25 Aug 1949
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
1
A humorous early 1940s concept piece describes Elmer Twitchell’s imagined car designs that morph into a beach cabana, a kitchen, an aquarium boat, a patio, and more with button switches. Other ideas include an accordion-folding car and a police conversion, plus odd ads and quips from Yankee Magazine.
The Life Insurance Policy Holders Protective Association cites 78 million policy holders as voters with a stake in government spending and taxes. It argues rapid depreciation of purchasing power since 1933 due to deficits and inflation, urging votes against lawmakers responsible for wasteful appropriations and deficit financing.
A party at Se a Parks and wife Betty Garrett features a large collection of player piano rolls and a foot-operated piano. Guests enjoy cider and pretzels as Larry Parks leads singing of Sheik of Araby Whispering Moonlight Bay.
Trapper Joe finds a near-dead man in a blizzard outside his cabin. A heavy pack contains five pouches filled with gold dust, worth thousands. The unconscious Tim McLeary awakens, wary, while Joe reveals he saved the man and his treasure. Snow rages as they recover.
A storm raged then subsided as Trapper Joe woke bound in his bunk beside a note left by a figure who claimed to dream of a strike for years. The intruder admits tying Joe lightly and leaving supplies for winter before escaping with plans for money and two participants.
Richard H Wilkinson pockets his shirt and plans a three day trek to the Indian village. He finds a hidden gallon can with yellow dust, mutters about a fair split, and contemplates the kid’s failure to cooperate while aiming to keep safe travel ahead.
Puzzle gives across and down clues with mixed spellings. Entries include Dull, river, braid, ornament, warp yarn, first on dress, sheep, ruminants, river Fr, young, Exhibitions, impede, dwarf, hail plant, fortified person place, strange, storm god, queer Babyl old, fireplace fellows shelves slang, foot like, escape part slang, owned, golf cry, place where cargo is mtamasd
A compact puzzle list of crossword style clues with numbered entries from 30 to 42. Includes definitions across various categories such as materials, geography, and measurements. Reads like a glossary of short, independent clues with brief solutions implied by common crossword conventions.
A USDA bulletin notes a surge in dog food production with over 50 million more cans inspected in the first six months of this year than in the same period 1948. One pound cans total nearly 175 million, with first grade foods meeting USDA specifications driving demand for meat content and clean grains, signaling strong market prospects for stock and grain growers.
Build a versatile wall cabinet to showcase china silverware and bric a brac in any room. The pattern No. 36 Dutch Colonial Wall Cabinet offers full size instructions with readily obtainable lumber yard materials. Send 25e to East Hild Pattern Co Dept W Pleasantville for the pattern.
Consumer asks how to remove marks on a new non porcelain fridge finish. Advice suggests contacting the dealer for cleaning, then if washable using a damp cloth with scratchless powder sparingly, or mild soap and water.
A brief note states embroidery pattern 919 with transfer 151 by 19 inches. It requests readers send 20 cents in coin to a listed address for further information or fulfillment.
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