29 May 1947
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
1
An ad promotes self teaching touch typing with charts and drills. It urges readers to learn typing for office work and future careers and offers a booklet for 25 cents from Weekly Newspaper Service at 243 Wy 17th St New York.
A guide notes using olive oil or glycerine on fixtures to ease polishing. It suggests washing blankets on a warm spring day with a light breeze, thinning paint with turpentine for fast drying and low sheen, warns oak framing wood splits and warps, and explains paint cracking when the top coat is harder than the undercoat or when surfaces are not dry.
A health note promoting lemon and water as a natural laxative and energizer. It touts Sunkist Lemons as rich in vitamin C, aiding digestion and immunity, claiming the drink cleanses the mouth and revitalizes the user each morning. It encourages trying the routine for 16 mornings.
Langdon and Phillip debate theft and burglary insurance as a customer tests the store. A phony diamond caper proves the risk, revealing Langdon’s quick switch and McLaughton’s lesson on essential coverage.
Richard McFarlane returns after 25 years claiming the identity of Captain Mackey and confronts his son Ric and daughter-in-law Sandra Calvert. Sandra, a divorcee, faces an unsettled past as Mackey reveals shared losses and a plan to remove Sandra to Ric. Jill, Ric’s sister, mediates amid mounting tensions at the family home.
Leaks in the Grand Coulee dam cofferdam in 1937 were sealed using ben tonite, a soft porous volcanic ash that swells into hard clay when moistened, expanding up to 46 times its original mass.
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