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Newspaper

Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1949

Page

3

Dairy cattle availability and farm equipment for sale

Breeder contact details for Bill and J W Geurkink in Baldwin Wisconsin offer dairy cows and heifers for order commission or direct sale. Includes references to abortion mastitis vaccines and farm literature from Kansas City Vaccine Co. plus a Missouri locker plant and a 1880s masonry building for sale. Also Essex blight resistant potato yield claim from Thompson Farms New York.

Eee Bill Geurkink J. W. Geurkink Baldwin Wisconsin Kansas City Vaccine Coo Dept. M Kansas City Haglant D. R. Carmichael Lexington Independence Thompson Farms Clymer New York

The Hope Diamond Shooter in Bronx Marble Championship

In the Upper Bronx, a gang of boys uses a famed agate called the Hope Diamond shooter in a local marble championship. The tale traces its owner history from Chepachet Rhode Island to Riverdale, and ends with the ball returning to Whitey Wizcoczki after a hospital encounter.

242Nd Street Bronx Triborough Bridge Spuyten Duyvil Hope Chepachet Rhode Island Irv Sondergaard Whitey Wizcoczki Harlem Harry Winston Harry Wizcoczki Hymie Michernick Riverdale Albert Jackie Michernick

Sheltering a Traveler’s Burden and Lost Cares

A speaker recalls sheltering many burdens and cradling them to their chest. Resting by the road fatigue and sighs give way to a divine note and nature’s refreshment. The moment renews hope, but the cares vanish when the speaker tries to grasp them again.

The Head Seller of Cano

A narrator recalls meeting Pancho Ortegna in Cano during a sweltering summer. In Cabello's saloon he appears calm yet others sense danger. Juan explains head hunting tribes and a shopkeeper presents a human head, shrunk to orange size, offering it for 25 dollars.

Pancho Ortegna Cano Cabello Ortegnn Juan

Scientist seeks truth on shrinking heads in Ecuador

Pancho Ortegna, a scientist, arrived in Ecuador seeking to solve the head shrinking mystery amid government bans on head hunting. He traveled to multiple tribes, facing hostility and disappearances as he gathers clues while locals warn of legal penalties and danger.

Juan Pancho Ortegna Pancho

The Shrunken Head of Pancho Ortegna

In Cabello's cafe I miss Pancho Ortegna for two years. A second meeting stirs memory as Juan reveals Pancho’s fate. The shop owner reappears with a chilling object, the shrunken head of Pancho Ortegna.

Cabello’s Pancho Ortegna Juan Cabello

Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed in Single Sheet

A list of across clues covering torture instrument colored fish chills and fever Turkish coin a diving ducklike bird seam clues guided father malt beverage pronoun disparage deity engraving with acids tempest retired shield captured military cap farm synonym defile between mountains sun's position elude sheer adhesive mix trust nickname Shoshonean Indian stone piece gear tooth large regret evening sun god stud proverbs color fabric kind of dog not working sees entreaty summon fortify twisted fabric by way of.

Tempesta Egypt

DALL's Rise From Small Stages to Big Break in Film

The article traces DALL making a mark in his first film The Corn Is Green and Alfred Hitchcock's Rope. It notes his move to a sympathetic role in Deadly Is the Female for United Artists, and outlines years of grind from stock companies to Broadway and a contract. It highlights his height hair and eye color and mentions Milton Berle's popular status prompting Warner Bros. to plan another comedy starring him.

Milton Berle Warner Bros

Pigs Benefit From Dixie 40 Percent Hog Supplement

Farmers are advised to finish hogs for market by gradually feeding corn and Dixie 40 percent Hog Supplement. Once hogs reach full feed, provide Dixie 40 percent Hog Supplement with corn for economical finishing. For drylot hogs, Dixie 34 percent Hog Supplement is recommended.

Dixie

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