How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle Instructions
Guide explains placing correct letters in white spaces to form horizontal and vertical words. The first letter of each word is numbered, matching definitions below. No letters go in black spaces. all words are dictionary terms with occasional abbreviations and obsolete forms noted.
Doctor's supply girl spurs botany based drug trade
An athletic young girl nicknamed the doctors supply man explains how she collects and dries medicinal roots and herbs to sell to wholesale drug dealers. She advises learning which plants drug firms want, using pamphlets to identify species, and drying methods to preserve quality while seeking contracts for entire crops.
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Europe
The Acrobatic Catapult Relay Begins Its Voyage
A playful riddle describes a creature upright on its nose to balance, then soon moves forward with a straight edge sail like a spinning yarn unravelling, hinting at a curious journey or voyage aboard a whimsical craft.
Professor Bledsoe’s Equilateral Triangle Insight
The Southern Confederacy’s assistant secretary of war, a noted math scholar, misreads a family relation on campus and suddenly realizes the connection forms an equilateral triangle. The exchange unfolds with playful wordplay among Julian Ingle Edward Osborne and the doctor.
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Qdoctor Bledsoe
Southern Confederacy
Pierce
Harvard
Julian Ingle
Edward
Osborne Ingle
Osborne
Dward
Bledsure
Breakup of Raindrops as Lightning Cause
The Mentor Magazine summarizes Dr. George C. Simpson's India based experiments showing raindrops break into positive and negative charges during storms. Positive electricity remains in drops while negative is carried aloft, creating cloud charges. When charges become strong enough a path forms and lightning occurs.
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India
George C. Simpson
Simpson
Mentor Magazine
Earth
Weaving as a Money Winner in a Small Town
A Missouri girl hailed as the smartest in town turns professional weaver. She crafts light durable garments, runs her own shop, mentors workers, and sells through teas and public shows before moving to retailer partnerships. Her approach emphasizes quality, originality, fair pricing, and careful market steps.
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Missouri
Western Newspaper Union
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