Dolls Through History From Bread Dolls to Songful Toys
The article tracks dolls across time from humble bread dough toys in English villages to wax and cloth figures. It notes Adelina Patti’s torn doll incident, Edison’s phonograph doll, Queen Victoria’s 132 named wooden dolls, and Japanese children bury damaged dolls in an annual schoolyard burial with a stone marker.
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England
Adelina Patti
Adelina
Thomas Edison
Queen Victoria
Elephants Teach Captain Hope A Lesson In India
In India Captain Graham Hope learns elephants can act like mischievous youths. A new cow elephant joins the battery and befriends others, while a prankster elephant scares him by charging on horseback. The scene ends with the herd laughing and the captain bemused.
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Graham Hope
India
Captain Hope
Hope
James Aldre
New York University Hall of Fame Honors Great Americans
The Hall of Fame at New York University displays 85 busts of notable figures from Abraham Lincoln to Josiah Gibbs. Visitors, especially students, learn through lectures and guided tours along a long colonnade overlooking the Hudson and Harlem rivers. Founded in 1901 by Dr. Henry McCracken with Helen Gould funding, it aims to show youth that scientists and scholars can rival military leaders.
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Harlem
Hudson Rivers
New Jersey Palisades
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas A. Edison
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Samuel Morse
Mark Twain
Stephen C. Foster
Edgar Allan Poe
Hall of Fame
Henry Mitchell McCracken
New York University
Helen Gould
McCracken
Weldon D. Woodson
Cleveland Abbe and the Weather Bureau’s Birth
A historical piece explaining Cleveland Abbe as the founder of the Weather Bureau, the origin of modern forecasts, and how people once read signs of weather from nature. It contrasts old superstition and family routines with the reliable forecasts from Washington today.
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Cleveland Abbe
Puzzle Pete Reveals Four Oklahoma Tribes Hidden In Rebus
Dugg' Pete column teases a rebus puzzle that hides four Indian tribes of Oklahoma within pictures and words. The write up promises clever clues and lighthearted challenge for readers to uncover the tribal names.
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Oklahoma
Puzzle Pete
Pete
Oklahoma Word Diamond Puzzles and Codes
Puzzle Pete crafts a word diamond from OKLAHOMA letters with a theme of Indians and a center word concentration. The puzzle includes coded sentences and clues where second word equals answer abbreviation third to middle and sixth points compass. The text features yearned phrases and a cryptic string of letters as a solution key.
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Pete
Oklahoma
Guess the Heart Card Game Rules
A passthrough game uses a full deck laid face down. Players reveal one card at a time taking turns. Hearts kept grant a free turn, non hearts return to the table. The first player to collect three hearts wins.
United States Quiz Brain Teaser Questions
A set of trivia prompts asks about state capitals borders and counts. Questions cover the fiftieth state, states touching Arkansas and North Carolina, senator counts per state, Springfield capital, first state admitted, Jackson as capital, four letter states, Hoosier State, Missouri borders, and the first seceding state. The text ends with a garbled string of letters and symbols.
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Arkansas
North Carolina
United States
Springfield
Jackson
Hoosier State
Missouri
Pen Pal Call Invites Local Youth Letters
Aged readers seek pen pals inviting letters to Captain Hal sponsored by the newspaper. Dozens of names and addresses across Ohio and beyond appear, with ages from 8 to 15, requesting correspondence and highlighting a community youth outreach.
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Hal
How to Make a Personal Reminder Board at Home
A simple guide to crafting a reusable reminder board for school and home calendars. Use a grocery carton side, a white blotter, cloth border, scraps, and a ribbon hanger. Thumb tacks secure notes and can be reused, creating a portable, replaceable daily planner.
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Little Girl
America
Overseas
New York
Cleveland
Weather Bureau
Mr. Abbe
New York City
Washington
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dugg
Oklahoma Indians
Alvis Snvicni
Owery
Uloo
Eure
Army Engineer
Long Island
Young Artists’ Department
Lupe
Mary Ann Knecht
Grand Park
Akron
Ohio
Jan Stahleker
3Rd St
Massillon
Cynthia Ann Stevenson
Suncrest
Cuyahoga Falls
Beverly Bodo
Doylestown
Randy Krabill
Anderson Ave
Homeworth
Greg Lawless
Perry Rd
Tallmadge
Debbie Hanna
Highland
Rebecca Brannon
Strader Ave
Kaye Somerville
Idella St
Mogadore
Bail Tenix
Etter Rd
Vanesse Boggs
Oakland Ave
Brian Almquist
Monroe Falls
Jean Waitt
Lynn Field
Lynn
Mass
Richard Lacj
Rockaway St
Nancy Ladd
Phil Grossman
Bennett Ave
Lupe Pena
P. O. Box
Sanderson
Tex
Mary Pena
P.O. Box
David Flynn
Fox Hill Rd
Nahant
Roseanne Mikohh
Main St
Tupper Lake
N.Y
William Maughan
Wise Ave
High Point
N.C
Dianne Pipper
Box
Whistler
Ala
Janice Papp
Liberty Rd
Stow
Alice Taylor
11Th St
Londa Morgan
Brandon Ave
Jim Likovic
Clark Mill
Barberton
Steve DeJacimo
Monroe Ave
Pat Kraft
Bridge Rd
Larry Merton
Schocolog Rd
Pat Cochran
Filmore Ave
Enid Saltzman
Stabler Rd
Linda Smith
Eastview
Clinton
Karen Lake
Shiawassee Ave
Anne Rice
Fredericksburg
Susan Dunlap
Smith Rd
Ashland
Doreen Daniels
Brookwood
Wadsworth
Susan Kroeger
Dayton
Kathy Mullins
Hicken Ave
Rittman
Dorothy Stoner
West Exchange St
Jean L. Conner
Wyant Road
Zoo's Who
European
Prussia
Siberia
Sable
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