Century-old steamboat race hailed as famed 19th century clash
A century and a half ago the Robert E. Lee and Natchez raced 1200 miles from New Orleans to St. Louis, finishing in 3 days 18 hours 14 minutes. Wagering extended to Paris and London via transatlantic cable, making the event a sensational spectacle and boosting songs like Waiting for the Robert E. Lee.
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George Washington
Columbus
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New York
Liverpool
Washington
Currier & Ives
Vicksburg
U.S. Mall
Library of Congress
TV Highlights Schedule With Classic Movies And Dramas
At 4:30 Denise Lor and Jim Bishop host the Mike Douglas Show followed by Five O'clock Movie World Without End with Nancy Gates and Hugh Marlowe. The lineup includes The Man Who Took the West with Charles Coburn and Yvonne DeCarlo, Wild Wild West, Man From U N C L E, Friday Night Movie The Pleasure of His Company, Avengers and a late Story of GI Joe with Mitchum and Burgess Meredith.
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Mike Douglas
Denise Lor
Jim Bishop
Nancy Gates
Hugh Marlowe
Mars
Charles Coburn
Yvonne DeCarlo
West
Gordon
Sonny and
Cher
Debbie Reynolds
Fred Astaire
Cator
Avengers
Steed
Emma
Late Show
GI Joe
Robert Mitchum
Burgess Meredith
Bidding Choices in a Bridge Situation
South faces four hands after a 1NT-3C sequence and chooses bids. 1 AR652 Yt 9Q72 AKDAs 2 Q7643 IOS KE2 475. 2 AKOS4 743 koe? 4.6. 3 RAKOT E2 Q92 ABTS 1. 4 Five clubs shows slam potential, jump to five clubs with ace of spades.
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North East
South West
Akdas
Ios
North
Practical man practicing errors of his forefathers
A cryptogram quotation explains that a practical man is one who repeats the mistakes of his ancestors. The year 8K appearance and the odd formatting hint at a puzzle themed around code breaking and historic quotes.
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Zcaterday
Disraeli
Henry AORIZONTA Health resort and many readied clues unite
A long list of clues and word fragments appears as a puzzle style feature from a 1957 King Features Syndicate page. It includes numerous terse definitions and cross reference hints such as health resort departure rules of conduct Japanese states man farm building peak sun slant kidney pain and many more. It reads like a crossword style puzzle with vertical and across entries and partial phrases.
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Aorizonta
Mets
Yankees
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By Milton Caysft
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SE World Rights Roses
By Roy Crane
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By Carl Anderson
Ards
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