My Friend Flicka in Wyoming Ranch Tale
Tenyearold Ken McLaughlin chooses a wild mare ally despite his father’s disapproval and his school struggles. Flicka is hurt trying to jump the corral fence, prompting the captain to spend ten dollars on her medicine. Ken learns his future schooling costs far more than the gelding’s care.
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Ken McLaughlin
Wyoming
Ken
Flicka
Captain McLaughlin
Nell
McLaughlin
Howard
Cheyenne
Laramie
Lincoln Highway
Castle Rock Meadow
Highboy
Gypsy
Flicka and the Hay Crew On the Wyoming Ranch
Ken faces school penalties while nursing Flicka the yearling. The ranch raceborn drama spills into chores and wildcat fears as Nell clings to calm, Rob asserts control, and a town trip offers a temporary escape.
Lesson for August 8 Lerron subjects and Scripture texts
Instructional card notes for August 8 focusing on Lerron subjects and Scripture texts. This item appears as a religious education prompt from the International Council of Religious Education with usage rights claimed.
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International Council of Religious Education
God Guides Believers Through Trials to Victory
A sermon on Exodus 13 17 22 and 15 2 explains that God has a plan and provides guidance through daily steps rather than shortcuts. It emphasizes trusting God amid trials, highlights Moses leadership, and urges believers to stand still and see deliverance, moving forward with God’s win.
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Israel
Egypt
God
Moses
Christ
Mediterranean
Canaan
Joseph
Red Sea
Pharaoh
Vacation gas questions reveal wartime ration rules
In this Q and A style piece, readers ask about vacation trips during gas rationing. Topics include travel distance, certified quotas and speedometer readings, vacation validations, alternative transportation, and pooling gas. The dialogue blends official rules with sharp wartime humor.
ASK ME ANOTHER General Quiz item
Contumacious describes stubborn disobedience. The Suez Canal has one set of locks. Above the Stars and Stripes may fly the Union Jack flag of the United States Navy. Makepeace as a middle name belonged to the writer William Makepeace Thackeray. Paris mortally wounded Achilles in the heel. Hedonism is the pursuit of pleasure. Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba. A majority of presidents have been lawyers. Lawrence of Arabia was T E Shaw. Regular air mail service began in 1918.
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Suez Canal
United States Navy
Makepeace
Paris
Achilles
Cuba
Lawrence of Arabia
The Answers Quiz Pack Recounts Notable Facts
A set of quiz items presents ten entries with topics spanning rebellious behavior a sea level Suez Canal, the church pennant, Thackeray, the heel, utilitarian hedonism, Columbus, lawyers, I. BE. Shaw, and a 1918 New York to Washington route.
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Suez Canal
William Makepeace Thackeray
Columbus
I. BE. Shaw
New York
Washington
Housewives Urged To Turn in Waste Fats For War Use
Donald M. Nelson of WPB warns that acute fat and grease shortages persist as glycerine demand rises for military needs. While six of ten housewives save fats, only three in ten deliver them to meat dealers or locker operators, so they should strain fats into clean cans and promptly take them to collection points.
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Germany
Hitler
Iaa
Izzat
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Early Permanent Waving Practices At Cleopatra's Time
Egyptian women in Cleopatra's era reportedly practiced methods resembling permanent waving of hair. The text notes historical beauty practices and societal attitudes toward hair styling in ancient Egypt.
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Cleopatra
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MY Friend
Aby Mary Charlie Maal
Rob
Robi
Tim
Crosby's Land
Nelly
Uniform International Unday
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Ration Board
OPA
Adolf
Ste
United States
Scotland
Yau Ca
Begoodrich
NAS
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