Skunky Sees Red at Greenamount High
Johnny Beton, star of Greenamount High, clashes with teammates as a nickname sparks a brawl. After a party tale of a skunk nickname surfaces, Don Young and Buddy Aldridge battle to control the team. A Friday game at Sharvys ends with Greenmount barely winning and Johnny realizing the nickname has stirred trouble.
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Don Young
Buddy Aldridce
Iors
Greenamount
Johnny Beton
John
Johnny
Skunky
Don
May
Tmn
Greenmount
Sharvys
Sharpstown
Eddy Aldridge
Reenmount
Buddy
Skunky nickname tests Greenmount basketball team
Coach Wilding pushes Johnny Skelton to embrace the taunting nickname Skunky to blunt rivals. The plan backfires as Skelton loses focus in a district game, fights with an opposing guard, and Greenmount loses momentum. Captain Skeets Trueblood rallies the team, but questions linger about the tactic while a district title hangs in the balance.
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Wilding
Fellows
T Greenmount
Chbnny Skelton
Johnny
Don
Sharpstown
Skunky
Greenmount
Uith
French
Skeets Truebload
Hartsville
Canon City
Buddy
Johny
Rising Card Trick Wins Girl a Prize
A magician explains a classic rising card trick used years ago. The article notes a letter from Miss Ethel Christensen of Boise Idaho and promises to mail her book and autograph photo. The method uses a rubber band to lift a hidden card from the deck.
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Ethel Christensen
Straughn Street
Boise
Idaho
Ethel
Rubber Band Card Rising Trick Manual Notes
Instructions describe folding a chosen card into a deck using a rubber band to lift the card as it is gradually released. An artist's drawing supposedly clarifies the setup and action for the audience.
Mastering simple piano accompaniment for kids songs
Dr Spaeth shows a no practice approach to accompanying singing on piano using Middle C and white keys. Players learn a C E G chord with right hand and octave pairing with left hand, then apply rhythm and variations to Farmer in the Dell and other tunes for a personal concert at home.
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Liza Jane
Sigmund Spaeth
Farmer
Riddles About Soldiers From March Edition
A March page presents five riddles about soldiers and common wordplay. Questions probe April fool timing, candle cowardice, dropping from a window, egg pricing, and a 4 by 2 by 1 foot hole trick.
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Mars
Peter Dane
Fred Bertram
Mary Elliott
Beulah Malton
Betty Pembroke
What’s Wrong With March
A columnist laments March as unreliable and blustery, noting its mixed weather and inconsistent nature. The piece suggests people dislike March because of its shifting mood and applies the metaphor to describe untrustworthy or temperamental individuals.
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March
Indoor Horseshoe Game From Recycled Tire Method
Build an indoor horseshoe set from an old tire by removing beads and cutting sections into shoe shapes. Use 10 inch broomstick stakes, 8 by 10 inch plywood bases with flush screws, predrilled holes, and optional color painted shoes. Safe for indoor floors and outdoor use, offering a retro throwing challenge.
Riddle submissions invited by newspaper
Readers are urged to send riddles to the Riddle Man for printing. Include your name for possible publication within this newspaper.
Brooklyn Girl Earns Spending Money Rainy Day Idea
Twelve year old Lucille Lyman of Brooklyn shows how rain brings cash by offering umbrella rides at the station. She collected four dollars and fifty cents in three to six o clock sessions, giving the money to her mother. Readers are invited to submit their own money making schemes for a chance to win a prize.
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Lucille Lyman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lucille
The Kitchenette By Aunt Peggy
Evelyn Collier of Yankton South Dakota won this week’s one dollar prize with an unusual cake canopy idea. A two layer cake is iced and encircled with candy sticks and animal crackers then topped with a cardboard canopy for a festive centerpiece.
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Evelyn Collier
West 2Nd Street
Yankton
South Dakota
Teen Recipe Contest Opens at The Kitchenette
Readers under eighteen may submit a favorite kitchen recipe to Aunt Peggy at The Kitchenette via this newspaper. If printed, the entrant earns a dollar.
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Peggy
William Penn Handkerchief Quip Sparks Historic Nonsense
A fragment jokes about a handkerchief once used by William Penn and a pun “Pen wiper” as a playful old source quip. The lines read as light humor rather than a verified artifact claim.
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Wiliam Penn
Brakes Said to Be Loosened for Brisk Pedestrian Traffic
A quip attributed to Mr. Bumper mocks a garage visit as he asks a mechanic to loosen brakes. The line implies a desire to speed away from pedestrians, illustrating a satirical take on traffic and safety.
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Mr. Bumper
Indians Cracked Nuts With a Hickory Stick
A historical note describes a simple nut cracking gadget used by early settlers and Indians. A green hickory stick three inches long and two inches in diameter has a square notch cut in its center. Inserting a nut and bending the ends cracks the shell without smashing the kernel.
Stable Sergeant Assigns Ride to Rookie
Dialogue scene shows a sergeant teasing a rookie about his first horse ride. The sergeant introduces a stubborn horse as a starter, noting the animal has never been ridden and suggests they begin together.
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D’ja
Puttles byways and crossword clues emerge in farmyard tile
A playful farmyard theme unfolds with crossword style clues across and down. Readers solve word chains from COW to PIG and TAIL to NOSE while a jumbled word square OLE A BRAN EDEN DORE prompts rearrangement. The piece teases many S words starting with S in a rural setting.
Jones and Smith clash over spoiled boy remark
Mr Jones accuses Mr Smith of raising a spoiled boy in a tense exchange. Smith denies it and invites him to witness the damage a steam roller caused, signaling a confrontation or display of consequences.
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Mr. Jones
Smith
Mr. Smith
Word List Fragment From OCR Page
A readable OCR fragment shows scattered words and letter sequences including dog cog cat bird bard card care cage flow fowl foe lower lore owl owe oer ore wolf wore elf role row grate hearth shovel lamp area meat pats and other disconnected terms. The text appears as lexical pairs and alphanumeric fragments without a full narrative or clear event.
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Oshkosh
MR. Racey
Rui
Associated Editors
Money Makers
Boys and Girls
Aunt Peggy
Ole A Bran Eden Dore
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