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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1912

Page

13

Mount Pleasant Academy Juniors Defy Seniors in Big Ice Carnival

Bert Bryant arrives at Mount Pleasant Academy and joins Nan Merton and the Junior Four. The group forms a secret society to share the toboggan slide against the seniors, who patrol the hill after hours. A day of races follows with sleds, skating, and a dramatic river rescue race ending with Kid and Nan cheering Bert toward a final two mile handicap. The story continues.

Bert Bryant Mount Measant Academy Nan Merton Bert Secrer Society Cupples Crandall Lanny Kid Small Laney Nan Merton Crane Mr. Folsom Mount Pleasant Academy Doctor Spooner Ben Holden Sam Ferking Mount Pleasant Crane Pierce Waters Lovell Poole Lee Weters Steve Lovell Fierce Candle Island Nab Mr. Crane Ren

How to Make an Electric Weather Vane

A fourteen year old boy explains a DIY electric weather vane using magnets to indicate wind direction. The project uses a central pivot, copper plates, and magnets to drive a compass needle with an indicator, offering a night or weather display option and a variant with small lights for each direction.

A Vegetarian Cat by Viola Lowell

A young narrator details a vegetarian cat that refuses meat and loves vegetables especially beans and peas. The tale describes the cat as small gray with a white bib and her curious habit of stealing garden beans while the children plot to grow crops and save for fruit trees.

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The Puzzle of the Wise Physician

A fragment shows a wise physician scolding a patient about illness and advice, noting last night’s broiled food and the expectation of quick recovery. The diagonal tone implies a cautionary medical parable about self care and misapplied remedies.

Puzzle Answer From That Week’s Imane Wan

The completed sentence reads There was not a car to town, and the boat had to wade to the cabin.

Imane Wan

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