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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
7
Appliqued bedspread pattern with diagram and directions for making a quilt. Includes patchwork instructions and yardages. Indicates order details and color schemes, with a decorative playful tone in the text.
Defective industrial diamonds are heavily used across factories for grinding wheels mineral boring wire drawing dies and stone cutting. They serve in glass beveling optical works and machinery for cutting fiber metals and hard mixtures.
Quote attributed to John Willis Ring urging daily growth in gentleness, firmness in beliefs, and openness to others opinions. Reflects personal development ethos.
A historical note recalls an era with 20 price points and merchants charging what traffic would bear. Advertising helped consumers by pushing toward standardized prices now common in modern purchases.
In this Washington piece General Hugh S. Johnson argues the United States risks going haywire under war pressure. He cites defense neglect, weak credit and industry, and criticizes the Roosevelt administration while reflecting on World War I mobilization and the need for robust naval and economic strength.
The paw-paw serves many roles in Bermuda. Leaves rich in pepsin are used to tenderize meats. The fruit is eaten as a vegetable when green and as a dessert when ripe.
About 90 000 safety razor blades are used annually in Hollywood studios for scraping and splicing film. Jimmy Lynch of Sans Souci Michigan is a carnival daredevil who turns over automobiles at high speed and avoided injury for years until a recent stumble dislocated his shoulder. The piece also notes ancient Roman baths lacked soap and used a strigil for cleansing.
In 1939 the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue drew a total visitation of about 663,000. Linen production traces back to 1253 in England with Flemish weavers. The top American book auction price that year reached 11,700 for a first folio of Audubons Birds of America. Fossil finds show marine fossils in the Grand Canyon and Painted Desert signaling an ancient sea covering northern Arizona.
Three U.S. presidents died on July 4, the nation’s birthday. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, and James Monroe followed in 1831. Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872.
Greenland remains the world’s largest island, surpassing all other landmasses outside Australia. The statement reinforces its status as a vast icebound region.
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