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Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (September 11, 1958), #1

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Burying Bones

Storyline: A dog won't leave Pierre alone until he buries its bone for him.

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Storyline: School has started and Chuck is visiting his old alma mater, St. John's High School. Mike Kelly quit school to take a construction job and Father Carroll asks Chuck to visit Mike to talk him into quitting his job and returning to school and the football team. Mike tells Chuck he wants to be independent, be his own boss and not have anyone tell him what to do. Sally and Teddy drive past the construction site on their bikes and Mike drives a bulldozer to show off for them and then acts like he hardly knows them at all and leaves for dinner.

…Midas Heard a Song
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Patron of China … St. Joseph

Storyline: The story of St. Joseph, starting from when he was a young man.

Make Mine Vanilla/Double Dutch

Storyline: Two text articles with two accompanying illustrations. The first story tells how a little girl was waiting for a druggist to put a scoop of ice cream into her dish, but he accidentally dropped it into a glass of soda water. Before he could remove it, she began to eat it. On that day in 1874, the ice cream soda was invented. The other story tells the pre-Civil War origins of double-dutch jump roping in Tennessee, where grapevines were substituted for jump rope.

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Storyline: This issue features tips on how to keep yourself in condition spiritually, have the proper attitude when you win and also to lose with grace. He stresses that studies come first before sports.

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Storyline: The editor tells the readers what sort of features Treasure Chest will be having during the new school year.

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Storyline: Frumson Wooters shows up at Hornbeam's Circus, in the hopes of finding a job. The circus is a broken down affair that has seen better times. The clowns don't even try to be funny anymore. Unless Col. Hornbeam can pay his bills, the US Marshall will foreclose the mortgage next week. Frumson finds out they're not hiring because they're broke. He tries his luck at a high striker (use a mallet to ring the bell on top of a tower) and loses his dime. Unaware that the cable is controlled by the operator of the game, he tries again, determined to ring the bell and winds up breaking the game.

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Storyline: Four activities. Fit these 20 small words together to spell at least 18 large words. Jack is paying Mike $73 with seven bills, none of which are $1 bills. What is the value of each of the seven bills? Look carefully at the above figure and tell whether the black mark is on the bottom or top of the figure. Fill in the blanks and spell the names of three well-known trees. Answers are upside-down on the bottom of the page.

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Once Upon a Time...

Storyline: The top half of the page is an article from the editor telling the readers how in the weeks to come, Eric St. Clair will be retelling old fables and stories, but giving them a new touch.

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Storyline: A nun invites a group of children to come into what looks like the doors of a school for their copies of Treasure Chest. The text describes the wealth of features that can be found in this year's batch of issues and how it can prepare today's youth for their future careers.