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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1946
Page
8
AnMELE chest of drawers offers storage in any room and can be grouped in multiples for a dramatic effect. The pattern shows how to build two or three chests from straight lumber with minimal tools, listing all materials and step by step directions with diagrams. Order pattern 286 and pattern 282 for small chests, addressed to the post office.
A compact Q and A list touching marriage terminology ancient Rome religious legalisation, equinox length days, Wolverine fur in ski troops, permafrost Russia, iron in mercury, Old World fortress flag history, tin composition, Paris cathedral gargoyles, Cape St Vincent lighthouse visibility and power.
The list provides ten Q A style prompts with brief factual answers. Items cover topics from consanguinity and Constantine the Great to equatorial position and fur frost avoidance. It notes the planetary latitude, Russian area, mercury vs iron density, Derna capture in 1805, tin coated rolled iron, Notre Dame, and sea horizon curvature limits at sea level.
A humorous note recalls famous husbands who endured wives from history. It cites Abe Lincoln’s wife driving him from the house with a broom, Socrates’ wife Xanthippe dousing him with water, and reports of Catherine of France and Henrietta ending in extreme acts as examples of domestic friction.
In Mexico City markets and streets, thousands of artisans keep traditional hand work alive amid rapid mechanization. Crude painters, shoemakers, basket and textile weavers occupy puestos, weaving blankets as monks taught, while open air writers draft business and love letters for customers.
Easter Island in the South Pacific remains a profound archeological mystery with its 800 year old culture. Dr Alfred Metraux says there is no evidence it is the remnant of a lost continent. The statues reach up to 80 feet and rival the enigma of the islanders written hieroglyphs.
Advice warns that children cause burns from matches bonfires hot liquids and appliances and urges removing hazards. Turn stove handles away keep hot foods and drinks from edges supervise around electric or gas appliances shield open fires and treat clothing to resist flames.
The article explains clay pigeons are made from molten pitch and pulverized limestone not clay. It traces origins to George Ligowsky, discusses brittleness in heat, and notes modern targets reach 60 mph with 6000 rpm. It details target nomenclature and how hits break targets into dust.
El Salvador, which limits the presidency to a single four year term, is compared to Maryland in size and population. The nation, the smallest and most densely populated of six Central American republics, has 1,830,006 people in 13,176 square miles. It lies on the Pacific side of Central America, about 350 miles northwest of Panama. Mostly agricultural with corn and coffee as key crops, coffee dominates exports, once accounting for up to nine tenths of trade. Coffee exports were a major U.S. import during and after the war, and two months each year many Salvadorans harvest coffee cherries.
A study of normal English literary texts lists letter frequencies from a 200 letter sample with E highest and Q and Z absent or rare. Telegraphic text frequencies from 100000 letters show E leading then T and R, with many letters assigning low counts or zero.
Simple side button home frock with slimming lines and decorative scalloped pockets. Create bright cotton morning wear or rayon crepe shantung for afternoons. Pattern No. 8928 sizes 34 to 48 require 414 yards of 35 inch fabric plus notions.
A ship traversing the narrow 100 mile Suez Canal requires an enlarged rudder section to enable immediate course changes at slow speed. The extra section is clamped onto the existing rudder to prevent delays and ensure safe navigation through the canal during tight maneuvers.
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