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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
5
A family diary excerpt details Dolores, 22, determined to marry David, a blind former South Seas sailor and college professor. Her father frets yet Dolores insists, recalling their history and ideal match. The piece also urges Americans to support wounded veterans and offers shoe care tips.
Dolores, 22, loves David, 33, who is now blind after serving in the South Pacific. Despite family opposition and fears of being a burden, Dolores believes their devotion can sustain a future. Miss Norris urges Dolores to marry her beloved as a spiritually driven union.
A market blurb promotes Barbara Bell patterns for a cos tume suited to sports and street wear and a winter velvet party frock for girls. It lists No. 1214 sizes 11 18 jumper and blouse yardage and No. 1210 for ages 6 14 with fabric amounts and contrast collar yardage.
A set of ten trivia items covering sea temperature the first woman governor in U S history the highest British Isles peak the largest American city at the founding the first wartime ration article the Flying Dutchman sighting cape clue Great Lakes borders Michigan lake origins and state church legality under the Constitution.
Practical tips for winter storage of tennis rackets using vaseline on strings and deodorizing a home with sulfur matches. It notes drying damp rooms with camphor blocks and cleaning radiators by damp cloth and vacuum action. Also suggests oiling cans by turning upside down, protecting hands with a paper bag, brightening windows with vinegar, and easing nail entry by heating or waxing nails.
Colorful cross stitch pattern features three inch pansies in purple lavender pale yellow and lipstick red on linen pillow cases hand towels or tea cloths. Instructions guarantee a neat amateur friendly outcome and offer transfer designs color chart and material list for Pattern No. 5695 in exchange for 16 cents and name and address.
The list gives concise factual replies: temperature threshold 39 F, Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson as Texas governor in 1925, Ben Nevis height 4406 feet, New York population 1799 49 401 with Philadelphia next at 28 522, Tires as a product, Cape of Good Hope, four, Holland, glaciers, yes. It notes the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights bind the federal government but not states, while all states now have religious freedom clauses.
A collection of humorous exchanges features a barber shop chat on courtship, taxicab meters, marital spats, and rationing era quips. Jokes include a daughter asking about sibling suitors, a meter joke in a taxi business, and a wife chasing her husband with a broom. The pieces capture everyday social humor and small town tone.
A fragment notes a character lamenting the death of Uncle Ferdinand and the inheritance he leaves. The speaker expresses relief about finances and a joke about naming a baby after him. No dates or places are provided.
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