A Horse Race And A Man Gave Up The Chance Of A Lifetime
Linda Gordon faces a moral choice between a life in New York journalism and returning home to care for sick Uncle Sandy. A publisher’s offer, a racing world, and a fiancé fragment her plans as Merry Maid's Derby success shoves her toward a costly decision.
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Linda Gordon
Tangle
Ess
11Th Street
Free Lance
Jerry
Sandy
New York
Monte
Moss
Merry Maid
Mr. Moss
Monte Hill
Bruce Radford
Sharks and Men The Danger They Pose
UNCLE RAY discusses whether sharks bite and kill people, citing incidents such as a 1928 Panama Canal Zone boat race victim killed by a shark. He explains some species are dangerous while others are harmless and notes hammerhead sharks can be large and aggressive.
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Balboa Bay
Panama Canal Zone
Panana
James M. Phalen
Hugh D. Wise
Virginia
Colonel Wise
McKenney on Bridge recalls Yale intercollegiate play
William B and McKenney discuss a Yale match where Horace Block of New York and Cecil Head of Louisville faced a tough declarer problem. North chose overcall over underbid, Block sought to complicate defense, winning tricks with hearts and ruffs to release the diamond king.
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Horace Block
New York
Cecil Head
Louisville
Yale
North
Head
Block
Contract Problem Duel over a looming slam in bridge bids
In a bridge bidding puzzle South opens two hearts. West misleads against the idea of slam while East overcalls to stop it. The diagram AQ101 7542 102 106 86 753 AKJ illustrates the resulting clash with West and East facing a tense predicament as they try to thwart or reach a decisive slam.
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South
West
East
Cranium Crackers Geometry Puzzle and Directions
Mr William Brown and his brother John live in a grid pattern with given block distances. William can reach John by two 10 block north and east routes totaling 20 blocks or by a diagonal path that also totals 20 blocks. The text questions whether the diagonal route is correct.
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William Brown
John
Brown
When Arriving in a City What a Young Woman Should Do
If the meeting person is absent phone the home you will visit or seek help from the stationmaster or a policeman. Do not approach strangers. If a younger woman sits at a table and an elder woman stops to shake hands, rising is not mandatory. The correct universal response when introduced is "How do you do."
Look and Lea by A. Gordon Look and Lea by A Gordon
Answers cover birth weights average for babies with boys around 7 pounds and girls under 7 pounds. the author lists George Washington. gospel meaning is good news. peanuts grow pods underground. Reno is farther west than Los Angeles.
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Reno
Nev
Los Angeles
Calif
George Washington
Word Study Daily: Stimulus and Proper Usage
A short note on common misuses and pronunciation of stimulus. The piece defines stimulus as any incentive that rouses mind or spirits, with example and guidance on correct speech and spelling.
Ants eat postage gum in San Antonio letter boxes
Hundreds of unstamped letters puzzled postal authorities in San Antonio Texas before investigators found the stamps had been eaten off by ants attracted to the gum.
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San Antonio
Tex
King George VI Title and Style Appears in Royal Wording
The full coronation era title of King George VI is given as George VI by the Grace of God of Great Britain Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King Defender of the Faith Emperor of India reflecting the imperial style used in official notices and communications.
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King George of
England
George VI
Great Britain
Ireland
Emperor
India
Gun Barrel Road Promises Straight Mileage in Colorado
The Gun-Barrel road in Colorado is described as level and without curves for seven miles, reflecting a smooth stretch in the state.
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Colorado
How Can I Wash Vegetables Quickly and Cleanly
A reader recommends a ten-cent corn-popper as an efficient vegetable wash tool. It can be submerged and turned in water to clean produce, and the handle can be shortened if needed.
London Warehouses Supply Every Briton One Ounce Weekly
Warehouses in the capital stockpile tobacco to provide each man woman and child in Great Britain with one ounce weekly for a year according to officials.
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London
Great Britain
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Belmont
Gentleman
Uncle Sandy
Radford
Radfords
Blue Grasse
Eeew
Ray
Europe
Uncle Ray
Tiger Sharks
High Point
Western Union
McKenney
William B&b. McKenney
American Contract Bridge League
Dummy
Hast
Bast
of Couse
AQIS
Akj
Roberta Lee
Look and
Lea BY
W. IL. Gordon
Mrs Brown
Mrs. Brown
Frank
Cain
Anne Ashley
V.P
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