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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1949
Page
6
Berlin is a bonanza for fortunetellers selling hope to a ruined city. Prices begin at 10 marks with higher fees for the desperate, as astrologers, psychics, and card readers promise clarity about a future shadowed by war. Urban woes include disrupted air lifelines and a looming Soviet blockade, with some forecasts predicting summer improvement and no war.
Daniel H. Brown a Lebanon New Hampshire landlord has 59 tenants and announced a three month experiment offering a 25 percent rent refund to tenants facing hardship such as illness or job loss. He will review cases individually and may extend the program if successful.
Perth Amboy New Jersey reports Lillian Mingin aged 13 saved Kenneth Vangorder aged 6 from drowning at a Columbus park skating pond. Ice proved thin and Kenneth received hospital treatment for shock. Police chief to seek recognition by Safety Councils.
In New York the City College seismograph station at Finley Hall recorded a quake due to a spider. Professor Daniel T O Connell says the arachnid entered the vertical component, spun a web, and caused a lull, knocking the instrument from top national accuracy briefly. The device still held the second best three month accuracy overall.
Hammerfest, on the isla Koale off No in Europe, is described as the most northern town with a population of several thousand. Despite 70 degrees north latitude, its climate is mild with January temps near freezing and an ice free harbor due to Gulf Stream drift currents and mild westerlies.
An old advertorial touts Soretone Liniment for back strain and lumbago relief with a rubefacient eta pad. It claims quick, money back results and markets economy and standard sizes. The copy also pitches Soretone for Athlete's Foot, claiming to kill three types of fungi on contact.
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