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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1938
Page
6
Simple patch makes a Calico Cat quilt block with 4 by 8 inch patches. Includes layout diagram, color advice, cutting sewing finishing steps, yardage chart, and options for single or double bed sizes. Pattern 1583 by The Sewing Circle requires 15 cents and mailed to Needlecraft Pept 82 Eighth Ave New York.
Anna Edson Taylor became the first woman to ride a barrel over Niagara Falls. She packed cushions and nine inches of headroom, rode the rapids, and upon surfacing confessed she wished to retreat, then fainted after learning she had completed the feat.
A humorous note about a mother forgetting to shake a medicine bottle and a quick quip from Jim about turning somersaults. A joke exchange from the Columbia Jester features a boss catching someone reading a novel and a pun about a haircut.
A boy asks why his father is bald. The father explains with a joke that grass cannot grow on a busy street, comparing it to baldness, and the boy answers with a knowing quip. The exchange appears in Stray Stories Magazine.
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