Wieland the Giant's Son and the Dwarfs of Carnot
A giant Wadoi from Ieeland seeks his famed son Wieland. Sent to Mount Carnot by friendly dwarfs to study iron and steel, Wieland excels and survives plots by the dwarfs. After忠 deceptive threats, he returns home, builds a magical boat, and travels to Jutland. There he proves his gifts, defeats foes, and becomes king of the giants.
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Wadoi
Ieeland
Wadd
Wieland
Vadin
Mount Carnot
Seeland
Carnot
Wade
Onis
Jutland
Eamon
Roman
Wieland Graw
Kaman
Wadni
Thor
Wielan
Ki Raman
Nhot
Paysie
Puzzles for the Lite Folks That Will Keep Their Brains Busy
A short Home Amusements piece promotes a set of lite brainteasers and word games designed to occupy readers through the week. The ad highlights light puzzles suitable for casual solving at home.
The Glowing Orator and the Power of Speech
A meditation on how eloquence stirs the heart and awakens feeling. The piece notes the orator’s expressive eyes flushed cheeks and responsive body language that convey the soul’s emotion, contrasting moments of stirring passion with scenes of hatred and intense fervor.
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Keatu
Ant
Nelsoniar
Fragmented riddle hints a mix of metals and clues
Riddling text lists multiple cryptic clues and numbered prompts, referencing substances like cement and crystals, plant and vessel mentions, and letters. It mixes wordplay and partial phrases, suggesting a puzzle or glossary fragment rather than a coherent event. It includes numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and scattered proper nouns.
Anagram Puzzles and Moral Portraits in 19th Century Text
The fragment presents two wordplay items labeled 1408 ANAGRAN and 1409 CHARADE. The first defines a disruptive person as evil minded, rash, and social pest, while the second riffs on a riddle about the chief end of man, with a punchline about head and mind. Attributed to UCarL Grey.
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Passion
Ucarl Grey
Kentucky
Morton
February Prizes for Best Puzzle Answers
The newspaper announces handsome prizes for the top three February puzzle answer senders, awarded to those sending solutions in weekly installments. A note recalls the lively January competition and urges continued participation.
Two Waifs From the Orient in Cincinnati Home
Syrian children Sophia eight and Yusef five find safety at the Cincinnati Children's Home after fleeing their drunken father. Rev Moghabghat funded their journey from New York where their mother Mrs Rather had sold Oriental ornaments. The story notes their mother later left for New York and the father pursued them.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Sophia
Yusef
Mt. Lebanon College
Syria
A Pencil Puzzle and Safe Cough Remedy Ad
A Pencil Puzzle for children described with directions to place a pencil at A and trace. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as harmless for children, claiming no injurious substance and safety for babies with prompt relief from coughs and colds.
Of King Arthur and Robin Hood in Legend and Land
The piece argues that King Arthur and Robin Hood once truly lived and flourish in Britain’s folk memory more than in books. It travels through Ireland Scotland and England to show how lowly people preserve their legends and how Arthur and Hood symbolize idealized chivalry, fair play, and resistance to authority.
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Norrixenam
England
Scotland
Ireland
Kilcolman
Raleigh
Spenser
Killarney
Cabersiveen
Carhan Bridge
O'Connell
Rock
Cashel
Boyne
Aughrim
Slane
Tara’s Hill
Meath
St. Patrick
Royal Hill
Belltaine
Laoghaire
Land of Cukes
Straths
House of Stuart
Culloden Moor
Macbeth
King Duncan
Malcolm Canmore
Shakespeare
Inverness
Tomnahaurich
Ness-side
Hugh Miller
Scott
Carlyle
Burns
Ettrick
Yarrow
Abbotsford
Ecclefechan
Britain
King Arthur
Robin Hood
Arthur
John
Friar Tuck
Devonshire
Cornwall
Brittany
Guinevere
Launcelot
Camelford
Camelot
Bedever
Dozmare Pool
Vale of
Avillion
Merry Outlaw
Joseph Hunter
Public Records of
Wakefield
Earl of Lancaster
Sherwood Forest
Edward
Porteurs de la
Barnsdale
Kirkless
Kirkless Bar
Huddersfield
Armytage
Nottinghamshire
Yorkshire
Barnsdale Forest
Scarborough
London
Berwick
Nottingham
Archer Outlaw
Austin Herr
Herr
Japan
Miss Gaunpy, Jr
Madagascar and Its People Based on a Missionary's View
A returned American missionary describes Madagascar noting wealthy natives who own slaves, a mixed government with a central queen and coastal kings, and a coastal heathen population. He highlights humid coastal living for whites, fertile lands, and a high central plateau from five thousand to nine thousand feet with healthy climate.
The Speed of Light
A historical note on Roemer’s eclipses and the discovery that light travels a finite distance in time. It explains how observations of Jupiter’s moons revealed a 16 minute light travel across Earth’s orbit and states modern estimates place light’s speed near 186000 miles per second.
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Roemer
Dana
Jupiter
Parlor Trick Uses Salt Water Thread Fire Suspension
A Boston Globe note explains a novelty illusion where a thread dipped in salty solution is dried and reworked secretly to suspend a light ring. The string burns away leaving a salt tube that supports the ring, creating a seeming destruction with safe, hidden mechanism.
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The
Boston Globe
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Consistent Top Seller
Point Arena druggist L G Moore says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been a leading seller for over a year. He notes customer satisfaction and its soothing qualities, praising its ability to loosen and relieve colds faster than other remedies.
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Chamberlain
L. G. Moore
Point Arena
Cal
London Teas Feature Artistic Kettle Trend
Elegant ladies savor teas with an artistic kettle suspended by a bamboo stand and lit by a small spirit lamp. The quaint set costs a guinea and combines decoration with practicality, reflecting a rising fashion for ornamental yet useful tea accessories in London.
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