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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
8
A playful calico cat motif decorates seven tea towel designs and a matching panholder. Instructions note bright plaid cat and corners with outline embroidery. extra stampings from transfer 29376 yield elf sets. Send your order to the listed address.
Stop worrying about what to send that man you know in the service. Camel cigarettes are a favorite, with Prince Albert tobacco as a top overall pick in service stores. Local dealers offer Camels in two gift wraps and Prince Albert tins or humidors as ideal Christmas presents for servicemen.
New home construction in the ten leading American cities in 1939 reached record highs in volume and value, with 847,664 people housed and a decade high rise in both measures. The Investors Syndicate survey notes 1939 outpaced 1934 lows, aided by modest cost increases and sustained gains across 41 states plus DC.
Medical science used transport planes coast to coast in 1940 to study pollen dispersion by carrying oil-smeared slides to altitudes up to 12,000 feet. Sponsored by Oren C. Dunham and Hollister-Stier Laboratories, the study aims to improve desensitization treatment for pollinosis and may reveal pollen migration patterns used to map hay fever causes beyond local flora.
A Phillips Brooks passage uses the metaphor of a life given to God as a living stone set into the wall of a temple. It speaks of trial suffering and daily effort shaping the believer as divine construction proceeds, urging patience as the Master shapes the stone for a greater temple.
Safety council statistics show drunken drivers in fatal accidents rising from 7 percent in 1923 to 11 percent in 1930 and drinking pedestrians increasing to 15 percent by 1939. The report notes one in five fatal crashes involved drinking, with one in seven pedestrians and one in nine drivers drinking, and a third of fatal accidents at night involve alcohol.
In Indianapolis Judge Herbert E. Wilson weighs testimony on a wooden box device called the coetherator claimed to cure baldness locate oil wells and diagnose Adolf Hitler from afar. Dr Crum says the machine, based on etheronics, treated 7,000 patients with few failures amid broad claims.
A government health report notes US baby deaths fell 20 percent from 1934 to 1939 while about 50,000 babies still die between two and twelve months. Stillbirths reach 75,000 annually with 8 million children now aided at home under the social security act. Surgeon General Parkin says new horizons promise better child health and a stronger nation.
Kentucky starts construction on a new state park at Danville featuring replicas of the courthouse jail and meeting house from the state’s founding era 1784 to 1792. Buildings will be log with native stone chimneys. jail to be placed between courthouse and meeting house. The park aims for completion before Kentucky’s 1942 sesquicentennial celebration of statehood.
A 1941 Christmas sermon urges keeping the holiday by centering thoughts and gifts on God's Son. It traces prophecy of the coming Savior in Isaiah, the Incarnation in John, and the divine love shown in Jesus. It stresses Christian unity and outward love toward the world as the proper fruit of Christmas joy.
Pattern 1485 B offers a streamlined two piece frock with a three button cardigan neck topper and a front pleated skirt. A dickey collar adds a white trim near the face. The jacket emphasizes width at the shoulder for a flattering line.
Trunkfish Trunkfishes of the family Ostracidae inhabit warm seas and share a fishy shape with other species. Their distinctive body form and habitat are noted in this brief natural history description.
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