City of the Deep A Sargasso Sea Adventure Story
A shipwrecked steamer Bandog leaves two boys adrift in a dinghy drifting into the Sargasso Sea. They near a wrecked hull where a hardy crew survives among a strange, lifelong cast. One rescuer fights the weeds and exhaustion to reach the vessel and secure water and food. The rescued boys learn they are aboard a mysterious ship with inhabitants born there. To Be Continued Next Week.
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Sargasso Sea
Jack Gihon
Themelves
Oo Ho Min
Dan
Arun
Bub
Atlantic Ocean
Cuba
Canary Islands
Pan
Bob
Wales
Mauch
Lidrik
Animal Kingdom
Mr. Vincent
How To Make a Rubber Motored Airplane Complete Instructions
Terence Vincent outlines simple rubber motored airplane construction. He details parts such as wings elevator rudder fuselage and propeller, sharing three motor base designs and practical tips for light, strong builds suitable for beginners.
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Arthur Smith
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Cleveland
Gigantic Flying Creatures and the Flying Reptile
Ramon Coffman describes ancient giants like the Flying Reptile and the Albatross. The piece contrasts wingspans, flight styles, and fossil preservation, noting eighteen-foot wings and batlike flight, with a call for future aviation inventions to prevent ice buildup on aircraft surfaces.
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Ramon Coffman
Masquerade Pirate Turns Shy at Town Party
A grand masquerade pirate costume hides Martin Hendricks’s shy nature. He captivates the crowd with bravado and humor until unmasked, when his bashfulness returns and he cannot bring himself to dance or talk. A radio soundtrack and a quiet exit mark the ending of the party.
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Tre
Kid Hoota
Dann
Pirate
Martin Hendricks
Martin
Nellie Winter
Mary Warren
Embarrassing Damage to Neighbor’s Valued Vase
A reader recalls the costly embarrassment of breaking a neighbor’s vase and the expense of repairing or replacing cherished objects. The item highlights the social friction and financial burden of property damage in close neighborhoods.
Tables With Funny Legs and Bearlike Curves
Beatrice Washburn muses on tables with whimsical legs that curl like bears feet. Imagines if they were alive they would walk and climb stairs, blending whimsy with curious observation.
Thelma Kitty Defies Stepfather for Haircut
Thelma Kitty seeks a haircut against her cruel stepfather Otto de SnaKe after Aryusay and SirAuBreed arrange it. Handsome barber Phil begins the work as Otto arrives. Thelma and Phil escape, while Otto roars toward them in pursuit.
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Thelma Kitty
Otto DE Snake
PE Siraubreed
Otto
Phil
Thelma
Otto Ros
Phil and Thelma Escape in the Lengthening Shadows
In a dramatic escape, Phil and Thelma pull off a daring act as night lengthens, unfolding a tense sequence of events that tests their resolve and signals a turning point in their story.
The Riddle Box Ten More Brain Teasers Revealed
The item lists ten riddles numbered 51 to 60 with playful questions about cats surgeons rooms Neptune sun leaf and architects. It notes readers should send in new riddles for potential print with authorship. It includes garbled answer fragments and a cheeky line about riddles and patience.
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Neptune
Snowy Tobogganing Jam Reveals Hidden Names
A group of kids sledded on a hill in snowfall last night. Among the jumble of names NREDBAR ROVILE DWREDA NALDOR SHMOAT PRASH appear, inviting readers to guess the rest and extract a hidden boy’s name from initials. Two jewels are concealed by the sentence about a magic crystal making the room lighter.
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Jimmie
A Picture Puzzle Riddle on a Seven Word Diamond
A reader is asked to guess a seven word phrase in which the sixth word sounds like a body of water. It asks to fill the blanks with two homophones that differ in meaning and spelling to complete the sentence about avoiding distractions to stay productive.
STEP-WORD PUZZLE STEP-WORD PUZZLE
A compact description of a step-word puzzle about forming new words by one-letter changes. It includes clues for parts of speech and definitions like fruit, celestial bodies, and to peer, with mentions of pearls and other related terms, all presented in a puzzle format.
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Waterloo Eventing Couriers
Bre
Max Moore
Assia
ENE
Terence Vincent
Miniature Aircraft Fliers
Detroit
St. Louis
Dayton
Mitchell Field
Oursland
N.Y
Monadpack
Chicas
Hardison
South Atlantic
Pacific
Earth
Dorothy Dansing
S the
Beatrice Washburn
Gorfey Land
Jack Gihom
Fred Neher
Waile Phil
Mse
Tecwusa
By Cecille Lyon
Nredbar, Rovile Dwreda, Naldor Shmoat, Prash
Mary
Heavenly
Bernard
Oliver
Edward
Roland
Thomas
Ralph
Robert
Ruby
Pearl
AIRIL
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