Franklin stove and its 225 year glow in American homes
Buz Sawyer recounts Benjamin Franklin and the New Pennsylvania Fireplace later called the Franklin stove. The device offered warmer, healthier heating at lower fuel costs by circulating air through loosely fitting iron plates. Franklin popularized it via the Pennsylvania Gazette, influencing widespread adoption and rival designs across early America.
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Correct line play in Six Hearts and Five Diamonds contracts
Declarer should ruff the club, draw trumps, and cash the A K Q of spades. If spades divide unevenly, discard a diamond from dummy on the fourth spade, then ruff the seven of spades in dummy and read the three of diamonds. If South follows low, finesse the eight. Regardless of North, you keep discarding and ruffing to secure all tricks.
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Test Your Code Breaking Ability Daily Cryptquote
A cryptogram puzzle shows a substitution cipher. The sample explains letter mapping hints and daily changes. The quotation and a previous puzzle quote are given with author attributions, illustrating the theme of cryptogram challenges.
Word Search Puzzle Clues From Eugene Sheffer
A dense list of categorized crossword clues spans topics from geography and history to objects and actions. The item reads like a compiled clue set with numbered entries across multiple sections, including references to names, places, and abstract concepts.
TV Highlights Evening Lineup From 5 to 11:40
A grocery list style schedule runs through 5:00 p.m. with Vickie and the Mike Douglas Show followed by Revenge of the Creature and Wild Wild West. Star Trek at 4:30 p.m. leads to Call Me Bwana and Guns of Will Sonnett. NBC News Special on The National Gallery of Art airs at 10:00 p.m. High Flight closes the late slate, and Tonight Show with Bishop Sheen starts at 11:30 p.m.
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