28 Mar 1940
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
1
A note on using Rick Rack with cross stitch to brighten decorations. Describes 15 st designs for tea towels and an extra motif for a pan holder. Provides ordering details and a mailing address for requests.
AUNT MARTHA seeks patterns with a price of 15 cents each. Pattern No 4 2 and related pattern requests are noted. Address details appear in the notice for correspondence and orders.
A historical quotation attributes to Machiavelli a view on threats and contempt in conflict. It argues that abstaining from threats sharpens prudence, since threats provoke caution, while contempt incites hatred and revenge. The line appears as a quoted maxim about strategy and behavior.
Ad blandly touts Dr. Pierce and his Favorite Prescription claiming women gain health through period time relief. It emphasizes improved nutrition assimilation and domestic virtue as royal nature and noble mind.
In a sweeping foreign analysis, Joseph If Lobine notes Cabinet shifts and bomb raids presage new spring offensives as Germany Italy and Russia draw closer. France Britain wobble under pressure while Daladier resigns amid a volatile Paris scene. Finland grapples with Russian advances and evacuees as Poland faces renewed consular evacuations and violence. Japan reports mixed fortunes in China with new northern battles and a Wang Ching-wei led Nanking government gains.
The United States obtained a preliminary order restraining Governor Jase C. Phillips from using troops to block competition at the Grand River dam project valued at 20.6 million dollars. The government also seeks payment of 849,050 for property damages.
Columnist Lindley claims Roosevelt tainted Farley with a Catholicism barrier and retirement hints. Roosevelt denied the charge, and Farley affirmed his name would be presented at Chicago. Other items note Edison entering New Jersey gubernatorial race and Vandenberg declining Wisconsin and Nebraska campaigning.
A mixed trivia set asks: How deep is Mark Twain, the last sense to fade at sleep, where to buy a wife’s wimple, the biblical price of something, Mary Ball’s presidential son, and whether Confucius lived before or after Christ.
A brief OCR fragment presents numbered phrases such as twelve feet sense of hearing milliner's wisdom Washington and five centuries before, leaving unclear context or full event. The readable entries suggest a historical catalog or lexical snippet rather than a complete report.
City of Zine Bareira in Portuguese East Africa is the only town built entirely of zinc. All dwellings including houses stores church hospital and barracks use this metal to withstand the hot damp climate. The town has 2,000 inhabitants and was built in six months.
How to sew a lace valance and curtains for windows with step by step cutting sizes. The feature describes using glazed chintz drapery material in green beige and golden yellow along with olive green, brass holders and a tied back setup. It notes four Mrs Spears booklets offering 32 pages each of thrifty homemaking ideas including curtains slip covers rugs and toys priced 10 cents.
Quote from Sydney Smith on friendship and love as the greatest happiness of existence.
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