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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1911
Page
4
Mr Tiny and Giant Jerry improvise a new indoor game using tennis rackets and a cardboard net. They place numbered paper strips on a racket, form a makeshift court, and devise a “skip” tennis variant to amuse children during a rain holiday.
A girl explains building a dolls house from an egg crate bar found in a cellar. She details windows lined with mica, green wallpaper, velvet carpet, lace curtains, calico accents, and scaled furniture, costing about 79 cents in total. She lists materials and simple steps to replicate the project.
A detailed, low cost DIY X ray illusion describe using a paper cylinder held to the eye and the palm pressed to the side to create the appearance of seeing a penny through the hand. It also outlines making a small outdoor propeller or pinwheel toy from raffia, tissue paper, and simple fasteners for a cents‑worth display.
The village children stage a toy court tournament using a toothpick catapult and weighted pins as a substitute for real tennis. Giant Jerry and Mr Tiny reach a dramatic final. Tiny edges ahead, finishing 296 to 273 as the crowd cheers.
The narrative follows a playful match where ha2 aims to entertain the children, sacrificing a win by serving his ball out to tie with Giant Jerry at 27. Giant Jerry then scores 35 to reach 306, securing champion status as the sun breaks through, with spectators approving a substitute skip tennis and urging others to try it.
A reader reflects on waiting moments in daily life from a father in a dental office to a mother at home and children at school. The piece notes how various figures wait for patients, meals, pay, growth, and wisdom, while a baby alone refuses to wait.
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