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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1935
Page
7
William Dix of Detroit, an orphan, rises from selling newspapers to self made success, edging past odds in a Horatio Alger style climb. The piece portrays his independence and ambition as he pursues a brighter future.
Dr. Hans Spemann, a zoology professor at the University of Freiburg, is named as a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. The announcement highlights his work and long tenure in German science.
The article traces the Kennedy name to Celtic roots in Ceaunathigue meaning head of a sept. It chronicles Scottish origins in Carrick, early Kennedys in Ireland and America, and notes Gilbert Kennedy as ancestor to two American lines. It also links English Pendleton descent via Pendle ton lineage and Lancashire origins.
A critique by Calvin Frazer in Taylor-Tycos Rochester argues that sunlight is highly variable and unreliable for lighting. He contends artificial lighting is superior and notes rapid advancements expected in the next quarter century.
The phototube called the electric eye powers a loud vocal mechanism that makes an iron dog on a lawn bark and growl when a visitor interrupts the light beam. The prank startles approaching guests with a big buzzer.
The Ponderosa Way, claimed the longest fire-break in the world, is nearing completion. J H Price, writing in American Forests, notes it runs about 650 miles through California from the Pitt River to the Kern River, from 50 to 200 feet wide along the lower edge of the Ponderosa pine belt to protect pines from foothill fires.
The Pendletons long held the Pendleton manor, with records of notable family achievements and an ancestor famed for Crusader bravery. Philip Pendleton founded the southern Pendleton line in New Kent County Virginia, yielding many prominent descendants including Judge Edmund Pendleton a key Revolutionary era figure.
Calotabs are promoted as a thorough intestinal eliminant and diuretic aiding cold recovery. A typical dose is one or two tabs the first night and a repeat on the third or fifth night if needed. The ad claims cleansing of germ laden mucus and toxins plus kidney elimination of poisons. Family package price is twenty five cents, trial package ten cents.
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