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indicated more readers had written in about starting a League of Chums Scouts with a reply that they were in discussions with Baden-Powell. The following issue had an article on the
Brownsea Island Camp by Baden-Powell and indicated future news on the proposed 'Chums' League of Scouts. However, the publication then fell silent on the 'Chum' Scouts. In October 1908, a recurring character, Waggles, made fun of boy scouts. The silence, then the turnabout to being negative may have stemmed from
185:. The publisher gathered the weekly paper into monthly and annual editions. The monthly versions were published on the 25th of the month, and up to November 1920 included all the content of the weekly editions. From then on, the monthly editions had all the story content of the weeklies, but left out the covers. This left a gap which was then filled by short stories, articles and even serials that were not included in the weekly edition. The serial ceased publication in 1941.
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was issued in three different formats, weekly, monthly, and annually. While initially published as a weekly paper, a monthly edition was issued including all the weekly issues with a color cover. Some material was only included in the weekly or monthly formats. In the weekly, this showed up as an
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was proposed and his recommendation that Boy Scout groups should be formed. In the 12 February 1908 issue, the editor indicated there was a reader proposing to start a scout company under the "Chum Scout" name and suggested that they wear the 'Chums' League badge. In the next issue, the editor
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sponsored The
British Boys Naval Brigade, a uniformed youth organization for boys ages 10 to 17. With the Brigade's launch in May as a national organization, it changed its name to The National Naval Cadets. The organization's columns in
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as a national organisation in the 21 July 1909 issue. A British Boy Scout column was included in future issues, later becoming a full page. Chums indicated in late
December that the BBS had gained members in Australia, Africa, and Canada.
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started including boy scout stories. In the 30 June issue, the editor's column indicated that the Chum scouts patrols were still going "strong" and that a union of the various patrols was being considered.
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was also used as an enrolment tool. By June articles on the
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is one of the most highly sought-after boys' papers by collectors due to its distinctive and attractively illustrated red covers.
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paper which was denoted as "founded by" Baden-Powell and the "Official
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in 1892 as a weekly newspaper for boys, it was apparently modeled on — and in competition for readers with —
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was notably the sponsor of the Chums League, Chums
Society of Stamp Collectors, Chums Scouts, the
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launched with a serial "For Glory and Renown" by D. H. Parry and articles on football training,
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666:"Unromantic Reality and Some Engaging Philosophy"
177:was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 by
93:1920 – 1924: Clarence Winchester
89:1915 – 1918: F. Knowles Campling
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736:"The British Boy Scouts Story"
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309:Brownsea Island Scout camp
39:Weekly paper (1892 – 1932)
880:Cassell (publisher) books
314:C. Arthur Pearson Limited
398:Herbert Eastwick Compton
519:George Wylie Hutchinson
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511:Paul Hardy
451:Barry Pain
346:Sea Scouts
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