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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1931
Page
8
A humorous 1931 essay argues vulgarity and obscenity fade as agreeable living returns. The author contrasts coarse tastes with beauty, prefers roses to fertilizer, and laments overexposure to off color stories while praising civility, wit, and broadmindedness.
Madge learns Dicky has arranged a clever plan to solve the housing issue as Bill Hank and the schoolboys request to sleep in the hayloft. She then offers a favor by housing Carolyn Ronald Bob Trevellon Mary and Marion, arranging space for their friends and their trunks. The scene ends with plans for tomorrow.
A diary entry describes holiday gifts shared with family and friends. The narrator praises loved ones and a costly ermine cravat from Billy, then recounts a Christmas kindness to a poor village family. The tone shifts to charitable plans, tea with Mother’s friends, and a growing sense of grown-up responsibility.
A new Luxemburg monastery features printing and bookbinding shops an electrically equipped dairy and kitchens and a full light railway system. It includes heated cellars for winter vegetables and cast iron road tiles touted as cheaper than granite non skid silent and durable.
The reading predicts great social activity with personal correspondence playing a conspicuous part. Friendship, courtship, and secret liaisons may occupy attention, along with a spiritual or mystical affiliation of worth. Those born on this day may have a happy year focused on social, domestic, romantic, and artistic matters.
A Worth designed wedding gown for Helene Worth blends past elegance with modern fashion. The flounced white crepe satin dress features a long train, tulle veil, and orange blossom coronet, while attendants in pale pink organdie wear matching accessories.
An article argues clocks and thermometers aid child discipline by teaching kids to read time and temperature. It describes using a thermometer outside a window and a large child-friendly clock so children like Bobby and Janey associate daily routines with observable measures.
Ferenc Molnar, famed Hungarian dramatist, is portrayed as shy and modest despite global fame. The piece traces his rise from Budapest editor to international playwright with hits like The Devil, Liliom, and The Guardsman, noting his wit and multifaceted talents.
In a discussion attributed to New York figures, Senator Roy S. Copeland explains biliousness as a digestive disorder marked by coated tongue foul breath and liver stagnation. He argues it affects mood and links misperceived piety to bilious temperament, urging sensible eating and living to restore health.
Questions on hair loss diet balance and suffocation spells are answered with brief guidance. Hair growth may be stimulated by cutting hair and overall health. For full details readers are asked to send a self addressed stamped envelope with the question.
Two teen cousins seek guidance on dating at a high school football game and whether two boys are suitable escorts. The column suggests dancing as a social benefit and notes gifts for a steady boyfriend vary by his tastes, recommending desk sets and books over flashy accessories.
A child narrator recalls Knarf shadow friends stealing a penny and hiding behind the fireplace and desk. The shadows try to force the heavy penny into a crack in the wall while the narrator pretends not to notice, hoping they won’t vanish again. The scene ends with Knart approaching.
A narrator dreams of shrinking to aid two children pushing a penny through a wall. They vanish into a dark place shouting they’ll be in time to save him. The narrator realizes invisibility and follows, entering a mysterious doorway as the scene ends. Tomorrow: The Closed Door.
Aline Michaelis writes on kindred spirits who Read between the lines and sense the life’s strength. She finds near kin in shared goals and faith, though they never meet, their presence warms the heart and guides her.
A compact fragment compiles aphorisms and classical lines from La Rochefoucauld Phaedrus Seneca noting human nature and social behavior. The text blends general maxims on covetousness modesty and conflict with stray phrases about swallows wings and crutches.
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