Humility on Rivington Street in a Pinocle Club Election
An aunt recounts a humorous tale on Rivington Street where Uncle Charlie runs for president of a Non-Sectarian Binochle and Poker Club to prove his humility. Campaign manager Mordecai Slifkin presides as Charlie declines, while Abe Greenfield counters. Sammy Pfeffer wins with a landslide.
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Frieda
Billy Rose
Mordecai Slifkin
Slifkin
Charlie
Jules Caesar
Rome
Italy
Eisenhower
Mordecai
Wisher-Wells
Abe Greenfield
Sam Pfeffer
Alaska
Honolulu
Sammy Pfefer
Fietfer
Gerber Convention in a Houston Hand Revealed
In a Houston Individual Tournament hand I held South while Capt. L A Welsh used the Gerber Convention. The six spades contract lacked a trump in my hand as Welsh’s four clubs jump signaled a slam. The four clubs response shows aces, guiding further bidding toward the right slam.
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SQME
Houston
Capt
L. A. Welsh
U. S. Coast Guard
Captain Welsh
Johnny
Gerber
Blackwood
North
South
West
Mind games and marriage ad courses in wartime quiz notes
A collage of bridge discussion and advice appears alongside a wartime quiz. It mentions North South spade slam theory, bids and plays, and a tip about a wife’s happiness tied to two organizations. A small ad promotes a booklet Your Success in Marriage for 15 cents with a self addressed stamp.
Doctors Say Play Fair With Your Stomach
Medical note explains the stomach as a patient organ in the alimentary canal. It describes its size changes with meals, the role of gastric juices, and how emotions and eating habits affect digestion.
Gift for Young America No Dead End Kids in Old Back Yard
A writer argues that the solution to juvenile delinquency is a large, old fashioned back yard with freedom and safety. He laments crowded cities, praising a yard with a garden, trees, and space to play as essential for nurturing wise-hearted children.
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New York
Santa Claus
America
Marco Polo
Mama
Wone
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E. J. Vega
121 Features Corp
TM Worhie
Rivington Street
Rivington St
Oswald Jacoby Gerber
Noone Matess
Val
Albert Edward Wiggam, D. S
PTA
Etor
Gift For Young America
Tle
Ay As
Wedgewood
REA
Artelia
F. M. Thomas
Nevada
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