Shifting hand values in bridge bids explained
Analysis of over and under bidding strategies in contract bridge by Lelia Hattersley. It explains how sitting over or under an opponent changes the value of honors and tenaces, rebid rules, and risks of pushing toward game or slam, with examples and caveats.
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Lelia Hattersley
WNU
Good Market for Special Products From Dairy Surplus Butterfat
Farmers can profit by marketing surplus dairy fat as whipping cream sweet cream butter honey butter and other specialty items. The article outlines on farm processing from milk separation to chilling aging churning and precise salting for high quality sweet cream butter and honey butter production for home consumption and sale.
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R. J. Ramsey
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Surratt House Remodeled After Lincoln Conspiracy Ties
The Surratt house on H street was remodeled in 1925 into a store and apartment building. It housed discussions of Lincoln’s murder and served as a meeting place for conspirators led by John Wilkes Booth. Booth arranged horses and weapons there for his flight following the assassination.
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Surratt House
Mary Surratt
John Wilkes Booth
Washington Star
Sanitary Measures to End Ropiness in Milk
A ropy milk condition results from bacteria growth after milking, appearing 12 to 24 hours later. Bacteria may come from rinsing water, barn dust, or rarely an infected udder. if not from the udder, ropiness can be eliminated by clean sanitary practices and sterilized vessels.
Looking to Herds Future When Selecting a Sire
Guidance for selecting a pure-bred bull emphasizes high dam and grand-dam production, strong individual and ancestral quality, excellent daughters and related cows, adequate remuneration for a bull, and preferring proven sires. Partnerships can access superior bulls, and the dam’s record should exceed the herd’s best cow.
Bran as Hay Substitute in Feed for Cattle
The American Agriculturist notes bran can substitute for hay when hay is scarce or expensive. It cites last year’s good hay crops and suggests feeding some hay if available, but with ample silage and cheap bran cows may be fed less hay without harm.
Dairy Hints on Sires Water and Grain Usage
A farmer’s memo notes cows require three to four pounds of water for every pound of milk produced. It compares grain cost to milk value and suggests feeding grain to increase milk yield by one or two pounds per extra pound of grain. The guidance emphasizes proven sires and the cost balance of grain versus milk output.
Two Girls Find Love Amid Hard Up New York Days
Madge and Constance pursue careers in New York aided by George Perkins and Mortimer Peyster. Mortimer departs for an old flame while Jim Brenton receives a surprise marriage proposal from longtime sweetheart Madge after an emergency hint strengthens their bond.
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Constance
Madge
Jim
Fifth Avenue High Hats
Perkins’ Hardware
Business College
George Perkins
New York
Mortimer Peyster
Mortimer
George
Mort
Jim Brenton
Perkins’ Hardware Store
The Importance of Being Important in Daily Life
A reflective dialogue on what makes people seem or be important. Mr. Cato Ninetails debates the burden and bluff of social status and who truly bears the weight of being important versus merely appearing so. Buck questions what counts as important today.
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Cato Ninetails
Buck
Century Hence
Indianapolis News
Octogenarian scientist Crompton recalls Victoria light slap
Col E Crompton Faraday medallist of 1922, aged eighty six, delivered a witty Savoy hotel after dinner speech. He recounted being slapped by Queen Victoria in the 1880s for introducing new lighting at Windsor Castle and recalled her later praise of his invention.
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Savoy Hotel
London
Henri Pickard
Cincinnati Enquirer
Col
E. Crompton
Colonel Crompton
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Victoria
Old Custom Retained Focus Signilli Meaning of Seal
The letters L S on legal documents stand for focus signilli the seal place. Romans wore signet rings and imprinted seals on papers, a practice that survives in modern law.
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L. S
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