11 Apr 1940
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
1
A sewing note promotes honeycomb smocking with a point pattern and centered tucks. Begin at the top of the second tuck and work outward from a flat center front tuck. The guide highlights using colored thread and includes a pitch for Mrs Spears Book 2 with 42 stitches, fabric mending, doll clothes, and gift projects.
A tall Abe Lincoln and his wife Mary celebrate the birth of their first child, a son. A friend offers congratulations, and Lincoln confesses he was scared the baby might inherit one leg from Mary and one from him.
In the Maine woods Gabriella Graham and Kate Oliver stay at a cabin after Uncle John’s death. John's nephew Dr John Houghton arrives, Gay and John fall in love while Kate faces truth and Todd Janeway waits in New York. The若story continues with shifting loyalties amid romance and tension.
In a hidden inlet the canoe lies motionless beneath low hanging branches as the sunset casts honey colored dusk, the scene quiet and still with the water undisturbed.
University of Illinois economist Dr. Frank Dickinson warned of a coming class struggle between age groups. He foresees a 1989 tipping point with 25 million Americans over 65, forecasting pension taxation, erosion of work bonds, and a shift to votocracy as the nation ages.
Craft readers can order patterns to cut out 19 inch duck with Keep Off Grass sign and 24 inch gunbonnet girl with sprinkling can for lawn display. Patterns 26086 and 29088 priced at 16 and 15 cents respectively, include painting directions and general assembly notes.
A collage of oddities from Collier's: the soul exit window in Swiss bedrooms, hogs not overeating with abundance, oysters anesthetized for easier shucking, and a 1919 Leviathan voyage bringing 14 426 U S officers and crew to New York with 320 cooks producing two meals daily.
A concise aphorism from George Washington asserts that actions reveal true attachment, and that even generous professions of goodwill fall short as reliable signs of friendship.
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