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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
3
Home makers face a challenge in packing nutritious, varied noon meals for children and workers. The guide emphasizes balanced lunches, simple hot items, and a mid day focus, with a sample menu including vegetable soup tongue sandwiches grated cheese sandwiches salad and fruit, plus recipes for apricot cream pudding and honey brownies.
Lynn suggests festive two lunch boxes for birthdays with stuffed prunes cheese honey peanut butter and nuts as extras. Add a perky salad with green beans carrots lettuce and French dressing and include devilled eggs with paprika and creamed meat or fish in buns for variety.
John Francis reported theft of two steam calliopes a pipe organ and a truck engine from a Belleville warehouse along with several ores and wheels. Sheriff suspects night-time thieves based on the concentration of missing items.
A panhandler Engberg argues with a Damp clerk and a magistrate over money for bread. Treasury agents arrive and, despite distrust of banks, Engberg agrees to a sentence or fine. He ends up investing $683 in war bonds rather than jail or cash.
Lieutenant Duncan Seffern of Manawa Wisconsin reached an advanced base after a ten mile hike through dense jungle in a tropical deluge. He survived six days without food after bailing out of a plane in New Guinea. He followed a river to the sea then met a patrol officer who supplied food and guided him to safety. The other two aircrew members also returned to base.
In Raleigh North Carolina D A R members planted a tree on the capital square claiming it to be an offspring of Washingtons Continental Elm from Cambridge The elm grew and bloomed but state forester J S Holmes identified the bloom as cherry blossoms confirming it is not the historic offspring but a cherry tree planted by the DAR years ago.
In Tacoma the Spokane wage earner sent an income tax blank missing exemptions and enclosed a photo of himself with his wife and ten children. Clark Squire, collector of internal revenue, noted the filing shows the tax rate will need to rise before the government can collect.
In Topeka Kansas a visiting couple demanded a rebate after vacating a Kansas tourist cabin due to floor pests. Secretary of State Frank J. Ryan advised them to drop the rebate claim and view the experience as worth avoiding the skunks before any harm occurred.
Swiss General Rail has ordered twenty modern eight wheeled all metal passenger cars to attract postwar tourist traffic. The order aims to expand comfort and capacity for travelers, signaling a push to boost rail tourism and reliability after the war.
The kingdom’s young prince was asked to name the five largest states in the Americas. He faltered, then his speech transformed into plain English about a journey to a distant place, revealing a curious riddle about words and language.
A playful prompt asks to translate a poem into Pig Latin by moving the first sound to the end and adding ay. It notes an exception for vowels where the word stays unchanged and ends with an away variant. The text itself is a meta commentary rather than a literary piece with a clear narrative.
In a Thornton W. Burgess tale, Farmer Brown's Boy follows a stream into the Green Forest finding a previously unseen pond fed by the Laughing Brook. The scene shifts from playful missteps by Rabbit Jed Thumper to a tranquil, almost dreamlike discovery of a dam and revived waters, leaving him to ponder its meaning.
A playful exchange sets up a nicked wager as Ted bets he can call the score before kickoff. Ned challenges him, and the two trade a brisk, humorous bet with no actual score given.
A playful exchange ponders whether a burglar entering a cellar could use a coal chute for escape or concealment. The dialogue contrasts possibilities with practical limits of a basement route.
A fragmented dialogue unfolds with characters Winter’s Coming discussing icy sidewalls in LaPorte Mina and Tommy. Mother notes slippery paths as men fall, highlighting concern over hazardous conditions and early winter dangers.
A quirky classroom exchange features Raxmond McFarland and Griffith discussing pork origins with humorous, uncertain lines about a teacher and a porcupine. The moment highlights curiosity and student engagement in a local school setting.
The article notes improper home remedies for convulsions such as hot water baths and highlights that low blood sugar can trigger convulsions in children and adults. It mentions symptoms during attacks, testing blood sugar, and treatment using sugar or syrup by the lower bowel in certain cases.
Population aging rises as more individuals reach older ages, with 1930 data showing 43 to 51 percent in older brackets across the United States and Canada. The text notes shifts in age structure, infant nutrition concerns, and calls attention to aging impacts on society and demographics.
The passage discusses epilepsy causes and remedies, noting that some cases relate to digestion and diet. It mentions phenobarbital as a treatment with mixed results and suggests a drug named Diiantingstan as more effective but with restrictions.
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