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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1938
Page
7
A mysterious figure calls himself Louis XIX claiming the throne of France. He is described as a night watchman in New Orleans living in a grimy boarding house while insisting his royal claim remains intact despite history's verdict.
Betty Wells Hens offers a tour of yard goods in major stores with finds like mo hairs rayon faille and permanent glazed chintzes. The piece explores textile variety, durable dust tight ticking, and the romance of Oriental rug dyes, noting the red dye master and sun influenced color.
Fashion patterns for a two piece tailored dress and a softly detailed afternoon dress suitable for large figures. Patterns include complete sew charts and are designed for easy sewing even for beginners. Barbara Bell Spring Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs with precise cutting and street wear to business options.
A home care guide offers simple remedies for keeping sinks white with soap jelly and kerosene, removing vegetable stains from hands with raw potato, restoring garment nap with warm vinegar or ammonia solution, careful washing of fine fabrics, pen ink rescue by using water, and prompting a canary to bathe by sprinkling seeds on water.
Ruth Wyeth Spears outlines a rug hooking method using burlap and a rug hook frame. She describes frame options, a 26 by 34 inch finished rug pattern, color layout, and how to loop wool rags through burlap with edging and borders. A purchase offer for her Sewing for the Home Decorator book is included.
Collier's Weekly notes the velocity of explosion varies greatly from about 30 feet per second for gasoline air mixtures to roughly 25 000 feet per second for TNT and nitroglycerine.
A social worker questions Terence Shea night watch man about his money and habits. He explains he earns $15 weekly and saves by depositing surplus wages in sugar barrels, using flour barrels when needed for Maggie and their five children.
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