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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
19
Sally, an orphaned girl, watches neighbors work for Victory Bonds and considers earning one by visiting an elderly bedridden godmother. Aunt Madge suggests the idea, promising Sally a meaningful, cheerful role in helping the lonely woman while supporting the war effort.
A cut paper marshmallow dessert recipe with fruit juice and whipped cream is interwoven with a vignette about Sally visiting a kind old lady. Sally grows cheerful through small acts of kindness, calling on the Fairy Godmother and earning a Victory Bond while spreading happiness to others.
Billy and Mary plan a pond regatta inspired by brother Bob at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Neighborhood kids will build boats unaided by adults, with sisters allowed sails and prizes including sailor uniforms and a destroyer cap. The event features one o’clock crafts showcase and five races amid festive prizes.
Uncle Harry explains Japan’s Nobori-no-Sekku celebrated May 5 with boys crafting toy swords and large floated carp flags. The flags symbolize a boy’s struggles and future achievements as families cheer for their sons’ growth and pride.
Puzzle corner presents buried vegetables answers: Pot Onion Bean Tomato Chard Denaragus and notes on a geographical acrostic spelling two American rivers. Includes garbled lines and solved hints with letters showing word positions.
FRANK I SOLAR describes a May month themed toy project. A Razorback pig toy model is built from cardboard and wood, requiring careful cutting, drilling, sanding, and assembly. The piece guides pattern layout, part alignment, and painting, offering variations in color schemes and finish.
Molly learns the history of umbrellas from her mother, tracing their origins in ancient Asia to Jonas Hanway in England. The tale covers early resistance, ridicule, and eventual adoption, noting social class shifts in who carried umbrellas and how quickly the item gained popularity.
A fragment narrates Ding and Dong’s constant whining for pie light bread and coins. Their mother has slipped away, leaving the boys to roam and cry until their father calls and returns her with a smile from the lumber room.
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