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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
2
A cleaning tip notes that glassware achieves the best polish when dried directly after washing in hot suds without a rinse step. This method emphasizes avoiding water spots and maintains clarity of glass surfaces.
A column argues taxes hit production and consumers, warning of a potential national debt of 150 billion dollars. It urges Congress to economize and impose direct taxes, while urging defense prep and honest accounting. The piece also reflects on Orange California’s Pioneer heritage and a civic parade. It ends with questions about national debt and a Russia versus Nazi threat.
A historical notice offers a 10 cent subscription for a copy of a short piano guide titled Quick Course in Piano Playing. The ad promotes direct mail order to readers seeking basic instruction.
A reader quiz with questions on capitals, Panama Canal history, Protestant denominations, global coffee use, and Victor Hugo. Answers list Wellington New Zealand 1914 Lutherans 61 000 000 and Les Miserables, plus a humorous ad and a riddle about left hand when facing south.
A wartime roundup notes railroads mobilizing 25 000 cars to boost Texas crop freight and banning storage delays. Mechanization replaces cavalry with tanks, under War Secretary Stimson praising Col Regnier. Only 201 real religious objectors exist among 6 million draft questionnaires, with camps in Maryland Virginia Indiana California Colorado New York and Ohio funded by private groups. Britain shifts to defense in 1941, build war machine in 1942, and aims for offense in 1943 with American help.
The appointment of ex Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana to the U.S. court of appeals marks the third judicial reward connected to a famed senate lobby inquiry. Ex Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black and federal judge Lewis Schwellenbach are noted as key figures in related exposure and holding company law.
A historical note lauds a missionary training center that has prepared about 2,300 workers over fifty years, with roughly 1,600 still active abroad. The lesson emphasizes readiness, strong church bases, and the heat of spiritual battle against opposition as Paul and Barnabas preach in Pisidian Antioch and confront Elymas the sorcerer, while Sergius Paulus encounters God through the gospel.
A haughty customer in an exclusive dress shop mocks many frocks then declares she would look better in something flowing. The exhausted clerk seizes the moment and suggests trying the river as a sharp retort to the critic.
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