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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1950
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text referencing names and places with terse phrases. Core items include references to Heston and Bipernden era notes and an apparent selection or tithe related mention. The readable content is highly garbled and lacks coherent events.
Chemis try majors at Pennsylvania College for Women form a cosmetics factory to fund scholarships for junior chemistry students. They bottle and sell Charm and Include face cream hand lotion and tooth powder in flavors like peppermint and wintergreen. Profits finance needs, with clean lab practices and in-school stand and mail order sales.
Vatican reports Holy Year will heavily burden the frail Pope Pius XII who will be 74 on March 2, 1950. The pontiff, called the Pastor Angelicus, leads roughly 400 million Catholics amid renewed efforts for peace, with dozens of ceremonies planned and numerous audiences.
A Panama City based sergeant Sgt C C Martin and two companions vanished after a fishing trip in Denise Willis Swamp. An organized search began as authorities recover clues from Martin's abandoned car near a camp. The sergeant recently flew home from Tyndall Air Force Base for a fishing excursion aboard a rented boat.
WHARTON West Virginia UP In the early 1020s the clever hands of MLW Bercy rapped out four Rocky Mountain welterweight championships for him. His hands are still a chief asset but now in mining town Wood coming he turned to carving as a hobby 16 years ago after giving up boxing at his mother's request. His work includes figurines and panel shaped otter paintings of old masters.
Manitou or clarity Craeger home burned to ashes after couple returned from work. Officials puzzled by lack of witnesses and unclear cause while neighbors had not seen signs of trouble. A $3,000 fire loss is reported.
One Moundsville inmate kept a trove of odds and ends from a nightly jail stay. During a routine search, officer Jatter H. Riggs found buttons, broken lighter, cigarette pieces, a china plate fragment, old check dated 1916, pins, envelopes, Greek word papers, match folders, and other small items. Only a penny in an old match box was deemed practical.
Maria Mueller 22 meets her father George Mueller for the first time in Windsor Ontario after arriving with 86 displaced persons from Europe. They recognized each other immediately as she stepped from a train bringing her from Montreal via Bremen. Mueller left Transylvania in 1997.
WATONGA Okla Freezing temperatures fail to halt pests attacking wheat County Agent Wunne Deaton reports he froze greenbugs for two days in a freezer a test shows the pests revive in minutes when thawed Spraying remains the recommended control as the bugs survive in temperatures down to five above zero.
Spindale North Carolina story about Mrs Willie Cornelis Gibson and Tefferson David Queen who wed after meeting on a Monday and Tuesday eighty weeks earlier. The bride was seeking a cook for Mr Queen, and she stayed to marry him, marking her third marriage.
A school incident in Rutland Virginia left pupil injured after a mitomobile struck him on Long Street. The teacher Mrs Cora Jonson noted the accident and sought assistance as the boy was hurt.
Dorothy Dix advises a reader to share caregiving with siblings, warning that neglect would breed remorse and affect future generations. She emphasizes responsibility, mutual effort, and the danger of self centeredness in family duties.
The piece discusses homemaking as domestic taste and love of work. It argues a good homemaker values neatness, good meals, and a welcoming home. It asserts city or country background does not determine ability and offers practical tips for holiday cooking and warmth in the home.
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