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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1937
Page
6
Billy Mink slips under a shed and naps then wakes to scent a rat nest. He tracks the rats into the farmer's house attic, following sounds and trails to ambush the frightened rodents. He is eager, fearless, and ready to hunt after a long rest.
Practical guidance from the era on constructing lightweight homes without full cellars. Describes trench foundations, concrete slabs, and waterproofing with felt and asphalt. Advises reinforcing strips, bonding to walls, and careful drainage around water and sewer lines. Recommends durable flooring methods and notes cost savings about 15 percent.
A fragmentary reflection on how language twists itself through common expressions. It notes confusion in phrases about trains, rings, boasts, and meals, with a narrator observing oddities in everyday speech and the mischief of misused idioms.
A discussion of jealousy described as a destructive, temperamental defect. It outlines forms of jealousy from fleeting to overpowering, and links ungoverned jealousy to physical thumb indicators such as bent nails and palm lines, warning of misery and tragedy in affections.
The sewing feature presents Barbara Bell patterns for spring garments. Readers learn practical, time saving designs with dresses, blouses, and skirts in sizes 12 to 42, plus materials and yardage. Advertisement-style copy promotes pattern books and the Sewing Circle Pattern Center in Chicago.
A wartime WNT Service recipe instructs to broil chicken as usual then pour sauce over. Melt butter then add vinegar mustard Sobasco Worcestershire sugar salt and pepper. Blend, heat to boil, pour over chickens, and serve in minutes.
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