Want Ad Rates And Local Notices Summary
An old clerical note discusses want ad rates and payment terms, describing 25 words for £5 plus 1 cent per insertion beyond 26 words, with extra charges for weeklies and cash terms. It then shifts to local notices about Ardith and Very Roberts visiting Payette, Walter Durscher family visiting Rady Yunker home, and Wesley Miller from Glenmont showing slight improvement. The piece ends with a tangential anecdote about a speech in Detroit and a jab at gender norms.
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Orsi
Moat
Ardith
Roberts
Payette
Walter Durscher
Persia
Detroit
Cincinnat
Enquirer
Palatable puddings for warm months
Recipes for lemon soufflé Spanish soufflé steamed blueberry pudding and graham pudding with step by step instructions. Includes butter sugar milk eggs flour and fruit options with baking steaming and serving notes.
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Goda
Walt
Garoizh
Weatera Nawapaper Union
QUESTION BOX BY ED WYNN. AMUSING HINTS AND WITTICISMS
A reader asks for a startling stunt and gets Ed Wynn style advice about egg drenched in fans, plus quick quips on hospital tongues, Sunday work, promissory debt, and the five senses. The humor column mimics polite quips and playful responses.
Patty and the Bee in a Rascal Rhyme
A whimsical verse fragment shows Patty lamenting a bee and dreaming of roses, with odd spellings and recurring nameless figures. The piece reads like a playful children’s poem with suggestive imagery and invented words.
British schemes to coal gasoline future synthetic fuel
British plans aim to hydrogenize coal to create petroleum products locally, reducing reliance on natural gasoline. Coal gasification produces a synthetic petrolatum with evolving costs, and future breakthroughs like cheaper helium production illustrate rapid efficiency gains in related energy tech.
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Britain
Hacause
Upa
Pribeipal
la Hatura Petroidum
Vernacular Study Impeded by Apathy in Scotland
Introduction of local vernacular studies in Scotland encounters opposition and delays as the Buros federation reports. Attempts to promote Scottish language and literature face apathy and crowded curricula, with officials noting vernacular literature is largely unknown in exams for graduation.
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Scotland
Buros Federation
Welcco
Boat and Train Whistles From World Markets Noted
The Property Department of a major studio stores varied boat whistles and train whistles. Sounds range from a soft boat toot to a booming oceanic blast. Engine beds and whistles of many types from home and abroad are added, differing greatly in tone across regions.
Tough Lusk Blake It was a great night
The speaker recalls a memorable night ending up at a police station and notes luck in getting home safely, quoted in a Tit-Bite Mag style fragment.
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Lusk
Blake
Not So Good Hat Modern Bath Ing Arta Quote
A clipped Portland film note questions frankness and attractiveness in modern bathing art as critics debate sensational stories and visual appeal. The brief cites a provocative line about artistic frankness and audience reaction.
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Portland Fim
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Hospital Child With Handicap
Mrs Roosevelt called at a Washington hospital to convey best wishes for a child crippled by infantile paralysis. She arrived after visiting hours, wasn’t recognized at first, apologized for being late, and declined any special privileges, asking the child be notified of her message. She noted she would express wishes for the child’s recovery. Seven former governors and two former U.S. senators are noted among political visitors and relations.
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Roosevelta
Pierce
Oregon
Shallenberger and Morhead
Nebraska
Serugham
Nevada
Montague
Virginia
Christiansen
Minnesota
Tobey
New Hampshire
Local Social News From Elgin and Surrounding Areas
Bobby Falk spent last week visiting at the B R Brackin home west of Elgin. Mr and Mrs Eddie Dittmer of McGregor were guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Schori over the weekend. Phyllis and Evelyn Roberts traveled to Wadena to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs George Jennings. Mrs Harold Stoehr drove home with Hulde Stoehr after a Cedar Rapids visit. Mr and Mrs George Falk and two daughters went to Mason City for a picnic with relatives, and the Falks visited Clear Lake the same day.
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Bobby Falk
B. H. Brackin
Elgin
Eddie Dittmer
McGregor
Carl Schori
Phyllis
Evelyn Roberts
Wadena
George Jennings My
Harold Stoehr
Hulde Stoehr
Cedar Rapids
George Falk
Mason City
Falks
Clear Lake
Biocouraging How are you succeeding with your reducing
The fragmentary text shows a dialogue about progress in dieting or weight loss, with an anxious tone. It mentions a poor lover and fear, suggesting personal hesitation and social tension surrounding health efforts.
Alvina Feleden Hosts Family Party
Fragmentary newspaper note recalls Alvina Feleden entertaining a family gathering with relatives present and a resembles a birthday or social event. Readers are left with limited context and no clear date or location.
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Parente
Os & Son
Alvina Feleden
Dust storms end. Kansas Hicks chimed in New York tale
The text notes rain ending dust storms and urges buying paint at a yard with a good price. A mutual friend links Mr. Hicks of Kansas to Irvin Cobb in New York. Cobb asks what they do with Hicks there while Hicks replies about coke in Kansas.
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Hicks
Kansas
Irvin Cobb
New York City
Cobb
New York
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