The Boy Who Could Not Lose Meets His Match on Lake Cameron
Dave Shade, once the North Side Tennis club boast, loses to Madge Olney after a public lesson in sportsmanship. He confronts humiliation, friendship, and pride as Betty and Johnny Albert observe. By match end he admits fault and seeks forgiveness while Madge earns respect. The tale ends with renewed resolve and sportsmanlike resolve.
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Dave Shede
North Side
Johnny Albert
Johnny
Dave
Betty
Lake Cameron
Madge Olney
Altho Dave
Madge
Evarsone
France
Shade
Fecter
Dave Shade
Betty Shade
Riddle Box Ponders Candy, War Clubs and Mirth
A playful items page presents a set of riddles asking why a candy stick resembles a race horse and a gown mocks an Indian war club while a wall and a fish pose questions about likeness. The piece ends by noting our common failure to complete promised deeds and hints at hidden mysteries inside all things.
Memorable Events List From 1860s to 1920s
A fragmented chronicle lists dates and events such as the Dominion of Canada, the declaration of independence, Hawaii’s annexation, the first Atlantic telegraph cable, the start of World War I, Columbus’s voyage, Panama Canal, women’s suffrage, the Great Fire of London, Magellan’s circumnavigation, Britain’s first railway, the U.S. Constitution, and Balboa’s Pacific discovery, with scattered calendar fragments.
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Dominion of Canada
Hawaii
United States
England
Columbus
Panama
Cana Papen
London
World
Great Britain
U.S
Balboa
UFR
Hobby Club Pins Pincushion From Cigar Box
Mrs Brown explains how Hobby Club girls repurposed cigar boxes into pincushions and handkerchief boxes. She demonstrates placing cotton batting on the lid and sewing silk material to create a decorative box with lace and silk.
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Mrs Brown
Hobby Club
Miss Brown
Colorful Summer Calendar for Young Artists
Boys and girls can color a special summer calendar drawn for them. Cut out the page mount on cardboard and color with crayons. Punch a hole to hang in the room so you can track days for the next three months.
Teasing Younger Siblings Not Manly Says Editorial
An editorial urges boys to stop tormenting younger brothers and sisters. It notes teasing often hurts the younger child and emphasizes that fun should target peers, not younger siblings, urging readers to pick on someone their own size.
Dainty Silk Pincushion Made From Old Cigar Box
Miss Brown's class crafts a pink silk pincushion from a cigar box, tacked edges and lace border, satin lid, and lined inside with fancy material. The scene ends with students praising the teacher as the clever project is shown.
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Sheila McIvoonr
Masked identification challenges casual recognition
Instructions describe using a wire screen covered with news sheets to obscure the face for an audience game. A mask-sized slit at eye level is created so viewers identify a person by only the eye region. A person stands behind the screen guiding the game with paper and pencils.
Ghosts of Pirates Haunt Port Royal Harbor in Jamaica Tales
Old Port Royal Jamaica once a pirate hotspot now lies quiet by the southeast coast. Natives recall a 1692 earthquake that buried the wicked city and its loot soaked in coral. When seas calm, ruins shimmer beneath and ghost ships are said to try landing, then drift away to sea.
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Port Royal
Caribbean
Jamaica
Inkographs: A Simple Paper Trick Demonstration
Nick Nichols demonstrates an Inkograph trick using a folded sheet of paper and wet ink. Players fold after writing a name on the crease, then reveal a funny figure. The audience guesses who appears, with numbers tracked on paper and announced after each reveal.
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Nick Nichols
Peter Pen
Bo Trick
Nick
Muust
Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe by Doris Young
The Kitchenette column presents a Doris Young peanut butter fudge recipe. It instructs mixing two cups powdered sugar and 44 cup milk, adding peanut butter, cooking five minutes, then beating and pouring into buttered pans to cut into squares. Readers are invited to send more recipes.
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Doris Young
Answers to Riddles 1 and 3 4 5
The text presents fragmented riddles and partial phrases. It hints at a sequence with clues about speed, needs, sealing, and partial words, but lacks complete questions or clear solutions to form a coherent riddle answer. The readable parts suggest puzzle fragments rather than a single, solvable item.
Puzzle Column Alarming Dawn Word Diamond Challenge
Puzzle page presents a two part horizontal and vertical word puzzle with clues for many definitions including alarm clock related terms and a hidden flower name in a sentence. It also offers two word chains you must transform from TIME to RISE and WEEP to TEAR through specified moves.
Answers to Puzzles
Puzzle solutions list several items including a cross word puzzle answer and word patterns. The diamond term cot carat morning tint TNT appears with other clues. Peony is noted as an answer. Square words ham eee and men are given. Letter groupings TIME tide ride RISE and WEEP deep deer dear TEAR are provided.
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W. Boyce Morgan
Sun
SAT
Sunjmon
Editorial
India
Adventures OF
By Nick Nichols
Deve Sk Coow
Ing Snarl
Blizz
9Uzz
King Snarl
INDY
Cee All
Coon Bye, Smiley Wiley
Sheet Aung On Wire
Sior
Port Royal Harbor
Helen
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