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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1922

Page

4

Three Oaks Eggy Keeps Busy With Cousins and Tiny House

Three Oaks girl Eggy rushes from morning till night tending chores while cousins Emily and Lawrence visit. Pragsy’s grandfather, once a cabinet maker, builds a tiny sitle model house in the long back yard. The structure has a cellar, walls, doors, windows, and a silvery shingle roof, tiny enough for Peggy to enter through a small door.

Eggy Emily Lawrence Pragsy Peggy Pegey

April Birthday Book list of notable birthdays

A reader’s April Birthday Book catalogs birthdays of figures such as Bartholdi Irving Swinburne Kant Turner Hume Jefferson Monroe Taft and Mary II with dates and short identifiers. The fragment blends a long list of names and a narrative about a girl Peggy and her grandfather building a home Three Oaks and Arbor Day garden plans.

Otte Eduard Leopold Blymarck Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Washington Irving Pierre Paul Prudhon Algernon Charles Swinburne Friedrich Robert Volkmann William Wordsworth John C. Loudon Fishep Ames Flugo Grotius Christopher Smart Henry Clay Thomas Jefferson George Gregory John Lathrop Motley Charles Peale John Ford Francis Baring Edward Petlow Viscount Exmouth Napoleon 111 France Frederick Proebel Immanuel Kant Joseph Turner Edmund Cartwright Oliver Cromprell David Hume Ulysses Grant James Monroe Turndo Taft Queen Mary IT England

Lost garden trowels prompt owner search

Local readers seek owners for a set of garden trowels misplaced for months. The owner is questioned about the trowels’ origin and hopes for return, while the community hopes their handwork is admired by the finder.

The Flowers Awake in Spring as Fairy Chorus Rises

A lyrical meditation on winter ending and spring awakening. Flowers, dandelions, buttercups, daisies rise from ice and snow as "Fairy folk" of Earth join in greeting the sun. The poem imagines nature as cheerful children celebrating summer, with freedom from school and work.

Toy making from toothpicks and peas instructions

The article explains making toys from ordinary toothpicks and dry peas. Soak peas eight to ten hours, sharpen and cut toothpicks to specified lengths, optionally place a center pin, and assemble units one at a time before creating combinations. Start with an easy piece like a serving table and follow the provided key for sizes.

Washington Irving A Pioneer of American Literature

Washington Irving born April 3 1783 in Tarrytown New York grew from law clerk to celebrated author. He blended travel lore with vivid place descriptions in works like Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Sketch Book inspiring readers then and now.

Washington Irving Tarrytown New York Irving Sunnyside United States Young Irving Scotland Washington Sleepy Hollow

Quaker Twins And Mourning Doves Tale From Nest to Love

A first-person narrative from a Quaker dove chick describes twin siblings with one larger and greedier, the unusual feeding from parents, the rough nest made of sticks, the feather development, and the family’s calm, colorful life. The account ends with plans for future love and a nest in a tall tree.

Mrs. Dove Sister Sam Mother

April Pho of us does not love nature and garden tips

A readable old note extols enjoying spring outdoors and growing a home garden. It lists simple tools a gardener needs, soil preparation, sowing seeds thinly in April with several suggested flowers and a brief guide on seed placement. It also urges planting a tree for Arbor Day to beautify streets and preserve green spaces.

Grandfather Posey Lawrence Emily Ralstreas

Pineapple Walnut Lettuce Salad Recipe

Wash and crisp lettuce then prepare dressing with oil vinegar salt paprika and heat to blend. Drain pineapple and toast nuts then arrange leaves on plates with pineapple slices center and nuts on top. Pour dressing over and serve immediately.

Beheadings Hint at Month Name in Four Squares

Puzzle item lists beheadings yielding words to spell a lovely month. Includes two four letter square riddles with clues for each position: cycle of months, not hard, small snakes, relaxation. and rush about, enclosed space, genuine, a story.

What is it answers acrostic beheadings

Fragmentary OCR presents a puzzle style item with scattered letters and phrases. It appears to request answers to an acrostic beheading theme and mentions atay play reet ion lair.

Reet Ion Lair

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