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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1938
Page
3
Moviethon notes gasps over Frances Langford and Jon Hall eloping in Peru. Hall used his real name Lav i Locher and Hollywood faced uncertain futures as Langford writes and sells a story about a famed aviatrix. Norma Shearer and Marion Davies influence discussed along with Valentino era reminisces.
Claire Gibson of Chicago recalls a near fatal trolley crash in Springfield during an early summer evening in 2010. The moving car collided with a freight train at a crossing, glass shattered, passengers injured, and Claire narrowly survived with a deep wrist wound and facial injuries. Witnesses aided victims as ambulances and police arrived. the conductor blamed limited visibility from fog. The ordeal left her shaken but eager to help others injured in such accidents.
A garbled historical note mentions a claimant named Petra Alynees CvbsWL discovering land in Portugal and naming Merr de Santa Cruz and Land at the Lolly Crisy. The text suggests possession by the claimant during a king’s stance, with references to Brazil Wak and a 1500-era context.
The readable fragments mention fish beds and a burden related to varnocilut amine. References include a few unclear names and phrases such as Tmtenk Ales Tes and Hume. The passage appears garbled with no coherent events or clear persons.
Home sewing guidance from Mrs Spears presents step by step directions for making a slip cover and fringed lamp shade. Includes fabric layout, pattern placement, grain direction, cutting tips, and finishing stitches. Describes using bed sheets as fabric, marking arrows for grain, and folding before cutting. Published by Spears, 210 Desplanes Chicago Illinois, price 20 cents postpaid.
An England train is reported as featuring a glass exterior with a roofless design. More than 120000 pieces of a special glass were used, including glass floors walls and a glass bathroom with glass pictures inside. The Lancashire firm of glassmakers built it to advertise its wares.
A jumble of trivia prompts covers presidents emotions state of existence handclapping customs and historic U.S. events. Questions reference Fagin and radio broadcast in 1928, the Gadsden Purchase, the Baseball Hall of Fame location at Cooperstown and bronze plaques for its immortals, with scattered misprints and incomplete items.
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