The Interminable Store Experience in Decatur
Jane Tower Scott recalls an amusing shopping moment in Marshall Fields. A cash only purchase for small keepsakes becomes a comic ordeal as clerks float between customers and a cultured clerk vanishes briefly, leaving the narrator briefly forgotten and finally helped by a polite but distracted attendant.
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Jane Tower Scott
Marshall Fields
Decatur
Tudor Hall
Cleaning tips and a stray shopper tale from a store
A collage of household stains and quick fixes appears with cadliver oil stain removal and baking soda pot cleaning. The prose shifts to a humorous store encounter where a shopper debates charm and patience with a clerk before deciding on a weigh by insistence and a looming dinner.
Daily Across Clue Fill In The Puzzle
A compact crossword style list of numbered clues with definitions for across terms. Includes entries such as uncon trolled anger and ostrich like bird and various cross references to gods and animals.
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Egypt
Daily Cryptoquote and Crossword Puzzle Teaser
CROSSWORD 52 and Fish Flit Bal ance clues mix with a long cryptogram puzzle. The page features a sample cryptogram quotation attributed to Longfellow and a past daily cryptoquote mentioning profits. It presents puzzle instructions and a Saturday style teaser.
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N.Y
Teather
Atum
How to Fight Gravity with Spinal Exercises
Paulspublished note by Josephine Lowman describes simple spine exercises to preserve posture and youthful appearance. Instructions include lying face down and lifting the trunk and head, and standing and swinging arms to stretch the spine, with a request for leaflet 16 via the Register and Tribune Syndicate in Des Moines Iowa.
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Josephine Lowman
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Des Moines
Towa
Reader's Courtroom: lemon car case vs Norton Auto Sales
Kathryn sues Norton Auto Sales for injuries after a brake failure on a used car sold “as is.” Norton defends by claiming inspection was adequate and test driving sufficed. The judge says a proper check requires hoisting the car for a rack inspection, state laws vary.
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Kathryn
Norton
How Can I Avoid Birth Defects Says Dr Joyce Brothers
In a 1950s style Q&A, Dr Joyce Brothers discusses fears of abnormal babies, citing New York medical conferences and cautions about drug dangers during pregnancy. The piece offers home tips from the era on sewing and cleaning, framed as practical commonsense steps to reduce risks.
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New York City
Greater New York
The
March
Joyce Brothers
Anderson Herald
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Ward St
New York
N. Y
Katonah Gardener Job Interview and Health Conference
A Katonah New York housewife questions an applicant for a chief gardener position while elsewhere a medical nutrition conference discusses teen diet deficiencies. Experts warn many teens especially girls are vitamin deficient affecting health and later life, urging better feeding and doctor guidance.
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Katonah
N.Y
Spandio
Academy of General Practice
New York Sky Health Department
National Vitamin Foundation
Robert W. Hillman
Indiana U appoints new director for graduate program
Bloomington Indiana February 1 Dr John W Ashton Indiana University vice president for graduate development has been named first director of the U S Office of Education program to expand and improve graduate education facilities effective February 1.
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Graduate Plan
Bloomington
Ind
John W. Ashton
Indiana‘ University
U. S. Office of Education
Mahdi Crowned Ruler After Uncle Declares He Is Unfit
Fragmentary notice suggests Mahdi becomes the ruler at 22 after authorities or a relative questioned the prior heir. The source mentions SNEEZED AWAY A THRONE and a claim by an uncle, with ISA and C as unclear names.
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Isa
Becaus
Calph
Mahdi
Piece Stolen In Traffic Jam
In Singapore a stick up man robbed a British news agency employee of a 3000 pay roll from a taxi stalled in a traffic jam. The thief forced supervisor V. Subramanian at gunpoint to surrender the briefcase containing money just cast from the bank. The pair escaped on a waiting motor scooter.
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Singapore
UPT
V. Stbremanian
Subramanian
Problem puzzle finds five numbers from clues in garbled text
A fragmented brain teaser asks for five numbers based on sums and divisions given by the garbled prompt. It also references a note about cleaning garments and odor removal from the National Institute of Dry Cleaning, suggesting a separate health or service item.
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