Echo sounders map undersea peaks to aid safe navigation
The Coast and Geodetic Survey describes echo sounding as a key tool for charting the sea floor. It explains how depth is measured from ships with an echo sounder, hydrophones relay distances, and how undersea mountains like Washington Monument Rock near Alaska pose dangers to mariners.
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Ocean
Arctic
Tropics
Mindanao
Pacific Coast
Washington Monument
Alaska
National Capital
US. Coast and Geodetic Survey
The Dissolving Ring Trick Demonstrated
A magic column describes a routine where an ordinary ring vanishes under a handkerchief. The effect uses a duplicate ring sewn into the handkerchief corner, with the volunteer holding the real ring. The audience sees the ring dissolve as the cloth is shaken and tossed.
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Cate
Dead Man's Float Is First Position In Breast Stroke
The article explains the dead man’s float as the starting pose for the breast stroke, likening it to frog fashion. It covers arm and leg movements, timing, breathing, and the goal of smooth, rhythmic strokes to improve swimming ability and endurance.
Beginners Need Only Three Tools To Do Neat Woodwork
Barbara Dowstain shares a simple beginner guide to woodworking using three basic tools an ice pick a wood chisel and a sharp knife. She outlines wood burning chiseling and carving techniques with tips on materials finishing and safe practices for creating plaques decorations and relief designs.
Camera Shaped Puzzle Tests Word Fit and Focus
Puzzle fans craft a camera shaped crossword with 10 across and down clues. Theme hints include photography terms and word ladder steps changing MILK to FILM in three real-word moves. Completing yields first letter of the word Photography.
Man Refuses Seat To Longstanding Streetcar Passenger
A high school student attempts to yield his seat to a strong-jawed old lady on a streetcar. She insists he stays seated, shoving him back twice more with stubborn refusals. He finally declares he must get off as she has caused him to ride past his stop.
One Day At A Time In School And Life
The editor recalls how learning builds gradually from reading and numbers to a high school diploma. Do today’s task today and tomorrow’s when it comes, and the overall workload becomes manageable, revealing your vast capacity to accomplish.
Turpentine Removes Paint Stains Quickly
Describes a quick method to lift fresh paint stains using turpentine on most fabrics and surfaces. For dried stains scrape with a knife, apply vaseline to soften, then turpentine. on delicate fabrics use alcohol instead.
Riddle Answers and Clues From a Local Page
A fragmented riddle set outlines answers such as a surface that blows up, a farmer’s harvest, a scam twist, a dollar and coins, a tack in your hind, and a maid named Oricon. It ends by inviting readers to send riddles to the newspaper for a prize in Hell print.
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Oricon
Hell
Raspberry Gelatin Mousse for Fans and Players
Noreen Parker of Springfield Massachusetts shares a playful raspberry gelatin dessert recipe titled raspberries a nod to baseball. The method mixes gelatin warm water sugar crushed raspberries juice water whipped cream and folds in berries before chilling in a mold to serve twelve.
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Noreen Parker
Harvard Street
Springfield
Massachusetts
Young cooks invited to share recipes for prize
Readers under eighteen are invited to submit a favorite kitchen recipe to Aunt Peggy at The Kitchenette in care of this newspaper. If printed, the contributor will receive a dollar as a prize.
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Peggy
Money Makers Ray Gunja Sells Seeds for Profit in Kansas City
Twelve year old Ray Gunja of Kansas City Kansas used a gardening season idea to earn money and win a dollar. He ordered seed packages from seed companies, sold them at ten cents each, and planted some seeds to sell the blooming flowers to neighbors. He says profits were high with only thirty or forty cents in packaging costs. His address is 644 Sandusky Street Kansas City Kansas.
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Ray Gunja
Kansas City
Ray
Sandusky Street
Kansas
Modern Fairy Tale Cutouts Triumph of Goldilocks
Goldilocks defies porridge heat and cold as the bears view her bold. She charms them with a winning smile and continues to get by through familiar guile.
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Bears
Goldilocks
Riddles sent to readers tease Boys and Girls Page
Readers are invited to mail their own riddles to the Riddle Man. Five examples appear with authors Harold Manning Bergie Fox Anna Mae Nelson Verna Mae Fultz and Joan Tarver. The page requests submissions and explains mail submission to this newspaper.
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Harold R. Manning
Bergie F. Fox
Anna Mae Nelson
Verna Mae Fultz
Joan of Arc
Joan Tarver
Orators Note A Formal Opening Remark
The speaker addresses the audience with a courteous preface. He begins by saying Ladies and gentlemen and announces a preliminary statement before the main speech.
Helen’s Golf Slump Draws Harsh Mock
A remark from Alice belittles Helen’s golf skills saying she does not know how to hold a club, prompting Mae to question the claim and highlight the taunt about Helen’s skill.
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Alice
Helen
Mae
Famous American Inventors Quiz Questions
In what year did Robert Fulton first sail his steamboat. Who first patented the telegraph. Who invented the sewing machine. What labor saving machine was invented by Cyrus McCormick. What two men invented the telephone simultaneously. When was Thomas A Edison born. Who was known as the Wizard. Which great statesman of our colonial period was also a great scientist.
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America
Robert Fulton
Cyrus McCormick
Thomas A. Edison
Skiing mishap leaves skier banged up after tree strike
Quotations describe a skier who chose a path around a tree and injured himself. The exchange notes the accident and the humorous yet risky moment of indecision while skiing. No further details provided.
Reaper, Inventors, and Pioneers Highlight 19th Century Notes
A compact slate of names including Samuel Morse Filan Howe Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell Edison and Benjamin Franklin for 19th century innovation. Dates 1897 1874 and notable figures are referenced in a fragmented recap.
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Samuel Morse
Filan Howe
the Reaper
Elisha Gray
Alexander Bell
Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Puzzle of Words and Punchlines
A puzzle snippet riffs on wordplay with DEVELOP and two letter pairs, hinting at a dull exposure and mental images. It features a joke about John swallowing film and a greeting card maker losing his job, with a quip about sentiment in business.
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Britain
Wedding Ring Hone Moon Groom Mystery
Puzzle fragments hint at a crossware solution with names and items. Read as a brief note from a social page listing couples, attendants, and a cryptic solution clue. The tone resembles a lighthearted society teaser from an old newspaper column.
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Barbara Dowstain
Franklin Township
Pagina Olis
Indiana
Barbara
Route 9
Indianapolis
Maine
Aunt Peggy
Money Makers
BY Calvin Fader
Egbert
His Pig
Hamlet
Chums
Porky
OINK
Associated Editors
Posers
Poser
Chow Bess
Joon
John
Bright
Rice
Idol
Cook
Elka
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