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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1936
Page
4
A University of Chicago student surveys reading habits and argues most books are novels, few worth reading. Trashy books waste time as movies or beer hall chats, while great works lift the mind or reveal noble insight. The piece urges selective reading over blank intellectualism.
Washington gossip centers on Huey Long's widow and whether she’ll pursue his campaigns with his old intensity. Mrs. Long’s gentility clashes with rumors of political ties. early Huey days show her active campaign involvement and signals to her husband during speeches. Debates about her current role persist as Washington polices and budgets loom under a Roosevelt-era backdrop.
A fragment from a humorous column remarks on a wide range of topics including a cartoon caption about an African chief with seventy nine children and jokes about taxes on women’s hair. The tone is sarcastic and chippy about wartime leadership and social figures.
Puzzle clue list mixes mythic figures and wordplay across vertical and horizontal entries. It references Siegfried and other classical myths, with multiple cross clues about words like dwellings, numbers, and attributes.
Cleveland reporters note ten million Americans suffer hay fever asthma and rashes from foods and products. Brush Foundation researchers at Western Reserve University map allergy villains, test thousand children, and seek desensitization and better injections while planning public lectures for patients and parents.
Stamp News discusses U S commemorative stamps for 1939 and various anniversaries including baseball founder Abner Doubleday Harvard 200th, Susan B Anthony and other figures. It notes a new policy at Philatelic Agency limiting plate block sales and mentions stamps for Chile Ecuador and Ampere. Also reports West Newbury Central High School raising funds with a benefit basketball game to buy a broom.
A survey of recent books across genres lists political and social critiques, novels, biographies, and nonfiction. Notable items include powerful America by Eugene J. Young and The Restless Universe by Max Born, with varied subjects from European history to crime fiction and child health guides.
A fragment listing several titles and authors from Harpers, Appleton Century, Wiley, and University of Chicago Press, with brief commentary on poverty economics and investment critique. Includes a Toledo ice manufacturers convention remark and a call to drive care to stop the slaughter.
SISTER MARY'S KITCHEN offers practical ideas for using leftovers like roast lamb in a curry sauce with rice. The piece includes a lamb curry recipe, a chartreuse of rice and meat mold, and a menu plan featuring breakfast to dinner items, plus a sauerkraut and carrot salad with a creamy dressing.
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