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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1927
Page
11
John Shelton climbs Mount Maro in spring rain to visit cousin Ed. On reaching Ed’s cabin he finds no fire and no answer, as flood-battered villagers fear another disaster. A race to uncover Ed’s fate unfolds amid drifting snow and rising danger.
A playful cinema feature titled Round the Globe promises lighthearted antics with Oscar Bugs attempting a comic caper to nab rare butterflies as souvenirs for his Goofeyland adventures. The piece highlights kid friendly humor and whimsical globe trotting themes.
A historical sketch explains how seventeenth century pirates expanded from small boats to great ships, choosing fast, well kept vessels often painted black with vivid sails. It notes the Jolly Roger flag, heavy deck cannon, and armaments, plus the brutal discipline and absolute equality of booty shares among crew, with death for captured ships a constant threat.
The piece urges planning now to avoid future regret. It promotes exercise discipline and hard work, arguing that today shapes the grown-up self. It emphasizes seizing opportunities, breaking habits of shiftlessness, and balancing work with play for a stronger future.
A man stands in heavy rain as darkness closes in around him the scene ends with a promise of continuation next week.
A teacher offers extra help and invites students to ask for clarification on topics. Questions cover Richard the Lionheart, Vesuvius location, the highest mountain, Robinson Crusoe author, Lincoln’s assassin, the definition of an owl, electricity discovery, and gunpowder invention.
A playful collection of riddles and teasers designed to engage dads in puzzle solving. It suggests using several questions to spark interest, starting from simple wordplay to more lateral puzzles about everyday objects and relationships. Each item invites curiosity and quick reasoning.
Instructions describe making decorative handkerchief mats from wall or heavy cardboard finished in paint lacquer or cloth. Cut two identical pieces four by eight inches, punch triangular holes for ribbons, join with ribbon, finish edges, and decorate. A second mat design for hankies uses similar methods with wall board or two ply lumber as base.
Riddles cover ten items with quick answers: 641 appetite, 642 it, 6413 outside and inside, 4 multiplication table, 645 middle of day, Gi farthest from the bark, Gi7 a dead one, 648 your breath, 649 ten, 650 the more you lick it the faster it goes.
Identify the country from five clues: Europe’s most dense population, leading seaport Antwerp, carpets named for its capital, owns the Kongo State in Africa, and a France-Germany border nation greatly affected in war. Then color the three vertical stripes to match the correct flag colors.
Richard I of England is titled The Lion-hearted after reading the third crusade of Jerusalem. The other clues place a line near Naples Italy, Everest location claimed in India, Nantel Defoe and John Wilkes Booth among listed figures, a shoemaker’s tally at 7 percent, Benjamin Franklin, and China.
Cecille Lyon reports Aunt Madge's sewing club met at Helen's home last Thursday. The ladies chose a diamond design for a cross stitch quilt to gift to the neighborhood nursery. Helen also created a crossword puzzle based on the design.
A fragmented word puzzle lists clues for cooking vessel precious stone amusement cooperating group deep vessel busy insect to strike seasoning mineral period of time kind of bakery goods under age permit animal s limb writing implements birds home heavy tall vessel falsehood myth and a speed/race wordplay involving beheadings of names plus a four letter anagram puzzle.
A word puzzle where each row letters are rearranged to form a four word square. Each row yields a valid four letter word, and columns read as the same four words in order. The challenge asks to rearrange letters in each row and then reorder rows to complete the square.
The scan shows a jumbled list of puzzle words and fragments. Entries include horizontal clues like pan jewel fun sit team toes bee slap era minor and more, plus scattered letters and numbers. The text also repeats with phrases such as word or diamond and random word fragments like Sherman Elmer Fire stone road ending with incomplete items.
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