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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1941
Page
8
Baltimore physician Dr. David L. Macht reports cobra venom as a non habit forming pain reliever that lasts longer than morphine and surprisingly sharpens vision hearing and problem solving. It is used to ease pains from cancer arthritis angina shingles neuritis migraines and other conditions though it does not cure diseases.
In Lakewood New Jersey an itinerant hotel worker slept on the left front running board of a large fire truck and missed a 3 a.m. alarm. He woke just as the hook and ladder started to roll, avoiding a possible crushing moment. Firemen warned he could have been thrown under wheels.
Fresno man Clifford R. Weliver sprayed kerosene on bedsheets to kill mosquitoes. He suffered second and third degree burns and sought hospital treatment hours later claiming the kerosene “fixed the mosquitoes.”
Chicago interview with Col. Cy Compton reveals he stood in for Buffalo Bill from 1896 to 1913, riding in his place when Cody felt tired. Now 66, Compton performs a loop roping act at Chicago Stadium roping six horses at once and lives on a five-acre California ranch.
Raymond P. Wheelock operated a rooftop farm in Battle Creek since 1940 growing onions radishes tomatoes and citrus in tubs. He tried a spaghetti plant from a seed package but after 20 minutes of cooking produced a bland dish that tasted like a misguided squash.
Lieut. Col. Paul Logan of the Quartermaster corps estimates next year’s army food needs including 277 million pounds of fresh meat 82 million pounds of cured meats 26 billion pounds of canned meat 50 million pounds of butter 40 million pounds of poultry and 55 million dozen eggs as stated in a speech to the American Meat Institute convention in Chicago.
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