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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
7
A National Safety Council roundup catalogs odd wartime mishaps from 1944. The stories span a Groton child’s plane crash through a bedroom wall to a Los Angeles woman nearly buried while gossiping and a Kansas man hit by a lawn mower spoon.
A cautionary piece notes thousands of children harmed each year by unsafe play. It cites ignorance heedlessness and foolhardiness as causes and warns against jumping from barns or leaping across ice, playing in railroad yards, or other perilous stunts.
A dramatic 1944 account notes a nine year old boy in Long Beach California crawled into a tool compartment of an abandoned trailer. A companion with a grudge slammed the door, trapping him. Another Chicago boy fared worse, hiding in a neck loop that tightened fatally.
A sermon emphasizes Jesus as the world’s savior fulfilling biblical prophecy. It contrasts human effort with divine redemption, urging faith in Christ’s authority and the joy found in fellowship with God through the Word of life and the Christmas season.
The text provides household tips including using discarded tea leaves with vinegar to clean a vase overnight, then washing with warm soap suds. It mentions placing leaves in a south window for sunlight, brushing pies with cream or beaten egg for glaze, and using a rubber jar ring under a dish on ice to prevent slipping.
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