Hampton Plays His Last Game In A Four Hander
A detachment of the Eighteenth Infantry is trapped in a gorge. Hampton and Gillis survive a three day siege with a girl named Naida. they reunite in a mining town where Hampton confronts gambling partners in a high stakes hand at the Occidental.
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Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Bethune
Lans
Hampton
Gillis
Seventh Cavalry
Fant
Kencald
Duffy
Hampon
Miss Giles
QO Bob
Jim
Red Slavin
Bob
Nalda
Bob Hampton
Naida
Slavin
Hawes
Willis
Rawes
Making a String Dog From Twist and Pull
A readable old craft description explains how to create a string dog using nine inch string twisted tightly before doubling. The process involves twisting, pulling apart, and re twisting to form a head ears forelegs and eyes with diagrams referenced as figures.
No Fun There An American in Arabia Describes Rigid Childhood
An American traveler in Arabia for a year reports that no girl owned dolls or played house and no boys played games. He recalls a sheik who says Americans are strange for letting children get their hands dirty by playing.
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Tye
Bob
Ngraven
Naida
Arabia
Ike
America
The Magic Javelin and a Needle Thread Trick
A Victorian style note explains a trick where a straightened needle cannot pierce wood yet a thread passed through its eye acts as a powerful javelin. The demonstration uses a small addition to seemingly transform the needle into a capable arrow. Spectators are expected to marvel at the unexpected result.
A Good Trick with a String Demonstrated
A simple magic string trick is described. The performer places a string around the neck, crosses it in front, places the end in the mouth, and by swapping hand positions and keeping the uppermost strand in the mouth, seemingly uncrosses and removes the string while it remains tied. The trick ends with the string still tied as at the start, enabling more feats.
Witticisms and parlor games from a bygone page
A quirky collection of old jokes and rhymes about everyday things. It mixes playful aphorisms with a shadow guessing game called The Watchman, where players hide in light and a watchman identifies them by movements and mannerisms.
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Randall Parrish
Hla UE Tem Otke
Slayin
the Occidental
Sirens Road
Judge Hawes
Denver
Edgar Willis
Little Globe Trotters
Dorothy
Boston Herald
Garden of Eden
Jones
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