The Sacred Ruby of the Ikeans Treasure Hunt
Rob Ransom and Jimmie Bryson, aboard the schooner Nancy, drift toward Colon after a hurricane and discover pirate Kirkbride’s treasure chest on Kirkbride's Isle. Inside lie pirate gold and the sacred ruby, which crowns the bearer ruler of the Ikkan tribe. two sinister natives arrive to seize the loot, while the ruby’s power reshapes the boys' fate and hints at future peril. The voyage resumes with the Nancy soon to Port Colon as the boys tally treasure worth about $50,000 each.
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Rob Ransom
Suumte Exys Ny Noe
James Brygon
Nancy
Colon
Kirkbride
Eslendo
Gald
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Jimmie Bryson
Bob Ransom
Jock
Bob
Jimmie
Jmmie
John Kirkbride
Mr. Ogilevy
Mr. Bryson
Kirkbride’s Isle
Homemade Christmas gifts from Boys and Girls Page designs
Readers are urged to craft Christmas gifts at low cost using original sketches shown in the Boys and Girls Page. Tutorials cover embroidery transfers, toy boxes, blotter pads, book covers, and tin or wood box painting with simple materials from five and ten cent stores. Demonstrations explain tracing designs onto objects, color mixing, and decorative techniques suitable for girls and boys.
Crew Shares In Storm Rescue
Jimmie and Bob propose each contributing 20000 to a 49000 pool to compensate the crew for their efforts in saving the group from the storm. Mr. Bryson approves, and Mr. Ogilevy agrees to identify the crew members and fair shares. The Nancy sails away as natives honor their rescuers by a bonfire, with the Ikkans’ new ruler shown by the firelight. The end.
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Jimmie
Bob
Mr. Bryson
Ogilevy
The Same Difficulty and Our Tub Leaks
A humor column fragment depicts an old lady given a ship tour by an officer citing a captain's fall and a pun about a leak. A weather joke follows about a shower and a prophet, ending with a quip on fifteen cents to the dogs as he reads for the shine.
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The
Weather Bureau
Is There Room for Girls in Public Life
A columnist asserts that girls now have equal opportunity with boys, noting that women hold congress and governorships. They emphasize that education and ambition determine a woman’s success, and that using a brain leads to progress, not tradition.
High School Chant and War Time Quips
A garbled school cheer blends mascots and rival lines from Noblesville, Northern Township, Kewanee, Carthage, and Jesuits with stray student chants. It closes with a wartime quote about why war is opposed, reflecting a noisy, mixed-source page note.
Step Word Puzzle: A Lamp to Read By
Puzzle asks to move from lamp to new words by changing one letter per step. Each step defines a clue such as limping hobbling a mineral and others, guiding readers to deduce successive words. The page directs readers to find answers elsewhere on the page, noting a sequence of single letter changes.
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Deciluee
Lyon
Pictures In Pictures In Olden Caves
Stone Age people left cave wall pictures in southern France and northern Spain. Mammoth images helped scientists learn their thick hides and long tusks while bison, deer, birds, and horses appear in varying skill. Paints, lamps, and stone tools aided these early artworks. Next week discusses Stone Age housing changes.
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France
Spain
Europe
Siberia
My Dog Does Here is Frecklers Bath Day Tale
A Nashville woman Marjorie Pritchett recounts how her dog Frecklers recognizes her voice on the telephone. She notes Frecklers runs the street on bath days and returns home as soon as she hears her voice, with relatives helping by placing Frecklers car to the receiver.
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Wrecklers
Marjorie Pritchett
Nashville
Tenn
Frecklers
Marjorie
Rothe
Just Four Major Races of Mankind
A historical passage states there are four main races: negroes or blacks, Mongols or yellow, red or brown peoples, and Caucasians or whites, noting older origins and distinguishing features such as skull measurements and jaw projection. It includes stray classroom dialogue and a Step-Word Puzzle section with unrelated word pairings.
The Darkness By Beatrice Washburn
The darkness fits me like a wing as it spreads around my bed and settles on my feet and legs. The poem evokes a quiet, suffocating sense of night closing in and shaping the speaker’s rest.
Hats Through English History Show Evolving Styles
The piece traces headwear from ancient England before the Norman conquest to later medieval fashion. It notes hats as a status symbol, describes beaver hats and feathered varieties, and cites Stubbs’s criticism of the restless fashion and changing colors and shapes across centuries.
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England
Stubbs
Beang
The Best in the Class and Other Language Gags
A humor piece listing quick dialogue snippets and puns. Absent-minded professors, clergymen, and neighbors exchange quips about bears sleeping, insomnia, wedding memories, and classroom misfires. A light, dated collection of one liners.
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Junglepool
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Beatrice Washburn
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