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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1949
Page
48
A brief ad notes a book offer for young readers with a request to add 15 cents more for mailing. It mentions a two week mailing pattern and prompts the customer to send the additional amount to receive the book.
A government publication HOUSE PLANTS explains in a 30 page illustrated booklet how to care for and grow house plants. Send for the booklet for 10 cents postpaid from The Long Beach Prose Telegram Information Bureau.
A new type of vacuum cleaner bag uses an inner disposable paper filter that traps dirt for months. When full, the sealed filter is removed and replaced, preventing dust from entering the device and maintaining suction.
Delegates Rose Dunhill Mildred Morris Eleanor Boyd delivered thoughtful reports on convention business. California praised for club achievement. White elephant sale and entertainment followed. Local events include Traffic Club dinner August 5 and August 13 activities. New hires and weddings noted from New York Life office and Bellflower homes.
The article discusses how players use different bidding methods, emphasizing point count versus honor trick systems. It notes that many players rely on system counts to decide openings and that a specific hand by South illustrated the difference between honor tricks and point totals in play.
In a bridge recount, South cashes diamonds then clubs and Hast overtrumps. North uses a heart lead to test East, who reasons about heart ace and opening bids. South wins the king with the ace, defeating the contract. The writer urges learning all bidding systems to avoid blind plays.
An old newspaper ad promotes a Laure Wheeler Needlecraft Book featuring 104 illustrations and concise patterns. It offers a pattern kit and instructions including a quilt motif set and a teddy bear cover, with a request for fifteen cents and the press address for ordering.
A fragmented list of crossword style clues and partial answers from a historic page. Items range from instruments and materials to religious and geographic terms, with numbers and abbreviations interspersed. The text presents an eclectic vertical/concrete puzzle set without a clear single narrative or solution.
A discussion on how women miss much of the news when reading only certain sections. It urges women to read the political, world, sports and financial pages to engage with their husbands and mixed groups. The piece notes men often focus on those areas and women should mirror that selection.
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