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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1947
Page
7
Four crematories serve pet owners nationwide with the most modern facility in New York City. Established in 1939 the NYC crematory cremates over 500 pets annually including dogs cats parrots and canaries. Prices range from 15 to 25 for cremation 5 to 300 for urns and 25 to 100 for a niche and perpetual care.
Vilind Sir Mark Young, Hong Kong governor during the Japanese capture, famed for wit, recounts a Government House lunch anecdote. A guest complains about seating. Young replies that those who matter do not mind, and those who mind do not matter.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 1946 saw the worst polio outbreak in its history and launches the 1947 March of Dimes drive from January 16 to 30. It warns of depleted local chapters, pledging six million literature pieces and over four million dollars in emergency aid and research funding to combat polio and equip front line medical workers.
A column laments loss of crowd appeal in modern sport as profits eclipse personality. Icons like Ruth Dempsey Jones and Hagen once drew wide public interest. today Ted Williams Louis Musial and coaches are noted mainly for performance, with limited colorful public personas.
Dress pattern highlights a youthful frock with three top buttons on bodice and hip. Features cap sleeves and options in wool or crepe in navy black or white accent buttons. Pattern No. 1114 offers sizes 12 through 20 with size 14 cap sleeve and yardage for 35 or 39-inch fabric.
In Cedar Rapids the college president Byron Hollingshead proposes occasional days off for students to study converse with faculty or reflect. Classes and library use continue with informal faculty conferences planned. Coe College may follow with a week off before finals to ease exam stress.
EAST LANSING MICH. Michigan state police will equip all patrol cars with a new on the spot intoximeter by mid March. The device aims to reduce miscarriages of justice from ill or injured drivers and to provide a foolproof method of proving intoxication. An officer uses a small balloon and clocking device to time the color change in a glass tube under field test conditions.
Chicago reports that life expectancy rose from 49 in 1900 to 65 in 1946 due to modern medicine better diet and housing. Economist Frank G Dickinson notes life extension increases lifetime earnings value from 27 400 in 1900 to 29 900 in 1940 for a 20 year old earning 1250 annually and from 25 000 to 26 200 for a 35 year old.
Cody Wyoming news reports sculptor Lawrence Tenny Stevens plans a 150 to 200 foot tall plastic buffalo memorial on Cedar Mountain to honor Buffalo Bill. Inside the sculpture would be an elevator lunch room curio shop and possibly a cocktail lounge.
A home remedy advocates mixing sugar or corn syrup with water and adding 4 1/2 ounces of Pinex to a pint bottle to create a cough syrup that supposedly relieves coughs quickly. The ad touts no cooking, long shelf life, kid appeal, and a money back guarantee if not pleased.
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