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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
6
Kathleen Norris argues that early warnings on divorce are ignored by restless wives, while real-life infidelity tests marriages. She urges forgiveness in true marriage, home keeping, and facing heartbreak with dignity, stressing that breaking up harms all involved rather than fixing the fault.
A wife recalls five years of marriage ending in infidelity and a later second affair. She divorced for justice and alimony but must work to support three children. She questions whether divorce was the right move as children and neighbors sympathize with the ex-husband and justice feels hollow.
Guidance on choosing fitted sheets for mattresses. Recommends 5 to 6 inch tuck under and notes typical mattress length around 74 to 75 inches. Advises allowing five inches shrinkage and five inches for hemming beyond finished sheet size.
Pattern No 8672 offers a collarless princess dress with a smart extended yoke and two side belts. The loose dress becomes fitted by side belts and pink seersucker with pink pearl buttons. Sizes 12 14 16 18 20 40 42. size 14 needs 34 yards of 39 inch material. Enclose 35 cents per pattern.
City children showed vital capacity rising from 82 to 113 cubic inches during a two month seaside vacation. Dust free air at the seashore relaxes respiratory mechanisms, aiding deeper slower breathing compared with city environments.
A reader asks about continuity meaning and which country uses capital letters for presidents’ names. The quiz covers Alaska sale price, ship speed phrasing, deciduous plants, naval word usage, the Bill of Rights articles, tracer bullets in bombers, and The Man Without a Country hero, with notes on former WWI officers by Washington.
A trivia item asks which figures or groups were recommissioned for service in World War II. It notes multiple subjects benefiting from renewed or redirected duties as the war expanded.
A note on nautical speed defines a knot as one nautical mile per hour with 20 knots cited for ship travel. Deciduous terms and a United States payment of 7 200 000 are referenced. A junior officer replies aye aye sir as part of the scene. Fire tracers in cartridges aid aiming and can start fires. Philip Nolan and retreads appear among the items.
Knitted woolens wash easier by hand to avoid shrinking. Ice cubes under warm water stop sharp edges in rubber icebags. Use an old spectacle case to carry small drills. Wax on rockers prevents floor marking. Hot water helps ironing damp fabric. Oil and brush keep garden tools rust free and clean. Fudge packed in the mailing box stays fresh longer. Dipping lace ends in wax repairs tips. Make flower frogs by melting paraffin and punching holes. Dissolve lye to rust farm implements with water and scrub.
A pattern guide teaches scalloped hem curtains using lawn or gandie in white or light colors. It explains mounting above eye level on a single rod, four inch hem, and rings at scallop points for sliding. The note mentions Pattern No 266 for the corner bracket shelf and a decorative wooden box with full-sized figures and lettering.
A conversational scene shows a wary hobo and a boss debating the burden of roaming the country. The boss regards a secretary as competent yet obsessive, while Aunt Martha questions Jasper about studies, revealing unfinished schoolwork and tension over a life on the road.
A brief verse seeks divine grace to land a fish so grand that retelling afterward would suffice without words. The speaker longs for a catch of legendary size and fame, framed as a contemplative, almost humorous plea.
A customer complains sleeves are too long and asks how much to trim. The tailor suggests shortening about a quarter of an inch.
A humorous dialogue features Mrs. Smith praising her husband for bravery in crawling under the bed during a burglary misperception. Mrs. Jones notes he assumed the burglar was in the kitchen, adding a light twist to a domestic scene.
A conversation reflects longing for a surreal Greenland locale with a long night. The dialogue hints at romance with a beautiful blonde and critiques the phrase dirt cheap, noting dirt's growing preciousness.
Writings recount punishments involving withholding salt as a deterrent. Historical cases show deliberate salt deprivation causing fatigue cramps and illness, including a Dutch legal punishment and Swedish practice offering a month of salt abstinence instead of execution, often ending fatally.
A group of boys glued a beetle head butterfly wings and grasshopper legs onto a crushed centipede to fool a renowned naturalist. When asked if the creature hummed, the boys claimed it did. The naturalist concluded it was a humbug.
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