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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1938
Page
2
Feature on a popcorn crocheted bedspread highlighting the popcorn motif and lecy mesh background. Describes square construction, Gurabie string, joining into an heirloom spread. Pattern 5908 includes instructions, illustration, stitches, materials, and a photo. 15 cents requested to The Sewing Circle.
In a home care guide the correct method for oil polish is shown. Apply polish with a damp water-moistened cloth, wrung out, spread evenly, then rub lightly to distribute. A dry cloth finishes to bring a uniform glow, reducing effort and labor.
More than 100 rookies head to AL spring training, with eight managers seeking to forecast which will stick. Red Sox lean on eight talents from Minneapolis and Little Rock, including Peacock and Wagner. White Sox rely on Walker and Owens. Detroit boosts with Benton and Hisenstat. Yankees rookies hail from Newark led by Beggs, Donald, and Gordon. Athletics look to Potter, Kalfess, Hassan, and Lodigiani. Browns add Tamaulis, McQuinn, and Muncrief. Washington features Case Krakakaus and pitchers Leonard Phobus as hopefuls.
The piece notes diverse origins in the National League with players like Guy Bush English Indian, Roy Johnson Norwegian Indian, and Tom Baker Irish Indian. It highlights Lee Grissom's struggles against Pittsburgh and St Louis, Lou Fette’s dominance over Brooklyn, and records showing many NL players with over 190 home runs, 500 RBIs, or 1,000 hits. It also cites the Cubs’ historical largest margin over Boston, 529 to 391.
Brick Owens, famed AL umpire and 36 year veteran, plans a correspondence school for umpires. He lauds the 1919 1920 White Sox as his best team and praises Johnson Grove and Feller as top pitchers. He officiated 5700 games, including 3450 AL, 1512 AA, and hundreds more in other leagues, never letting a game get out of hand. The piece also notes retirements, boxing figures, and a series of trades by the St Louis Browns involving Newsom Mills Kress Vosmik Hemsley Sullivan Hughes Cale Knickerbocker Heffner and cash.
A $1,000,000 bequest from Mrs Agnes Nieman to Harvard will enable journalists to study at the university. The article highlights John Stewart Bryan, publisher of the Richmond News-Leader and former president of the College of William and Mary, as a vibrant figure in journalism. It notes Bryan's public intellect, independence tradition, and extended involvement in civic work, alongside profiles of Mme. Dupuy, widow of Paul Dupuy, who oversees a vast French publishing empire from Paris and contributes to introducing comics and supplements in France.
A Nottingham clergyman Rev William Lee watched his wife knit stockings and conceived a knitting machine. He later produced the first silk stockings but died poor amid prejudice. In 1864 William Cotton of Loughborough improved the principle and the machine spread widely.
Ruth Wyeth Spears shares traditional American handcraft stitches drawn from crazy patchwork quilts. The article describes a double house effect using blanket and chain stitches on a light blue linen luncheon set and mats. A leaflet with authentic stitches is offered free with the Spears booklet available for 12 cents, mailed from Chicago.
The text explains stars move slowly relative to planets and mentions four planets called morning stars when they rise before the sun. It notes Sirius the Dog Star in Canis Major as the brightest star and Betelgeuse in Orion as having a volume about 30,000,000 times that of the sun.
Gardeners learn that soil type affects bloom performance. Rich soil suits zinnia petunia and snapdragon while poor soil favors nasturtium alyssum calendula and love-in-a-mist. Light textures suit petunia portulaca celesia and climbers. Partially shaded plots grow calendula balsam pansy and vinca.
A brief note presents John Ruskin’s reflection that life is music if one touches the notes lightly and ends in time, with a line about no bars.
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