may solve by recognizing patterns, letter substitutions, or cross words.
Captain Hal seeks pen pals from across the nation
A pen pal list invites readers to send name address and age to Captain Hal care of the newspaper. Multiple children from Ohio Virginia Wisconsin New York and other states provide names ages and hometowns, requesting letters from boys and girls nationwide, with interests spanning hobbies and geography.
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Hal
North Carolina
Gary Starr
Bridger Jr
Akron
Ohio
Newspaper Enterprise Association Material Note
Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited by permission of Newspaper Enterprise Association. Printed in USA.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
USA
Make Your Own Costumes from Clean Paper Bags
Simple guide by Marion Ullmark shows how to turn dry cleaner bags into costumes. For Robin Hood, cut a head hole and armholes, trim above knees, add a belt, paint bright green, and wear. For an Indian princess, cut and fringe the bag, tie with brown cord, and decorate with symbols.
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Robin Hood
Moon Cake by Frances Gorman Risser
A short verse where the wind forms a moon cake placed high in the midnight sky. Night after night star mice nibble away at the cake until it is all gone, leaving a whimsical image of the sky.
Wastebasket Decorating Is Fun
A simple project guides making decorative wastepaper baskets from a heavy cardboard box. Cover with overlapping magazine pictures or wallpaper, then tailor baskets by recipient. Suggestions include cowboy and sports imagery for a boy's room, making the baskets useful gifts.
Cookie Jump Party Game From Far East and Armenia
This brief describes a traditional party game called Cookie Jump. Tie cookies to red strings at varying heights in a doorway, line up players with hands behind their backs, and have them jump to reach the cookies. The first to eat their cookie wins.
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Far East
Armenia
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T. Benda
Sam
H. Hanna
OL “Ysay
Capecod
Chicago
Baba
Edward
Pete
Gloucester
Syurg
Monalnas
Aspaq Wird ‘Produod
Wales
Uosog
SAGA
Slasnhovssvin
Capt
Texas
Becky Firth
S. Munroe Rd
Tallmadge
Capt. Hal
Darlene Sue Gammell
Medina St
Rittman
Carold Paulus
Myrna Blvd
Kent
Cindy Wieboldt
Cove Creek Farm
N. Garden
Linda Jo Adams
State St
Citronelle
Ala
Susan Wilkie
W. Moreland
Waukesha
Wis
Steven Wilkie
W. Moreland Blvd
Linda Necaise
Alma Ave
Bay St
St. Louis Miss
Peggy Sears
Hurley Ave
Lake Placid
N.Y
Debby Casselman
N. Barton St
New Buffalo
Mich
Andrea Meneilly
Box
Chesterton
Ind
Mildred Ford
Utica St
Denver
Colo
Dick Bonde
Nome St
Aurora
Eleanor Mennitto
Forest Ave
New Kensington
Dana Little
Weeks Ave
Superior
Frances Michele Mennitto
Marion Ullmark
Frances Gorman Risser
Zoo's Who
George Scarbo
Saat Ake
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