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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
6
A humorous survey recounts New Yorkers living in closets, top drawers, shelves, and filing cabinets since 1918 and 1940s wartime anxiety. Names like Elmer Twitchell and Jarvis P. X. Waffie appear as satirical cases. The piece blends social commentary with mock anecdotes on sheltering from external chaos.
A lyrical blessing recalls Christ’s coming and dwelling among us. The poem envisions a warm hearth, shelter and shared tasks. It pledges to keep speech pure and conduct kind, as we confide hopes and questions to him.
Andy Hecker, new Young Dr Malone, shifted from medicine to radio inspired by his mother and theater. Cathy Downs knits fashion dresses after posing for a layout. Rico accelerates Make Mine Laugh vaudeville with new acts. Horace Heldt plans The Kids Break Through musical comedy for Broadway. Patric Knowles mispronounces in Mexico while filming The Big Steal.
Inspector Ben Odell notes most folks lack country sense. Rod Upshur, city detective, visits a summer camp to help Jed Thomas investigate the Pat Spencer drowning. Hallam brothers Herm and Punk are questioned after Upshur spots a key inconsistency in their story about a submerged log, an oar slip and a fatal plunge.
In a tense riverbank scene, Punk Hallam and esty Jigger confront Rad and deny murder claims. An argument over witness testimony escalates as Rod notes the fall of Spence from a boat. Officer Thomas shoots Punk after a struggle, ending the confrontation.
A single page puzzle with clues across and down covering classic terms like donkey and border and a mix of French and Greek references. Solve the grid with entries such as conical tent, vessel with runners, and gods while navigating archaic spellings and partial phrases.
Reamy Pattern advertises a 36 by 60 inch open tool chest with wall hang and lock, or 36 by 30 inch closed portable option. Tools fit inside doors and on shelves, with pattern No. 1 offered for 25 cents from EastTillet Pattern Company Pleasantville.
The first person to call a cow bossy may have humor or Latin knowledge or both. The term may have evolved from bos the Latin for ox, with Teutonic roots basse or basse meaning barn or stall, suggesting bess calves kept in a barn as opposed to grazing.
Oranges drop in bailing water to peel easily, linoleum surfaces spared by hot water in caster cup slicks. Scratches on shellacked doors fade with alcohol. Prevent boilovers in pasta by greasing pan rim. Waxed paper under hot dining room centerpiece stops linen sticking. Do not sew without pinning and basting for a better fit.
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