The Witch Old Thunderblunder of the Black Forest
An ugly witch fails at magic despite a witchcraft diploma. Her blunders spark a crisis among sorcerers, prompting punishment, a legendary mad broomstick, and a peasant rescue that ends witchcraft in Europe. A trek to Tibet follows as magicians flee.
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Black Forest
Witch Academy
Thunderblunder
Amalgamated
Sorcerers and Witches
Inkyink
Board of Magicians
Board of Managers
Old Thunderblander
Ola Thunderblunder
Europe
Tibet
Pictures to Paint. Learning about a cuckoo nest
In a cloudy afternoon scene Janet Harry and a mother discuss signs of rain from a cuckoo. They visit a low nest in a sumac clump, observe the bare twig nest and quill-like feathers, and learn from Harry about cuckoo feeding habits and their role in killing tent caterpillars.
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Janet
Mother
Usua
Htarry
Harry
High Places Affect Watches And Clocks
A historical note explains that timepieces lose immunity to altitude changes. Watches taken to Mont Blanc tops gain about thirty six seconds per day due to air pressure changes. Even moving from lower to higher house floors causes small variations in rate, though not practically significant.
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Mont Blanc
Exterminating More Animals In Fur Hunters Rampage
The article recalls fur hunters nearly wiping out New Guinea satan apes once abundant in forests, noting 175,600 skins in 1893 and only 67,000 exported two years later. It warns forests may be lifeless soon, and mentions risks to the white heron, hummingbird, and ruby and emerald bird skins sold in London.
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Satan Ape
New Guinea
Europe
South America
Argentina
Venezuela
Florida
London
Building a Camp Fire in Wet Weather
A detailed method for lighting a fire in rain. The woodsman searches for dry tinder in hollow trees and under roots, gathers a hatful of dry tinder and armful of dry twigs, shelters the fire, prepares a dry log wall, whittles thin shavings, and layers dry sticks over the tinder. Add wood gradually to sustain flames without smothering.
Little Jumbo Chapter II Sanity and the Lion Fight
A yearling elephant recalls wandering from the herd in the forest, facing two lions and a brutal mauling. Bulls rescue him, a harsh reprimand follows, and he learns a hard lesson about heedlessness and danger before the herd escapes a native and hunter threat.
Fox and hounds puzzle in a growing circle field
A wise old fox is cornered by a strategy in a large field as a pack from three hunting parties circles him. The black hounds encircle, and only a straight line to the field edge offers escape. Use a string or straight edge to test directions and find the single clear path through the hounds.
A MIX UP SONG ABOUT Bill Roberts
A poem recounts Bill Roberts striving to lose weight by racing the streets each morning. He jokes about his struggle with being heavy and the pace he sets, ending with the realization he cannot endure the weight and pace. The piece uses playful language and a curved rhyme about patience and self perception.
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Bill Roberts
Horned Saddle Beasts Ride Through History
A French Marquis rides a cow named Suzanne with a bit and saddle and jumps cross country, claiming speed and intelligence equal to a horse. Eddie Sullivan, a California cowboy, rides a steer and races it against ponies. Earlier, James Hirst in Yorkshire rode a horned bull, known as Old Comical, at hunts showing jumping speed rivaling horses and prompting dangers among riders.
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Marquis d’Auquesvives
Suzanne
Eddie Sullivan
California
Marquis
James Hirst
Yorkshire
England
A Jingle From Jong and a Lama Puzzle Moment
The text presents a playful poem with a Tibetan theme about a crowd heading to Lassa and a Grand Lama, followed by a British response. It shifts to a puzzle style age riddle and then gives toy cutout instructions with a figure reference. The passage mixes verse, dialogue, and step by step craft directions.
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Tibet
Lassa
Hidden sisters and dog puzzle from Lucy feature
The solution to last Sunday's picture puzzle reveals Lucy and her sisters hidden among tree branches with their dog Fup. Turn the image as described to find each sister and the pet dog in the specified positions.
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Lucy
Odor Speeds Tracked in Ten Foot Pipe Experiments
Experiments measured how fast smells move through a ten foot pipe. Ammonia released at one end was not detected at the far end for two hours. Similar strong odorants like sulfuric acid and camphor showed roughly the same traversal time.
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Ami
Jong
Absiu
Abov
LIONS
Idhe
Margaret L. Wallace
Papas
Brother
Freddy
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