Mall teardown praise and local history wanderings
A reminiscence notes a favorable reception of a Meridian Street mall teardown with local merchant and volunteer support. The author mentions John Wilding expanding his studio with unique pottery from Bennington Vermont, and reflects on Bennington's July 1777 battle nearby, a remark on Molly Stark, and a digression on history costing a pretty penny. The piece ends with a hair growth note.
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Meridian Street
John Wilding
John
Kennington
Vermont
Bennington
Stark
Yonder Hill
Molly Stark
Mally Stark
Iunchy
Trobriand
Mall
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Household Scrapbook Tips for Pest Control and Cleaning
Household Scrapbook offers practical advice including banishing silverfish with pyrethrum or pyrethrum powder, or sodium fluoride crystals from drugstores. It also describes securing a vacuum hose with adhesive tape and cleaning white kids gloves by slipping them on with alcohol.
Division puzzle with quotient three and remainder twelve
Let the smaller part be X and the larger part be 68 minus X. The condition gives (68 minus X) divided by X equals 3 plus 12 over X. Solve: (68 minus X) / X = 3 + 12 / X. Multiply: 68 minus X = 3X + 12. So 68 minus X = 3X plus 12. Then 68 minus 12 = 4X. So 56 = 4X and X = 14. The smaller piece is 14 and the larger piece is 54.
Points for Parents Father and Mother Dialogue Excerpt
A father warns a son about stealing from his mother as an example of trust and discipline. The dialogue shows parental guidance stressing the likelihood of repetition and the need for the child to understand why stealing is wrong.
Daily Ageoss Puzzle and Hints From a historic crossword sample
The text presents a coded crossword puzzle with clues and a sample alphabet substitution using single letters for repeated letters. It includes an example code line cTGA P UGSYTW VEDW aTGE GSS ATPEJH and a dated quip about instincts attributed to Lichtenberg.
The Million Dollar Look Explained For All Women
An article explains the three components of the million dollar look for women. It covers regal posture, careful dress and laundry habits, and strict personal hygiene including daily baths and routine facial cleansing.
Custody Granted to Martha in Divorce Case
In a contested divorce, Martha sought custody of her two young children. The court awarded custody to Robert's parents, citing their financial stability, while Martha appealed arguing she could provide love and care. The higher court upheld the principle that mothers are best for young children absent special circumstances.
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Martha
Robert
Marthas
Dad
Mother
Try and Stop Me vaudeville anecdote and jokes
Charles Silberman recalls a dining car tale about a passenger demanding French pastry causing a halt for a bakery run. A Syracuse professor defines a baby humorously as an alimentary canal with a loud stomach and no sense of responsibility. A Midwest boy sent nickels to Alaska's governor's wife after the earthquake report.
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Charles FE. Silberman
Fortune
Rav
Charles Nober
Syracuse University
Cleveland Amory
Midwest
Alaska
William Egan
Compromise Money Bill Passes Congress
Washington UPI reports Congress approved a 1.7 billion compromise bill funding the State Justice and Commerce departments for the current fiscal year. The House and Senate action moved the measure to the White House for final signature.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Senate
White House
House
Soviet technicians to survey first east west road in Nepal
A group of 26 Soviet technicians will arrive in Nepal in September to begin surveying the Himalayan kingdom's first east west road. The Soviet Union will finance part of the project.
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Nepal
Katmandu
Soviet Union
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