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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1928
Page
11
A glossary excerpted from Elcomancho Chinook presents Chinook terms and pronunciations. Entries cover words for head, door, lumber, foot, fetch, and numbers, with notes on pronunciation, meanings, and related terms in neighboring languages and historic usage. The text includes L’ahb for bear-berry and kinniikinik references.
Indians used a simple green hickory stick as a nutcracker. A three foot long stick with a square notch midway allows a nut to fit. bending the ends breaks the shell. This old technique shows native ingenuity before modern tools.
Little Mary Ellen names a Teddy bear Gladly as her aunt asks about the new bear. The girl explains the bear’s name echoes a hymn line, “Gladdy my cross ered bear,” revealing a playful mishearing and a cheerfully punny moment.
The article describes methods used before clocks, including a knotted rope that burns evenly, candle clocks attributed to Alfred the Great, hourglasses, a seepage pan, and a sun Dial. It explains sundials work by shadow position, guiding time of day from sun’s movement across the sky.
A boy explains to his mother that he earned a black eye while chasing a neighbor who he says he caught. The incident occurred after he had been playing in the street and was summoned home.
An eleven year old girl Sally Faber and lifeguard Dick Mills form a summer at Silver Lake romance. Sally learns diving and the jackknife, faces a misstep, then befriends the lifeguard while a new pair, Francis Stanley and Mae Walpole, arrive and test the water. Dick warns Stanley as he ignores the rope, but Stanley dives beyond danger and collapses, leading to a cliffhanger ending.
The text explains that military officers are trained first to obey, proving they can follow orders before being entrusted to give them. This early discipline builds the foundation for future leadership and responsible command as a path to personal growth and effectiveness.
A reader-submitted riddle page offers light puzzles to beat heat and fatigue. Entries include Sadie May Johnson asking about a smoking chimney, Fillmore Curtis on a tree by the sea, Helen Peterson on auction versus seasickness, Marian Grim on a ship no woman objects to embarking, and Pauline Strorigl on the difference between an opiate and an agitator.
In Salt Lake City Utah the Mormon temple rises from grey granite walls begun in 1853 and completed in 1893 with a spire over two hundred feet tall and the copper angel Moroni set in place. The builders faced primitive tools harsh methods and years of arduous quarrying and hauling by animals as the Latter day Saints fled persecution to make Salt Lake City their permanent home.
In a summer story of the Antarctic regions Doctor Douglas Mawson endures extreme cold and isolation after his party suffers tragedy. A crevasse claim takes Lieutenant Ninnis and supplies, while Dr. Mertz dies. Mawson, with little food, walks miles daily until a rescue cairn with food and ship location is found.
A fragmented page presents word puzzles and clues. It hints at hidden names of famous baseball players, presidents, and plants within riddle style items and crossword like entries. The text lists mixed terms and partial answers such as Ruth, Hayes, Garfield, Pierce, and several plants and objects.
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