Steam Power vs Electrified Transport in 19th Century Debate
In the 1888 debate Louis Ransom argued steam would power the future street railway, challenging Edison Westinghouse and other electrification advocates. The piece recalls early traction shifts from animals to steam, then electric, noting steam tramways and the first steam powered tram models, with history illustrated in The Time of the Trolley by William D Middleton.
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Louis Ransom
Thomas Edison
George Westinghouse
New York City
William D. Middleton
Kalmbach Publishing Co
Milwaukee, Wis
New York
Declarer’s unexpected finesse yields four spades triumph
In a Becker bridge column, South in four spades faces a heart lead. Declarer deduces West holds the queen of spades from no trump overcall and, by a three trick play, finesses safely. The queen is trapped and South makes the contract, illustrating how opponent bidding can guide optimal play.
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Declarer
South
West
East
Weat
Daily Cryptoquote Puzzle Teaches Code Breaking
Test Your Code Breaking Ability daily cryptogram explains simple substitution where A stands for a letter, L for three letters, X for two letters and other hints include word length and punctuation. Each day the cipher changes.
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Axcre
Crossworlds Crossword? Unclear puzzle with mixed clues
Puzzle by Eugene Sheffer presents a cryptogram and a long list of crossword clues across vertical and horizontal entries. It mentions names, titles, and various definitions, with note on average solution time and credits to SABINE 1987 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Pakistan
Sabine
King Features Synd., Inc
St. the
Uniform Today in Dinosaurs Time Park
Fragmentary comic caption to be read as playful gag about uniforms and duties. References include bearskins stone axes pterobactyl and a dinosaur stable with a light duty punishment. Mentions beetle Bonkhead and a gag menu. Entities include Pterobactyl Hash and Dinosaurs.
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Worik
TV Highlights Pack Night with NCAA double header
At 1:15 p.m. NCAA football features Ohio vs Michigan and Georgia vs Georgia Tech at 8:30 p.m. The schedule shifts to color programming with My Three Sons at 9:00, then The Thrill Of It All at 9:30, Iron Horse at 10:00, Mannix at 10:30, and Late Show Tarawa Beachhead at 11:15. Movie On 12 airs A Man Called Peter at 11:30. Whirco presents Creature From the Black Lagoon at 11:30 pan.
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Ohio
Michigan
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Chip
Iron ‘Horse
Ben
Mannix
Tarawa Beachhead
Kerwin Mathews
Peter
Richard Todd
Peter Marshall
America
Scotland
Columbia Theological Seminary
U. S. Senate
Whirco
Black Lagoon
Richard Denning
Amazon
Gill
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