Elephant hunter recalls deadly storm and jungle escape
A narrative recounts a brutal thunderstorm in the camp of elephant hunters. Elephants, lions, and wolves panicked as rain battered the forest, with a lone elephant felling a charging buffalo by striking it in the spine. After days of travel, a white hunter arrives, fights off a lion, and a voyage toward the coast begins, including encounters with venomous cobras and a crocodile.
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Huffala
Shaw
Elephans
Buffao
Felows
Solution of the Bird Puzzle Reveals Nest Departures
Diagram explains how many little birds fell from the nest. By folding the nest as shown, four birds appear outside the nest while the remainder stay inside. Sipser vane BREHIVFS appears as a scrambled clue in the puzzle text.
The Ballad of the Saucy Kitty Tugboat Saga
An engineer aboard the Saucy Kitty recounts a perilous gale off the Jersey shore. Bill Maguire drives a risky tow on a Spanish brig, demanding payments as the squall rages. After seven hours, Maguire preserves the brig and earns praise from the captain who calls him a man.
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Bill Maguire
Jersey Shore
Cap
Maguire
Bill
Cap. Maguire
Jersey
Leeward
Jim
Senor
Shadowshadow: A Simple Shadow Drawing Puzzle Card
Readers are guided to create pictures from shadows cast by a crumpled paper on a flat sheet under a single light. By tracing shadow outlines and viewing from multiple angles, a familiar image emerges. The accompanying word puzzle asks for a foreign Orient coin name by combining halves of a famous pope with a flower’s name.
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Orient
The Phoenicians and the World Monolith Mystery
A discussion of monoliths worldwide from Stonehenge to Easter Island suggests Phoenician builders marshalling river routes and seas. It cites Phoenician symbols on stones in Bolivia and France, proposing ancient global navigation and possible Atlantis links. An added word puzzle mentions a US state capital hidden in a riddle and a limerick about a girl’s schooling.
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Mong
Stonehenge
England
France
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Africa
Madagascar
Asia
Mount Sinai
Caucasus
India
Siberia
Japan
North
South America
Easter Island
Pacific Ocean
Globe
America
M. Levistre
Loire
San Luis
Bolivia
Mixed parade of thought and beasts in verse
A fragmented statement portrays a parade of beasts and people in broken order. The text implies assembling varied parts into two lines of verse, highlighting a struggle to create coherent rhythm from scattered phrases.
Savage Fighters And Their Ways In Africa War Report
One German officer in Southwest Africa describes African fighters as having sharper natural vision, better trail sense, and endurance for pain, with superior camouflage in thorny bushes. He notes white scouts misjudge terrain and tracks, while Negro scouts detect fresh trails by dew and soil moisture, aiding ambushes against German troops.
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Ajor Rickelmann
Africa
Lncir
Dea
Maj Rickelmann
Sweets of Victory Ride Through War Time Tale
A nine year old boy Kaya sets up a candy shop to support his mother as his father fights Russians. He creates rice cakes styled as the sweets of victory with a temperate rumor of a great Japanese win. The cakes sell and honor to the father Captain Sih spreads among neighbors and crowds.
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Kaya
Eingnean
Stupa
Koya
Algo
White Court
War Office
Toko Sih
Nippon
Sat
Victor Koya
Sih
Capt Sih
Twentieth Century Girls' Club Publishes First Paper
Dorothy ten, Julia eleven, and Helen thirteen form a weekly paper club. The first issue features a rescue tale where a poor newsboy saves a rich girl from an imminent danger, earning her grateful parents a $5,000 reward. The money funds the boy’s pony and cart venture.
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Dorothy
Julia
Helen
Twentieth Century Girls’ Club
Fairy Tales in a School Paper Rotation
A fragmented narrative describes a collaborative school newspaper where Julia Dorothy and Helen contribute items ranging from fairy tale poetry to local notices. The system allows each student to edit and resubmit, reducing editorial friction and pleasing participants. A separate anecdote mentions a schoolmaster aiming to punish a pupil, who asks for a seat instead.
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Sipser
Vane
Saucy Kitty
United States
Chase
Cape
Hood
Wkovas
Toks3o
Peterkina
You
Miranda Peterkin
Peter
Dan
Kata
Vhe Paterkin
Niagara
Falls
Pittsburg
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