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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
3
Arborists provide sunshades for saplings in Germany. Closely woven netting on a wooden frame shields the north side of young trees from strong noon sun. The devices have yielded unusually rapid growth since use began.
Philadelphia soldier Henry J. Keckhut wrote a will on a battlefield in France before dying of wounds at St Mihiel on September 17 1918. He left his war risk insurance of 2500 dollars to his mother and sister and filed the document for probate with the register of wills.
At a village inspection before the mayor, seven officers and three patrolmen stood for review. The lineup included the chief, captain, lieutenant, three sergeants and a fingerprint expert as the mayor watched the passing patrolmen trio.
An odd exchange revolves around making a living by selling items to men who go fishing. The conversation reveals one speaker runs a fish market and questions how the fisherman’s equipment business operates.
In the earliest period of Turkish carpet imports to England they were deemed too precious for floor use and, due to their small size, were placed as table covers rather than rugs.
Mrs Catte tells the doctor she believes her husband’s trouble comes from his nose. The doctor replies that she has hit it. Mrs Wattle adds that this has happened many times.
A brief note shows a worker prompting John to finish sharpening and filling gaps in tools. The message hints at continued effort by laborers to complete tasks.
The note describes two scenarios for returning a book. If borrowed from the library, return within two weeks. If borrowed from a friend, return after they forget you have it.
In a small town medical office, Dr. Ted Morley contemplates marriage as Miss Drury pressures him about Hope Gray who seeks hospital training. Hope reveals her background, aiming for training rather than marriage, and Ted learns of the six month old memo bearing Hope’s signature. He offers her a chance at appointment, but Hope confirms her wish to marry him.
An historical account notes a Connecticut resident’s discovery of a facsimile sketch Major Andre drew the day before his execution on October 2, 1780. The self portrait, given to guard Jabez Tomlinson, was later donated to Yale University in 1832 and reproduced in 1890 with permission from Yale president Timothy Dwight.
Facsimile of the sketch was discovered in a house about ten miles from the old Townsend home in Oyster Bay. The note places the capture timing in September 1780 and connects the sketch to that event.
The Department of Agriculture estimates annual farm fire loss from kerosene and gasoline at about 7.5 million dollars. To reduce losses, the department issues farmer bulletins on dangers and safe storage practices.
A compact reflection suggests acceptance may grow if one widens perspective. It proposes that embracing broader horizons could ease the sense of a shortened life.
A reflective aphorism noting that many speak freely while few maintain silence.
Gretna Scotland famed as a marriage center grew into a wartime munitions plant costing at least 45 million dollars to build and equip. It produced 75 million dollars worth of cordite during the war, but now the town is a desolate sight with crumbling roofless buildings and most of the 6,000 residents gone.
A brief fragment shows a couple exchanging light remarks about their honeymoon with a playful line about meeting a sweet man. The readable text hints at a casual, intimate exchange in a domestic scene.
A vintage advertisement touts Eagle Brand as building strong bones and healthy growth in babies. It cites 75 years of use across three generations and a formal feeding test at a famous clinic with 50 infants, evaluated by X rays, blood counts, and growth measures.
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