Blackwood On Bridge from 1955 Hand Play
In a bridge column, Mr. Muzzy’s risky play to dump two small diamonds unfolds with the ace of spades as the key. A spade finesse debate leads to a safety play, sparking a heated exchange with Mr. Champion over the correct strategy and declarations.
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Household Scrapbook: Quick Drying and Cooking Tips
Drying clothes quickly by hanging in front of an electric fan. Crushed corn can gain a different taste with melted sharp cheese added to the can and cooked until smooth. Protect your eyes by avoiding reading with light directly on the print.
How to rid a house of red ants and improve fruit flavor
The reader asks how to remove red ants and emphasize fruit flavor. Advice includes using lard plates to attract ants for easy disposal with boiling water and adding a pinch of salt to applesauce or jelly to lift fruit flavor. Also suggests lard and overnight soaking to remove oil stains, followed by cold water washing and sun drying.
Fortune-telling puzzle game from a newspaper feature
A brief daily game explains a numeric fortune puzzle. Count letters in your name, adjust by subtracting four if six or more, or adding three if fewer, yielding a key number. Starting at the rectangle’s upper left, check key numbers left to right, then read the letters under the checked figures to reveal the message.
Dear Miss Woodward on First Dates and Fails
Collecting advice on first dates and kisses from Elizabeth Woodward with letters from readers. A tale of dating misread signals and silent responses ends, then a separate brief incident reports a 13 year old boy, Carl Tomlinson, drowning after a log raft capsized in Sedans river near South Windsor, Conn.
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Double-Take by Bob Barnes fur coat remark
A column by Bob Barnes jokes about the impracticality of buying a fur coat, suggesting readers consider alternatives if funds are tight. The quip highlights thrift and practicality in a light humorous tone.
Try and Stop Me
ED ALLEN seeks legal protection for two inventions a permanent wet lapel to keep gardenias fresh for workers and a perfumed bookmark you can smell to find it. Luke Neeley jokes about fish biting on trips and a line about bugs. Mrs Guggenheim crashes into Mr Klingenstein’s station wagon at forty mph and quips at him from Sunningdale.
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Luke Neeley
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