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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1958
Page
8
An eclectic garden column surveys plant anomalies and DIY tricks. It notes mosaic disease in tulips and spireas causing color breaks, describes air layering steps with Hormodin and sphagnum moss, warns about castor bean seed pods, and offers design tips for a picturesque garden using varied shapes and textures for year-round appeal.
Dan Eisenberg president of Tracers Company of America cites economic conditions as the main factor behind missing husbands. The firm reports 65,000 searches in 34 years and a 55 percent surge in 1957 with 8,650 men leaving home in the first half of this year. Age breakdown shows 20 to 30 at 28 percent, 30 to 40 at 15.2 percent, 40 to 50 at 74.4 percent, 50 to 60 at 56 percent, and over 60 at 20 percent, underscoring the claim that forty is a dangerous age.
Kirkemuit Grange No. 24 won second prize of 25 dollars in the statewide Rhode Island Grange Dairy Month contest, with Richmond Grange No. 16 taking first prize of 50 dollars. Awards were presented August 2, 1958 on WEAN by Robert Armstrong.
A Camden New Jersey postcard arrived at the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce with the terse request Please send. No return address accompanies the four words. The chamber will consider how to respond to this unusual inquiry received amid many tourist information requests and other samples.
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