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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1928
Page
12
Practical guide for young players on stealing bases. Emphasizes studying the pitcher, getting a quick jump, and choosing when to steal. Covers leads, slides, and safety, noting third base as often easier than second and that stealing home is rare. Highlights the double steal and the need for speed, awareness, and judgment.
The text notes keeping an object in view while hiking and suggests a half holiday in royal style by planning a hike to the river or into the woods for girls to enjoy. It emphasizes outdoor activity and scenic exploration.
A fragmentary compendium blends Chinook language notes with safety tips for a rope tug game. It covers pronunciation guides for several Chinook terms and offers mostly practical advice on using a rope for emergencies and a tug-of-war setup with marked ground and referee placement.
Frederick Chamberlain warns his son Don to avoid palace intrigues in Marania while Don reconnects with King Philippe, whose court is tangled in love and power. Captain Koenig, Sonia, and Duke Boris loom over marriage plans as Boris presses for Sonia.
A cautionary piece notes two Easter chicks died after being repeatedly squeezed by young children. It warns that enthusiasm for pets can harm animals, urging gentle handling and respect for animals’ feelings, with adults guiding proper care to keep pets healthy.
A set of wordplay teasers asks why a mirror resembles an ungrateful person why a word can be spoken shorter by adding a syllable which relation makes a child not the father's son an unbound book like a person in bed and a pulled tooth like something forgotten Each riddle invites clever puns and lateral thinking for playful brain teasers among friends.
In a Rhine tale, Archbishop Hatto II hoards grain and is tormented by rats as famine grips the land. A local legend notes the tower at Bingen and its ruinous fate, while a modern court scene sets a political drama in motion as King Philippe ponders nobles and Captain Koenig’s fate. Princess Sonia brings urgent news of treason suspicions, hinting at a continuing saga.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a police officer tells a driver she cannot turn onto a one way street. The woman protests by insisting she only intends to go one way, prompting a lighthearted back and forth.
Answers to riddles present in a cryptic list. Riddle one hints at a reflection of self when loaded with silver, suggesting a mirror. Riddle two plays on the words quick and short. Riddle three answers a daughter. Riddle four relates to being in sheets. Riddle five states both are out of the boat.
A school themed puzzle offers a week’s challenge shaped like a book. Number 17 across hints at a person who begins when studies end, inviting solvers to deduce the name or role from the clue. The festive wrap celebrates the school year’s close with a brain teaser.
A compact feature listing a complex word square puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues, including abbreviations, archaic terms, and word chains. It invites solvers to map terms such as North America abbr, a classical language, and a four word sequence whose first word is a step, the second initiated, the third to give over, and the fourth a famous garden.
The readable puzzle notes list four words in the square pace aped code and Nden. It shows wordplay items RENT sent sent send said TAIL and RALD hall fair tanfair HAIR and an entry with Banned bann. The animal list includes bear tynx dey and seal.
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