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Last updated 3/4/2025

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I have searched all the issues between volume 1 of 1873/4 and volume 50 of 1922/3.

Full copies of these issues can be found here.

My thanks to Oschene for highlighting this magazine as a source.

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1881

St Nicholas of January 1881 contained a a reader's letter in the Letterbox column about The Newspaper Ladder and diagrams for The Fold and One Cut Latin and Maltese Crosses which showed how to arrange all the pieces created by the cutting of the Latin Cross to form an Altar.

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1886

The April 1886 issue contained an article 'About Flying Machines' which included details of how to make a 'Paper Aeroplane'

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1887

The April 1887 issue contained a reader's letter which described a write and fold game called 'Reviews'.

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The August 1887 issue contains an explanation of The Sanbo on Legs, and a longer variant, under the somewhat surprising name of 'Nantucket Sinks'. The second paragraph mentions other paperfolds known to the author at this date.

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The September 1887 issue contained diagrams for the Chinese Junk under the title of 'The First Paper Canoe'. The writer, identified only as H. E., states that he learned the design in England as a child.

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In the December issue of the same year a related reader's letter appeared in the Letterbox column.

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1888

The January 1888 issue ontained a reader's letter, in the Letterbox column, describing how the long version of the design could be achieved and varied.

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A reader's letter in the Letterbox column of the March 1888 issue contained diagrams for the waterbomb, under the title 'How to Make a Paper Ball'.

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1892

The July 1892 issue contained an article titled 'The Five-Pointed Star' by Charles F Jenkins which gave a version of the Betsy Ross story.

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1893

A much longer article on a similar theme, entitled 'The Stars and Stripes', and written by Henry Russell Wray appeared in the issue of September 1893. This article did not include diagrams but included the passage:

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1894

In the January 1894 issue of the American children's magazine St Nicholas is an article about 'How Money is Made'. It explains how each printed bill is individually examined and that:

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1896

The September 1896 issue contained an article on Gobolinks including pictures and poems extracted from the book of that same name.

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1901

The January 1901 issue contained an article titled 'Polly's Rainy-Day Story' by Constance Mackenzie Durham, which explained how to make the Inflatable Frog, though without mention of the fact that it could be inflated.

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The game of Paper, Scissors, Stone is described in the July 1901 issue of the American children's magazine St Nicholas in an article entitled 'Glimpses of Child Life in Japan'.

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1902

The March 1902 issue included an article titled 'Spin, Whiz, Whirl!' about the making of spinning tops which included instructions for making a circle of Pinwheels. No instructions for making the Pinwheels themselves was given.

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1908

The September 1908 issue contained an article about Lewis Carroll titled 'How "Alice in Wonderland" Came to be Written', which included the following passage:

Unfortunately no reference for the source of this information is given.

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1914

Volume 41 part 1 of November 1913 to April 1914 contained a reader's letter, published in the Letterbox column, which described how to fold the Lily and a six-petalled variation. It is noteworthy that the letter-writer mentions learning this design from 'a Japanese student'.

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1921

The June 1921 issue contained an article titled 'The Making of the Flag' written by H B Alexander which contained a patriotic masque or play about Betsy Ross.

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