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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1929
Page
13
John Y. Beaty, editor, explains saving via a bank savings account through a story of two boys, Pred and Fred. The piece highlights leaving money in savings for at least six months, earning 3 percent interest, and the value of starting early to fund education. It urges regular deposits and patience to grow wealth.
Instructions by Dorlcha Lanctat for spring home decor instruct readers to create a decorative fly swatter using harmonizing yarns. The guide covers outside edge color, stitching technique, a flower motif, embroidery options, and a braided handle wrap for a finished, gift-ready piece.
A porcupine toothbrush named Teddy shoots bristles in anger harming no one but upsetting his master. After being replaced by a calmer model, Teddy discovers working offers purpose and eventually learns to keep his temper, finding happiness again brushing teeth and nails.
A fragmented calendar page lists events like Lincoln assassination on April 14 1865 the Titanic sinking April 15 1912 and the Battle of Waterloo. It also offers a child friendly craft to color cut and hang the calendar for upcoming months with simple instructions.
Hitun Kasan means winter weasel in Sioux and is used for the animal in its winter coat. The article explains color changes, shedding twice a year, and how the weasel remains part of the mink family despite the ermines white coat with a black tip.
The piece urges students to mix light adventure stories with substantial books. It compares fiction to dessert and emphasizes reading history, biography, and other lasting subjects. It advises consulting teachers or librarians to find valuable material.
In this farm themed puzzle by ACL F members propose a four letter word to build yourself on a farm with horses or a cow. The riddle hints at a simple construction or concept linked to farm life and self build.
The text notes weasels as ruthless predators feeding on various prey including birds and snakes. It describes their throat slitting attacks on larger animals, blood drinking, and killing without eating. fur trade drives trapping, with ermine winter pelts valued higher than summer fur.
A light moment on set features three chimpanzees reacting to props with playful banter as an actor points out a misidentified prop. The moment underscores the film’s lighthearted tone and behind the scenes humor.
Virginia Schummers sends a batch of five reader riddles as the supply runs low. The items include what is the longest day of the Bible, why is an orange like a church steeple, difference between perseverance and obstinacy, between a gardener and a Chinaman, and what sort of men are always above board.
The column features Aunt Helen inviting recipe submissions from readers and provides a Raisin Crunch recipe by Caroline Iannaccon. Ingredients include raisins brown sugar molasses butter water and salt with steps to plump raisins dissolve sugar and molasses cook to hard crack stage then mix with raisins and set in a buttered pan to cool and break into pieces.
A description of weather balloons used by scientists to measure atmospheric conditions high above Earth. The article explains balloon size five feet diameter, gas fill with hydrogen or helium, a parachute descent, and self recording instruments for temperature pressure and humidity reaching up to 16 miles high.
A playful puzzle column featuring a duck Easter theme and word games. It includes scrambled candies like fudge and taffy, two word chains from DIVE to LAKE and HOLE to PILL, plus a five‑girl name chain Edith to Alice.
Riddles presented with scattered phrases and partial words. The fragmentary clues reference days, eyes, bodily references, and nonsensical terms. Context suggests a puzzle column with wordplay and garbled lines that may hint at common riddle answers.
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