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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
8
A boy named Tom discovers a hollow cavity in a cypress close to a pursuing party. He slips inside as his pursuers, aided by a barking dog, approach in a canoe and wait beneath the tree awaiting his surrender. The escape hinges on the hollow’s depth and width.
A Georgia boy Tom Barclay on a summer 1836 fishing trip in a swamp near refugees from Creek raiders eludes two pursuing Indians. He climbs a water oak and later surprises a lone Indian, witnessing a clash between white settlers and the marauders. After night in the trees he joins a pursuing party and recalls firing at an Indian during the battle.
Mrs Hilda Mulhauser Richards heads the Women’s Division of the U S Employment Service in the Department of Labor. She urges American children to value education, seek specialized training, and plan careers rather than rush to work, noting early experiences as a factory worker.
A clipped puzzle item lists clues and word ladders titled Booklovers Puzzle with references to Silas Marner by George Eliot and Hydra headed words. It includes multiple word transformations, colorfully linking terms like Rough Tough Rough and Plush Slush Flush, and ends with a note on hydra headed word sequences.
Riddle references a familiar nursery rhyme figure Tommy Tucker who sang for his supper of butter and ad, and asks how one can be wed without a knife to cut it. The fragment hints at a playful word puzzle drawn from old verse and marriage fate themes.
In a practical home craft, instructions show assembling a wooden yarn reel to wind skeins, with steps for arms pegs and nails, yielding an adjustable device. A separate story follows Sue, a new girl at Branville school, shunned by classmates until Tom and Helen bring apples and teach her games, helping her join in and make friends.
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