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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1907
Page
20
An open-face summer camp guide describes choosing a dry site near water, building a simple shelter, and ditching roof drainage. It lists gear from mess boxes and matches to cooking utensils and dishes, stressing minimal comforts and hearty outdoor living for boys. It concludes with the belief that a few weeks outdoors freshens many students and yields healthier, more robust youths.
A ten letter riddle spells a famous battle from history. Each clue picks a letter present in the first word but absent in the second, yielding a complete name tied to a well known conflict.
A classic riddle describes the air traveling everywhere by day and night, busy in darkness and light, loved by all yet unseen, accompanying people daily both night and day, without ever revealing a face.
Minnie and Pearl Reese guard their farm while their parents are away. After warning to stay vigilant for tramps, the girls improvise a plan when a convict escapes nearby. Minnie confronts the intruder at the gate while Pearl signals neighbors and seeks help from distant farmers to corner the danger and secure the house.
Minnie and Pearl act cool when an escaped convict hides in a pantry in farmer Jones’s house. The intruder threatens violence, but Jones and his hired man confront him as the two girls secretly aid authorities. Officials credit the girls with preventing a deadly escape.
Lucy, left in charge by her mother, unlocks the front hall door to invite Maggie, then frets over the risk while a visitor delays. After a half hour away, she confesses the disobedience to her forgiving mother, learning honesty and remorse.
A planter working in a wealthy woman's home witnessed the mistress direct the butler to lock away valuable silver. The plumber then entrusted his watch and purse to an assistant with instructions to give them to his wife, signaling suspected dishonesty within the house.
The article advises minimal handling of pigeons and proper housing. It recommends warm, well ventilated, clean lofts rather than small rooftop nests, and outlines a safe pen design for cities. A pigeon diet from a noted raiser includes wheat, cracked corn, keffir corn, Canada peas, millet, charcoal, and hempseed, with regular feeding times and ample water, gravel, and oyster shells.
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