Beheadings puzzle hints hidden proverb in six lines
Puzzle items ask to behead words to form new meanings and a six line proverb hides the phrase letter by letter. Answers to be printed next week. Proverb puzzle plus a beheading word game challenge readers to reveal the final word and proverb.
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Minth
Answers to Last Week's Puzzles and Enigmas
This item lists solutions to beheadings history conundrums riddles and a letter enigma. It presents the four beheading word twists and four history answers followed by the ocean smoke and mirror riddles and the MOONLIGHT NIGHT letter puzzle solution.
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Richard
the Flying Dutchman
Churchill
Mary, Queen of Scots
Polly's Doctor: Polly Takes a Tumble and Rest
Polly trips and injures her head and goes to bed. Her little doggie misses her while she recovers.
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Polly
Poly
Doggie Dances Cheer Polly Through Illness
Polly, sick and alone, finds joy as a doggie dances and plays a funny trick, making Polly laugh and forget her illness while Rachel Edwards records the moment.
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Polly
Rachel Edwards
Snow Flakes Hold Grand Ice Ball With Family Fun
The Snow Flakes attend a festive snowball with their good mamma and loving Dad. Music is splendid and the crowd is jolly. The young ones flutter about and dance to the music, making the event feel warm despite the cold season.
Sun and children at play in Cincinnati poem notice
Fragmentary verse note from Joseph Feldmann, age 15, Cincinnati Ohio. Readable lines plead for sun to stay and for cheerful day among birds and laughter. No full article context.
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Joseph Feldmann
Cincinnati, O
The Favorite Bear in Town
A short children’s tale recounts a brown haired bear loved by town kids who owns only one coat and wonders if he is unlucky. The story centers on simple kindness toward a friendly bear living among children.
The Time for Boys
A winter themed verse from Minneapolis Journal Jr. highlights boys' winter fun. It contrasts summer activities like fishing with snowball battles forts and ice skating. The poem culminates in Christmas joy and the taste of winter adventures.
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Minneapolis Journal, Jr
Wishbone Plan To Make A Wish Come True
A youthful poem from Youth's Companion describes a child planning to break a dry wishbone and wish for something they need. The narrator contemplates luck whether an end comes from one hand or the other and keeps the wish secret until it comes true.
Archie Roosevelt Plays Sherlock Holmes at White House
Archibald Roosevelt ages into boyish mischief at the White House as he and brother Kerr mock duel with shields. A clerk, playing Sherlock Holmes, guides a playful treasure hunt through Cabinet rooms to recover Archie’s shield, ending with Archie finding the shield hidden behind a desk.
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New York Tribune
Secret Service
Washington
Archibald Roosevelt
White House
Archie
Kermit
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Cortelyou
Archibald
Karl's New Kodak Trials Teach Patience and Pride
Eight year old Karl saves for a Kodak by delivering dinners, running errands, and shoveling snow. He buys the camera after hard work, but struggles with developing the pictures, producing tiny dots and lines. His parents coach him to persevere, and he learns to develop and compile his own photo record by New Year.
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Washington Star
Karl
Kodak
Kar
Deacon Jarvis
Kodek
Express
Baby
Hilda
Hilday
Father
Sonny
Mother
Impertinent Piggie and Tall Giraffe Poem
A playful exchange between a little piggie and a tall giraffe ends with the giraffe lifting the pig by the ear. The scene unfolds with the piggie squealing loudly as onlookers imagine the weather from high above. The piece is credited to Helena Davis.
Mina Bird of Hindoostan Reigns in Bold Vanity
In a St Nicholas tale the Mina bird boasts of wealth from a cowry shell and outshines a Rajah. The Rajah seizes then restores the shell, deeming the bird’s braggadocio harmless as the bird continues to trumpet its grandeur.
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Archie Roosevelt
Piggie
Helena Davis
Oggoglos
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St. Nicholas
Mina
Hindoostan