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Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo, Iowa

26 Aug 1911

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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1911

Page

4

Jack Rabbit and Jumping Jack Race to Bridgeport Cup

Joe Harker capsizes a plan to outdo rival Captain Bill Larkin in a Bayville harbor regatta. The Jack Rabbit, under Joe and Uncle Tom, battles the Jumping Jack through a 30 mile triangular course. A motor boost from Chug Motor Works helps the Jack Rabbit surge to an unlikely victory at sea.

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Joseps Harker, Jr Nobady Jes Barker, Jr Bridgeport Way Umebody Water End Eirteen Joe Bayville Jos Bridgeport Ine Harker Bud Spofford Chic Samuels Firet Blinky Andrews Binky Bill Larkin Bud Bit Larkin Bill Bibby Andrews Tom Parkers Choe Motor Company Toe Uncle Tom Frog Hollow Bit Red Durkin Lithe Oyster Pirates Grammar School Burke Mrs. Harker Mr. Harker Harkers Barker-Burke Fegatts Jumping Jack Red Durkis Red Stryker Tarry Yacht Club Jim Ellsworth Jim Chug Motor Works Nick Everthing Hengest Teast Jack Rabbit Samuels Blinkey Jack Ron Kids Jim Elsworth Wimcet Rod Hie Jor Bil Larkin Commodore Smith Harker Chug Motor Company Commodore Kicker Company Staten Island Larkin Chaz Captain Larkin
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Handmade cardboard hut and paper cup making guide

A fragmentary readers' project note covers building a small hut from wire netting and boards with artificial leaves, plus crafting paper drinking cups from writing paper, and then suggests dolls dressed as Indians with willow wigwam frames, vines for thatch, and a gypsy kettle tripod. The text blends DIY construction, toy crafts, and play ideas with several specific measurements and materials.

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A Home Made Paddle by Richard Carson

Instructional note describes making a paddle from a board four and a half to five feet long, six inches wide, half an inch thick with a prepared blade and handle. Includes steps to cut, plane, round the blade, and finish with paint or stain, then use on a train scene.

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Mark Mn Richard Carson
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The Pathetic Plaint of a Sad Little Mother

A lyric fragment portrays a grieving mother pleading for her doll in a dreamlike country visit. The child’s illness weighs heavy as the speaker clings to hope, imagining reunion and comfort beyond absence.

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Alich Lovett Carson Sonely Lot
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The Little Watch Within My Bed

A reflective verse piece questions a hidden inner watch that marks time by virtue or guilt. The speaker wonders who winds the watch while asleep, noting its loud or slow ticking with moods of happiness or wrongdoing. The text centers on conscience and inner rhythm guiding rest and verse.

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