Hardy the Novelist Still Poised as Poet at 86
The famed English writer Thomas Hardy, aged 86, reflects on a life split between prose and poetry. He began verse around 1855 but chose architecture and then novels after George Meredith urged him to write fiction. Now, after decades of mastery in novels, he returns to poetry, proving he could have excelled as a poet and architect as well.
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Thomas Hardy
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George Meredith
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Mr. Watson
Mrs. Watson
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You Can Fool All Friends with This Mind Reading Stunt
A playful stunt promises to mystify friends with mind reading tricks for light entertainment and shared amusement among social circles.
A Mind Reading Stunt Demonstrated With Silent Signals
A description of a mind reading trick where one partner hides a Confederate in the room and uses a tied teeth signaling method to spell messages. The signer sits behind, fingers placed on the partner’s temples, while observers are blindfolded if desired. The act promises quick signal decoding and amazes the audience.
Whistling Guinea Pig and Other Pets on Parade
A whimsical glimpse into household pets with Max H Gates of Ryegate Montana describing his whistle prone guinea pig. Margaret Madsen of Arlington South Dakota showcases her cat Bim in a bed and nightgown. Neil Handel of Newark Ohio features Ranger the collie who rides horses, jumps five feet, speaks for his supper, and signals like a football player.
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Max H. Gates
Ryegate
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Margaret Madsen
Arlington
South Dakota
Margaret
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Newark
Ohio
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Growing Up Like Climbing A Tall Building
An editorial compares growing up to climbing to a high building, noting a baby sees only the next room while schooling and new experiences widen the view. The piece reflects on delayed horizons as children meet people, go places, and learn more, ending with the author initials W. B. M.
Riddle Box entries pose playful brainteasers from across the nation
A collection of riddles submitted by readers from states including Washington Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Utah South Dakota North Carolina and others. Names and places accompany each prompt such as Eola Morisette Milwaukee Gertrude Bartolt Elkhart Edna Ervin Pilaski Marie Yancey Lifeny Corrine Caldow Willia Mac Heni Homer Beck and more.
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Gertrude Bartolt
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Russel Bush
Elkhart
Indiana
Edna
Ervin
Pilaski
Illinois
Marie
Yancey
Murray
Utah
Lifeny
M. EL
Corrine Caldow
Nunda
South Dakota
Willia Mac Heni
Yadkinville
North Carolna
Homer Beck
Garretson
The Abandoned Mine Kids Detectors Start a Mystery
Ted and Bill, two boys in Southbank, investigate the kidnapping of Dorothy Watson. They consult town neighbors and assume a detective role, then decide to search the old mine near Yankee Run with bikes and hashlights, suspecting captors hide there. cliffhanger ends with to be continued next week.
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Holmes
Ted
Sherlock
Theodore
Italy
Austria
Bill Watson
Bil
Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Bill
Southbank
Scott Field
Dorothy
Pete
Dorothy Watson
Nother
Mrs. Watson
Mr. Watson
Silk
Yankee Run
Pennsylvania
Rbad
Cavalry Recruiting Office Exchange In Train Car
Fragmentary dialogue depicts a recruiting officer and a recruit aboard a train car. A bystander comments on a novel while a soldier jokes about the book’s cover alignment, suggesting a moment of light military humor amid travel.
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Whats the Matter Answer to What’s the Matter
Report notes that other persons are amused when boys or girls try to show off. The line implies social reactions to flaunting or bragging, reflecting a classroom or social setting about behavior and responses from peers.
Answers to Riddles 221 The Letter O
Puzzle page fragment lists riddles and clues about letters and numbers. It mentions eight o’s, cards, a week, and various odd hints about farming, autumn, water, and tooth-pick items. The readable bits resemble a mixed puzzle column with scattered phrases and names.
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Po Teave
Filbert
Bert
Puzzle chain word query from Meadows weather clue
A garbled puzzle asks to chain words by last and first letters across six items: grass around the farmhouse animal guards vegetable flower plot direction. another chain mentions wages table dish pay for and animal. It hints at a diamond word and a favorable weather condition, possibly from farmer’s products.
Ted's Grandpa Hosts Weekend Farm Hayrack Party
Cecille Lyon Fae recalls visiting a country farm with a group after school. They spent the weekend there and enjoyed a hayrack party on a grand, large farm hosted by Ted's grandpa.
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Ted
Grandpa
Word Squarette 5 Puzzle Roots and Definitions
This puzzle presents five letter word squares built from roots shown in the sentence. Horizontal clues include Animal Forms Currency number To do A cave To long for Moving wagon Termination a certain card A color. Find in the sentence a farmer's animal hidden in a description of amber eyes and a merry smile.
Answers to Puzzles From an Old Farm Page
The farmer's products are milk and another item, puzzle clues mix cryptic wordplay, farm terms, and scattered letters. Multiple puzzles present word fragments and hidden names like Meadows and Stony, with references to numbers and letters in a disordered list.
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Finnal Life
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Wells
Dice
W. Boyce Morgan
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Puzzlers
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