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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1936
Page
4
The article notes Washington placing a contract for 114 new bombing planes costing over 3.6 million dollars to push U S naval strength. It frames the move as a response after failed London talks and contrasts it with past American limits on naval armaments.
Analysis of how the Soil Erosion Service originated in the Interior Department under Ickes. The piece covers funding battles, administrative reshuffles, and a last minute shift to Agriculture, with Roosevelt and Tugwell involved in transferring authority. Copyright 1936 NBA Service.
A clipped satirical omnibus of public notices and editorials on social costs. The piece mocks naval spending, food price pressures, and city finance habits while quipping about youth, boat quality, and civic punctuality.
A puzzle list of crossword style clues with numbered across and down hints. Mentions a public figure noted as a world famous worker and various short definitions for words such as spirit spur decay and vessel terms. Contains archaic spellings and mixed garbled entries typical of an old newspaper puzzle page.
First Settler of Birobidvan. Jews seek a permanent homeland under Soviet wings in Siberia. A vast area similar to Belgium or bigger than Palestine is set aside for Jewish development in Birobidjan. The stamp shows the construction of Birobidjan, part of a 1937 series on Soviet nationalities. Tourist on canine-powered tour sketches Lindauer’s 1931 cross country trek.
Willshire Grange with the Willshire Farmers Institute presents a three act play titled A Fortunate Calamity on Saturday evening February 1 at 3 o'clock.
A collage of quirky items spans battles and jokes from Duce’s forces to theater news. It mentions thefts in Chicago, a transcontinental air record aided by a device, a Supreme Court clash with the AAA, an air gun indictment involving Roosevelt’s kin, and various unrelated literary and political quips.
Gretchen Wicklund, 9, from Forest City Iowa discovers a tiny field mouse named Squeaky that accompanies her to school each day and perches on her desk.
In Dijon France controversy continues over a museum sword claimed to belong to Joan of Arc. Critics question its authenticity noting the hilt is unusually small and only a person with a small hand could have wielded it.
Advertisement touts VAL-ERE as a new herbal medicine offered at 25c for a full introductory bottle. Claims include relief for stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels. elimination of acids. reduction of rheumatism and neuritis. and improvement of blood health with a balanced blend of herbs and roots.
Advertising copy for VAL-ERB claims it aids digestion by mixing with stomach contents to remove poisons and reduce gas pain sourness and belching within ten minutes. It also purports to cleanse wastes to ease rheumatic and neuritic discomfort and may help bed wetting in children, offered at 25 cents for Friday and Saturday.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes VAL-EREB a herbal tonic claiming to ease constipation improve digestion and restore vitality. It promises natural regularity relief from various ailments and urges readers to retrieve an introductory 25 cent bottle via a store coupon valid Friday and Saturday only.
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