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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1936
Page
6
Matanuska Valley yielded 400 bushels of currents per acre this season, a record for the United States. At New York prices this would bring more than $94 per acre. The notice mentions No 1 Wheat No 1 Oats No 1 Rye and hints at Times Want Ads.
Engagement of Miss Helen Dawes niece of former Vice President Charlies G. Dawes and daughter of Rufus C. Dawes to Louis F. Watermulder drew interest in Chicago society. Watermulder is the son of Rev. G. A. Watermulder of Lawrence Kansas.
A and P stores in the district start a Manager's Week sales contest running through next Saturday. The top performing store department wins a Bermuda trip for its manager. Competing managers include J H Makuh of West End, George Korn of the meat department, and Gene Black of the East End store.
Van Wert hosts a Sunday afternoon card featuring Ft. Wayne at Van Wert at 2 30 p m Wolf and Dessaur face Van Wert Recreation Nite Hawks take on Convoy Hi Speed Gas plus Grover Hill results show scores for multiple bowlers and teams with listed totals and partial scores from the day
John J. Curran livestock inspector is seen as one of the strongest men in the yards and at home he is celebrated as the neighborhood's best knitter. He finds relaxation in knitting crocheting and quiltmaking.
Visitors numbering 3600 inspected Toledo's new modern YMCA building when doors were thrown open for an open house. The event showcased the facility and invited community members to tour its amenities and services.
Chicago trainer Andy Lotshaw credits Frank Demaree with sensational catches that sparked the Cubs on a 21 game winning streak toward the 1935 NL pennant. The piece also praises Pepper Martin, Lefty O'Doul, and Hank Greenberg, and discusses Cubs prospects Kowalik and Shaun. It shifts to college basketball at Madison Square Garden, noting NYU vs Kentucky, rule interpretations, and regional umpire biases, before commenting on boxing’s decline boosting basketball.
A dense listing of radio programs and times across WLW WJR WTAM WOSU WABC 86 WOWO and others. Programs include daily features from 6:30 a.m. through 11:30 p.m., with music shows, operas, church hours, comedy, and dramatic readings featuring stations such as WLW WJR WTAM WOWO and more.
A daytime to evening lineup features Home Sweet Home and Mrs Wiggs on WLW, Farman Home on WLW, Traffic Court on WJR, Guest Review on WOWO, Ma Perkins and Vic and Sade on WLW, Betty and Bob and Mary Sothern on WLW, Jack Armstrong on WLW, Singing Lady on WLW, Little Orphan Annie on WLW, and Buck Rogers on WJR with times from 10:15 to 6:00 PM.
The listing shows a radio slate with Lowell Thomas at 6 45 on WLW Amos n Andy at 7 00 and 24 Myrt and oe Joe at 7 15 Uncle Ezra at 7 30 Lam and Kiner on WLW Singin Sam on WIR Boake Carter at 1 45 on WJR Farm Night on Wosu Lazy Dan at 8 30 One Night Beards on WIR Minstrels on WLW Gypsies on WTAM Lux Radio Theatre on WJR 9 30 Wicks Program on WLW 10 00 Famous Trials on WLW and 10 30 March of Time on WJR.
A veterinary surgeon at Saint Pourcain sur Sioule performed an operation on a large boa constrictor before several score spectators. The reptile suffered an abscess from a bone lodged in its throat. Read the Times want ads.
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