Caught in the Sheep War Adventure on the prairie
Peter Martin, an orphan, travels west to live with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Dave who run a sheep ranch near Three Arrows. He saves a girl from a runaway wagon while cattlemen push a rising sheep war, as conspirators kidnap Helen Harrison amid tensions between cattle and sheep interests.
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Peter Martin
Sarah
Dave
Tom Gentry
Peter
Sem
Harrison
Helen Harrison
Paces
Connors
Dr. Harrison
Sam
Gentry
Chicago
Helen
Walking Properly Aids Long-Term Foot Health
Northwestern University’s Leon Kranz offers simple walking rules to prevent future foot problems. He advises stepping on the outside edge of the foot, keeping feet straight, and avoiding toeing in or out to maintain comfort. The article also notes playful observations of titmice and sparrows near a bird bath, including grackles stealing treats.
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Leon Kranz
Northwestern University
Mr. Kranz
To Be Continued Next Week
A dramatic cliffhanger describes a figure toppled on his side as oblivion overtook him and he seemingly descended into a bottomless black pit, with the scene ending in a pledge of continuation next week.
Candy Makes Hit At Bird Banquet
Mrs Ansel O Cole of Iowa hosted a bird party by placing candy on a feeding table. Robins and young orioles catbirds bluejays cardinals rose breasted grassbeaks chickadees and nuthatches attended the event as surprised observers.
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Ansel O. Cole
Iowa
Riddles and Rhymes From A Curious List
A compact sequence lists items numbered from 11 to 20 with hints and wordplay. It includes clues like mushroom, a thorn in her foot, the moon, and phrases about beginnings from the eyes. A recurring four week interval appears and playful explanations follow.
Answers to posers from an old quiz list
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Great Britain, Elizabeth Ryan, Stanley of the New York Times, Robin Hood, John Tay, The Three Musketeers, Wil Hays.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Great Britain
Elizabeth Ryan
Stanley
The
New_York Times
Robin Hood
John Tay
Three Musketeers
Wil! Hays
Learning To Swim By H L Gebhardt Y M C A Instructor
Instructional piece on swimming basics by H L Gebhardt of the Y M C A notes balance relaxation and coordination as key qualities. It explains holding a comfortable horizontal position and the benefit of relaxation for buoyancy and endurance during strokes.
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H. L. Gebhardt
Tricky Quiz: Historical Figures and Names
A set of questions about famous figures includes Mark Twain’s real name, the Rock of Gibraltar’s ownership, a celebrated female athlete turned pro, a reporter who helped rescue Livingston, the holder of a lieutenant title for Little John, the first U S Secretary of State, the Three Musketeers, and a cabinet resignation to become a movie censor.
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Mark Twain
Rock of Gibraltar
Livingston
Little John
U. S
Athos
Porthos and
Aramis
Coolidge
Riddle Box 11 Classic child quiz questions and bylines
A page of playful conundrums with names such as Hazel M Johnson Almeda Barnes Tom Upton and Louise Batrous asking questions about riddles and wordplay. The note promises answers found elsewhere on the page and reflects a light reader interaction style typical of a community column.
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Hazel M. Johnson
Almeda Barnes
Tom Upton
Louise Batrous
Reta Kizer
Anna Hogan
Sara Brown
Veil Wilson
Minnie Mae Stephens
Marie Wilkinson
Breathing and Coordination in Early Swim Training
The article outlines five swimming qualities with emphasis on breathing technique. It advises timing breath with arm strokes and body twist, teaches inhaling through the mouth and exhaling through mouth or nose, and suggests practicing in waist-deep water and even a dishpan at home to form the breathing habit.
CROSS WORD PUZZLE LIST OF CLUES AND DEFINITIONS
Puzzle style clues present a compact list of definitions including wet, large continent abbr, perform, exclamation, knock, note of scale, performing again, mother, ice, coaxial of either you latin, indefinite article, fold, vertical, father, huge falling mass, boy nickname, negative, preposition, house for female Mohammedans, vleet wrath monkey pastry same as fifteen vertical. The readable fragment suggests a traditional newspaper crossword item with scattered clues.
Mary and Betty Bake Cakes With Mother Escorted Out
Mary and Betty chased Mother from the kitchen last Wednesday and practiced domestic science by making dainty cakes and a fruit salad using fruits shown in illustrations.
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Mary
Betty
Mother
Fruitful Problem Two word diamonds built around two fruits
Puzzle presents two word diamonds formed from two fruits. Curtail a feather to yield a fruit. Transpose letters in small fruit to obtain a large fruit. Clues point to related fruit wordplay and letter rearrangements.
Answers to Puzzles and Weird Wordplay
The page lists puzzle lines with fruits apricot and orange and a set of scattered words and numbers. It notes the millipede has a thousand legs while the ostrich has two yet runs far, contrasting speeds.
Track meet shatters college record by accident
A careless mother laments Jimmy’s misfortune after he accidentally broke one of the college’s best track records during a meet, a surprising setback amid praised performances.
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Jimmy
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