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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
8
Rex Hale confronts Miss Hosanna as he orchestrates a dangerous scheme to protect Joan and others. He arranges money and secrecy, plans a California exit for Hosanna, and ends the web of manipulation by marrying Joan on an ocean liner to France.
The article details cricket ball manufacture in England, noting 250 000 balls a year, raw materials like cork, worsted, and hides, and the craft from dyeing hides to stitching. It explains the long process, the skill of workers at Teston near Maidstone, and how first-rate balls can endure up to 1 000 runs in first-class cricket depending on use and wickets.
In 1920 at Schofield barracks near Honolulu a quiet recruit nicknamed The Kid turns violent under heat and mosquitoes. After drinking okeolehue and sparking a confrontation with Private Bradley, The Kid shoots Bradley and Howe, then Charley Saval wrestles the gun away. The Kid fires again, Charley wounds him with a stone, and both Bradley and Howe die. The Kid is sent home, Charley survives, and the two veterans recover in hospital.
Pattern from 1957 offers charts and directions to craft a crocheted chair set or scarf end garlands. It lists materials, stitch illustrations, and asks send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 2 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
The bowler hat, known as the derby in Britain, was first made over 60 years ago by William Bowler of St Swithin's Lane with input from a Norfolk farmer. It became a symbol of solidity and social status, while John Hetherington is noted for inventing the top hat.
Old Derby in London sparked arrest for inciting a riot over its sheen. A century ago four Frenchmen, including Antoine Gibus, helped popularize opera hats with a spring mechanism. This is the only successful mechanical device in hats and the inventor’s family collects royalties. High hats remain handmade.
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