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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1941
Page
5
Lois Leeds offers holiday beauty tips including nail care, manicures, and a festive makeup look with red nails and vanishing cream. She suggests wreaths in windows, light perfume, and hair accessories to match the Christmas spirit, plus a new brochure titled Mother, May I on request.
Dr. Clendening reviews pneumonia mortality drops from 20 40 percent in 1905 to under 9 in clinics by 1940 41 and notes early doctor visits improve outcomes. He cites Metropolitan Life data showing <10 per 100 000 cases among white policyholders versus 150 per 100 000 death rate in 1917.
Readers ask about fur origins from Latin America noting vicuna and nutris with other furbearing species. Questions cover the five major railroad brotherhoods, 1932 postal rate hike, and U S Navy ship counts and orders as of 1941.
United Mine Workers Local 673 of Wale Boone county voted to invest 525 dollars in defense savings bonds. Herman Abbott recording secretary announced the action.
A brief ad urges readers to improve English usage with a 40 page booklet titled Common Errors in English. It highlights common mistakes like cant hardly and He Daresnt and promises correct forms, words often confused, plus a guide to charming speech. Mail 15 cents to The Charleston Gazette Home Institute for the booklet.
Lady, an aged collie belonging to Mrs. Mela Dion near Detroit, attacked two thieves who bound the homeowner and ransacked the house. She was beaten and left near death, then crawled to the neighbor for help, guiding rescuers back to the drenched scene. The story ends with Lady tending her wounds and ensuring Mrs. Dion’s aid.
Dorothy Dix notes a common marital drift as couples grow distant and silent. She urges husbands and wives to cultivate companionship as both pals and partners to avoid losing warmth and shared joys in middle age.
Miynr Dawson Virgh Frizcett and Frank Clark discussed a plan to run training classes for volunteer firefighters in Kanawha county. Clark, an assistant city fire chief and Edgewood arsenal school graduate, will lead an auxiliary corps drawn from recent defense registrants to receive specialized instruction in handling incendiary bombs.
Dover Tenn December 23 Bruce McHenry 29 of Belzoni Mississippi was killed when his car skidded off the highway and tumbled down a 40 foot embankment His bride of only a few months Mrs McHenry escaped with minor injuries as they were traveling to Buckhannon West Virginia Survivors include Mr and Mrs J R McHenry of Buckhannon.
The item asks a series of quiz questions including the common number of Wise Men 3 6 or 12 names of Roosevelt vice presidents, sun heat source truth, USSA, an abbreviation meaning, Canvasback duck, best electricity insulator, title before becoming king George VI, and the board with Harry A Millis William Leiserson and Gerard Relily.
The text discusses misuse of the word both in the example They both look alike, suggesting to say They look alike. It also asks about annual film usage in the United States and answers Approximately 2,190,900,000 feet of positive and negative film.
Connie Dawson, a newspaper reporter, travels from New York toward Connecticut to deliver Christmas hope for Skippy. She buys him gifts, faces pressure from Pat, and reunites with the boy, seeing his relieved mother figures as she brings a personal rescue to the family.
A reader asks if personal visiting cards can serve as invitations for a Christmas bridge gathering and what to write on the card. Instructions suggest writing the invite to meet Mrs. John, Saturday, December 27, with bridge at 4 o'clock. Also provided is a recipe: mix eight dried prunes, apricots, pears, raisins, lemon slices. simmer 30 minutes. add almonds. chill and serve with whipped cream.
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