Cheerio Chapters Challenge From Dororth Edmonds
Cheerio Chapters offers a family friendly word game edited by Dorothy Edmonds. Children divide Mesopotamia into five syllables Me so potamia and compile long word lists starting with each syllable in fifteen minutes. Extend the idea by splitting effervescence telephone mischievous into ten middle parts and form new words. A second puzzle uses animal cracker letters to make four new words under ten minutes.
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Mesopotamia
Game of Hunt Rules for four player board game
Four players or two teams with two men move from left to right across a diagram using buttons as men. Each man starts at numbered left positions one to four and must reach the matching right numbers by advancing through white spaces only. No jumping over black spaces or moving backward. two spaces must be moved at a time. blocking oneself requires restarting. First to finish wins.
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Western Newspaper Union
Homemaking Tips From Associated Newspapers
Practical household hints on avoiding milk curdling with dairy and tomatoes, replacing thread with violin strings for necklaces, selecting soups to avoid conflicts with creamed dishes, and rust removal from dish covers using oil and lime.
Season Near for Fossil Hunts in Oregon Wilds
In John Day Oregon scientists begin spring fossil hunts as enthusiasts enter the fields hoping to uncover ancient specimens. The spring rush mirrors elephant hunts though the targets are fossilized remains found in the John Day deposits.
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Oregon
John Day
When He Did Lady Visitor Exchange
A terse courtroom exchange unfolds as a life prisoner replies dryly that his term ends when he dies, answering a visitor’s question about expiry with a mordant quip.
Dessert Ideas for Luncheon Menus and Simple Pastry Shells
Practical guidance from 1932 on preparing make ahead pastry shells and quick fillings. Includes Marshmallow and Fruit Pudding with cherries and pineapple, whipped cream, pecan pieces, and a Dainty Luncheon Dessert using marshmallow cream, marmalade, and a meringue rose baked to lightly brown.
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Western Newspaper Union
Lights of New York and Tales of Clever Escapes
A New York women’s club annual meeting prompts a mistaken death list causing astonishment before rediscovery of resignations. A state garden club contest yields carrot soup praise but a chef’s family recipe spoils the prize. A taxi driver outwits would be robbers to stay safe. Arthur S Vernay recounts a 25 000 mile Malay trek for a one horned rhinoceros with two shots.
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Norman Beasley
State Garden
New York
Broadway
Uptown
Arthur S. Vernay
Museum of Natural History
Malay States
Bell Syndicate
How It Started by Jean Newton
This piece explains the pawnbroker emblem, tracing the three gold balls to Medici days and St. Nicholas origins. It discusses public perception, the pawnbroker’s role in aiding people, and the historical insignia of ready money.
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Jean Newton
Italy
St. Nicholas
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Peoria Precious Metal Co Advertises Dental Teeth Offers
An old classified notice offers full sets of false teeth for up to $8, alongside ads for crowns bridges and precious metals from Peoria Precious Metal Co in Peoria Illinois. It also promotes a free sample Biloid Health Remedy for indigestion constipation and headaches. Starr at 133 East 47th in Chicago is listed.
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Peoria Precious Metal Co
Peoria, Ill
Starr
Chicago
Ingenious Camouflage Demonstrated by French Lieutenant
Georges Felix, a World War II era French lieutenant, showcased a lightweight camouflage net in Paris that can quickly transform a pedestrian or soldier into a grain heap, leaves, newspapers, or a tree stump. The net weighs under a pound and offers multiple use cases beyond camouflage.
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Paris
Georges Felix
Billion Acre Soil Survey Advances Across U S Lands
Nearly a billion acres of farm lands in the United States have been mapped by soil surveyors of the Department of Agriculture. The area surpasses the combined size of Germany France and Great Britain. Work proceeds at 15 million acres per year with an estimated completion time of 20 to 80 years and a cost of 2 to 3 cents per acre.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Germany
France
Great Britain
Department
Letter by Sir Walter Scott Found in Glasgow University
A seven page letter written by Sir Walter Scott to Sir Adam Ferguson dated January 11 1825 has been presented to Glasgow University by Alexander J Soutar. The undisclosed manuscript has lay neglected in Australia for 30 years and is said to offer a full portrait of the Scottish writer. Meanwhile a note from On the Fence questions voting, as Bjor states I’ve never been sold on the proposition.
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New Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Adam Ferguson
Glasgow University
Glasgow
Scotland
Alexander J. Soutar
Sydney
Australia
Cannon a Curiosity at Witte Memorial Museum
A breech loading cannon forged from a solid iron bar by Andrew J. Nave of Columbus Texas is displayed at the Witte Memorial museum in San Antonio Texas.
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Andrew J. Nave
Columbus
Texas
Witte
San Antonio
The Right Direction Alice Dick Proposed So Suddenly
A brief note records a clash of phrases as a speaker mentions a sudden proposal by Alice and a jab at Virginia, creating a sharp and playful moment.
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Alice
Virginia
Seventeen World View Marked by Contemptuousness
A brief remark notes that harsh contempt is common in the teenage years but wanes as one grows older, reflecting on attitudes toward the surrounding world.
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Dorothy Edmonds
OP Rip
Associated Newspapers
FMA
A. M. Bond
Charles G. Abbott
Smithsonian Institution
Lights OF
Walter Trumbull
Europe
Kansas Capitol
Kansas State Capitol
Topeka
Shawnee County
St.Louis
Y.M.C.A
Union Station
16Th & Locust
St. Louis
Jayne
D. Jayne & Son
Philadelphia
Millio
TLES
Ove
Jaynes Vermitage
Skjold
Bjor—Ii
ASU
Peterman
ANT Food
Hague
Spurlock-Neal Company
Ville
Tenn
Big Box
Rose Stahl
Parker
Hiscox Chem
E.n. Flor
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.S
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