Visit to Kenmore reveals ornate ceilings at Fredericksburg home
The author and Betty tour Kenmore, home of Fielding and Betty Washington Jewett, Fredericksburg. They admire the brick mansion, service quarters, formal garden, gazebo, and particularly sculpted plaster ceilings. Betty favors a card table while the author envies built in corner bookcases and other fine details.
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Jane Toner Scott
Fort Jee
Betty
Fredericksburg
Kenmore
Fielding
Betty Washington Jewis
four sea/ SONS
George Washington
Virginia trip tale ends with a math lark
A whimsical note describes Tom and Jerry racing toward a historic Tidewater area in Virginia with playful arithmetic about 168 feet. It hints at returning to see fabu lous places and mentions a forest and royal travel news from London.
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Tom
Jerry
Tidewater
Virginia
Trout Farm Tax Case Tests Livestock Definition
Johnson operates a trout farm and battles state unemployment insurance tax. The court weighs whether fish fall under livestock after the lawyer argues trout are domestic animals and part of livestock, while the state insists the term excludes fish. The verdict hints lawmakers would have broadened livestock to include bees or poultry if intended.
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Johnson
Ile
Points for Parents
A fragment discusses how over direct guidance can curb a child’s creativity. It contrasts parental prompts with allowing a child to imagine freely and tell stories about a drawing, highlighting the balance between instruction and creative freedom.
Daily Crossword Clues Collage From Fragmented Grid
A jumble of crossword clues and partial answers appears from a newspaper page, including Across and Down hints with numbers and fragmented phrases. The readable items reference places, people, and generic terms, suggesting a standard puzzle layout rather than a single news story.
Cryptogram quotation puzzle sample with hidden message
A cryptogram example shows substitution clues with letters replacing others and daily variations. The page notes yesterday's quote about everybody being somebody and nobody being anybody, credited to Anonymious.
Spring Health Tips From Josephine Lowman
A column urges readers to welcome spring with rest and smart habits. It highlights eight hours of sleep, mild meals, regular activity, and avoiding fatigue to prevent spring illnesses like flu, noting the bardic wisdom on balance and renewal. It also provides contact details for Josephine Lowman via the Register and Tribune Syndicate.
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Josephine Lowman
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Des Maines
Iowa
Fragrant Herbs Add Color to Gardens
The piece lists herbs and their bloom colors. Ber damot and germander bear rose colored flowers while hyssop and marjoram show pink blooms. Costmary fennel santolina appear yellow and rosemary blue. Basil presents purple and many herbs display white blooms.
Do It Yourself Tips From Scout Notes
Practical advice appears in this column offering quick methods for stripping electrical insulation, cleaning velvet collar, and easing sticking drawers. It also notes about 2.5 million American boys are Boy Scouts.
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf digest
A collage of humorous anecdotes from the 1953 edition of Cerf material includes Gypsy Rose Lee recalling a revue sketch ruined by a prop man’s miscue a torpedo survivor recounting wartime endurance and a dean’s wife eyeing diamonds. The bits reflect humane wit and light satirical moments from midcentury entertainment and society.
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Ypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy
Miss Lee
Bennett Cerf
Kine
Syndi
Household tips and a Moscow tiger capture report
A local household page suggests fixing a carpet sweeper with adhesive tape to improve pickup. It also describes charring tomatoes on a fork over fire to peel skins and notes reversing a fluorescent tube can fix end-darkness. Tass reports four Soviet hunters cornered three Assyrian tigers with dogs and will send them to zoos in the United States France and Italy.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
United States
France
Italy
Is This Your Problem by Helen Worden Erskina
A 14 year old girl writes of feeling excluded in a loving home and asks how to gain affection. The adviser urges self reliance, suggests discussing long term plans with teachers, and hints loneliness may lead to independence and eventual parental attention.
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Helen Worden
Erskina
Helen
American Association For Plastic Surgeons
East 68Th Street
New York 21
Gus
Helen Erskine
The
Anderson Herald
Bell Syndicate, Inc
W. 43Rd SL
New York
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