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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1928

Page

11

Conquerors Club Faces Juniors In Ferriston Clash

In Ferriston High School story, Sophomores of the Conquerors Club led by Bob Millar prepare for a pivotal interclass basketball game against the undefeated Juniors after Bill Millar suffers a bruised ankle from a hockey incident. Ripley and his gang threaten further trouble as the team rails against rough play and vows to play hard tonight.

Synopbib Ferriston High School Rob Millar Bui Jenkins Red Hopkins Parky Jones Bob Sophomeora Glass Red x Porky Sonhomeres Boo Red Frank Ripley Pete Pyice Dill Ruth Sayers Ripley Bill Ruth Ed Hixon Jimmy Favering Conquerors Club Ame Frank Ripjevy

Wrestling techniques: Half Nelson with leg or arm holds

The article outlines wrestling grips combining a half Nelson with the further leg hold or further arm hold. It explains securing the half Nelson with the left arm, then grabbing the opponent’s leg or arm, twisting the head, and using body weight to force a pin, with defensive cautions to avoid dangerous leverage.

Techniques for wrestling holds by Young Hackensmith in Chicago

Instructions describe bar hold headlock crotch hold and related positions used by MoCCA World's Champion Bantam and Feather Weight wrestler. Steps cover grips body positioning foot bracing and weight transfer to gain advantage and drive opponent to mat with safety notes and illustrations.

Chicago

Self starters and the quiet gym habit

A columnist urges self starters over prompting by others, using examples of George and Mollie to show initiative at home. The piece advises independence in daily tasks and closes with a cliffhanger and a quiz section listing obscure answers.

George Mollie

World’s strangest bridge carries you across river

A rail guided crossing spans the river with overhead trusses supporting a track. The unusual design makes the traveler ride atop the structure rather than walk along a conventional roadway, offering a novel passage across the water.

Secret Language of the Old Time Trappers

The article announces a collaboration with Fil Comanche to revive Chinook, the Northwest fur trade language. It explains Chinook as a dead tongue, offers weekly writings with spelled words and explanations, and invites readers to cut and paste into a scrapbook to build a permanent dictionary for secret code communication. The first installment appears today.

Fil Comanche Northwest Pacific el Comanche

Chinook Language Primer Excerpt From Duluth Harbor Feature

The text outlines pronunciations and meanings for Chinook words used to express agreement disapproval and time concepts. It includes examples like AYE and ALKA variants, explains lengthened pronunciations to denote longer time, and notes the Duluth Superior harbor setting with iron ore and grain shipments from Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin near the Canadian border.

Father Duluth—Superior Lake Superior Duuth Minnesota Superior Wisconsin

Quiz on World Structures and Classics

Eight questions cover major landmarks plays biology and history. Topics include Louvre Westminster Abbey Peace Palace Vatican Shakespeare's Shylock stiletto burial of Ulysses Grant Euclid geometry hockey sight nerve and more.

Louvre Westminster Abbey Peace Palace Vatican Shakespeare Shylock Grant Euclid Hanntha

Vegetable themed crossword puzzle update this week

The weekly crossword puzzle focuses on vegetables to remind readers to eat more produce. Read clues likely featuring common veggies and related terms to spark healthy eating habits.

Word square puzzle with vegetables and curtained phrases

A text puzzle describes a word square featuring vegetables and abbreviations, with clues for lines and words such as a passage through a river a smell traveled on horseback and made a picture. It hints at curtaining words to reveal a term meaning lady and asks for a full solution.

Swers to Puzzles From A Fractured Word List

Puzzle reader provides a fragmented puzzle text with scattered clues. It mentions a roman word purse, vertical and horizontal cues with numbers, partial words like radah and celery, and a note that the curtailed letters spell dame. It references a diamond, vegetables, and a garbled instruction about a word related to water and ford.

Rome Pena Root Seek Nell

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