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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1941
Page
5
Penick hosts weekday bridge at 2 PM while various clubs announce postponed meetings and choirs rehearse Handel’s Messiah. Members report on memberships, illness, and holiday plans as residents travel to Huntsville Florence Memphis and Birmingham for events and banquets.
Mrs Muriel Wall, recently married, hosted a tea at Mrs Elmer Bradley's home. The room featured colorful fall flowers and lace tablecloths with a central flower bowl. Numerous guests attended including Mrs B W Hough Mrs Herman Free and Mrs R P Thompson plus other locals. The Cotaco Literary Club is set to meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Ro D Kemip Astre Cutcacced.
J N Gibson is in Atlanta Georgia visiting his daughter Mrs Jackson Edwards and he will be accompanied home this week by Mrs Eugene Gibson and baby of Texas.
Urges prompt treatment of bronchitis to prevent chronic disease. Promotes Creomulsion as a non narcotic remedy that reaches the source of the cough and loosens phlegm, promising money back if it does not quickly relieve the cough and restore rest.
The article extols witch hazel as a versatile cosmetic, noting its astringent properties to tighten pores and refresh skin. It suggests pastes with kaolin for blackhead control, warns about oily skin and hair, and recommends tonic use after bathing or before dates for a quick fresh feel.
The article argues Rostov’s defense may decide the war’s duration by preventing Nazi access to fresh supplies. It notes Allied success at Rostov and a Libyan advance trapping Axis forces in Cirenaica near the Gulf of Sirte, threatening retreat toward Tripoli.
Pattern 4936 by Anne Adams offers a complete doll wardrobe with three outfits and lingerie for dolls 12 to 22 inches. Includes a coat with center panels, a Tyrolean jumper, lace trimmed tea party frock, and baby lace slips. Order 15 cents. write size name address and pattern number.
Isabel Logan a 20 year old Swarthmore College senior from Asheville North Carolina won a place in the O Henry Memorial Collection for 1941 with a 1500 word story titled The Visit originally published as a filler in the college magazine The piece earned $1 from Swarthmore Dodo and $500 from Megazine in a later contest plus a $100 Henry prize totaling $601 in winnings to date.
Women from New York to Kentucky join festive efforts to aid children this Christmas season. Notables include Madeline Gray who brings shows to a Bellevue hospital, and Mrs Henry Ford supporting crafts for charity. Volunteers create dolls, cards, stockings, and gifts for hospital wards and service members, with many projects funded by pin money and charity funds.
Easy Laura Wheeler medallions crochet pattern 1018 provides directions for large and small medallions with photographs and stitch guides. Includes required materials and illustrations. Send ten cents, pattern number, name and address to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York New York.
An artist coats wooly lambs and ducks with luminous paint to make them glow after lights go out. The soft light enhances the toys as darkness settles, offering a whimsical visual effect.
A fragment describes saving towels from razor cilia by providing a substitute to wipe blades. A yard of fennel and loops of tape are suggested to hang towels near the shaving mirror, intended to please a husband or friend.
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