Message in a Shoe Leads Esteban to Castle on the Hill
Esteban finds a note inside a red velvet slipper and seeks the Castle on the Hill. The cobbler dismisses the strange clue, urging him to leave, while Esteban debates fairies and contemplates sending a blue bird to Santa for help.
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Esteban
Ares
Santa
Professor Szpilki
Peddier
Esteban Bravely Approaches the Haunted Castle Door
Esteban pounds on a vast white castle wall as sunset reddens its windows. A wary peddler warns him away, but he advances through the night toward a single bright light atop the hill. The door crashes open and the castle light goes out as a new chapter hints at a strange professor tomorrow.
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Esteban
Watery Words and the Iowa River Reference
A brief note mentions watery terms, male sheep plural, a Great Lake, and the Iowa River. The fragment ties geography and biology, hinting at a regional language or feature list. No clear event or person is described.
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Great Lake
Iowa River
Answer to Previous Puzzle
Two word clue solution list includes four French river and two word phrase.
Marshal Earp Loses Star in San Francisco Show Theft
In San Francisco Wyatt Earp entertained about 400 children with a fast draw. After the show at the Plantation Inn employees briefly left posts to watch or steal $150 from a cash register. Off camera, Earp known as Hugh O’Brien said his gold marshal’s star was stolen on the way from Hollywood.
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San Francisco
Wyatt Earp
Plantation Inn
Earp
Hugh O’brien
Hollywood
Good News For Husbands
Ann Arbor report finds more than ninety percent of teenage girls would rather do anything than housework. The AP dispatch notes this indicates widespread reluctance to perform chores at home.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Costly Scenery Burden for Broadway Show
Joel Schenker, producer of Shadow of a Gunman, laments the high cost of Broadway scenery. He notes the single set cost $10,000 and jokes that the same money could build a house with cement tile wood and a kitchen.
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New York
Joel Schenker
Sean O'Casey
Schenker
Opening lead Y4 in four spades puzzle on spade king
In a four spade auction Henry Auslander faces a tricky endplay. East wins with the jack after South plays dummy’s nine and a heart ruff misleads. West’s seven or deuce tells at last that East holds the king of spades while South sacrifices to diamonds.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Henry Auslander
Pittsburgh
East
West
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