Blackwood On Bridge a 1954 Game Tactics
In a bridge column, four players prep for an annal match with Uptown Club. Mr. Champion chides Mr. Muzzy to unlearn two decades of habit, while Dale notes Muzzy’s quirks often affect top players. The narrative centers on deceptive leads, queen of hearts misreadings, and a costly misplay by Muzzy in a spade hold.
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Muzzy
Ries
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Nane H-Ak
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Tum
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Gear ratio problem from a 1800s arithmetic page
A problem states a 48 tooth gear drives a 72 tooth gear with the small gear at 80 rpm. Revolutions per minute of the larger gear vary inversely with number of teeth. Set up the proportion and compute the larger gear speed as 1080? The text shows 180 to the larger rpm as 72 to 48, and suggests dividing 72 into the product of 150 and 48 to find the result.
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P.m
R.p.m
How to Preserve Household Items in 19th Century Tips
A quiz style guide shows methods to preserve brooms by dipping in hot soapy water, coat patent leather shoes with sweat oil, and preserve pigeonned cut erons by coating with egg yolk or white then drying.
Household Scrapbook Cleaning and Kitchen Tips
Cleaning chicken on the porcelain tray under the gas stove prevents mess on large surfaces. The tray doubles as a pie board when baking. Wash the telephone mouthpiece with mild disinfectant to destroy germs. Dusty floors can be controlled by sprinkling leftover tea leaves before sweeping.
Greener Thumbs Tips for Plant Care From Joyce Smith
Joyce Smith offers simple houseplant care tips including a spray formula of one teaspoon ammonia to one quart water for lush foliage. She notes that using alcohol with water can give a shiny finish and urges gentle applications to avoid harm.
WISHING WELL PUZZLE CARD PROMPTS A FORTUNE KEY
A quirky puzzle card offers a daily message by counting letters in the reader’s name then applying a series of adjustments to derive a key number. The method directs checking positions in a grid to reveal letters spelling the fortune. 1858, by Pidiam J. Milker. Distributed by Nine Trainees sonar.
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Pidiam J. Milker
Shady dating schemes and breakup regrets
A fragmentary advice feature explores how girls and boys cope with breakups after steady dating ends. Letters from readers describe attempts to resume contact, jealousy, and the challenge of transferring affections while navigating freedom and loyalty. The piece also includes brief notes on meat product values and global bread grain production estimates for 1968.
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Miss Woodward
Nme Hoy
Daily Service Offers Film Developments Jumbo Prints
A daily service advertises film developing and jumbo prints with album packets. Every print is dated at 1200 Meridian Street, Philadelphia, featuring the store's location and service details.
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A humorous column presents a pastor torn between a larger city’s double salary offer and his current church, his son weighing in as the family considers the call, amid a backdrop of comic misprints and parody dialogue.
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Try
Bennett Cerf
Thunna
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