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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
8
A vintage crochet pattern description promotes a crochet medallion for heirloom cloth. The ad notes directions stitches materials and a photograph, with a request to send 15 cents and provide name and address to Needlecraft Dept. The address is 82 Eighth Ave New York NY.
In England a raw recruit serving as camp cook rushed dinner and used the same boiler for soup and tea. He warned the troops that any tea leaves in the soup would reveal mint flavor, turning an awkward mishap into a punny prank with the mess crowd.
A collection of humorous exchanges and captions from a vintage page. Jokes touch on editors poets editors wives and everyday village life with cheeky lines about dresses wages and lighting.
A summary of Louis Hayward's rapid rise from obscurity to star status in 1939 cinema, noting his roles in The Duke of West Point and The Man in the Iron Mask, his upcoming project My Son My Son, and hints at a future Monte Crista. Also mentions other industry notes on religious pictures, Lupe Velez and Leon Errol, the DeMille project Queen of Queens, and the path from radio singing sisters Caroline and Mary Jane DeZurik to performers.
A playful piece offering lighthearted new year resolutions for 1940. It suggests simple aims readers can adopt or discard with little effort, keeping a humorous tone and seasonal mood intact.
A reader notes that saving 10 cents daily in 1940 would yield about 36 dollars and 50 cents per year, illustrating how small daily savings accumulate over time.
The papal reformer Pope Gregory I established the Gregorian calendar marking January 1 as New Year in 1682. Historical notes say medieval Europe observed New Year on March 38 and Britain formalized the adoption in 1752. Ancient Persians and Egyptians celebrated the year start on September 22.
The lesson notes reflect on Jesus facing both friends and foes, noting that opposition and hatred persisted while Jesus still claimed victory. It cites Nazareth’s rejection, Herod’s sin, and Jesus’ mission of service, urging readers to follow Christ despite minority status and hostility. A free Bible-reading folder offer is included.
A fragment hints at a moral tale where the devil visits a hypocrite to understand the hardships of Christian life, illustrating a moral case about genuine faith versus pretense. The phrasing suggests a didactic narrative emphasizing hypocrisy and spiritual struggle.
The pattern uses faille moire flat crepe and velveteen ideal for a slim youthful look. It includes a step by step sew chart and requires 4% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 14 plus 44 yard contrasting for collar and cuffs and 1% yard ribbon. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
The article lists unusual notes from wartime England on blackouts and ground-visible police gear, Geneva streetcars turned into moving restaurants, studies on widowed and divorced men preferring spinster partners, torpedoes that dodge to strike ahead or behind, and the claim that giant redwoods in California and Oregon never die of natural causes.
A collection of ten trivia prompts asks about Roman numerals taxes on presidential income Gordian Knot the war known as Mr Madison's war the middle verse of the Bible which woman has the most statues the fastest growing race plant growth at night versus day correct quotation on Far from the maddening crowd and the share of the world population still governed by monarchs.
A collage of trivia items lists answers and clues covering figures from Alexander the Great to Joan of Arc, along with dated observations on population growth, plant growth patterns, and postwar governance. The mix includes references to The War of 1812 and biblical verses, framed as a historical quiz.
A compact note explains how many common terms misrepresent origins. It cites examples such as Dutch courage, Bombay duck, Brussels sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, Jordan almonds, Jaffa oranges, Swiss tolls, Genoa cake, Madeira cake, and Hamburg steak to show how nomenclature often misleads about geography and production.
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