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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
12
A fragmented diary style note discusses lighting rules for cinema viewing at home. It mentions Edison guidance on screen distance for different tube sizes, personal mischiefs like sneaking out and watching sports, and confirms the book’s advice to keep content at eye level for proper viewing.
A 51 year old painter in Napoleon Ohio killed his three children and shot his wife after a query about income tax. He then slashed his throat and shot himself after a chaotic spree in his home. The coroner identified Floyd Hesslinger as the killer.
Readable clues mix across and down for a 1930s style crossword list. Several entries show OCR garbles like Smeltz and a77. meanings point to classic terms such as sun god Ra and feathered birds, with several missing letters and misconstrued words. The fragment preserves a puzzle grid vibe and indicates a dated newspaper puzzle page.
Oberlin High School used a stark object lesson to teach safety after lectures failed. A wrecked 1941 sedan on display, with a victim’s body and a dramatic rescue recount by Fireman Don Simms, left students shaken. The depiction, intended to deter reckless driving, showed a fatal outcome and highlighted the dangers of loss of nerve in a crash.
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