Discoverers on the Huckleberry Hill Adventure
Theodore and Dorothy lead a group of neighborhood children Otis Nellie Peck Sheldon and Freda Andrews in a berry picking quest. They earn money for new travelers Donald McGrath and Rosa and plan to bring them from New York for a visit.
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Theodore
Dorothy
Palboa
Pacific Ocean
Otis Savage
Nellie Savage
Otis
New York
Tie
Donald
Ain
Ieodore
Usu
Nelle
Peck
Sheldons
I'reda Andrewa
Nellie
Mrs. Coates
Rosa
Coates
Mr. Coates
Pecks
Freda Andrews
Fairy Tale Told by the Rose
In a warm summer night a full blown rose tells a sleeping rosebud of a princess rose in an enchanted garden. A caterpillar loves the princess, gains a fairy gift, becomes a golden butterfly, and wins the princess with a kiss, living happily ever after.
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Mother
Green Palace
Washington Star
Story of an Indian Boy with Peaches
An anecdote from Mr. Weld’s How Our Grandfathers Lived describes Nekig the Little Otter dining at Detroit. The nine or ten year old Indian bites a peach without peeling it, receives a quiet rebuke for lacking proper observation, and shows the Indians’ politeness in response to social expectations.
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Isaac Weld
Mr. Weld
Nekig
Little Otter
Detroit
Child Reprimand Over Dinner Etiquette at Host House
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt describes a boy ashamed of a minor error in slicing fruit, then grimacing at a drink he dislikes. The father scolds him, saying he will never become a great man or a good warrior if he dislikes the host’s offerings, while the boy finishes his drink with a forced smile.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Transpositions puzzle answers
Transpose a vegetable and make an animal that resembles man a tool for piercing and make a statute a con junction and make a large vessel used for aushing a body of fresh water and make a hole or fissure that lets a fluid in or out the home of a wild beast and make a boy's nickname. Answers: Pea-ape awl-law but-tub lake-leak den-ned.
Puzzling Puzzles and Word Charades Digest
Key to Puzzledom entries present a mix of wordplay including anagram Catastrophe and charades with Mayflower phantom and Annie May. Orthographical puzzle links War eh ouse warehouse. Nation Puzzle lists Finland Italy Siberia Denmark Cuba. Divided Words feature Artichoke marigold herring father. Riddle Life hints at a concluding prompt.
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May
Flower
Fan
Tom
Phantom
Ann
Annie
Shun
War
Ouse
Warehouse
Finland
Italy
Siberia
Denmark
Cuba
The Eskimo Boy Sling And A Fatal Fall From The Beam
In the Far North, Eskimo youth make ke lo iy tow tin slings to hunt ducks as vast flocks migrate east of Point Barrow Alaska. A tale unfolds as two boys fall from a beam. the elder releases the younger to save himself, and both plummet to death on the stone floor.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Noble Youth Record of Heroism in Oxford Library
A Bodleian Library note recounts a boy's brave action when two youths exploring St. Leonard's church in Bridgeworth fell into danger after a beam gave way. The incident highlights self sacrifice as a child’s quick response potentially saved lives.
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Bodleian Library
Oxford
St. Leonard's Church
Bridgeworth
Trained Horses Through History In Circuses
The article notes that many feats by modern trained horses echo ancient practices such as dancing on hind legs and mock battles. It recalls a historic trick where a horse walked a three sided braided rope stretched above the ground, maintaining balance.
Curtailings Puzzle Clue Trio Reveals Wordplay Patterns
A cryptic trio of curtailment clues: 1 retire the pleasant temperature to expose a fierce male clash. 2 shorten an angle to yield a grain form twice over. 3 cut the word for a parent twice to form a destructive insect.
The Little Great Men of History
The piece argues that height seldom correlates with greatness, listing figures like Alexander the Great Confucius Socrates and Napoleon with their actual statures. It notes many small men who achieved fame including Drake Keppel Cromwell and Edison, concluding that brains matter more than size.
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Alexander the Great
Confucius
Socrates
St. Paul
Alexander the Great Great
Philip of
Macedon
Agesilaus
Attila
Theodoric II
Cassidorus
Aetius
Roman Empire
Valentinian
Timour
Tartar
Asia
Conde
Marshal Luxembourg
Louis XIV
Louis the Great
Sir Francis Drake
Admiral Keppel
Little Kxeppel
Oliver Cromwell
Claverhouse
Mohammed
Napoleon Bonaparte
Iron Duke
Nelson
Waterloo
McClellan
Grant
Sheridan
Edison
Jay Gould
Catching the Snake tail game and Zuni clay toys
A description of Catching the Snake's Tail a line tag game with a catcher at distance aiming to seize the tail while players shield the end without breaking the line. It also notes Zuni Indians making clay toys including dolls goats frogs cows and birds that warble when filled and blown.
A Forgotten Land of Polite Children
A wry note ponders a vanished country once noted for its courteous children. Geographers may have forgotten its name, but the idea lingers as a playful historical what if.
Dinner Time Rules For Willie And Family
A short verse from St. Nicholas frames a family dinner scene. Children race to the bell for hot meals while father carves, and Willie’s plate returns unfinished. Mother enforces appetite before dessert, promising ice cream on Sundays.
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St. Nicholas
Puzzle Page Teases Wordplay and Legions of Riddles No 72
A collage of riddles and word games from Youth's Companion features acrostics, transpositions, and transformations. It includes a large English city clue and puzzles about steeples, moons, and sea lore, inviting readers to solve linguistic twists.
Bird Puzzle and Riddle
A bittersweet riddle hints at something nice and sweet not edible. It can be short or long but has no dimension, is not useful or pretty or wise, yet holds value to those who give or take, without costing a cent.
Omitted Word Reveals a Candid Trade Card Tale
A fragmented 19th century note describes TM promising to secure goods for an errand. The clerk is to decide if other items can be delivered immediately. The narrator plans quick tasks and equips a stout guard, hinting at danger during a daytime errand.
Word Puzzles and Clues From The Week
A column of brain teasers lists homonyms such as bated baited and a set of riddles including a bird puzzle with grackie kinglet plover and goldfinch. Other items include an omitted word bill and curtailings like Warm and Corner plus a riddle about a kiss.
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Coral
Carol
Germany
Grackie
Finch
Bill
Mother
A riddle on habits and manners from Youth's Companion
A puzzle poem sets three partial clues for a word that means a habit to avoid and cure. The riddle uses door to door charity seeking, vulgarity, bonds, negatives, and manners while warning against excess and urging moderation. The companion text features verse about pleasing and tiring the ear and palate.
Alphabetical Order Riddles From a Historic Column
A newspaper puzzle asks readers to identify pairs or triples of letters that form common abbreviations. It lists tasks such as two consecutive letters indicating a college degree and two letters abbreviating an ancient date, with several other cryptic clues.
Anagram No 1277 UM SAD EVENT SIR
A verse tale describes Grave Justice Owl hunting rats beside a wheat stack under moonlight. The owl traps a rat that admits recognizing the trap was meant for him, and the rat is later snapped up by Tim the brindle cat.
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Owl
Tim
Riddling Verse and Codes From An Old Puzzle Page
An 1880s style puzzle page presents a riddle about a cloak or shield toy and a mossy or hairy item worn on a back. It includes numeric ciphers mapping to words such as a young person a shrub an aromatic herb and a flexible object. A famous hymn name emerges from the alphabet. Reynolds comments on painting postal cards.
Riddie Riddle Reveals a Classic Girl Name
Read me backward and forward says Tem is always the same and familiar. The riddle hints at a girl's old-fashioned name Anng understood as a playful reversal of gendered naming styles.
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Riddie
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Wones
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Willie
England
Erief
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