Bridge Lessons and Misplays From a Milwaukee Reader
A Milwaukee reader seeks guidance on a misbid and misplay in a bridge hand. The discussion analyzes North's two diamonds over one and the Blackwood four no trump, leading to a five clubs contract after West opens spades. East counters with a singleton king to secure the contract and critique of partner bidding.
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Milwaukee
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South
Juet
West
Tessee
East
Booth
Bidding Snapshot from a Bridge Game Today
The fragment notes Sonuth West North open with one spade or one no trump, then a sequence of bids ending with double and passes. The text records a live auction question for today.
Comic strip towel pattern promotion in 1950s ad
Public notice advertises transfer of six motifs for His and Her towels pattern 542. Instructions tell readers to send 35 cents plus 5 cents for first class mail to Austin Daily Herald Needlecraft Dept. for pattern details and a bonus book copy.
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Austin Daily Herald
Needlecraft Dept
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Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Q and A Snapshot of Early Canada US Diplomacy and Mardi Gras
The text presents a Q A set noting Lester Bowles Pearson as Canada's first ambassador to the United States. It adds a claim that a 140 ton electric tree crusher clears an acre in 15 minutes. It also defines Mardi Gras as Fat Tuesday, a French phrase linked to a fat ox paraded in the festival.
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U. S
Lester Bowles Pearson
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