Antedating of "Contract Bridge"

[Sam Clements]

That should be "Estherville" rather than Esterville.
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> 1918.  _Esterville(IA) Enterprise_  8 September 1918, page 5
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> "Contract Bridge was played at seven tables during the afternoon."
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> Sam Clements
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> From: "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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>> contract bridge (OED 1927)
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>> 1920 _N.Y. Tribune_  22 Aug. E8 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  It is
>> only the score below the line that is restricted in contract bridge.
>>
>> Fred Shapiro
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