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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
6
An advertising snippet offers a 21 by 32 inch Rose Rug crochet pattern 5686 with instructions and chart for row by row directions color suggestions and stitch illustrations for pattern 5688. Also promotes a giant Butterfly Chair Set over eighteen inches wide with pineapple motif and complete making directions pattern 5155.
A small classified item seeking a sewing circle pattern. The ad asks readers to enclose 20 cents for the pattern and to send name and address to the South Wells Street Chiragro 7 location with a 30 dollar value noted in the header.
The text lists the first professional football game at Latrobe in 1895, credits Leonardo da Vinci with the parachute principle, explains viva voce voting as oral, notes a snake bite immune exhibition by August Eichhorn, and states Siberia as the origin of American Indians. It also provides U S flag merchant fleet data as of May 1 1948, detailing vessel counts, ownership, and status across active, inactive, and reserve fleets.
The text notes that shell fish are good protein sources shipped inland. It advises clams and oysters with tightly closed mouths or those that close when touched are alive and fresh.
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