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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
8
Community notes cover visits from Mrs. L E Nash from San Pedro California and Harold Waddell of Bowen III. Local sales include Bartlett Pears and yearling Hampshire hogs. Numerous neighbors host dinners and visits across Bowen, Carthage, Mendon, Quincy and nearby towns.
The Macomb hospital report notes Rachel who had emergency appendicitis surgery Saturday is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Williams visited Sunday in Denver with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyers and family. Hamil Williams was a Quincy visitor Monday. Maude Worrell and son Bernard were supper guests Tuesday of Howard Worrell and family of Bowen for Richard’s fifth birthday. Glen Zimmermacher of Washington state visited Tuesday morning with C. C. Carlin.
A physician explains average sleep needs by age. Newborns sleep about fifteen to eighteen hours daily, while children from ages two to six require about twelve hours at night with an afternoon nap varying by child. Provide a quiet, dark, airy room and a simple, comfortable bed setup.
Mr and Mrs Walter Parker and family visited in Quincy Thursday. Mrs Luella Combs of Carthage returned home after several days with her brother Alpha Worrell. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Williams and sons Dean and Max were Sunday visitors in Polk Thornton s home. Carl Hoffman and family and Mary Hull of West Point visited Hamil Williams family Sunday. Mrs Lynn Murphy of Stillwell spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Homer Rowland and family. Mr Murphy was a dinner guest Sunday. Mrs Joe Jones and daughter Ruby and sister Mrs Tobe Taylor and family of Clayton also visited. Alpha Worrell Winifred and Billy visited Rachel Worrell in St Francis.
The piece outlines daytime nap expectations for toddlers and schoolchildren, noting two to four hours in early toddlerhood, then one to two hours later, followed by school age and teen sleep estimates from about 12 to 18 hours down to 9 or 10 hours. It ends with a humorous aside about mistaken identity in a Tennessee setting.
Two unnamed backwoodsmen knock on a cabin door and discover a dead body in a scene describing rural Tennessee settings. The fragment hints at a chilling mistaken identity incident unfolding in a remote area.
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