Four Leaf Clovers Power Panama Canal Story
Charles Daniels, electrical engineer and horticulturist, supplies millions of four leaf clovers for the Panama Canal Zone telephony project and gifts. His process produces pressed green clovers used on cards, jewelry, and premiums, with a press that preserves chlorophyll for years.
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Panama Canal
Uncle Sam
Charles T. Daniels
Mr. Daniels
Charles Daniels
Canal Zone
Daniels
Niels
Dan
Engles
York
Ant
Panama Farm
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Houdini
Alys
Caian
England
Tng
Making an Army Pup-Tent Roomier With Simple Additions
Campers can expand a regulation army pup-tent by using old boards and stakes between two trees to form side and back walls or by using long poles and evergreen boughs for side coverings. The setup increases space for two cots, sheds rain, and can be closed with duck curtains or kept open to enjoy evenings by a fire.
Sunday School Cook Teases About Firecoals Pun
A Sunday School scene has a chef chiding Willie for cruel talk to a playmate. The child replies with a cheeky pun about heaping coals of fire on his head.
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Willie
Florist guarantees bloom promise with satisfaction policy
Customer asks about a century bloom in a vase while the florist asserts confidence in the bloom. If the arrangement fails to meet expectations, the florist offers a return or refund as stated.
Poetic Pack of Wildlife Collective Nouns
The line lists playful collective nouns for animals and asks for a correct continuation. It mentions geese stairs cattle pups wolves fish and seeks a fitting plural label for a group of paper or other creatures. The prompt blends whimsy with standard collective noun patterns.
Potpourri Jar or Sachet Makes Lovely Homemade Gift
Grandmother called it potpourri and mother called it sachet. Gather small petal blossoms in morning dew, dry fully in salt, then layer with spice mixture in jars. Add dried lavender and orris root for fragrance. ripen sealed, then uncover to scent rooms. Small sachets from the jar impart lingering aroma.
War Bond Youth Turns 100 Percent Saver
Kenneth Mack of Blooming ton California 11 years old writes about his farm chickens and his pledge to save all his wages in War Stamps. He earned 25 cents a week plus a 75 cent allowance and bought Bonds with his savings. One dollar in War Stamps is sent as this week’s prize for his war effort.
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Kenneth Mack
Rt. 1
Bloomington
Calif
Kenneth
Wings For Youth Wings For Youth
A tribute to pioneers of aviation including Lowell Yerex and Juan Terry Trippe. Describes Yerex’s Honduras air transport venture and Trippe’s role in creating Pan American Airways and global air routes. Mentions Grant McConnachie and others as bold explorers shaping early air history.
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Lowell Yerex
Honduras
Central America
Pan American Airways
Juan Terry Trippe
Trippe
Yale
Long Island
Pan American
Germany
Lufthansa
South America
America
Orient
Africa
Globe
Grant McConnachie
Simple Homemade Flagstand Holds A Trio of Banners
Instructions describe making a decorative flagstand from wood scraps for Flag Day. Build two circular layers, glue, let dry, drill a center hole for a flagpole, and two side holes for angled flag supports. Sand edges and finish with white or ivory stain or paint.
Matching posers prompt puzzle
A set of eight word pairs asks to pair the second column words so they oppose the first column words. The list includes Flock Bees, Flight Cattle, Herd Fish, Litter Geese, Pack Pups, Ream Stairs, School Paper, Swarm Wolves. Solve by matching opposites in each line.
Save Those Dimes and Quarters and Buy War Stamps
Public wartime appeal urges citizens to save dimes and quarters for war stamps. Community messages emphasize thrift drives and patriotic fundraising to support military efforts. Citizens encouraged to contribute through local posts and banks.
Slugger Still Swinging at Forty On The Diamond
A veteran ballplayer proclaims he remains a strong hitter at forty while the manager notes fielding vigor is equally vital to his value on the team.
The Way to Walk
A brief guide to proper walking techniques explains posture, stride, and arm movement. It urges standing tall, stepping with the right foot first, keeping steps natural, and avoiding stooping to improve posture and ease of movement during hiking season.
Make Your Own Decal Transfers At Home
Learn how to create decal transfers using simple starch gelatine and lacquer methods. Instructions cover coating heavy paper with gelatine and starch, applying drawings, sealing with lacquer, and transferring to chinaware furniture or windows. Submit recipes to Aunt Peggy for a chance to win a dollar. entrants must be under 18.
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Peggy
Musical themed party quiz game ideas and sample questions
A guide to running a music based quiz game with cards pencils and timed rounds. Sample questions cover Metropolitan stars conductors and opera singers, with answers like Lawrence Tibbett Grace Moore Gladys Swarthout Andre Kostelanetz Lily Pons and Bing Crosby.
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Lawrence Tibbett
Grace Moore
Gladys Swarthout
Andre Kostelanetz
Lily Pons
John Charles Thomas
Bing Crosby
Riddles and Punchlines From Local Contributors
Riddles from Lyla Mae Correll Inez Holder Ann Riggs Charlotte Marshall and Dolores Reinhard are collected with playful lines. The verses compare cats nine lives to a mystery factor and joke about time music muffins liars and more reflecting local humor.
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Inez Holder
Lyla Mae Correll
O Ann Riggs
Smith
Charlotte Marshall
Dolores Reinhard
Choose Breeds Best Suited to Your Need When Raising Chicks
Olin O Evans outlines breed options for broilers layers and capons. He notes rocks reds wyandottes and crosses for broilers and leghorns Anconias high egg bred rocks and wyandottes for layers. He highlights bantams cochins brahmas cornish hamburgs polish silkie mille fleurs as ornamental and hobby birds.
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Holland
Belgium
Novel Target Game Shoots Balls From Catapult
Instructions describe building a yard game using a foot powered catapult and paddle to launch balls toward a 10 by 10 foot target. Players flick a ball from a jar lid at the end of the arm, aiming to land inside the target area for 10 points per ball. Five balls per turn per player, with high score after five turns winning.
Harlequin Salad From Leftovers
Joyce Arth of 427 Wolf Street Edwardsville Illinois shares a quick recipe for Harlequin Salad using cabbage peas beets and carrot with French dressing. The reader wins a prize of 1.00 in War Stamps for contributing this week's dish. Serves six.
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Joyce Arth
Wolf Street
Edwardsville
Ilinois
Riddle Answers From The Riddle Man
Riddle Man offers five answers: 1 a man who can hold up a dozen or more cars with one hand. 2 a frog that croaks every night. 3 a calendar. 4 he is not Brown. 5 they is still. Readers are invited to send more riddles to the newspaper.
Albatross Uses Taxi Start to Lift From Ocean
A natural history note explains how the albatross, the largest water bird, leverages a taxiing takeoff. It spreads its enormous fourteen foot wings, runs along the water with webbed feet, and gathers speed to lift off, mirroring an airplane’s rise.
Puzzle Answers from the Picture Age Gram
Puzzle items list several wordplay lines with examples such as rat star tears skater and wave wane wand hand band bond bone pone pol, plus clues like sighed side and Gavel formed from Gale and V, then spag and jadd forming pansy.
Flag Day wordplay and mixed crossword clues
The item notes Flag Day with a star emblem and provides two word-chain puzzles changing terms, plus a fill-in-the-blanks crossword with numerous clue pairs. It includes a wind related four letter word puzzle, and a bridge themed anagram exercise.
Willie Claims Teacher Unaware of Rule Against Striking
A boy named Willie asks his father to write to the teacher about a rule he recalls about not striking someone smaller. The father confirms the rule and Willie wishes the teacher knew of it.
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Willie
Father
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