Masters's misplay sinks a spade contract on hearts
In a bridge lesson, Mr. Masters fancies a heart lead to stop a four spade contract. He doubts the ace of hearts is offside and plays the nine of hearts. Partner Dale holds the five, Abel the ace, and the defence yields two hearts, a diamond, and a club, sealing defeat.
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A Problem A Day Puzzle From A Mixed Text
A seven by fourteen plot puzzle appears with arithmetic steps and a daily fortune message. It includes mis-typed phrases about adding and subtracting numbers to relate length and width, then describes a letter-counting fortune key and a garbled message reading activity.
Dear Miss Woodward Advice Column Fragments
A fragment from a Dear Miss Woodward advice column discusses dating delays, shy suitors, and guidance to initiate contact. It notes a long relationship with mixed signals, recommending warm, proactive conversation and shared activities to foster interest, then shifts to a student separation letter asking who should start writing. It ends with unrelated notes on a Vancouver air gunner and Montana school buses.
Greener Thumbs By beyce both
Ye may be shy about writing to you but there is no reason to be bashful about starting the correspondence. BEGONIAS especially the Rex varieties may need practice in writing to all eat cuttings. Place leaf fat on moist sand weigh down with small stones. Cut across and rouse through large veins in leaf. You will be full of questions as your plants root and grow.
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Poe
Rex
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
Comic vignette notes Bennett Cerf recounts a droll encounter with Mark Twain, alias Samuel Clemens, as a bore pesters him about mortality. The piece riffs on clove smoke and sailor’s jargon, with brisk exchanges about cigars and a White House anecdote fragment.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mountain View
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