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Puzzle and Grocer's Scale Story From War Era
A historical excerpt blends a crossword puzzle note with a WW2 era clue about a grocer who seeks a fair scale solution after his fragile dial breaks. He uses fixed weights to weigh items from half a pound to twenty pounds, then a separate tidbit cites a traveler’s time and a medical journal claim that college students now surpass their fathers in height due to nutrition and living standards.
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Sroter
American Medical Journal
Parente