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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
7
Sewing Circle Patterns advertises Pattern No 1472 in sizes 11 to 18 with yardage for size 12 and 1 yard ricrac, and Pattern No 8179 in sizes 6 to 14 with sleeve length guidance. The card invites orders to SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT Chicago and asks 25 cents per pattern, including name and address.
A reader quiz covers Casey as inspiration for Casey at the Bat, spectator totals for horse racing and baseball, water in Death Valley, gold value, the Conscience Fund start, electricity in electric eels, U S senators age averages, equatorial cold, crocodile tears, and George C Marshall’s salary. Answers provide names, figures, and context.
Mrs Mark Twain edited many of his manuscripts influencing beloved figures like Aunt Polly Tom Sawyer and the incomparable Huckleberry Finn. The line two heads are better than one underscores collaborative touches in his writings.
Arthur Conan Doyle arrives by taxi in Paris and learns the driver identified him from papers and a recent haircut. The author notes the driver could tell he was English from appearance and luggage. Doyle is stunned at the minimal evidence used to recognize him.
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