Why is a cyclone like a waiter? (It carries everything before it.) Over a thousand riddles, puzzles and parlor games from 1896 — with a riddle-a-day and cards to stump your friends.

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SUGGESTIONS FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT IN THE STYLE OF YE OLDEN TYME. Sufficiently in advance to allow your friends time for preparation send out…

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