Wedding Roses and a Puzzle of Dozens
A florist staged a wedding sale with many rose dozens. A rich buyer took half the stock plus half a dozen free. The next buyer took a third of the remainder plus a third of a dozen. A bridesmaid took a quarter of what remained plus three quarters of a dozen. Another buyer took a fifth of the remainder plus an extra fifth of a dozen. Nineteen dozen roses remained. Find the initial number of dozens.
Youngest British Soldier Wins Military Medal
London reports Rifleman T F McBride 19 of the 2nd Battalion Cameronians returned from Palestine as the youngest British Army recipient of the Military Medal. He rescued a wounded British policeman from a lorry under fire, dragged him to a ditch, and tossed burning ammunition crates clear, sustaining facial and arm burns.
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