15 Dec 1949
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
1
A Christmas ad suggests wooden pull toy puppies with hinged bodies and wheels for motion. It promotes pattern directions from WORK SHOP PATERN SERVICE in Bedford Wills New York at 25 cents. Also promotes Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco as boxed gift options with festive wrap and built in greeting.
A milkman explains the milk quality drops in cold weather as cows cannot graze. He jokes that the cows cry from thin milk, and a customer quips about tears dropping into the milk can. The tale uses whimsical personification to explain seasonal milk variance.
The gang of boys near 242nd Street gather around a shiny agate called the Hope Diamond shooter. The piece links to a legend of a cursed ball marble, tracing its owner from Rhode Island to the Bronx amid a tale of luck, danger, and rivalry.
In Ecuador a government rule bans head hunting and fines reach 400 dollars. Scientist Pancho Ortegna pursues the mystery of shrinking heads, visiting tribes where friendliness yields denials yet hostility risks life, while several natives have vanished in six months.
The narrator recalls two meetings with Pancho Ortegna and the shock of a shrunken head at Cabello's. A Diamond shooter, aided by Hymie Michernick, influences a tense contest, ending with the marble landing in a hospital intern’s possession and a nurse delivering it to patient Whitey Wizcoczki in room 218.
A speaker recalls sheltering many cares and burdens in life until a sudden, uplifting moment by the roadside. A shining note, shade, grasses, a wild flower, and dew renew the spirit. When the moment ends, the cares have vanished and cannot be recovered.
A historical crossword puzzle with numbered clues across and down. Entries include instruments of torture colors fish and many standard puzzle terms such as ch ills and pauses and ancient deities.
OHN DALL earned a first sympathetic screen role in Deadly Is the Female for United Artists after a six year grind in stock companies and walk-ons. His height is six feet one with brown hair and blue gray eyes. The public loves Milton Berle in Always Leave Them Laughing, prompting Warner Bros to plan another comedy starring him.
An Englishman on his first big game hunt is urged by his guide to shoot a leopard on the spot. He asks for precision, asking which spot to shoot, as the guide repeats the instruction to shoot immediately, highlighting the dangers of hesitation.
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