Tricky Quiz: Hints From a Stumpers Round
The quiz asks about trigamy meaning having three wives at the same time. It notes Congress fixed flag stripes at 13 in 1818. It traces rocking chair origins to America. Tutankhamen became king at nine. Ex libris means From the books of. Europe’s country of one peninsula and 500 islands is Denmark. Halley’s comet returns every seventy six years. Money paper value listed as about 11 000th of a cent.
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Congress
U. S
Tutankhamen
Europe
Halley
America
Denmark
Dempsey
Willard
Leonard
Connecticut The Land of Steady Habits and Its Rise
An overview of Connecticut as a durable, industrious colony evolving into a modern state. It highlights early settlements by Hooker and Stone, its first written constitution, manufacturing growth from clock making to steel, key towns like Wethersfield and Seymour, and major institutions including Yale and the University of Connecticut. It notes geography, agriculture, education, notable residents, and the enduring value of its Fundamental Orders.
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Thomas Hooker
Samuel Stone
Massachusetts
Connecticut Valley
Hartford
Wethersfield
Windsor
Connecticut
Berlin
Simsbury
Eli Whitney
New Haven
America
David Humphreys
Seymour
Salisbury
Washington Eli Terry
Seth Thomas
Yale
Wesleyan
Trinity College
Hartford Seminary Foundation
Berkeley Divinity School
St. Thomas Catholic Seminary
St. Joseph Catholic Seminary
Connecticut College For Women
Peabody Museum
Connecticut Agricultural College
Mansfield
University of Connecticut At
Trinity
Middleton
New York City
Morton Downey
Nelson Eddy
Marian
New England
Hartford's Central Role In Connecticut History
Hartford, capital of Connecticut, hosts early colonial settlement on the Connecticut River. The city housed Revolutionary War planning, early woolen mills, and notable residents like Noah Webster and Mark Twain. It sparked America's large insurance industry with carriers such as Hartford Fire and Connecticut Mutual and launched the Rogers silver plating process in 1847.
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Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Union Bank and Trust Company of
New London
Insurance Capital of America
Hartford
Washington
Rochambeau
Yorktown
New England
Noah Webster
Mark Twain
Charles Dudley Warner
America
West Indies
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Connecticut Mutual Company
Travelers Insurance Company
Rogers
Leonard and Gans crowned as top lightweight legends
The obituary notes Benny Leonard and Joe Gans as the era’s paramount lightweights. It recalls historical debates, teases Gans’s career hardships, and highlights Leonard’s superior record and public spirit, citing Leonard’s strategic guidance to Dempsey in the Willard bout.
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Benny Leonard
Joe Gans
Jack McAuliffe
Frank Erne
Kid Lavigne
The
Saginaw
Leonard
Gans
Harry Smith
San Francisco
Baltimore
Jack Blackburn
Joe Louis
Bat Nelson
Dane
Dempsey
Kearns
Willard
Needlecraft Patterns Bring Morning Glories Apron Appeal
The notice promotes Gay Morning Glories patterns for aprons bandanas and mitts with simple stitches. It advertises pattern 902 with transfer motifs charts and pieces and notes patterns cost 20 cents each. Due to high demand and current conditions more time is needed to fill orders.
Lemon Wake-Up Drink for Constipation Relief
A reader is advised to drink juice from one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water each morning to stimulate normal bowel action without harsh laxatives. The note claims lemons boost vitamin C and other nutrients, aid digestion, curb fatigue, and improve appetite, suggesting a 10 day trial with California Sunkist lemons.
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California
Sunkist
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Cale
Oxford
Farm Machinery & Equip
J. H. Nicholson Supply CO
Harney
Nebr
Berman
Otuneil Peterson - Salem
Democrat Building
Wahoo
George Fraser
Ridgewood Rd
Sears New Styles
Leonard Fitch Co.d
K. E. Lookabaugh
SER
Aastes
Lincoln
OLL
Fox Studios
Billings
Montana
A. H. Thege
Walter C. Smith
Walker
Lincels
U. S. Savings Bonds
WNU R
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Edward Emerine Win
Commonwealth of Connecticut
Nathan Hale
Leng Island
Loung
War Office
Lebanon
Jonathan Trumbull
James L. McConaughty
Bowdoin
Dartmouth
Knox College
Galesburg, Illand
Wesleyan University
Nelson
Toledo
Bob Edgren
Jess Willard
Jack
B. Leonard
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
En Ltd Han
Mate Pere
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Housekeeping
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Eas
American Steauards ‘Association
Eveready
Eveready’ Brand
National Carbon Company, Inc
East 42Nd Street
New York
N.Y
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
Pender Ts
Dareas
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