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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1940
Page
6
A home sewing guide item describes a tailored jacket and skirt set for school wear. It notes fabric options like flannel and tweed, suggests pairing with blouses or scarves, and mentions sizes and a Barbara Ball Pattern number.
In New York aspiring newsman David Mallory takes a switchboard job at a posh apartment house run by Timothy, where he meets Agatha Paget and her frail ward Allegra. A piercing scream from the Ferriter apartment triggers police action and skeletons in a wealthy family history emerge as David is drawn into helping with Agatha Paget's lineage.
In Miss Agatha Paget's room Captain Shannon questions Lyon Ferriter about a murder in Ferriter's flat. Ferriter's alibi shifts as he claims a daytime walk and a car repair with an elderly woman, plus a late subway ride. Miss Paget offers a writing job for a fee, while Allegra and Grosvenor Paget prepare to attend a society ball, and Lyon Ferriter is later taken into custody as a suspect.
Mallory meets a detective in a Morello building and a friendly reporter plots to recruit him for inside work on a big town yarn. The offer promises twenty five dollars a week and a permanent job if they break the story together, while Mallory resists becoming a stool pigeon.
Rosalind Russell signs for the female lead in Columbia's comedy This Thing Called Love a tale of a six months marriage on the rocks. Melvyn Douglas plays opposite her as a mining engineer.
The article traces the term Vitewater from an Indian word hrewater, noting liquor’s naming by tribes due to its burning sensation and flame burst when spilled on fire. It credits Lacrosse’s origins to American Indians who played with entire tribes on opposite sides, goals set one mile apart.
A Dalmatian lineage known as Quorsetine Ragusa or Dubroyal helped create an ancient quarantine dock design dating back about eight centuries. Ships arriving were kept for 40 days or until declared safe, a precaution echoed today in modern quarantine practices.
The Big Three Kentucky Winoia and Inlions control about three quarters of U S whisky production. In March the national output reached 10,303,914 gallons with Kentucky at 673,187 Illinois at 1,422,125 and Indiana at 1,334,835 gallons.
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