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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
3
A mother punishes Johnny for breaking a vase, but he claims Bobby did it and the joke backfires turning the moment into merriment. The piece also includes humor sketches about royalty, a pupil bringing his father, and a nervous traveler in Philadelphia.
Names of vegetable extracts used to firm leather soles evoke a geographic symphony. The list includes wattle, quebracho, divi divi, sumac, gambier, mangrove and myrobalans. For Orange Halves bake with mashed sweet potatoes, seasoned with salt and butter, then bake. Stuffed peppers tomatoes apples or onions hold shape better when baked in a muffin pan.
A recipe notes apricot glaze for petit fours. Soak dried apricots overnight then drain and sieve. Mix with equal sugar parts, heat slowly to boiling, then boil five minutes with constant stirring.
Advertises Dixie Pig and Sow Feed as a nutritious booster for young pigs from weaning to 75 to 100 pounds. Claims faster growth, stronger bones, and health, with lowest feed cost per pound of grain. Promises trial season results and availability in meal or pellet form from Dixie Feed SRE.
Aunt Frieda suspects Charlie's infidelity after overheard talk in Atlantic City. She confronts Charlie at Mrs. Greenhouse’s home where meals and a cash arrangement reveal a long affair. The clash ends Charlie’s roaming life and Frieda’s club ambitions as the leopard dies and the uncle stays silent.
Inez Gerhard van Seymour, NBC We the People and CBS Sing It Again emcee, becomes national chairman of the National Cancer Foundation 1950 fund drive, actively enlisting assistants across fields while remaining hands on. Bonita Granville plays piano in Engle-Lion Guilty of Treason. Eve Arden eyes Broadway after Tea for Two. Richard Whorf writes a Boston boarding house comedy The Birds Were Up All Night. The Pine-Thom as The Lawless wreck scene cost 25000 dollars and is repaired. Mary Murphy signs Paramount contract after leaving Beverly Hills parcel shop. John Close, once a Grau man’s doorman, appears opposite John Garfield in The Breaking Point.
City investigators trek into the wilderness to catch Bronco Pete, the suspect linked by boot prints to a fifty thousand dollar jewel theft at River's End Lodge. Eben Jackson, local constable, stages the stakeout and hints at a $2500 reward if officers nab the thief.
The article argues advertising is integral to newspapers as commercial news and revenue. It explains space rented for ads supports lower subscription costs, funds delivery, and keeps the local economy functioning, benefiting readers and businesses alike.
A framed puzzle with numbered clues and partial answers across and down. The grid lists words like a dreamy mood and a Norse myth reference, with hints for nouns and phrases such as eye-thread and foot covering, plus a variety of short terms.
Scrap plywood patterns show how to make lamps book-ends and boxes from quarter inch plywood. Includes tracing patterns of tile designs for decorating. Pattern price is 25 cents.
A Detroit reader quotes praise for Kellogg's All Bran claiming relief from constipation after several illnesses and medicines. The ad urges daily intake with water and promises a money back offer if not satisfied after ten days.
The ad claims backaches, fatigue, headaches, and dizziness come from sluggish kidneys and bladder irritation. It promotes Doan's Pills as a mild diuretic used by millions for over 60 years to flush waste from kidney tubes and filters, urging readers to get Doan's Pills today.
An advertisement from 1950 promotes HADACOL by The LeBlanc Corporation of Lafayette Louisiana. It features Mrs W E Connell of Gadsden Alabama praising its vitamin based formula for fatigue weight loss and loss of taste with a money back guarantee and options for trial and hospital sizes. It urges buyers to order by penny post card if unavailable from their druggist.
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