The Colosseum and Ancient Arena Beginnings
The article describes the ancient origins of stadiums and amphitheaters in Europe, noting Greece and Rome built many such structures. It details brutal games in Rome, including gladiator combats and wild beast shows, with the Colosseum as a famed example. The inaugurations under Titus in 80 AD are highlighted alongside the massive animal killings during celebrations.
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Readers Riddles From Readers Draw Laughs This Week
A column features reader submitted riddles with playful clues. Notable entries include Dona L. Dempsey and James Worland posing questions about a tall fly a tongue out at night a policeman like an airplane why the horse is the most patient animal and a riddle about a red item when it is axed.
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Dona L. Dempsey
James Worland
Homer Brown
Tjames Worland
Posers Quiz Questions Test Your General Knowledge
Eight questions challenge readers on deserts besieged cities authors pen names and capitals. Topics include the largest desert the city Joshua captured Poor Richard Benjamin Franklin A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens Jamaica’s nation status the least populous state in the US the capital of India and the checkerboard square count.
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Richard
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India
What Is Doggy About Dogwood
The article explores the dogwood name origins. It dismisses the idea of a dog connection and suggests the term derives from dagger wood, due to the wood’s hardness and sharpened point. It traces a contraction from Daggerwood to Dagwood and finally Dogwood.
DIY plume pen from old feathers for desk use
A bright feather pen makes a practical desk ornament and holiday gift. The guide describes converting a turkey, chicken, or antique plume into a pen by fitting a metal nib, trimming the quill, waxing the stem, and sealing with waxed cork ink reservoir for spill-free writing and practice drawing.
Ghost at Faversham's Deserted House Mystery
In Grayson Academy village post office worker Clay Martin and shy Lloyd Faversham share a Christmas letter revealing trouble from Lloyd’s grandfather’s estate. Lloyd reads a note from James Fabian about prospects and asks Clay to listen as Lloyd vents his worries about leaving school and a looming inheritance crisis.
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Japanese Children Send Seeds to Thank American Friends
Editorial notes Japan’s primary school pupils collect seeds of gourd, sun flower, and morning glory to mail to American children who sent friendship dolls. They plan to include a hopeful message, saying blossoms will remind Americans of mutual friendship across the Pacific.
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Sailor the Lighthouse Watch Dog of Wood Island
A Maine dairy farm dog named Sailor becomes keeper of watch at Wood Island Lighthouse. When his master fails to signal ships, Sailor grabs the rope and rings the beacon, proving himself a capable observer and earning the nickname dog watch.
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Where Do the Stars Go In Daylight
A narrator explains why stars vanish in daylight, comparing sunlight to a bright lamp’s glare and a candle’s unseen light. Lloyd confides to Clay about his twin sister Dorothy, parents’ death, and a dependent grandfather in Kentville. Fabian, the secretary and guardian, supposedly controls a dwindling estate, prompting Lloyd to vow action. To Be Continued Next Week.
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Gramad
Puzzle Corner Puzzle Corner Winter Sled Fun
Winter is coming and boys and girls in snow think about their sleds. A cheese cutter shaped puzzle hides good words for readers to spot.
The Definitions Are and Word Chains Puzzle Notes
A miscellaneous list of word clues and translations mixed with a word chain challenge. It includes abbreviations and archaic terms, plus prompts to transform words like SOME to MANY in four moves and SNOW to SLED in three moves, ending with a playful warning about a boy’s picture square.
Picture Word Square: similar sounds differ in meaning
In the sentence two words share pronunciation but differ in meaning. The butcher told ATM the form of the meat was cut to thin slices.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES WORD LIST FROM CROSWORD PUMILA
The reader is given a complex puzzle list with many fragments. Key entries include Hor mental and various fragments like to 4 9 cow 10 den 11 D W ti 1% Alang 17 alot 39 wmile and peril 22 N. BL to 34 om 9 un 28 Wt £ 7 ai 99 oh O1 ter 3M tree 88 Fijit 34 n 35 slate ph 39 exo 49 ero 4 one 42 ten Vurti 1 sled A ornamenting 4 reat tution 6 ont 7 cane on % whap 1% mat 78 ale Wa 1 Tet 14 oft 1% enews e7 Jones 27 8 0 Gi 28 Inlet 28 often 80 dias 4 f 9 88 ares 3M he 2 SOME ame sane wane MANY SNOW alow slew SLED & The picture word square includes ura tony cleo pum mad sere 4 Wal weigh h ere 7 18 mania 14.
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Ares
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Cleo
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