Christmas shoppers brighten downtown in festive rush
A brisk yule season shopping spree fills the town with color as temperatures drop. Children and families flock to Santa at the courthouse square beside a lit tree, while bells from booths add to the cheerful scene and stores buzz with holiday chatter.
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Length of rope in a 14 by 22 by 18 room
The longest straight rope fits between opposite corners of the hall from floor to ceiling. It is found by the space diagonal, sqrt(14^2 + 22^2 + 18^2) = sqrt(196 + 484 + 324) = sqrt(1004) ≈ 31.67 feet.
Churches Urged To Give Toward Algerian Relief
The Anderson Ministerial Association reports a humanitarian emergency in eastern Algeria with over a million homeless people needing 650000 blankets and 1300 tons of cloth. Local churches are coordinating a nationwide air lift of donations to Church of the Brethren or Noble Street Methodist Church for immediate shipment.
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Child’s Play Items Spark Hushed Toy Display
A playful mother describes a wind-up toy and its dancing figure as endearing. She notes nested plastic bowls for Roy, highlighting color safety durability and versatile play.
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Grow Your Health With Simple Daily Habits
Health guidance from Josephine Lowman suggests daily exercise beyond routine activity, facial care, scalp massages, hair brushing techniques to stimulate circulation, short rest periods, laughter, proper nutrition, and counting daily blessings. Request leaflet Individual Happiness No 65 by mailing a stamped self addressed envelope to Josephine Lowman care of the Register and Tribune Syndicate Des Moines Iowa.
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Greener Thumbs Display and Grow Plants Rack
A simple plant rack design uses a shelf with adjustable width and length. Cut uniform container holes and layer crushed charcoal for drainage in potted plants. Place on a window sill where shades or blinds regulate sunlight exposure.
Fence dispute ends with spiteful act verdict
In a readers court case Farmer Hicks sues Benson for damage after Hicks' horse wandered from Hicks’s fence into Benson’s land. The judge rules that spiteful acts may be legal if within right, and Hicks may not recover for the missing horse. State laws vary. seek a family lawyer for guidance.
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Hicks
Is This Your Problem. ? By Helen Worden Erskine
Dear Wondering and Dear W present moral guidance on honesty and life choices. The column advises revealing past to a prospective spouse if deserved and discusses retirement and personal limits for a roomer in a Baltimore home. It includes guidance on minding one’s own business and seeking Helen Erskine’s leaflets for advice.
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Try and Stop Me: Courtroom Humor and Barroom Pranks
A Bennett Cerf humorous column recounts a rookie lawyer in his first court appearance who is told to keep eyes on his coat and hat. Also includes Dee O. B. Jesness story of a doctor s bar joke with a hickory daiquiri and Dorothy Kilgallen’s glimpse of a boarding school letter about an epidemic.
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Household Scrapbook Tips on Fireplaces and Cleanliness
Practical hints for managing ashes and dust in a fireplace and garden soil uses. Advice covers sprinkling damp tea leaves to curb dust, reusing wood ashes to sweeten soil, placing chafing dishes on a tray, and salting a coffee pot to keep it clean and sweet.
U.S. Dependents Return To Gitmo
The Navy began ferrying women and children back to Guantanamo Bay Cuba. An Air Transport Service plane with 31 dependents left Norfolk at 1004 am EST. About 1400 of 2800 dependents would be returned to Gitmo before Christmas.
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Naval Air Station
Guantanamo
Population Shows 24 Percent Increase in French Territories
France reports an 24 percent population rise across its four overseas territories while the national population grew 8.2 percent over eight years. The government release notes the contrast in growth rates within the federation.
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