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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1938
Page
6
A pattern offering a two piece jitly knit blouse and plasulized skirt in sizes 361 and 40. Includes illustrations of blouse and accents. Send 18 cents in stamps or coins for the pattern to The Sewing Circle Neediacraft Dept. 64 Eighth Ave New York.
A vivid report in the Adventurers' Club recounts Tom Brady's ordeal during a September hurricane on Dominica. Stranded in a frame hotel, he faced weeks of fear, witnessing a seawall collapse, lashing tides, and a frightened town as he prayed for safety and vowed to change his ways.
A quirky review notes Bulgarians eat grape offerings and cites Professor Nedelkoll from the University of Bosnia detailing an average weekly grape consumption around 40 pounds. It mentions gardens and nurseries in Holland shaping yew into animal forms and references historical figures from a mythic Third century reign.
A whimsical tale of a neighbor named Joseph and a narrator on her birthday. Joseph’s antics and a mischievous lamp genie theme unfold as he conspires to share candy and toys, leaving the narrator juggling desires, discipline, and a wind battered day. The story centers on candy, a lamp wish, and a playful lesson about sharing.
The text recounts a newspaper fragment mentioning an announcer who did not discuss the weather during a baseball game and a neighbor who encroached on property. It notes a social scene where relatives avoid heckling a younger male member while comments about a blush are made.
Reading a garbled piece, the text mocks wealth and luck with odd phrases. It mentions big men, pride, and a lazy man with a Great Dane, then notes money not growing on trees and a clever bird. The exact names, places, and events are unreadable.
A garbled OCR fragment catalogs curious local toponymy and place names such as Lianta and Liantairpiit awyngsllgogeryobermdrubw, with mentions of a village near the Pool of White havelr and a St Mary church by the Pool of White, linked to a Red Cavet-Detroit reference, in a poetic regional tapestry.
An American in England notes phrases and vocabulary differences learned during months abroad. The piece highlights how words for clothing, fabrics, foods, and daily tasks vary, from waistcoats to calico to paraffin and housekeeping terms, with humorous observations of translation between cultures.
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