Overseas Box Brings War Gifts Home For School Show
Betty and Edmound George receive a box from their brother Lynn serving in Europe. The assortment includes helmets, gas masks, uniforms, and a trench periscope. The box inspires a school assembly and a thrift stamp display, making the siblings proud as they share wartime artifacts with classmates.
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Hdmound
Betty
Lynn
Big Brother
France
Germany
fFican Army of Occupation
Edmound
Pletter
Harpi
Gera
Expressman
Mother
Billy
Catherine
Bridget
Mrs. George
America
The Red Rose Tale of a Classroom Gift
A sentimental story follows a beauty rose bought in a florist shop and handed through the school world. A little girl Mary buys the rose with thirty cents, shares it with Miss Collins and Miss May, and faces a promotion dilemma as a red haired girl and a frightened pupil linger in the tale. Irene’s bedbound child becomes the rose’s final resting place as lessons on virtue and nobility unfold in a busy school day.
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Mary
Miss Collins
Miss May
Irene
Nee
Collins
Miss Lins
Open Winter Plea for Ice and Snow Fun
A nostalgic verse laments a mild open winter with no ice or snow. The speaker yearns for frosty weather to allow skating, snowball fights, and snowman making, preferring classic winter pastimes over squalls and spring-like conditions. The poem contrasts past winters with the current mild season and expresses disappointment.
Making a Scout Fishing Box from Pine for Camp Use
The article guides boys to craft a personal fishing box from pine lumber using a shoe box as a model. It covers box dimensions, square ends, a stronger thicker handle, finger holes, brad assembly, bottom fitting, and finishing with shellac or varnish for easy cleaning. It emphasizes youth DIY skill and neat, portable camp gear.
PuzzleCorner Clue List From 7 Across and Diamond Tabs
A vintage puzzle page presents a series of cryptic prompts. The seven 7 8 IGHT ATE endings clue verbs like reduce distend scold transgress reckon arrange imprison banish and a geog. diamond quiz lists Mabel fixed Psalms musical pause European country pollution hut and more.
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Mabel
Europe
Baked Apples Stuffed With Nuts Recipe Card
Six large apples scrubbed and cored placed upright in a pan. Filled with chopped nuts, topped with cinnamon, and baked in water and brown sugar for fifty minutes. Serve hot with whipped cream. A nutritious luncheon pairing with bran muffins.
Saint Patrick Legends and Snakes of Ireland
A fragment describes myths about Saint Patrick driving snakes from Ireland, comparing him to mythical figures and suggesting fanciful tales of luring or trapping snakes. The voice notes several traditional ideas and hints at more such legends without resolution.
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Ireland
Emerald Isle
Mke
Hemlin
Patrick
Saint Patrick and the forest miracle in Ireland
A tale recalls Patrick born to killed parents by Druids, sold into slavery in France, then returning as Patricius to Ireland. He preaches Christianity, defeats Druid imagery with a fire miracle, inspires idol tear-downs, and becomes Ireland’s patron Saint, celebrated on March seventeenth.
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Patrick
Druids
Ireland
France
Father Patricius
Patricius
Tricius
Petrick
Riddles and wordplay about countries and clues
A fragmented text presents country riddles asking which country is old but new fishy fat summer frozen easily broken and in turmoil with mixed phrases and stray words. It lists Newfoundland China Russia and hints at word games with Abate Dilate Violate Calculate Regulate Incarcerate and Diamond.
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Mans
RED Rose
Frank J
Solar
Senate
Newfoundland
Chine
Russia
Ycamore
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