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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1958
Page
9
Dorothy Dix argues that truth can hurt and that many people crave praise more than blunt honesty. She urges self examination to avoid the popular flaw of oversharing unpleasant truths. Send questions to Dorothy Dix with a stamped return envelope.
Ponca City Oklahoma resident Bob Duroy woke to flames leaping from a pump house near his home. In subfreezing air he pushed the burning structure aside and doused the fire with cold water. He then remembered he was in shorts and bare feet.
Louis Armstrong, famed trumpet virtuoso, became an orphan at age ten and learned cornet while living in the Waifs' Home in New Orleans, shaping his later musical legacy.
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The notice explains a daily cryptogram puzzle with substitution rules. It includes an encoded sample AXYDLBAAXR equating to LONGFELLOW and notes that each day a new code is used with single letters representing others. It also shows a sample line and a dated quote by Pascal.
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