Stop Me by Bennett Cerf Sparks Letterhead War
AROLD ROSS of the New Yorker printed reply letterheads after receiving a famed writer's engraved note. The spoof features two tributes and a collection of witty lines from Heister, Cerf, Woollcott, and Cerf’s 1962 reflections on society and manners.
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Readers Courtroom opens with Mr. Roberts drama review
The Madison County Dramatic Players present Mr. Roberts in a season opener. The article details the troupe’s rehearsal challenges and urges local turnout. A separate court vignette has Agnes suing a druggist after tripping on a protruding scale, with the judge ruling merchants owe care to visitors and cash customers alike.
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YMCA Boys Head to Camp Tecumseh Next Sunday
About 125 Anderson area boys will depart the local YMCA at noon Sunday for Camp Tecumseh for a week long session from July 1 to July 7. Reservations are due by June 29. Camp activities include swimming boating archery riflery crafts nature study camp-outs cook-outs and team sports supervised by Dene Bell Jim Willis and Don Fairchild.
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Duchess of Kent Gives Birth to Heir in Line for Throne
IVER England report: Duchess of Kent, 29, welcomed a son on Tuesday, now 10th in the line to the British throne.
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Iver
England
Duchess of Kent
Puerto Rico Population Density Compared to Alaska
Puerto Rico shows 544 persons per square mile, about four thousand times denser than Alaska. The fact highlights the stark contrast in population distribution between the two regions.
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Father and child learn pitching through play
A father lectures on grip and throws a fast ball to his child teaching through playful practice. The exchange highlights how constant criticism can hinder the goal of enjoyable parent child companionship during sports moments.
DAILY CROSSWORD AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE LISTINGS
Puzzle items include a large themed crossword with clues and a cryptogram quotation. Entries mention wordplay on trading, instruments, clothing, and daily tasks, followed by a cryptoquote that decodes with a simple letter-substitution cipher. The page notes yesterday's quote by Ruskin and provides a sample code mapping.
Why Grow Old by Josephine Lowman
Advice on balancing beauty routines with marriage. A wife can look fresh without being a clothes horse, using light makeup and simple grooming to keep romance lively. Readers may request Lowman’s leaflet Keeping Romance Alive by sending a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Josephine Lowman
Green Rose Petal Candies Recipe Note
A kitchen tip describes making candied rose petals for a June special. Gather fragrant petals at dawn wash and drain. Beat one egg white with water dip petals, then sugar, and dry on wax paper.
It’s Only a Rock Rochester Ind Ex Terminates Kitchen Window
Frank Filbey mowed at Nyona Lake cottage when a power mower launched a rock through a kitchen window. The stone narrowly missed his wife before striking a living room window and embedding in a hardboard awning.
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Rochester Ind
Frank Filbey
Nyona Lake
Dear Tramped On and the In-Law Conflict Abroad
Dear Tramped On advises that a husband should put his wife first while staying loyal to family. The reader, 68, describes ongoing pressure from her foreign in-laws and a silent husband who refuses to intervene. The counselor urges harmony, suggesting the couple focus on mutual happiness and maintain distance from hostile relatives.
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Helen
America
Dear Helen on Household Chaos and Jealousy
A reader asks how to tame housework chaos and avoid jealousy in marriage. Advice: organize with family, outline a plan, designate places, track routines, and respond to jealousy by mastering thoughts and focusing on selfless love.
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Helen
Maerial
Fattie
Problem A Day: Boy Scouts Form Squares
A square formation has X scouts on each side. After 54 are dismissed the remaining form a smaller square with X minus 2 per side. Thus (X minus 2)^2 = X^2 minus 36. Solve for X, then original total is X^2. The solution yields 225 total scouts.
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Boy Scouts
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