Turnpikes and a Bridge Hand From a Chaotic 19th Century Page
The text links the origin of turnpikes to 1795 in Pennsylvania with toll barriers on private roads. It then shifts to a bridge game narrative where Hard Luck Joe errs in bidding, opponents defend, and East leverages a sequence leading to a complex trump contract. The passage ends with a puzzle about how South should respond to a double after passes.
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Pennsylvania
Joe
O Wee
West
Dummy
East
Windmill Quilt Pattern Promotion
Advertises Windmill quilt pattern 642 for gay color displays in bedrooms. Requires 35 cents per pattern plus 5 cents extra for first class mail and lists mailing address in New York. Bonus two patterns printed in Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book with dozens of other designs offered.
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Austin Daily Herald
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Laura Wheeler
Q and A on capitals and games from old quiz
Q what is the capital of the American Far Eastern base Okinawa A Naha. Q which foreign capital is named for a U S president A Monrovia capital of Liberia named for President James Monroe. Q what was the first bird domesticated by man A the domestic chicken. Q for how long has checkers been played A in Europe since the 1500s. It developed from the queen move in chess. The original name was dama.
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Okinawa
Naha
U. S
Monrovia
Republic of Liberia
James Monroe
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