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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1940
Page
2
Phelps Dodge undertakes a $30 million copper project eight miles from Morenci Arizona. The Stargo town model community will shelter 12 000 workers with a $270 000 hospital and a library as the 250 000 000 ton ore body is mined to feed a mill rated for 40 000 tons daily.
Farmer Brown's Boy leaves his pail of blueberries while seeking lunch near a spring. He suspects cattle in the Old Pasture until a towering bear emerges, the pail on his head and the bear writhing to free itself. Startled, the boy yells as the bear roars and frantically shakes off the contraption.
In Coeur d Alene Idaho a Kellogg couple Dominic Naccarato and Pauline Balduc retained a marriage license for more than seven years. Officials only recently received the certificate indicating the ceremony had not been performed earlier.
A reader advises that when a man accompanies a woman to church he should pay his own offering and not expect her to cover both. He may contribute to events like bazaars and flowers, but should not feel embarrassed about his own plate.
U S scientists use chick embryos to culture viruses that curb diseases in horses, poultry, and dogs. Eggs incubate nine to eleven days then are opened to inject virus, embryos killed, ground, and used as anti toxins to immunize animals. The method offers a cheaper, more reliable path than direct animal injections.
In New York a portrait of Sam Houston Jones portrays the young, stylish Louisiana candidate who defeated Gov. Earl K. Long to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. The piece covers his campaign vigor, background from a log cabin, and views on corporation law, labor cases, and public utilities. It also touches on Miss Fisher and a Paris fashion scoop about gown photography schemes.
This notice promotes ILACS daisies daffodils and pansies embroidery motifs for pillow slips. It explains scalloped edges crochet borders and extending motifs to sheet ends and offers NUMO hot iron transfer Z8716 for 15 cents with three or four stampings from one pattern. Send order to:
Box 166 W indicates patterns available with a 15 cent enclosure per pattern. The listing lists Pattern No. Name Address, implying a mail order or department store pattern catalog request.
An amateur musician completes a world record junk organ in Atlantic City. It uses discarded bottles, old vacuum cleaner motors, inner tubing, and junkheap scraps to create music. Air from motors sounds notes through bottle caps tuned with water, with bells pans and whistles for effects.
A historical ad-like fragment touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to boost strength and digestion. The text emphasizes general wellness through improved physiology and nutrition, urging readers to use the remedy for better vitality.
A concise quotation underscores the lasting value of shaping a child’s character over any artistic achievement. The sentiment calls attention to education and moral formation as paramount duties for society and caregivers.
A compact verse card presents Wordsworth’s line about the flower of sweet scent being shy and lowly, highlighting the poet’s delicate natural imagery and quiet humility.
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