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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1938
Page
6
An heirloom popcorn bedspread features a striking popcorn motif set on a racy mesh background The pattern 5908 includes instructions for the square an illustration stitches material needs and a photograph Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY for the pattern
In a recent investigation, it is shown that many homemakers misuse furniture polish by applying it on a dry cloth. Oil polish works best when spread with a damp cloth moistened with water, then wiped evenly before a dry cloth brings up a uniform glow. The proper method reduces labor and yields even, lasting finish.
More than 100 rookies head to AL spring training as eight managers assess which prospects will stick. Red Sox expect top eight from Minneapolis and Little Rock, with names like Peacock Wagner Gaffke and Tabor among others. White Sox count on Welker Owens and Cox, while Yankees lean on Beggs Donald and Gordon to earn spots. Cleveland and St. Louis add promising arms, and Athletics eye Bill Potter Kalfass Hassan and Lodigiani for help.
The article notes wide ethnic representation in the National League with players of English Indian Norwegian Indian and more. It highlights pitchers with strong showings against specific teams and lists career milestones including 100 home runs 500 runs driven in and 1 000 hits by NL players. It also cites the Cubs large margin over Boston, 519 to 30, as the biggest since 1900.
Former major and minor league umpire Brick Owens, retired recently, will run a correspondence school for umpires drawn from his 36 years behind the plate. He recalls the White Sox teams of 1919 20 as the best he saw and praises Walter Johnson Lefty Grove and Bob Feller as among pitching greats. Owens officiated over 5 700 games including 3 450 in the American League and 1 512 in the American Association.
Fere and There Mike Gibbons came out of retirement to referee a Lewis Lenhart bout in St Paul. Slug Meyers operates a tavern in Idaho after a Chicago bout with Mushy Callahan. Oosterbaan coached at his alma mater after leading Big Ten scorers. Charley Jones, Angell manager, studied at the Louisville Institute of Technology before and after WWI. Wade Hillifer, top paid Pacific Coast pilot, will train Hollywood with brother Bill at Sacramento. Notre Dame and Marquette revived a long basketball series on old floors before modern hardwood. Abby Street, famed St Louis Browns agent, arranged seven players in three trades for Joe Vosmik, Bill Knickerbocker, and cash exchanges.
A bequest of 1 009 000 dollars to Harvard by Mrs Agnes Wah Nieman enables Harvard to launch a free course for newspaper men. John Stewart Bryan, Richmond News Leader publisher and ex head of the Harvard sabbatical committee, will contribute his travel and talks to the field. Bryan, 66, a noted independent journalist, will join a lineup of directors and civic figures as Harvard expands its journalism education program.
A Nottingham clergyman Rev William Lee watched his wife knit stockings and conceived a machine to do it. He produced the first silk stockings on his crude device but died poor, facing prejudice. In 1864 William Catton popularized a machine based on Lee's idea, spreading worldwide.
A charm of American handcrafts is celebrated with old embroidery stitches used in crazy patchwork. The piece highlights decorative edges and blanket stitches, with color examples from a satin patch, plus a peek at Mrs Speers new sewing booklet offering step by step directions and a mail order address in Chicago for a 25 cent copy.
The text explains star naming based on perceived changes with the Moon and dawn appearances. It mentions mornings star designations for Mars Saturn and Venus when they rise near sunrise, and identifies Sirius the Dog Star in Canis Major and Betelgeuse in Orion as bright stars with vast luminosity.
Grow better flowers by matching seed choices to soil. Drought tolerance varies by species. sweet peas pansies stocks cermetions snapdragons and perennials prefer heavy soil for best results. Light textured soil suits calendula petunia portulaca hollyhock love-in-a-mist and nicotiana among climbers. Partial shade favors calendula and mignonette for hardy blooms.
A fragmentary note quotes Joan Ruskin on music and timing, suggesting life as music where one touches notes and moves with time, though the text is incomplete and unclear about full meaning or context.
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