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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1936
Page
4
Copy must be in office by 11 a.m. of day of publication. If you can't come to the office telephone your ad. Phone 2644. Rates outside Van Wert county are one cent per word per insertion. Three times 50c, one time 25c.
A garbled note touts involvement in an old back to the horse movement with emphasis on harness work and repairs at planned lower prices, signaling a frugal revival of equine work and gear upkeep.
I will sell at public auction at my residence three miles northeast of Van Wert on Osokee pon. Items include 1 Duroc gilt due March, 11 feeder head, 1 12 disc drill, 1 two row cultivator, 1 land roller, 1 hay tedder, 1 horse, small feed grinder, 40 head white leghorn hens, boxes and tools. Terms cash. N F Hattery and F E Albright Auctioneers.
A fragmentary catalog item lists several vintage vehicles including a 1934 Terraplane with water damage notes, a 1929 Essex Challenger described as blue with good motor, and a 1929 Ford Panel Delivery Truck both noted as having solid bodies and tires. Several garbled phrases mention upholstery, cold starting, and general condition.
Bus schedule notices from Transportation Co and Ohio Northern Lines list Greenville to Dayton service with Inn Hotel stop, multiple daily departures including 7:30 9:06 11:06 1:46 3:16 4:55 6:21 and 9:66 pan eastbound and northbound transfers. Includes Van Buren Arcanum and Van Wert connections and contact number 2268.
San Marino Calif Feb 17 The weather cycle theory predicts continued drought in the United States for about three more years until 1939. After that a 10 to 20 year period of lessening droughts, then a return to moisture and relief for 150 years or more. Halbert P Gillette bases conclusions on tree rings and varves. He links wars to climatic conditions and cites Ice Age dates. Gillette, born in Waverly Iowa, Columbia University graduate, retired mining engineer.
Purdy Motor Sales at 226 S. Wash, phone 2416, advertises a Red OK-Tag satisfaction guarantee on a lineup of classic and antique cars including a 1936 Ford Tudor, 1935 Plymouth DeLuxe Sedan, 1935 Oobile Coach, 1935 Pontiac Sedan, 1934 Oldsmobile Sedan, 1955 Pontiac Sedan, 1933 Oldsmobile Coupe, 1932 Hudson Sedan, 1930 Chevang Con une, 1829 Cheeach Sedan, 1998 dor, 1928 Ford Coupe, and 1936 Chevrolet 157" Cab and Chassis.
Sealed proposals will be received until twelve o'clock noon EST on the 13th day of March 1936 at the Clerk Homer A. Smith Convoy Van Wert County Ohio for furnishing materials and labor for Union Two School Building. Plans and specs may be obtained from Architect Peter M Hulsken Lima Ohio. Bidders must visit site and bid on blanks from the Architect. Bonds or certified checks equal to 5 percent of bid accompany each bid to guarantee contract. The Board reserves right to reject or accept bids as deemed advantageous.
Chicago designers spotlight budgeted wardrobes at the cotton carnival in the Merchandise Mart. A $39.69 ensemble includes four dresses two suits a negligee hats shoes and beachwear while an $87.85 plan adds five cotton dresses a lightweight wool suit a printed silk frock and lingerie. The season favors linen lace and rough cottons with evening dresses and tailored suits in cotton appearing in prestige classes.
Jane Weston sails aboard a three week Gulf Stream cruise where she meets Dirk Strom and Snowshoes the detective. Aboard, Nora Lane and other celebrities are rumored, and tension builds as an old dowager suspects jewel theft while Jane and Dirk grow closer amid sun decks and tropical glamour.
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