Hidden Treasure Map Sparks Family Mystery
In a cluttered attic Jean Whipple and sisters Sara Lee uncover a folded map with a star and the number 3 tucked in a magazine. Ted Norris suspects a real clue while Matt Silliker, the gardener, resists questions and a chase ensues. The scene ends with a threat to seize the map and a cliffhanger resolution.
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Jean
James
Mrs. Whipple
Sara Lee
Ted
Whipple House
Stan
Daddy
Mother
Matt Silliker
Matt
Uncle James
Forgetful witness reveals absent minded lapse
An exasperated lawyer cross examines a witness who admits to being highly absent minded. The witness explains with a dry joke that he took his own watch from his pocket to check if he had time to return home for it.
Mystery Trick From Freeman Boy Attracts Notice
A magician presents a water proofing trick using stearate of zinc explained as a powder hidden in a small box. Harold from Freeman South Dakota is the purported contributor, though his full name remains illegible. The effect ends with dry hands after dipping in water.
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Freeman
South Dakota
Harold
The Kitchenette Salad Submission From Shirley Sadler
Shirley Sadler of Petersburg Virginia sends a delicious salad idea for holiday parties and a menu suggestion with thin sandwiches and a hot drink. The author receives a weekly prize of one dollar.
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Shirley Sadler
Gilliams Street
Petersburg
Virginia
Shirley
Aunt Peggy’s Fruit Salad Contest Recipe
A retro kitchen recipe for a fruit salad combines eggs lemon juice sugar butter and marshmallows melted in a double boiler. It folds in almonds cherries pineapple bananas and whipped cream, then sets in a ring mold and chills at least 12 hours. Submit your own recipe to Aunt Peggy for a dollar prize. entrants must be under 18.
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Peggy
Ice as test of Owen's plans for outing
A quip contrasts Owen's confidence in the ice with a dual outcome of skating if solid, or swimming if not. The line hints at cautious humor about risky winter activities.
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Owen
Credit in Victory and Humility on the Line
The article argues that successful people credit their assistants and avoid boasting about their own achievements. It cites football as an example where linemen deserve credit for backfield success, urging readers to be generous with praise and modest about personal accolades. This attitude, the editor suggests, yields long term success.
Homemade Spinning Arrow Games Provide Hours of Fun
Spinning arrow games let boys and girls craft racing or adventure boards on cardboard. Players spin a marker along a drawn path with penalties and rewards like Lose a Turn and Free Turn. Four colored markers start at red blue yellow and green. moving around the board twice then home wins.
Pointers on Pets From Horace Mitchell
A veterinary expert notes a rush of sick dogs and cats due to digestive issues from improper feeding. He warns owners to avoid giving dogs candy pastries sweets and improper bones and to provide good dog food and plenty of exercise. The piece highlights caregiver advice for pet health.
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Veterinary’s
Riddles and authors in a classroom list
Five riddle items with authors include questions about travel in the desert a heart in its head a hand length a conductor versus a cold in the head and a coat that never loses its buttons. Names appear after each question attributing authorship to Arthur DeVries Arthur Fellmeier Helen Cogart Willie Mae Hartley Bosena Fields.
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Arthur DeVries
Arthur Fellmeier
Helen Cogart
Willie Mae Hartley
Bosena Fields
Kay’s Corner Game Plan Sparks Party Fun
Kay’s Corner offers a lively party starter by Katherine Houison. Divide guests into two teams in two semicircles and race to build a word by sequential letter calls. Players announce letters instantly, stay consistent with the sequence, and the last two players compete for the prize.
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Aperture
Virginia Evans's Doll Millinery Earnings Story
Virginia Evans of 2512 Lincoln Street Anderson Indiana ran a doll millinery shop last summer and earned nearly seven dollars. She used cracker boxes as hat brims, crepe paper for colors, and decorative bows with flowers or ribbons. Hats sold from 2 to 10 cents to local girls and later others, sometimes bringing special orders.
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Virginia Evans
Lincoln Street
Anderson
Ind
Virginia
Crossword puzzle teaser and wordplay column notes
The page introduces a brain exercise column with a crossword starter and a hint about a six letter word in 2 Down described as a seed and one of Ali Baba's magic words. It includes a long list of definitions and abbreviations, a rhyme about a musical robber, and a word square rearrangement followed by a capacity measure picture puzzle.
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Ali Baba
How I Earn Money A Letter To The Editor
A young writer shares how they earn money and states their age hoping for publication. The piece explains simple earnings like chores, selling crafts, or helping neighbors and encourages peers to try earning activities. The tone mirrors a community page seeking youthful voices.
Lawyer Receives Threatening Letter From Client
A lawyer gets a letter from a client stating if the car owner is rich, sue immediately. The boy was not bruised yet the client threatens violent harm by saying he will hit the owner with a hammer in two or three places once suit is filed.
Answers to Riddles Sent to Riddle Man
Readers submitted riddles with playful answers about watches and springs a cabbage a foot a clock and a coat of paint. The note invites senders to address the Riddle Man at this newspaper to print the best entries with names.
Tricky Quiz Prompts for Curious Readers
A reminder to look up answers to eight questions covering history geography and literature. Questions include second US capital, top natural perfume producer, largest US university, Aramis in a major book, Napoleon's death place, coral classification, Panama Canal type, and southernmost American city.
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United States
Aramis
Napoleon
Panama Canal
Answers to posers list mixed with clues
The reader offers a set of trivia style prompts: Philadelphia 2 percent France Columbia University in New York City The Three Musketeers by Dumas At St Helena An animal A lock canal Magaliones Tierra del Fuego at the southern end of South America.
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Philadelphia
France
Columbia University
New York City
Dumas
St. Helena
Tierra del Fuego
South America
Behead a vapor and get an organized group
Behead a vapor and obtain a word for an organized group. Remove another letter to form a term Englishmen admire. Removing a further head yields a word meaning to mislead or trick, leading to an escape.
Business is Business
A neighbor spots young Neil returning home with a dead mouse by the tail. He explains his plan to take it to his mother who will pay a dime for him to dispose of it. The brief exchange captures a simple childlike barter in a domestic setting.
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Young Neil
Answers to Last Week's Puzzles
Puzzle brief lists attempts and partial solutions for last week’s puzzles. Entries include items like Turkey pumpkin stuffing and a diamond word set containing P pub pumas pumpkin peked with Sid. The note ends with Crossword Puzzle Solution.
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Hiram Cheep
Frank Bligs
Zanzibar
Associated Editors
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Horace Mitchell
Kay’s
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Posers
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