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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
3
A vintage sewing feature explains a Saw Tooth quilt border for kitchen curtains. It describes cutting a square of stiff paper, forming triangles, and using bright plain triangles for impact. Also promotes a set of three quilt block patterns Kaleidoscope Whirlwind Ann Rutledge with a Lincoln lore note and a 10 cent mail-in offer.
Dogs receive spectacles attached to collars to aid sight. A fat-coated bone lures the dog, then the bone is cleaned and hung 15 feet away to test recognition. If the dog races for it, vision is adequate. if not, the bone is moved closer until the visual range is measured for exact corrective glasses.
Norwood deflects a poison plot as the Bengali and Rundhia clash amid the Maharajah’s nervous tension. The Maharanee and Lynn enter, a pistol is disabled, and a sealed memorandum surfaces to test the truth of Rundhia’s accusations while the Resident watches and Norwood seeks a safe, decisive toast.
In a tense palace chamber Captain Norwood probes Rundhia about a forged retraction and a secret goblet, while Lynn confronts truth and secrets. The Resident warns of danger as Norwood exposes a royal veto and Rundhia faces banishment.
Three words with two pronunciations and different meanings. The three fastest footed animals. Is martingale a song bird a harness part or a shrub? Types of twins. Names for male and female figures in architecture. Three birds extinct in the United States in the last century.
The cheetah, gazelle, and race horse are the three fastest on foot. A horse harness part is identified as a carya tids. Male figures used as supports in architecture are called caryatids and female figures are called atlantes. The passenger pigeon, Labrador duck, and great auk all became extinct in the 19th century.
Rufford Abbey an 800 year old English estate in Nottinghamshire to be put up for sale. The vast property spans about 18 700 acres including the abbey founded in 1148 and parts of Old Ollerton Wellow and Ompton with villages, farms, cottages and woods. Notable features include the Hop Pole inn at Ollerton and a royal past with Edward I and Henry VIII lineage, making the sale one of the era’s major real estate events. The abbey chapel hosted the 1874 wedding of Charles Stuart See brother of Darnley and Elizabeth Cavendish, marking its long-standing historic significance.
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