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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1936
Page
2
A Charleston Gazette beauty column outlines an olive oil scalp treatment with steps: section and brush hair, steam head, apply oil with gauze pads, perform a detailed scalp massage, rinse with Castile soap liquid, repeat washing, finish with tepid rinse and sun drying. It promotes regular oiling and brushing to improve dry scalp.
Pattern 1308 offers easy crochet squares for lace projects like scarves and pillows. It claims low material cost and includes directions and charts for 1 1/4 inch squares with stitch details. Send requests with pattern number and return address to The Charlston Gazette Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave New York.
Betsy Seymour finds herself amid glittering Terrace crowds as Betsy and Lieutenant Ames Nelson escort Terry and Jennie past Varnee's medley. John Storm appears with his father Cabat Storm while Betsy contemplates a looming future, including John's graduation and her strained romance.
Secretary Morgenthau announced a December financing operation totaling 1.59 billion dollars aimed at selling long term 2 1/2 percent bonds and five year 1 1/4 percent notes to ease the deficits. He cautioned the forecasted 750 million borrowing might not hold as relief and tax collections affect the totals. The operation seeks to push the public debt toward 34 to 35 billion with a peacetime record near 34 billion.
A home dance instruction note describes Dorothy learning Waltz Fox Trot Tango and Rhumba from diagrams. It promotes a 40 page Social Dancing Self-Taught booklet with easy steps and simple diagrams, offering mail order from The Charleston Giftle Home Institute New York and asking readers to send name and address.
Chicago Tonight Netty Jaynes a 11 year old schoolgirl soprano wowed a capacity audience in her operatic debut as Mimi in Puccini La Bohème. Critics praised her sweet voice and youthful stage presence amid the blaze of favorable notices.
Morgenthau outlines bond and note offerings with equal treatment for subscriptions. He notes likely exchange acceptance of new low interest bonds and explains December financing adds net 400 million to 750 million in new money for relief expenditures. Remaining 400 million to retire short term bills due Dec 15.
The Ravinswood infant, a 24 ounce girl born to Mr and Mrs W R Ellis, lies weakened after birth. Dr J H Donovan placed her in a makeshift incubator in an abandoned schoolhouse home and fears she may not survive. He tends the baby through the day, giving ounces of milk via dropper while the mother remains too weak to assist.
A playful Anne Adams pattern description promotes Pattern 4231 for girls age 2 to 10 with options for long or short sleeves and a full skirt. Includes fabric suggestions, easy assembly notes, and a request for fifteen cents to receive the pattern and hook. Also mentions a newborn birth and address to send orders to Charleston pattern department.
Dr L McDaniel president of Kanawha college returned from the Southern Association of Colleges convention in Richmond Virginia He noted the plan to select three high schools from each of eleven southern states for special curricula work as the standout feature The article states West Virginia colleges are not units of the southern association.
A Salt Lake City appeal from the Mormon women's auxiliary urges a Christmas shift to non military toys. The Rebet society cites the Christ child message of peace and questions why toys depict tanks and guns. The text notes a 1932 League of Nations disarmament move to ban war toys.
William Wilcher of Central Methodist Church will direct tonight's United Christian Youth meeting at Union Mission Tabernacle at 7:30 o'clock.
Frank Royster a Mullens air Kinian Railroad brakeman injured in a non locomotive accident at Cedar Grove several days ago is reported improved at Charleston General Hospital.
Theda Jime Stricker three daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stricker Elk River died at home of pneumonia. Surviving are her parents one brother Lea and two sisters Tuth and Edith Stricker. Funeral services at Schwamb Memorial church led by Rev Joby Start with burial at Spring JUL cemetery.
A fragment from Albert Payson Terhune on dog feeding warns that overfeeding harms dogs more than underfeeding. It argues the wiser rule is to feed sparingly and avoid lavish meals, suggesting modest portions and not rewarding dogs at every human meal. The piece cites the dangers of fatty degeneration and early death from poor feeding decisions.
Mrs Madelina A Elkins widow of Richard Elkins son of former US senator Stephen B Elkins died last night in Abate City hospital of heart disease. She had lived in Margate, a suburb, for several years.
A dubious advertisement touts a product to cleanse poisonous acids and promised cures for kidney related pains. It claims a Bank of America deposit guarantees instant effectiveness and dramatic age reversal within days, urging readers to telephonically contact for guaranteed Cyntex.
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