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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
15
An article surveys bed coverings from quilts and spreads to coverlets and blanket covers, tracing fashions from past vogue to present machine made options. It notes materials like satin crepe and embroidery, and explains how simple blanket covers dress beds for day or night appeal, with care tips and decorative ideas.
Reconstruction from ancient Babylonian tablets shows early practices resembling modern inflation and price controls. Dr. Waldo H. Dubberutela notes 2600 years ago rulers set staple prices and wages, with traders and bankers emerging. annuity concepts and debt contracts appear in royal decrees and temple endowments, yet price stabilization efforts largely failed.
A fragmented report notes Gleareth Slearheld, once elected mayor, described as a nonresident, later moving to a farm eight miles away in Ringgohl county. He reportedly commutes daily to a local business while continuing to work there.
Fragmentary text reflects a motivational piece by Leonard A Barrett urging self improvement. It discusses striving for the highest joys, living well, and personal efficiency as paths to lasting contentment.
Three Cent Marrier runs a low fee service in a small village. For 19 years he served as Justice Guring and now conducts marriages at his home for 3 cents each. The plan has doubled his past business and earned him a notorious nickname Cupid’s Fight Hand man.
The text argues happiness comes from contentment with the best available experiences. It favors hearing great music, attending high quality concerts, and avoiding cheap thrills. It stresses environment over money and urges persistent effort to surround oneself with the best books, pictures, music, and friends.
Century old rule in Tsttanapelis punished debtors by jail or confinement in bends for failing to pay debts. The law applied for many years and affected local citizens.
Philips Philo Karnaworth, a television pioneer, predicts a new method using short ultraviolet light rays to image germs. A special vision tube would capture moving bacteria on film, with color scales and phototape motion showing microbes alive for the first time.
An article notes King Edward VIII favors informality while maintaining essential state pageantry. It cites his preference for derby hats over formal crowns on informal occasions and a shift toward simpler morning dress within royal circles.
Washington reports the United States intends to order millions of powerful engines to equip War Department aircraft. Signature of Secretary of War is awaited. Engines developed at Wright Field Layton and other sites will power new attack planes and bombers ordered in December.
Miss Jucla Carruthers, twenty one, makes a living as a professional whistler. She runs a whistling studio and trains groups in breathing, bird calls and mouth control. Carruthers studied music at Washington State College and in Los Angeles as background.
Prot. Joalyn Hogers of Ontario weighs in on lie detectors. Rage claims a few good drinks reveal truth and map the situation, signaling a controversial method.
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