Snead and Nelson duel as golf world watches
Sam Snead, the famed White Sulphur Springs pro, loses the Hershey session to Byron Nelson in a frame of high drama. The piece praises Snead’s swing, notes his Open and PGA title jinx, and quotes Francis Ouimet on concentration as the key to triumph in golf’s majors.
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Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
Wr Va
Byron
Nelson
Sam
Hershey
Snead
Ol Sam
Somie
Walt
Gulf
Quimet
Spend
Sal
West Virginia Slagger Lad
Sanay
Nelaon
Samn Tadty
U S Smoke Jumpers Battle Forest Fires With Parachute Drops
Parachute trained U S Forest Service crews are deployed to combat large wildfires. Smoke jumpers descend to fire scenes, delivering supplies while facing rough landings and risk. The maverick method aims to control blazes with aerial drops and rapid response.
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Forest Service
Gur National
War Radio Confusion In 1940 News Letter
A reader describes the wartime radio confusion as a clash of brands and interests not clear in broadcasts. References cover Greece Turkey Petain Vichy France and a wish for conscription and aid to Britain while mentioning routine products and light anecdotes from popular culture.
Restored chairs show slipcover makeover and plywood seat
Two old wood chairs with worn caned seats and scarred varnish were transformed into side chairs for a living room. A red and blue cretonne cover blends with mahogany legs, while a plywood seat was reshaped using a paper pattern for a quick repair.
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Shdit
Question prompts from a trivia game show
A jumble of trivia prompts asks about topics including oldest inhabited city, a statesman nicknamed Great Facis catery ae Bivonarott, a surname linked to a great Italian artist, French phrase meaning, meteorology versus weight measures, definition of eon, Penta eke, color with highest light reflectance, and the names Aramis Athos and Porthos.
Uncertain OCR Fragments From Historical Notice
Fragmentary OCR text lists numbers and names such as Ansizers Damascus Henry Clay Michelangelo and The Three Musketeers mixed with references to weights measures and old books. The readable items imply a jumble of names events and periods without a single coherent event or place.
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Damascus
Henry Clay
Michelangelo
Statine
White
Dutase’ Havel
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