Good morning, Whitewater.
We’ll have a sunny Thursday with a high of seventy-four and calm winds from the southeast at about five mph.
Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets this evening at 6 PM.
On this day in 1933, FDR takes America off the gold standard:
…the United States went off the gold standard, a monetary system in which currency is backed by gold, when Congress enacted a joint resolution nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold. The United States had been on a gold standard since 1879, except for an embargo on gold exports during World War I, but bank failures during the Great Depression of the 1930s frightened the public into hoarding gold, making the policy untenable…..
Today’s the anniversary of powdered milk:
1883 – Horlick’s Malted Milk Patented
On this date William Horlick patented the first powdered milk in the world. He named his new product, intended to be used as a health food for infants, “Malted Milk.” Horlick’s product went on to be used as a staple in fountain drinks as well as survival provisions. Malted milk was even included in explorations undertaken by Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen and Richard Byrd. [Source: Racine History]
Here’s Puzzability‘s Thursday game:
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This Week’s Game — June 2-6
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Surround Sound
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Hope you can tune in this week. For each day, we’ll give you three clues, each of which leads to a word. The answers to two of those clues, when placed together in the right order, have the name of a musical instrument spanning the gap between the answers. When the instrument’s name is removed, the remaining letters, in order, spell the answer to the day’s remaining clue. The clues are presented in random order.
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Example:
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Small women’s clothing size; play simply, as a guitar; location
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Answer:
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STRUMPETITE (from petite, strum, site; the instrument is a trumpet)
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What to Submit:
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Submit just the full string of letters, with the instrument in the middle (as “STRUMPETITE” in the example), for your answer.
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Thursday, June 5
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