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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1912

Page

3

Our Boys and Girls Winter Hikes with the Boy Scouts

The article extols winter scouting activities led by Chief Scout Ernest Thompson Seton in the Boy Scouts of America Handbook. It highlights tracking, snowball play, fire building, and stretcher practice as key winter skills, noting animals like deer and meadow mouse tracks near cities and urging urban youths to explore woods for tracks and open-field adventures.

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Good Heart Leads Little Gray People Against Enemy Band

In an Indian village Good Heart, chosen by chiefs to lead a youth expedition, heads a小roup of brave youths to chase raiders who have disrupted winter provisions and attacked hunters. The young leaders, marked with paint and feathers, ride swift ponies and cry a fierce war cry.

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Winter Scout Skills And Tales Of Good Heart

Winter scout activities include building fires with dry material and without matches, ice rescue practice with rope and board, and snow fort games. The tale follows Good Heart and his gray friends as they outwit an attacking tribe, win a battle with broken enemy bows, and later become a priest, while emphasizing safety, tree lore, and winter craft.

A Japanese match trick demonstration

A brief note describes a simple matchstick illusion. Place one match on the table. Lay other matches across it so their heads cross the first. Add a third match lengthwise over the heads. Pick up all matches by holding one end of the bottom piece.

Answer to Washington Puzzle Shows Key Figures

Soklers and statesmen of Washington's era named in last week's puzzle include Adama, Jay, Wayne, Prescott, Paine, Gates and Moultrie.

Washington Soklers Adama Jay Wayne Prescott Paine Gates Moultrie

Ralph Henry Barbour Serial Returns to Junior Tour Players

In next week’s page for boys and girls the first number of a new Ralph Henry Barbour serial will be published. The piece promises Barbour’s lively and amusing Junior Tour crew, a tale fit for both boys and girls, and not to be missed by fans or newcomers alike.

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Landship Training For Berlin School Boys Daily Sail Work

Berlin students train on the land ship Itlis with a 120 boy crew. Younger cadets act as officers while they wear middy blouses. Daily gun practice and drills mimic ship life as boys climb spars and hoist sails, with high demand for crew slots.

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