Answers - BALL, BALE, BARE, BARS, BATS.

From Wee Wisdom, 1937.

This scrambled word puzzle is from Force cereal, hence the first answer.  From The Children's Newspaper, 1933.

From Wee Wisdom, 1924. 

Answers: artist, target, rattle, travel.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1928. 

Answers: LONE, LINE, FINE.  

Answers: steel, shadow, spike, shake, coddle, garden.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1928. 

Answers: Chrysanthemum, Amaryllis, Geranium, Fuchsia, Daisy. 

From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1907.

Answers: STRAP, TRAP, RAP.

From Spell/Write by Sack, O'Rourke & McAuliffe, 1978.

From Wee Wisdom, 1934.

From Wee Wisdom, 1935.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1928.

Answers: PAST, PART, CART.  

From Wee Wisdom, 1937.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1928.

Answers: TAIL, TALL, TELL, TEAL. HEAL.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1928.

Answers: SLIM, SLIT, SLOT, BLOT, BOOT.  

From Starting Points in Language Skills C, 1977.

Possibly the quickest way to make 10 things less than they were.  From Spell/Write by Sack, O'Rourke & McAuliffe, 1978.

From Wee Wisdom, 1933.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1938.  Answers: Outer oval - partridge and blackbird.  Middle oval - starling and pheasant.  Inner oval - swallow and lark.  

From Our Dumb Animals, 1917.  Answers: MOLEst, cHOCK (alternate spelling of hawk), detERMINE.