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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1949
Page
2
Entered as second class matter on November 2, 1907 at the Patoka Illinois ae a under the Act of March 8, 1879. Subscription rate listed: year in advance Marion County year in advance outside county.
The piece argues farm leaders overstate opposition to Secretary Brannan's agricultural program, noting ongoing subsidies and costs under present and Hope-Aiken laws. It compares farm protection to labor and export subsidies, questions cost estimates, and cites political dynamics including Taft-Hartley repeal and education funding debates.
The Artists' Fellowship in New York seeks a lineal descendant of Gilbert Stuart, famed Washington portraitist. After searching art histories and biographical sources with conflicting notes on his children, the group hopes to present duplicate testimonials in its Doomsday Book. Stuart died in 1828 in Boston. his widow and four daughters moved to Newport.
New York report warns two fashion and direct sun mistakes can injure eyes. Wearing sunglasses excessively in shade reduces light tolerance and direct sun viewing can cause permanent blind spots. Heavy eclipse glasses advised. proper filters block infrared and ultraviolet rays.
In Hartford a talking crow favors cream over homogenized milk. Each morning the bird snatches bottle caps and drains the cream from the milkman’s bottles. To deter it, the milkman hides the bottles and covers deliveries with heavy cardboard cartons.
Four Mayo Clinic physicians announce development of compound E showing significant promise in treating rheumatoid arthritis. The rare substance likely won’t be available to manufacturers before next year and could not be used in Mayo patients before January 1950. Dr. Hench notes no immediate treatment prospects.
Two government clerks in Washington work silently side by side. One quits at four, the other stays until six or later. The diligent worker asks how the four o’clock cleanup is done and learns the tag Refer to Commander Smith. He discovers the other clerk is the true Commander Smith.
An Allen Fire Works Co. catalog promotion from Ringgold Georgia advertises fireworks wholesale with a ladies free gift offer and a special get acquainted deal. It also lists a brick downtown business building for sale with full details via P O Box 335 Mt Vernon Illinois.
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