Four-Word Odd-One-Out Word Puzzle Set
A mixed test presents ten mini puzzles where three words share a relation and one does not. Solutions identify the odd member in each group, citing Oliver Cromwell, YMCA, Sixtieth, Stonewall Jackson, Aggravate, St Louis, Thomas Gainsborough, Babe Herman, John Tyler, and John Tyler among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ©. Calhoun
Stephen A. Douglas
Oliver Cromwell
Henry Clay
PWA
HOLC
YMCA
TVA
George B. McClellan
Stonewall’ Jackson
William T. Sherman
Philip H W. Sheridan
Jefferson City
Columbia
J. Louis
Frankfort
John Galsworthy
Thomas Galesborough
Rudyard Kipling
William Shakespeare
Henry Picard
Babe Herman
Johnny Revolta
Horton Smith
Charles Curtis
Thomas
Marshall
John Tyler
Charles W. Fairbanks
Stonewall” Jackson
St. Louis
Thomas Gainsborough
Pity the Poor Walrus Who Sunburns Amid Ice Floes
Arctic walrus often come up on the ice and sunburn when the sun is warm. In such cases they must be driven back into the water, and the animals cry and snort with pain. Jack Angel of the Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society notes this common ailment among walrus herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Angel
New York Zoological Society
Insurance chief rebukes clerk over policy for ninety year old
A manager storms into the office and berates a junior clerk for issuing a life policy on a man aged ninety. The clerk explains he checked the census and noted few deaths at that age, prompting the rift.
Telling Him She Relates An Experience
The speaker recalls being beside herself for a time while sharing a recollection. He notes a charming companion in that moment, suggesting a reflective conversation about feelings and perception.
A Good Stunt Ends in Tree Rescue
A flyer executing a speed dash landed safely in a tree after being forced down. He climbed down and met a farmer who quipped that he was the first local man to descend a tree without trouble, remarking the airman’s ascent as a notable feat.
High Finance Debt Dialogue From A Postage-Heavy Bill
A creditor complains about sending a bill every fortnight for a year. The debtor suggests halting the bills and crediting postage, hoping the bill will pay itself in time. The exchange captures a quirky financial negotiation with a touch of humor.
Boulder Dam Becomes Government Property and Landmark
Government takes formal ownership of Boulder Dam, marking completion of a massive 1931–1935 project. The ceremony featured Frank Crowe and Ralph Lowry as officials noted the dam's flood control, irrigation, and power aims. Estimated cost to government about 165 million dollars with 52 million paid to Six Companies. The power plant capacity and expected annual generation are outlined, along with future aqueduct and sale of electricity plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William CG. Utley OU
Boulder Dam
Sentinel
Colorado
United States
Husky
Boulder City
Nev
Sald
Frank Crowe
Companies
Inc
Ralph
Frank
Ralph Lowry
United States Reclamation Service
Sam
Meadlake
Los Angeles
Southern California Edison Company
Niagara Falls
Southern Nevada Power Company
Las Vegas
Nevada
State of Nevada
Gost
California
Arizona
Ickes
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Six Companies, Inc
Wnti
Colorado River
Theodore Roosevelt
Arthur P. Davis
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Colorado River Commission
New Mexico
Wyoming
Utah
Congress
Black Canyon
Bureau of Reclamaton
Boulder Canyon
Companies, Inc
PWA
Grand
Zion
Bryce
Tokyo’s modern and ancient blend fuels a new civic spirit
A wide tour through Tokyo shows how athletics, theater, and daily life fuse old Japanese traditions with Western influence. The city now hosts large stadiums, diverse sports, modern and Kabuki theaters, busy cinemas, and vibrant cafes, reflecting a growing civilization where East meets West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pashweta D. Cowde Servite
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Y. MC. A
Gommer
America
Army
Paris
China
Kipling
Torpedoes Self Propelled and Controlled Cost Ten Thousand Dollars
Torpedoes are not fired from battleships and submarines like other projectiles. Owing to their great weight they are propelled and controlled by their own mechanism including a compressed air engine depth control device and gyroscopic steering gear, which runs their cost up to about ten thousand dollars apiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's
Dizzy Dean Winners Prize Offer In Grape Nuté Ad
An advertisement column invites readers to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program through a Grape Nuté offer and promises valuable free prizes. The text also references a timidity complex and inferiority complex in a brief aside.
Coleman Safety Range promises gas-like cooking at home
The Coleman Gas-Making Stove cooks meals for two at lower cost than coal or wood and faster. It lights instantly like gas and makes its own gas from lead-free gasoline. Everdur metal fuel tank resists rust and corrosion. The range features Band A Bla Burners for precise heat and a porcelain enamel finish for kitchen beauty. Illustrated literature and a stove check chart available by postcard to Wichita, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Coleman
Coleman
Mr. Coleman
Wichita
Kansas
Ady
Sleep After Toll Bleep and Stormy Port Goak
A fragmented verse echoes themes of rest after hardship. It references tolls, ports, storms, war, life and death, concluding with a poetic emphasis on peace and satisfaction. The lines resemble a Spenserian voice with archaic phrasing.
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the Mind
Meter
Iawa
Bens Lewa Saveriene Ogeaanes
Syelobeale Bad
Atone Oetars
Woos Oilyee
Detroit
Mick
REKI
Beas
Colurk
Parla
Ature
Jair
Connent
Finiah
Harold L. Ickes
Washington, D
Howses
Coolidge
Hoover
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Secretary of the Interior
Dam
Boulder
Tmog Fun
W. C. Colaman
Seth
Adlerike
Shoub
New York
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