How to Play Winning Basketball by Tom F McMullen
A practical guide for boys and girls on indoor basketball. Barrie Bayliss and Kay face a ghost mystery at Willside Academy while Barrie plans a trap. The lesson blends sport instruction with mystery as Barrie and Jack pursue clues from Miss Vale and Grace, amid a tense night confrontation.
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Tom F. McMullen
Oregon State College
State Teachers College
San Diego
California
Barrie Bayliss
Jack Seymour
Willside Academy
Jack
Kay
Misa Vale
Ray
Barrie
Miss Vale
Arrie
Grace Dallinger
Grace
Mr. Ghost
Mrs. Ghost
Garrie
Academy
Snorter
Sorter
Grack
Sack
Sis
JHE RIDDLE BOX Games in the Newspaper Quizzing Section
The item presents a sequence of humorous riddles and wordplay questions. It asks quirky prompts such as why potatoes grow better than other vegetables and what the last three hairs on a dog’s tail are called, among others, in a light puzzle feature.
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United States
Adam
Capture of Suspect Hinted After Narrow Escape
Jack laments missing the culprit while Barrie urges immediate pursuit. He claims to lead to the academy where the suspect could be caught in minutes. Ta Be Concluded Next Week.
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Jack
Barrie
Academy
Feet and stomach care keep you healthy this season
A general once said soldiers fight on their stomachs and feet. The message urges boys and girls to eat properly and keep feet dry and warm to avoid colds and illness this season. Prioritize foot health and good nutrition for daily battles against illness.
Riddle of Authors and Characters List
A playful puzzle lists famous fiction characters with mismatched authors. Correct pairings are inferred from the clues and the cheeky answers section notes humorous misplacements and wordplay about aging, hair, and parental figures.
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Simon Legree
Dickens
Sherlock Holmes
Barrie
Rip van Winkle
Shakespeare
Shylock—Elliot
Lilay Marner—Stowe
Scrooge—Dayle
John Alden—Irving
Wendy—Longfellow
Spirit's Message Trick Reveals a Dead Person
Instructions describe a stage trick where a magician asks the audience to write names on slips of paper, all living except one dead person, then the result is announced as the dead slip. The method uses a four inch by several inch sheet and a ruler to create edges that identify the dead slip.
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Lincoln
Practical divination charm described with slips and a dead person cue
A narrator explains a ritual using slips pressed to the forehead to reveal a live or dead person. The test hinges on a lone smooth-edged slip. a warm sensation signals the live slip while a cold one indicates death, announced as Lincoln.
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LincOln
Cream of Tomato Soup From Seasonal Home Kitchen
A simple six serving recipe for cream of tomato soup. Use canned tomatoes with sugar, milk heated in a double boiler with onion, then add a flour paste and strained tomato. Season with salt pepper and soda, then strain and serve with toasted crackers.
Puzzle Color and Basketball Clues From Old Clipping
A fragmented puzzle page asks to solve color themed riddles and basketball terms with abbreviations for west Indies and positions. It mixes clues like prime Wordplay on presidents, chemical symbols, and grammar hints with wordplay about garden tools and book titles.
Picture Puzzle Poem By A. L. F.
A fragmented verse with wordplay on spelling patterns and a list of misread literary names. It includes humorous exchanges about a mule and a set of Parisian style misnamings like Sherlock Holmen and Rip Van Winkla.
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Simon Legree
Warrior Heecher Stowe
Sherlock Holmen
A. Conan Doyle
Rip van Winkla
Washington Irving
Shylock
Answers to Puzzles and Wit in a City Shop Mockery
Puzzle answers appear as garbled phrases with phrases like Tran-hoe Cetida and renges cod oila vile. A second-Hand Joke notes a shop quip about a second-hand shop. Wise Idea quotes a car dealer offering a bicycle with every sale to lure buyers. A bandit line implies a fatal crime with a twist.
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