Ferriston Conquerors Face Rain and Setback Before Fayette Game
Ferriston High School's Conquerors club eyes a key Thanksgiving clash with Fayette as star backfield players suffer injuries in a car crash on the way to the game. Coach Edwards worries about green substitutes and a season that has held few hard-luck breaks but strong team chemistry.
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Homores
Fersieton High
Bob Miller
Red Hopkins
Bob
Red
Ruth Sayers
Bill Jenkins
Porky Jones
Ferruton
Beatin
Fayette
Interet
Ett
Aes
Ferristonigh School
Edwards
Iag
Bill
Ruth
Porky
Amo
Pete Patten
Atten
Patten
Cau
Conquerors Club
Edwardo
Rob
Ments
Coach Edwards
Ferriston High School
Guess the Province from an Outline Map
A prompt asks readers to identify the Canadian province from an outline map shown above the page. The answer is stated elsewhere on the same page for verification.
Three Ballet Movements for Girls by Rita Riggs
A short instructional note by Rita Riggs presents three simple ballet moves for girls. It explains Ronde Jambe and Grande Battements with French terms, positions, and steps, emphasizing balance, posture, and gradual practice with support to avoid strain.
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Rita Riggs
Seeing farther as hills raise horizon and ship masts rise
A lesson explains why higher elevation lets observers see farther due to the Earth's curvature. At sea the horizon is 1.3 miles away, rising to 9 to 30 miles from 50 to 500 feet. The piece also describes a football game accident affecting players and the coach, with next week promised.
Answers to Posers One to Eight
France appears first. The Musketeers by Dumas is second. Mussolini is named third. Columbia is located in New York City. The number is seven or eight. Stratford-on-Avon is the setting. St Helene is mentioned. France is the final item.
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France
the Three Musketeers
Dumas
Mussolini
Columbia
New York City
Stratford-on-Avon
England
St. Helene
Silk Cotton Tree From Bermuda Featured In A Tropical World
An illustrated feature describes the silk cotton tree found on Bermuda and its unusual sprawling roots and seed pods. The article notes its hybrid appearance resembling both cotton and silk, its tropical distribution, and its role as a commercial commodity in warm countries.
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Tropics
Africa
Mexico
Central America
India
Bermuda
British Island
Atlantic
It Is You Not Old Luck That Shapes Outcomes
The piece argues there is no Old Man Luck and you are "It" responsible for both failures and successes. It urges choosing study and effort, noting each decision comes one at a time and outcomes depend on personal choices rather than luck.
Do It Yourself Stencil Craft Ideas by Dale R Van Horn
A guide to making decorative stencils from cardboard for cards, stationery, and china. It covers selecting clippings, designing in corners, simple outlines for Christmas Thanksgiving and Halloween, careful cutting to keep openings, personal photo stencils, borders, and use of enamel or watercolor paints for temporary decor.
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China
Oval Method Draws Cartoons With Simple Ovals
Experts teach the oval method for quick cartoon figures. Begin with a small oval for the head and a larger one for the body, then add arms and legs. The sketches are outline only with no features, encouraging practice before adding facial details later.
Japan’s Chrysanthemum Festival Comes in November
Japan hosts the Chrysanthemum Feast in November with vast displays in Chrysanthemum Gardens. Spectacular blooms and large flower pictures formed on bamboo frames or trained plants tell stories of gods, demons, and dragons. The craft spans generations from father to grandfather.
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Japan
San
Quiz questions and a playful misdirection exchange
A set of trivia prompts asks about natural fumes production by country, Porthos’s book, Italy’s dictator, the largest U S university, typical newspaper column counts, Shakespeare’s birthplace, Napoleon’s exile island, the nation that gifted the Statue of Liberty, and a grocer customer exchange about eggs plus a regional clue Nova Scotia.
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Porthos
Italy
United States
Shakespeare
Napoleon
Puzzlers Go Fishing While The Cross Word Nibbles
This week the puzzlers take a fishing trip in a playful seasonal note. The Cross Word puzzle shows edges chewed by minnows and invites readers to spot fish names and related words in the grid.
Fishing Trip Word Ladders and Clues
A quirky set of word clues and two word-chain puzzles. Read as an offbeat listing to challenge vocabulary with hints toward fishing themes and a final instruction to transform RIVER into LAKES and SEAL into LAND in four steps.
Beheading Exercise Yields Nine Inventions Of Words
A playful linguistic prompt asks to behead three different fish to form words meaning owned a silly fellow and healthy. The exercise serves as a light language game to finish the week.
Answers to Puzzles Card Reads Ocean Fish Clues
A jumble of crossword entries lists horizontal and vertical clues like fast dream sunfish ark neat Ras nanny and fish names such as halibut trout haddock shad bea weeham. The river and land themes appear with word chains liver wires leas lead.
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W. Boyce Morgan
Ferriston
Fayette Athletic Field
Atfaxwell
An Islane
Ferristar
Tommie
Adventures OF
Peter Pen
Nick Nichols
Snore
Prince Prckelk
Mad Faso
Mello Pete
Peter
Dam
Just Sposau
Tun Same
Ming Saar
Maqry
Around the
The
Globe Trotter
Dale R.van Horn
Starcils
Posers
Grocer
Nova Scotia
New England
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