Cross Word Puzzles Inspire Golf Widow Jokes
Fairfax Downey notes in the New York Herald Tribune that cross word puzzles provide a comic vent for golf couples. The piece mocks the idea that puzzles are revenge tools for wives and widowers tied to golf slang. It portrays home conversations filled with golf and puzzle talk, ending with a playful domestic vignette.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Giant Dead Sea salt plant to transform Palestine economy
The Palestine government plans a large salt recovery plant at the Dead Sea to extract about 30 billion tons of salts. The project would create vast chemical factories and warehouses around the lake, turning the region into a major potash producer. The Dead Sea remains largely desolate, famed for its deadly still waters.
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Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Finding New Power From Solar in California Research
Popular Mechanics notes scientists including Dr Herman A Spoehr and a research team in California work on artificial fuels. They aim to mimic nature by using sunlight to convert waste material into stored energy like wood. The article says one year of coal use equates to a century of growth.
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Popular Mechanics
California
Herman A. Spoehr
Vienna Mint Produces Record 1924 Coin Output
The Vienna mint produced 841000000 coins in 1924, the greatest since its founding. Most coins were minted for other nations, including Poland, Bulgaria, North and East Africa, and Afghanistan. The operation used 7000 pounds of silver daily.
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Electric light to replace butter lamps in Lhasa shrines
Tibet progress moves from traditional butter burning lamps to electric illumination. A hydro electric plant, carried by pack mules from the Indian border, will supply power to Lhasa and its sacred temples as electric lamps replace the ancestral flames.
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Weather boarder tale hints at mountain cold season
A brief note observes Oftse weather conditions in the mountains and the cold of November. It contrasts a distinguished hotel proprietor whose icy manner fades in July and August, reflecting seasonal mood shifts in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Beware of Fake Cure Alls and Charlatans
A public warn ing against fraudulent health cures that exploit the sick and needy. The piece cautions readers to distrust “guaranteed” or “secret” remedies and urges giving to the poor locally rather than to impostors, noting clergy testimonials can be misleading.
Havelock Happenings Highlight Local News and Weddings
A marriage of Paul Stiller and Ethel Lambe of Los Angeles, a former Havelock boy, drew local interest as the couple plans California residence. Numerous social notes cover visits, high school basketball results, Legion meetings, and gatherings from Pocahontas to Mallard and Fort Dodge including dances and family visits.
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Ethel Lambe
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California
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Pocahontas
Ray Grover
Mallard
Howard Albaugh
L. Albaugh
Ayrshire
American Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Harold Lampach
Will Froh
Des Moines
Henry Buck
Margaret White
West Bend
Peter Smith
Henry Hoffert
Hoffert
Ray Kendall
Walter Maltzahn
Dan Smoot
Rolfe
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Circle
Jerry de- Young
Otto Maltzahn
Patterson
Plover
Harold Wright
Curlew
Jas. Wright
Herbert Bachman
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D. F. Reents
Ned Goodchild
G. J. Corbett
Paul Klatt
Matched Unit Ideaa Stewart Warner Radio Achievement
A compact notice highlights Stewart Warner’s matched unit radio concept promising enhanced performance. The piece emphasizes features seen as fulfilling long held desires for ideal radio function and reliability.
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Stewart-Warner Radio
Stewart Warner
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