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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1956
Page
9
In a bridge contest, Mr. Meek doubles the final five spades after Mr. Dale’s bid. Meek uses the rule of eleven to deduce Dale has no heart higher than seven, enabling a sequence that defeats the hand and yields a down one despite enthusiastic enemy advice.
About 15 farmers attended Wednesday field meetings to assess oats and wheat plots. M O Pence and Russell Stivers of the Purdue Agronomy Department explained ten oat varieties and ten wheat varieties, noting top performers and fertilizer responses including nitrogen efficiency and specific fertilizer recommendations for different soil types.
Shred one cup dried beef and mix with one cup chopped pim ento one cup cream sauce three chopped hard boiled eggs two tablespoons chili sauce and the beef. Heat and serve on buttered toast sprinkled with parsley.
The city hosts two Last Man's Clubs meeting for the third and final time in 1956. Surviving members gather each Friday the 13th and carry a bottle for the last survivor. One club marked its 20th anniversary last spring. They plan a ladder walk into a hotel dining room, umbrella raises, three cigarettes on one match, and mirrors broken. Tin cans story notes cans are 98 percent steel.
A short description explains a daily numerical puzzle from the Patent Office offering a fortune message. It instructs counting letters in a first name, adjusting the count to derive a key number, then checking key numbers in the rectangle from the upper left and reading the letters under checked figures to reveal the message.
A refugee woman new to America faces a dial telephone on her first day while a mentor explains the system. A Bastille Day party at the French Embassy in Washington features an eye catching chorus girl and a jokey line about who Bastille was.
The clipping offers practical home guidance on cleanliness and storage. It notes wiping bottle tops before pouring milk to prevent germs, advises selecting black hair for a hair mattress to avoid matting, and suggests lining the garbage can with a fresh newspaper after each use. It also reports Edna Dockter, a Pentecostal traveler, buying a $10 house trailer tag in Baton Rouge. Florida Supreme Court upholds arrest based on officer smelling fermenting mash, with Justice Roberts describing the odor as unique.
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