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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1950
Page
3
An instructional piece urges shared housekeeping duties in homes, stressing regular tidying, dusting, and organization. It covers avoiding clutter, maintaining papers and personal items, and practical steps like moving small furniture, dusting lamp bases, and washing windows to improve cleanliness and home appearance.
The article outlines dusting curtains and drapes with a vacuum attachment and dusting books in caves weekly or biweekly. It suggests removing scatter rugs to clean outside, brushing or vacuuming them, shaking or hanging to restore nap, and dusting uncarpeted floors with a dry or treated mop or vacuum. Some prefer washing then finishing the floor for gloss or wax.
Doris Day writes from a midwestern university dormitory urging restraint on early marriages among students. The letter contrasts American rush to wed with Scotland’s slower engagements, warning that fast weddings often trap young couples in financial strain before family life can mature.
A satirical roundup recounts court rulings on comic mishaps from a bank robbery gone wrong to a park prank that injured a boy, a druggist charged after a chocolate bonbon prank, and a butcher who kept a wallet. Courts convict despite sympathy.
Be Smart. Interpretations of a flattering season coat fashion highlight glowing velvet. Coats feature large velvet collars or intricate collarwork with velvet touches. Velvet muff outfits pair with collars, while tiny velvet bats and berets emerge as fashion hits.
At Lake Success New York the Soviet delegation won the name calling contest of the 1949 United Nations gathering. Dmitri Manuilsky led with coined terms and harsh nicknames linking atomic worship to American bombolatry while Western delegates offered milder barbs. President Romulo attempted to curb insults, sometimes ruling words out of the record, and Britain's Hector McNeil mixed humor with critiques as both sides traded verbal jabs in a tense session.
A simple grain or hay trough designed by H. M. Briggs of the Oklahoma agricultural experiment station promises to reduce labor lumber space and feed with a durable self supported trough for mature sheep. The plan shows a floor under the trough and advises heavier material for yearling rams.
Airline stewardess Marilyn Crawford poses with a model wing in a publicity shot. Peter Bauman holds one of his famed wingless chickens. Four birds were shipped by air to Olean New York for breeding purposes.
County agents across the nation issue instructions on using sprays and sprays safely for fruits and vegetables. They warn that even unlabeled containers can be harmful and emphasize that the safety story of insecticides is essentially precaution not certainty.
A home management note describes restoring mildewed leather by wiping with a cloth dampened in a mix of denatured alcohol and water one to one, then washing with mild soap if needed, wiping again, and air drying before finishing with wax polish.
Neighbors and relatives recount a remarkably healthy elder whose teeth sight and hearing stayed sharp until death. Grandnephew jokes about verifying final faculties at the will reading set for tomorrow while Mrs Peck dramatizes a kitchen scene. Jim voices disbelief at a doctor’s word, insisting the man is dead.
Joe and Jim enter the woods in bright hunting suits. Joe fires a shell that explodes the barrel, splashing his face with blood. He faints and is carried to the morgue by Jim, who is puzzled when the doctor declares the victim not dead.
A man named Pat O'Rourke is sued for not returning a borrowed umbrella. He reclaims the umbrella before trial, but the owner pursues the case, claiming it was damaged. Pat testifies with a humorous, ungrammatical defense asserting no theft, it was in the same condition when he received it, and he returned it intact.
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