Healy and the Weird Yarns Aboard a Cape Town Voyage
In steerage on a Blue Star liner from Cape Town to London, South Africans and others hear Healy, a former Bushmen lieutenant, recount brutal tales as heat and fatigue mount. His stories provoke fear and fascination, culminating in a gunfire incident and a desperate flight overboard, leaving the ship's crew unsettled.
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Blue Star
Cape Town
London
Healy
Imperial Bushmen
Table Bay
Cairo
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Wade
Jim Wade
Gerlatz
Sylvester
Africa
Beere
Horowitz Fentelon
Big Falls
Horwitz
Teneriffe
Santa Cruz
Cruickshank
Puzzle Puzzle Blaft Horizontal and Vertical Clues Solve
A crossword style puzzle with numerous numbered clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The grid includes references to hazards jargon seaman made of cereal grain spoke falsely funeral piles enticed proceed preposition dye or color internal hair pad roll of hair conveyance pineapple surface segment anchor fashion thing done point in orbit free from noxious plants British defense miss the thing aimed at browse poet laureate chant weary secular still constrained in passage keep company partake of reality dress unintoxicating beverage indefinite article and many more. The answer will be provided in the next issue along with the solution to last week’s puzzle.
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Italy
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
Instructions explain placing correct letters in white spaces so answers read across and down. Numbers mark the first letters for horizontal and vertical words. No letters go in black spaces. All words are dictionary words with some abbreviations and proper names excluded.
Yeast Foam and Witty Observations on Sleep and Neighbors
A quirky column notes the lazy man rests after supper and sleeps till night, laments that children should improve on their parents, and jokes that sleep talk may alarm a wife. It adds that those ahead of neighbors often fall behind at the grocer.
Two Billion for Tours
The American Automobile Association reports tourism near popular playgrounds will yield at least 2.5 billion dollars this year. This figure reflects the vast volume of motor touring and the economic impact on surrounding communities.
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American Automobile Association
Rain No Inducement From a Summer Camp Ad
A Boston Transcript quips that a camp ad promising mineral spring water and health benefits is not persuasive. The note questions the health claim while dismissing the breezy water pitch as unsuitable.
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Boston Transcript
Fortune Fades as Pushbutton Power Replaces Luck
A terse adage notes fortune declines and progress favors action driven by technology. The message urges embracing an electric button as the path to opportunity rather than waiting for luck to arrive.
Target Skill in Vain Miss Catherine Murdock
Miss Catherine Murdock treasurer of a Kansas City theater practiced shooting for months to defend against thugs. While transporting $1,200 to the bank she was waylaid and surrendered the receipts rather than shoot, saying she could not kill for money and that a shot would have been fatal.
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Catherine Murdock
Kansas City
Western banker invited to golf at Otto Kahn estate
In New York the president of a Western bank received an invitation from Otto Kahn to visit his Long Island estate and play on an 18 hole private course. The Westerner gratefully replied that he would gladly lend his croquet ground to Mr. Kahn whenever he is in the area.
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New York
Otto Kahn
Long Island
Kahn
Boston Transcript
Helen Breaks Promise Then Promises To Do More
A terse dialogue shows Helen stating she broke a promise and her mother responding that she can make more promises. The exchange highlights family tensions and a quick back and forth about commitments.
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Helen
Mummy
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Lansing
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Broadway
Elizabeth, N. J
Lansing, Mich
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