Quiz Questions Challenge Readers With Classics
A General Quiz asks about Alaska vs Texas sizes Arlington National Shrine origins of a prominent American figure the tilted windmills character Don Quixote King Arthur round table absentee voting for soldiers Grand Banks location on which shores the dol drums meaning patriot versus patriarch Painted Desert location Jerusalem elevation between two seas and more.
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Alaska
Texas
Arlington National Shrine
King Arthur’s Knights
Grand Banks
Desert
Jerusalem
Palestine
Answers to ten geography and history prompts
List gives size comparisons, figures and definitions. It names Alaska, Lee, Don Quixote, and Newfoundland, with notes on voting by Union soldiers, calms in tropical zones, patriot and patri arch definitions, Arizona, and seas.
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Alaska
Robert E.lee
Don Quixote
Newfoundland
Arizona
Orchard Alarm Clock Saves Cherry Crop
E. Lee Goldsborough saved his cherry orchard after an 85 percent loss last year by using a Friez thermostat that alarms at 30 degrees. The device gives a two degree margin and alerts workers to light about 400 heater or smudge pots, a solution devised with Friez Instrument division engineers of Bendix Aviation in Baltimore.
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E. Lee Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Friez Instrument Division
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Baltimore
Minute Make-Uns By Gabrielle Wear Blue Glamour
The feature suggests a blue mascara with navy outfits for a soft fringe on lashes. It recommends blue-red lipstick and blue eyeshadow for a glamour touch and describes brushing lashes left, right, then upward to prevent clumping. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Color Blind Soldier Uses Defect in Recon Work
Marine Pvt. Warren B. Garrett, color blind, has found his condition aids him in spotting movement in rough wooded terrain at distance. Instructors at the scouts and snipers school cite his advantage in camouflage detection and tracking during training at Camp Elliott, California.
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Camp Elliott
Calif
Warren B. Garrett
Scouts and Snipers School
Felt Fashion Tricks for Teens from Doilies to Purses
Teens craft quirky accessories from felt and paper doilies. Butterfly motifs and veggie warsage decorate lapels, toes, and bags, with tips to patch jeans, add purse pockets, and frame photos on doilies for bedroom decor.
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Victory Warsage
Warsage
Tin in Cans Fuels War Effort Says Industry Leader
J A Stewart of American Can outlines how civilian can usage yields tin for submarines and how federal data shows vast daily can consumption. He stresses war needs will rise and urges paper conservation and smarter bag practices to aid shipbuilding and ordnance production.
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J. A. Stewart
American Can Company
Washington
Laced Up the Back Hair Style for Slumber Parties
Ideas for all girl sleepover hair experiments show how to create eyelet lacing down the back of the head using two rows of pin curls. A long ribbon is tied through the curls and finished with a bow at the bottom.
The Rambling Rhymster by Les Plettner
A reflective poem about roots and home. The poet contrasts natural roots in soil and plants with human roots in home. Images of trees grain flowers lilacs and gardens frame a meditation on belonging and stability. The verse moves between nature and human sentiment, ending with earthbound permanence.
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Fen
Wise crop rotation for victory garden crops
The article urges annual rotation of garden plots to prevent common diseases in crops grown in winter soil. It notes cabbage, tomatoes, peas, and melons should change positions yearly to avoid shared pests and diseases. Seed should be disease free and treated. It also suggests a few annual flowers can brighten the yard and provide home cut flowers.
Camp Following Advice for Military Spouses
The piece advises following a husband to an army or navy post and packing efficiently. It suggests duffel bags for easy packing, shopping at the commissary to cut grocery costs, and keeping travelers' checks on hand for emergencies.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Blood Donor 141 Times Is Acclaimed in Russia
Moscow Tass lauds Yurii Kurshin sky a Moscow railroad man as the world’s champion blood donor with 141 donations totaling over 60 liters. Nurse Vera Lizaeva ranks second with 128 donations among thousands of donors for transfusions and plasma.
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Russia
Moscow
Tass
Yurii Kurshinsky
Vera Lizaeva
Window Washer Refuses Job Over Dirty Windows
A Cleveland housewife asked a window washing firm to clean her dirty windows. The firm refused, saying it would take too long to clean dirty windows these days. The exchange highlights humorous resistance to a simple cleaning request.
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Cleveland
Ship Life Echoes Through Battle and Quiet Hours
During combat the announcing system issues commands to the crew while in leisure hours it provides radio and musical programs for relaxation aboard the vessel.
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Rhymster
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