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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1926

Page

12

The Good Losers Committee Sets Out for Centerville

Four Harristown High girls answer a phone invite and form a Good Losers Committee to celebrate Caldwell gift plans. A detour, rain, and a wrong turn lead them to a lonely house where a warm welcome awaits by a silent hostess and a crackling fire, hinting at an unexpected adventure.

Good Losers Jane: Trumbull Martie Sherwood Sherwood Harristown Martie Anne Turner Marjorie Jerry Harristown High Marjorie Lee Oa Ike Mother Sherwood Anne Someon

I Ain't Seen His Sense in a Sailor’s Quip

A sailor and his educated friend debate spelling and meaning as the exchange shifts from sense to money brains and a comic line about having seen sense. Edmond reports progress at school, saying he is half back on the football team and all the way back in studies while a mother chides about winter attire, specifically a missing petticoat.

Jerry Martie Centerville Mr. Caldwell Edmond

Blountstown Team Aims for Yard by Yard Win

Local school spirit chant from Blountstown and V. N. A. School lines, urging players to hit the line hard and push for every yard. The verse references Blountstown, Florida, and Nashville Tennessee as part of a competitive drill or rally.

Blountstown Blountstown School Dla

Fatherly Advice Sparks Handy Skill Tale

A boss quizzes Andy about his writing, praising his ability to write with either hand. Andy recalls his father’s guidance from childhood to train his left hand, saying it could matter if his right hand were lost one day. The exchange highlights resilience and practicalism in a workplace anecdote.

Andy

Ice and Snow Country Starts New Serial Today

A new serial titled Ice and Snow Country debuts today. It follows men facing harsh elements in a stark frontier setting where cold prevails and a nickel costs five cents.

Film Fun For Young Folks On A Daisy Hunt

A rough fragment notes a young reader heading to BEP for an early start on a daisy hunt. It mentions AooteH missing the six month loans and struggling to find daisies in the dark. The entry hints at a future installment and a weekly update.

Bep

The Word Ranch Origin Explained in Western Lore

The term ranch derives from the Spanish rancho meaning a place where herdsmen eat and sleep, later expanding to denote a grazing farm. In Texas and Colorado vast cattle ranches thrived before urban growth reduced large holdings. Cowboys supplied Theodore Roosevelt with Rough Riders before the Spanish-American War.

Texas Colorado Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders

Necessary Noises and Growth in Youthful Fans

A writer compares a stationary engineer’s hearing of necessary engine noise to the boisterous sounds of youth. He notes that cheering for a team and hammering to fix things are necessary noises, but urges adults to avoid unnecessary, inconsiderate racket and to act grown up.

Build Your Own Carrel Sled From Barrel Staves

You can use your wagon year round by equipping it with carrel stave runners as shown. This sled glides smoothly and adds a rocking motion. Materials needed include two barrel staves, four sheet metal pieces, and four bolts. Attach metal pieces to the staves, insert through front wheels, and fit rear locks. Steering is by toe only. remove runners in spring.

One More Flag For Your Game Flag Number 14

A brief item notes flag number 14 in a game lineup. No additional players or teams are named. The line reads as a concise reminder of a flag assignment for the event.

What country declared independence in 1903 and has a canal?

The question points to a former country declaring independence on November 8, 1903, located on an isthmus of the same name, with a canal across its width and Spanish as an official language. It also shares its capital name with the country.

Riddle Box Posed Questions On Everyday Paradoxes

A humor column presents a list of riddling questions numbered 612 to 620. Topics range from lambs and men to banks and pianos, teeth as verbs, roosters with smooth feathers, and other playful curiosities. The piece invites readers to ponder each quirky comparison and its hidden punchline.

Fragmented directions and classroom banter from a torn page

The readable lines hint at a flag guessing game with pasted stars and color clues. A comic exchange reveals a student lacking reminders, mentioning Professor Armstrong and a missing English assignment while a cord on a finger serves as a reminder. The text blends playful instruction with a joke about forgotten homework.

The Artist's Error Mistake in drawing found elsewhere on page

The artist made a bad mistake in drawing the picture above. The answer will be found elsewhere on this paper.

The Artist's Error and Riddle Answers

The text presents a set of riddle answers and clues from a puzzle page. It lists items such as ott Men lege, notes, waggin tongue, regular irregular and defective, a comb, courtship, a pocket doubling, an ion, gait, and locks. It appears as a miscellaneous riddle collection with associated numbers.

Ananion

Wild Canaries as Pets and a Trio of San Diego Pets

Della and Ruth Baxter of Springfield Utah nurture a wild canary found fallen from its nest, feeding it daily through summer and teaching it to stay. In San Diego, Hilaire Smith keeps three pets a fox terrier dog a Persian cat named Toppy and a parrot Rex who speaks only to favored visitors and adds humor to playtime.

Della Ruth Baxter Springfield Utah Ruth Hilaire Smith San Diego Calfornia Toppy Rex Hilaire Trixie

Crossword Zoo Riddle Prompts Northern Diamond Hint

Cecille Lyon presents a playful puzzle item describing a wild cat used for rugs and coats, noting its sociable zoo presence. The page lists scattered crossword clues and hints including words like ibis, night bird, beverage, vase, possessive pronoun, negative, weapon, employ, and regional terms. The riddle asks for a final word derived from clues about geography, color, and status, ending with an unfinished prompt.

Wordplay in a Six-Letter Anagram Puzzle and Substitution

A quirky prompt presents three six letter anagrams in a sentence about subletting a house. It asks to transform the word place to brink in five one letter at a time steps and to fill blanks with two heterographic pairs.

Four word square from Croat Word puzzle

Jumbled letters per row rearranged to form a four word square. Rows include horizontal items such as oalev tiong tla owl ten urn tta no gun re use and vertical items like Jaw test ne Ber istincts nab tuning tourna need IR us. The set also features diamond jet polar red a sublimat anbele bugst place plane pinank blank blink brink and other scattered fragments.

S. Preos Pols Ovan Enda

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