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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
7
Brown, seeking a home in Washington, misreads a drowning incident as a chance to get an apartment. He tells a real estate agent that Bob Green fell into the Potomac and drowned and asks to rent Green’s apartment. The agent reveals the unit was already rented to the person who pushed Green in.
A patient requests a homely nurse after asking the doctor about wiring for his wife. The doctor confirms a nurse will be provided.
A string of comic snippets shows household staff and guests trading double entendres about serving dinner and work skills. The sketches feature Matilda, a housewife, a Perfect Service Diner, and characters Joe Bill Jones Smith with playful wordplay on catering roles and personalities.
Joe says Susie will not wed until she meets an ideal partner. She quips her ideal is any man who wants to marry her. The exchange highlights humorous disagreement over commitment.
A humorous dialogue circulates among Mrs. Brown Mrs. Blue and Wise Wife Susie as they tease about marriages and age. Beanie on the Bean and a hat with a pad over an eye spark light conversation about love fashion and wit.
Pvt. Michael McGee, a Glasgow Irishman, led a bold anti-Tank assault with pals Tom Killeen and John Sullivan against a Tiger tank in the Orne Valley. He pressed the Bren gun, then helped his comrades plant bombs that destroyed the armor, with two more German vehicles later disabled in the same clash.
Two first class seamen Robert Gaston 19 from Reading Pennsylvania and Harold Simpson 18 from Billerica Massachusetts earned a day off. They salvaged used army rifles at a dump and hitchhiked to the front north of Grosseto Italy. They observed the battle, fired at ferry traffic, then returned to port and reported ready for duty.
Seventy five percent of Hoonah residents homeless after fire on Chichagof Island. One native reported dead, possibly two. About sixty percent of the settlement destroyed. Replacement cost estimated above $350000.
Barbara Bell Patterns Nos 1968 and 1988 offer era appropriate frock designs for matrons and children. Pattern 1968 covers sizes 34 through 48 with a slim front panel for a trim look and 342 yards of 39 inch material for size 36 short sleeves. Pattern 1988 fits children sizes 1 to 5 years with dress bonnet and ricrac trim needing 134 yards of material plus six yards trim. Due to high demand and wartime conditions, some orders take longer to fill.
A simple dressing table idea uses an old mirror with orange crates boxes and household scraps. Curtain fabric hides uneven edges while a swing back skirt conceals hammer dents. The note promotes a homemaking booklet with a mail order offer.
A rough cottager rebuffs a carpet sweeper salesman who offers part exchange. He insists he already has a sweeper and declines any trade, affirming his stance with a folk saying about always staying true to himself.
The article notes tide levels differ by region: Leghorn shows about a foot, Venice up to three feet, while the Gulf of Syrtis and Djerba show six to ten feet. It explains the Baltic remains tideless by comparison and mentions still-present whirlpools near the Straits of Messina, dangerous to small boats but not to modern ships.
To fasten to angle iron posts use cutter pins rather than wires. Spread keys over fence wires, insert into post holes, and clinch tightly. For feather mattresses dampen laundry soap and rub inside ticking to keep feathers from shifting. Quartered lemons brighten baked beans and garnish. Cauliflower leaves cut into inch pieces and creamed with white sauce. Apples should be packed individually in newspaper before barreling for better preservation.
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