Let's Explore Your Mind By Sylvanus M. Duvall and Evelyn Duvall
Two psychologists discuss how to teach perseverance in children by setting attainable tasks, praising success, and disapproving quitting, warning against overwhelming kids with insurmountable goals. They also critique attractive people as potential marriage risks, noting the difference between warmth generated in real life and a performative box office appeal.
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Sylvanus M. Duvall
Evelyn M. Duvall
Glamour gal back New York in late night vignettes
In a vivid backstage tour of 1950s glamour, Kitty Rowland, a Wichita born dancer now mother of four, recalls a career arc from teenage autographs to Chicago's Pat Stevens agency, marriage to Bill Rowland, and a return to show business after a decade retired, amid anecdotes of nightlife and celebrity sightings.
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New York
Big Wheels
Kitty Rowland
Wichita
Chicago
Polly Mergen
Kitty
Dennis Rowland
Mark Rowland
Deborah Rowland
Bill Rowland
Levittown
Willie Howard
Bill
Kansas City
Pat Stevens
Prince
Phyllis Gilbert
How to tension a window shade roller correctly
Simple step by step guide shows how to adjust a shade by lowering it about three quarters, removing it, winding the fabric onto the roller, and re installing in the frame to achieve proper tension. The note attributes the tip to Better Homes and Gardens.
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Better
Mailbag Bulletins Bring Odd Facts and Quips to Desk
New York columnist HAL BOYLE compiles reader trivia and curios from mail, ranging from Roman breadlines to a British Admiral for a day, a periscope-eyed snail, absinthe superstition, and lottery of oddities. The column riff covers dope demographics, prehistoric dinos, mosquitoes, gold versus weight, Disraeli wisdom, gypsy wedding cakes, and a scattered astrology strip. It includes a brief weathered reading of signs and a jokey note about office sleep.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rome
George Washington
Fisherman Magazine
Lisa Kirk
Oswald Jacoby West Faces Off With Cliff Russell In Bridge Duel
The report notes Oswald Jacoby West, a rising bridge talent, facing Clif Russell of Miami in a duplicate event. West avoids overbidding and opts for six no trump over six spades due to no trump’s higher count in this format. East wins the opening club lead with ace, Russell discards the six of hearts on the club king, and counts scores as cards go out.
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Cliff
Dummy
West
Clift
Cliff Russel
Miami
Gummy
Fact Fragments From A Dated Digest Summary
A collection of scattered facts mentions the number of atoms in a water drop, a dog’s keen sense of smell for food, platinum’s weight relative to lead, Basel's cargo handling, the Leaning Tower of Pisa’s yearly tilt, Americans’ watermelon consumption, and the deaths of two ex presidents in Washington, Adams and Wilson.
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United States
Washington, D.C
John Quincy Adams
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Quote by George Bernard Shaw on happiness and production
The remark notes we have no right to consume happiness without producing it, drawing on George Bernard Shaw to emphasize responsibility in use of happiness and wealth. The snippet links happiness to productive effort and echoes Shaw's social critique.
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George Bernard Shaw
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