Weather, lights and quakes prompt reflections on nature
The piece notes northern lights alarm in Detroit and telegraph disruption, Oregon to Canada quake tremors, and a rapid swing from springlike warmth to a zero degree blizzard. It reflects on nature's temper, school pastimes of rote writing, and Henry Ford II's disdain for ghostwriters while personally signing lengthy twenty five year employee congrats letters.
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Detroit
West
Oregon
Washington
Canada
Pacific Islands
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Abracadabra Bottle Squeeze Trick
A wetted coin placed on a bottle mouth seals the opening. When you squeeze the bottle with both hands the heat from your hands expands the air inside and lifts the coin, amazing your audience.
Ex GI Language Gap Sparks Paper Plan For Reading Bureau
A humorous column contemplates creating a Letter Reading and Writing Bureau to help ex GIs and British brides communicate after war. It notes the clash of American English with foreign languages and suggests civil service censors or secret-keeping issues as challenges.
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Lewis Schwellenbach
Labor Department
United States
Germany
Austria
France
Two-Headed Snakes and Medieval Fines in Brief News
A mix of curious facts tracks odd history and science tales. The 16th century Earl of Oxford was fined 15 000 marks for lavish entertainments to Henry VII. Other notes cover early business holdings, fuel chemistry, volcanic acid yields, uranium power, ancient coffee pricing, and dense star discoveries.
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Oxford
Henry VII
England
New England
Quotation Drift Refers to Hidden Messages in Papers
The fragment discusses secret schemes and possible future Bureau ads for translators. It recalls Mrs. Roosevelt's Central Europe flight observations and cites biblical quotes about divine mercy, tempering winds, and natural signs as moral lessons.
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Franklin
Fashions For Today Pattern 5903 for larger figures
Pattern No 5903 offers an all occasion frock with a gored skirt and soft shoulder tucking. Made in floral prints with optional flowers or jewelry as accents. Sizes 32 to 46 require 3 1 2 yards of 39 inch material for size 34 with short sleeves.
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Abracadabra
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Wisconsin
Kroger
Slie
Stanley Dill Pickle
Pillsbury
Nebraska
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Ates
Patricia Dow
Sixth Ave
New York
N. S
Greenman 5
Ann Arbor Street
Bert Gillen Sege Repair
Sherwin-Llia
Anelu LD
Eee
Saline Mercantile
Sherwin-Williams
Ann Arbor
Ellsworth
Saline Road
R. L. ‘Savery Proprietor
Guy Thompson
Jim Finnell
Wiley Brothers
Marshall Road
Dexter
Michigan
Hampshire
C. B. Smith
Harold Gates
Duane Meyer
Howard Burr Smith
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