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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1929

Page

12

The Pitcher Who Wasn't Needed A Baseball Story Installment

The warmington high school baseball plot follows Frankie Luin a would be pitcher who trains with Tom at noon and on his own, learning to throw a curve under coach Haggerty. Despite rocky trials and a lack of control Frankie shows hitting promise and earns a center field role while dreaming of pitching glory. The team wins two early games and Frankie saves a run with a booming double, but his control remains inconsistent.

Warmington High School Frankie Luin Deach Wageerty Proankie Prankie Althorne Con. Peonis Tom Frankie Wale Jack Frakkle Warmington Dayton Jack Sharp Bayfields Wermington High School Haggerty Franke Art Belden Frank al Art Frankin Whein Ore Walle Roberts Mound City

Riddle Teasers Prompt Quick Puzzles For Fun

A column offers light brain teasers and word play questions. It presents five quirky prompts about eggs, long words, boots, Texas pig pens, and a figure to whom every man must raise his hat, aiming to keep readers entertained.

Texas

The Kitchenette by Aunt Helen Honey Pop Corn Balls

A grandmotherly recipe from Irene Yap hails from Honolulu Hawaii for honey pop corn balls. It lists honey corn syrup butter salt and vinegar with heating to brittle 275 degrees Fahrenheit and instructions to pour over salted popcorn then form balls.

Honolulu Hawaii Irene Irene Yap

DIY Indoor Games and Silhouette Craft Ideas

A guide describes making a wooden stone racquet and using a rubber liner for a toy. It also explains home silhouette portrait crafting with a lamp, black paper, and careful tracing to create framed silhouettes.

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Stone Weight Technique Improves With Practice

A brief note encourages practice to master the best weight of stone throws. With continued effort, accuracy and skill with the mic quet will improve significantly.

Editorial on spending wisely and thrift

The writer argues thrift is virtuous but not absolute, noting dangers of hoarding and the futility of money on a desert island. Money serves to buy essentials and opportunities, and should be spent for needs and benefits, not wasted or saved without purpose. Encourage spending wisely for personal and communal gain.

Animal sound quiz: match noises to animals in 10 pairs

A playful list pairs animals with unusual sounds. Lion Tsarks, Elephant Growls, Pie Neighs, Wolf Brays, Hyena Roars, Dog Moos, Donkey Howls, Horse Laughs, Cow Grunts, Bear Trumpets.

Perfume Use in Ancient Times and Pompeii Findings

Perfume, a sweet fragrance, was a valued ancient commodity used for religious and medicinal purposes. The Queen of Sheba reportedly sent an abundance of spices and woods for perfume to Solomon. Pompeii ruins yielded large, costly bottles of perfume.

Sheba Salomon Pompeii Louis XV India

The Adventures of Peter Pen and Perfume Lore

The text notes that Oriental Indies used costly perfume to preserve charms. Knights returning from the Crusades carried expensive perfume bottles. During Charles II’s reign, perfume figures in courtly life.

Charles II

Perfume History Across Cultures and Riddles

An explorer notes perfume use from ancient Hebrews to India and Europe, detailing medicinal, ceremonial, and daily uses across eras. The text lists various associations with fragrance, followed by a series of riddle-style answers and animal sounds.

Treaty for peace signed by many nations in 1928

A green leather bound book displays a treaty text in French and English. Signatures and wax seals bind the pages, dated August 27, 1928 in Paris, listing Germany United States Great Britain France Canada Australia New Zealand Union of South Africa Irish Free State India Italy Japan Poland Czechoslovakia as signatories ending war through arbitration.

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Kite themed word puzzle and toy folding project

A crossword style puzzle presents horizontal and vertical clues about travel sky and weather, plus a word ladder from kite to wind in three moves. It also describes assembling a kite shaped crossword kite by cutting and pasting puzzle pieces for a stiff back.

Athletic Club

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