Tombstone Boothill and its grim frontier legends
Frontier Times tours Boothill cemetery near Tombstone Arizona, tracing famed markers and tales from Geronimo era to the Clanton Earp feud. It notes notorious graves, the Bird Cage theater era, and legends of Doc Holliday and Johnny Blair amid a history of violence and myth.
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Tombstone
Copper State
Geronimo
Arizona Territory
Ed Schiefflin
Schieffini
Old West
America
Annie
China Mary
Hop Lung
Tong Lee
Foo Kee
Tom McLawery
Frank MecLowery
Billy Clanton
Torabstone
al Bennett
Ben Scott
Johnny Blair
Johnny
Doc Holliday
Holiday
Cottonwood Springs
Colo
Red River
Ormsby
Charlie
Berger Chase
E~ Lind
Women outliving men in 1950 death rates rise decline
The U S Public Health Service notes American women outliving men as death rates drop for both sexes in 1950. Estimated 1950 figures place women at 8.3 per 1000 and men at 11.2 per 1000.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Which Trump Suit Would You Pick in Bermuda Bridge?
In a Bermuda world championship hand Howard Schenken won 11 tricks with hearts after a clever ruff and trump play. The article argues that choosing the weaker long suit as trump often yields better results than the stronger one, with implications for games and slams.
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Alfred Sheinwold
Bermuda
Howard Schenken
Hearts
Schenken
North
West
East
Police discover kiss as tenants complain in Perth Amboy
Police rush to an apartment house in Perth Amboy New Jersey to answer a tenants complaint and find a young man kissing his girlfriend goodnight as she leans against the bell. The text then shifts to a note claiming piracy involving the world’s largest freshwater fish.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Photographing a Nation: Exterior View Only
Mark Twain notes that a foreigner may capture the outside of a country but cannot report its interior life its soul and its speech, underscoring limits on foreign observation.
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Mark Twain
Ring out wild bells who wrote it and waters of Minnetonka
A compilation of trivia items asks who wrote Ring out wild bells and where the Waters of Minnetonka lie. It mentions notable dates and a set of biographical clues about a former congressman and a veteran radio orchestra conductor.
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Minnetonka
Woodrow Once
Broadway orchestra prodigy turns radio conductor
Lilian Campbell notes a child prodigy who conducted theater orchestras at 15 and 17 in New York and later led shows such as White's Scandals and Earl Carrolls Vanities. He began radio concerts in 1924 and has remained on the same station and program, often heard Monday evenings.
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Ter
New York
Dottom
Connoisseur Defined as Aesthetic Judge
A connoisseur is a person versed in an art or subject and able to judge taste. The term originates from French obso lete spelling and Old French cognoscere meaning to become acquainted.
FBI agents arrest man in Federal Building over poster
In Cincinnati FBI agents arrested a man wanted on a separate matter as he stood near his own picture displayed among wanted posters in the Federal Building. The item notes North East as the northwest corner of Pennsylvania.
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FBI
Cincinnati
Federal
North East
Pennsylvania
Celebrations Planned for Séstions and Adler
Composer Roger Séstions and author Mortimer Jerome Adler are slated for celebrations reflecting on their contributions. Details on date and venue are not provided in the fragment.
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Roger Séstions
Mortimer Jerome Adler
Fortune Ahead Promotes Focused Business and Moral Upbringing
A cautionary note urges players to concentrate on business in the year ahead and view a good moral upbringing as key to a child’s happiness and success.
Reading the Clues for a Classic Riddle
A playful prompt asks five items including Alfred Lord Tennyson and Princeton University, with a fragmentary stray line. It hints at a wordplay query about outcomes, locations near Minneapolis and a global political reference.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Minneapolis
Minn
Princeton University
Eewooa Pivucd
Wa Vounoe
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