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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1927
Page
11
John risks a perilous climb through melting snow to warn Sedgwick, after Ed Shelton is injured and the telephones fail. With the dam endangered and floods possible, John ventures into a worsening storm to locate a new signal to alert the village and save lives.
Oscar Bugg and his two pals travel across the world in a youth program segment called Around the Globe. After a hectic tour and collecting many treasures, Oscar improvises a hammock in the basket to sleep aboard their flying adventure. The trio, Maceian, Columbus and De samo, are exhausted but hopeful for more discoveries as they settle into a new 85 episode serial.
A home craft piece describes making St Patrick's Day party favors using clay bubble pipes and crepe paper. It covers steps to craft a crepe paper doll with pipe stem body, cap, blouse, skirt, bodice, apron, and shamrock decorations, ending with a finished doll ready for display.
A playful note invites readers to pretend print in green ink and color with a crayon to enjoy a Shamrock puzzle for the season. The item suggests a seasonal craft activity tied to the puzzle editor.
A jumble of wordplay hints and vague definitions appears, listing terms like pronouns and articles, organ names, and color notes, with stray phrases about beheading, be longings, and a cryptic comment that “These Three Deep Are Not Too Deep.”
The quiz asks which country lies in the Orinoco River basin and has Caracas as its capital. It notes one half of the area is forested, references General Gomez as president, and mentions the moniker Little Venice due to water in Indian villages.
A reader asks eight questions about authors and facts to gauge how much benefit comes from reading. Questions cover Hamlet and A Man's a Man for a' That, Pike's Peak, chrysalis, silk making, Bombay, and a chronometer, prompting recall of geography, literature, science, and history.
A fragmentary tale recounts a zebra stolen by a rival and polished for display as a barber pole. The oddly phrased local note hints at a quirky incident with street theater in a small community.
The piece contrasts the hero’s fearlessness with common fears and depicts Johnny’s perilous climb to safety near the Reed house. It shows how courage in one setting does not absolve fear in another. The narrative ends with a cliffhanger, promising continuation next week.
Ancient Egyptian riddles delighted readers as wits sharpened like athletes with steady practice. The piece lists questions such as what has an eye but cannot see and what has a mouth but cannot talk, inviting playful deduction and cultural curiosity.
On a thawing day, children build a snow man and invite friends for a snowball bombardment. Points are awarded for actions like striking the hat off the snow man. Teams may build opposing snow men and destroy them under a referee’s oversight, with a pre determined point goal to win.
A snake that wraps around its victim to strangle. Located in Colorado. Attributed to Robert Burns. The metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. Silk worm spins the thread. India. A highly accurate timepiece used mainly on ships.
Riddle tally lists various answers such as Dickens Hewitt Burns a needle and heat You can catch cold A river A comb Lytton and Dickens works Morning and Night and All the Year Round It notes matchless and outer side with a wordplay about heir apparent hair apparent and hairy parent indicating punny solutions
A puzzle page presents scattered solutions and clues for horizontal and vertical entries including terms like horisontal, worme, ape, army, eye, old, and others such as green, party, era, medal, fairs. The second puzzle bundle adds words like PB bat bathe Patrick and Yeaven with partial clues.
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