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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1948
Page
7
In a small town hotel a gaunt visitor, described as an “Emergency” entrant, asked for a top-floor room while having four coils of rope. When questioned, he claimed the rope was a fire escape for self-lowering from the window, prompting the landlord to remark that such escapes require advance payment.
A humorous tale describes a club boasting a drink expert who is asked to identify beverages. A Hateners member produces a flask, the connoisseur tastes it, and exclaims gasoline. The jokester reveals the trick by asking for the brand.
An Irishman in the British expeditionary force tells friends of a near miss at Dunkerque. He says a bullet entered his chest and exited his back, and when asked if it could have killed him he quips that his heart was in his mouths.
Pattern No 1760 comes in sizes 12 14 16 18 and 20 with size 14 needing 3 yards of 39 inch. The Spring and Summer FASHION offers sewing information for home dressmakers with special features fashion tips and a free pattern printed inside the book. Also details vegetable garden spacing and small garment ideas for toddlers. Pattern No 1675 covers sizes 3 4 5 6 years with yardage for dress and panties.
The article notes a tradition where a hymn book becomes a personal ledger of friends and mentors, with signatures from pastors, teachers, visiting speakers, relatives, and friends, giving the book significance and reverence for the bearer. It also mentions Braille, Moon type, malaria remedies, and cotton insect damage data, outlining adaptive reading systems and wartime drug findings alongside agricultural losses.
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