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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1951
Page
2
The passage emphasizes the health and well being from home cooking and daily housework in a cottage. It notes surprising benefits and numerous blessings for those who manage their own household duties, highlighting improved mood and activity through meals and chores.
The excerpt contrasts women doing post dinner chores with men who eat and rest, suggesting housework as light exercise aiding health. It also recounts a dinner menu and a prune pie recipe from Mrs. Korrison, including steps for preparing a meringue topped pie and a cherry fruit salad.
A reader describes meals planned ahead with cherry pie last night prune pie tonight and a novel ice cream pie tomorrow. The pie shell is baked then filled with ice cream chocolate is grated over the top and the pie is served before it melts.
The author describes a lunch of combination dried beef and sardine sandwiches with cheese crackers, uncut tomatoes, fresh fruit, and milk for three. Sardines plus beef provided hearty filling, buttered whole wheat bread, and watercress added zest while needing no oil or dressing.
The author laments excessive dressings on salads by Americans and newly rich Texans. Salads began in France and dressings should be a light touch, akin to pepper, not rivers of oil. The plea urges restraint to preserve the salad's flavor without overpowering it.
A reader shares a refrigerated assembly of Russian red caviar, cottage cheese, and anchovy juice as a refined hors doeuvres. The dish is layered, chilled thoroughly, and served with anchovy oil poured over the top. If unsatisfied, Tack will refund ingredient charges.
The narrator mentions Mrs Morrison cleaning duties before an immediate departure after breakfast. They plan to return soon and tidy up, noting three beds and a small living space with a table and a sink. The text reflects a brief, pragmatic note on chores and compact quarters.
The speaker notes a stove, drain, and running water in a cabin with a distant shower bath. They express contentment with a modest cabin and enough work to do, praising housekeeping as a boon for women while suggesting those who hire maids are to be envied.
Small ads list Brindle kitten at 815 Florida and a contact for owner if not claimed. Also messages from A T Anderson seeking pen pals ages 55 to 60, plus several dog and pet notices including dogs Rex the setter and Cheeta the Pekingese, and adoption offers. Domestic help, laundry services, baby sitting, and trades for stamps appear, with multiple phone numbers and addresses.
New York reports from the United Nations Statistical Bureau indicate the world population today nears two billions, marking an increase of about 500 million since 1920. The finding emphasizes rapid global growth and demographic shifts.
A reader counsels tired mothers to invite husbands into child care to share joys and burdens. The letter recalls a young couple learning to bathe dress feed and comfort their newborn, showing how shared parenting strengthens marriage and family happiness. Petersburg is noted as another mother.
Plea from a school girl for fair work offers a summer job with no experience needed. The ad states willingness to help and promises extra money if she applies to Amarillo Laundry, credited to DICK WOODS.
A caller asks Mrs. Duren whereabouts in Corsicana Texas and seeks help locating Fula Duren widow of Dick Duren via the telephone listing. Readers with information should call 6 7644 to relay a message from a friend. signature Mrs. Scott C Bagby.
A surprise sneak preview left 600 patrons furious as the audience rushed out mid film and all received refunds. Manager Jim Haynes apologized, saying the announced event was not a bargain and likened the situation to choosing the wrong horse at the races.
A widow in her forties seeks a respectable, good looking man to write. She notes brown hair and eyes, 58 inches tall, weighs 124 pounds, and does not smoke or drink. She emphasizes being a working lady and asks no habitual drunkard to respond. Care of Tack.
Couhatt a La Fourth of July reports reveal 1,700 residents facing a polio outbreak with five local cases in two weeks and eight more in the parish. Children aged 1 to 15 are affected, several paralytic, per Dr. W W Knipmeyer, Red River Parish Health Unit director.
A vast stretch from Hudson Bay to the Arctic and Atlantic oceans is described as one of the world's most sparsely populated regions. It encompasses about 115 square miles per 6,000 Eskimos and 150 white settlers, reflecting extreme low population density in this northern Canada area.
English Jaguar cars include standard and racing versions. A non stock run last summer reached 168.8 mph on the salt flats with alcohol and nitro methane. The standard model driven by McCahill averages about 123 mph, while the racing version allegedly exceeds 140 mph on high octane fuel but performs poorly at low speed.
Mary Louise Broome recalls Mr and Mrs John Eady’s home at 819 Bryan where two white ducks nicknamed The Boys dominate the yard. The ducks, gifts for Johnny Roy and Sherry, weigh 11 pounds each and influence family life by marching on arrival, pecking the pup, and even besting the rabbit. The boys’ mischief and affection for their human handlers define a lively domestic scene.
In Memphis two brothers Amedeo and Phillip Delponte are bound over to a federal grand jury on illegal narcotics charges after allegedly stealing prescribed morphine for their cancer-stricken mother, Nan nie Lou Delponte. Nurse Hazel Taylor is also charged for participating.
At the National Education Association gathering Mrs. John E. Haynes of Twin Falls Idaho urged parents and teachers to combat in schools discrimination against children deemed to be on the wrong side of the tracks. She cited reports of bias and demeaning treatment in classrooms and stressed the need for belonging and democratic values in education.
Evinrude dealers in the Southwest are urged to box and ship old motors in any condition to Cal Farley, president of Boys Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. The program funds and expands the ranchs applied mechanics training, using obsolete but repairable motors as teaching aids and classroom pieces. Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods and Harley Davidson Motorcycle Co. are cited as Amarillo Evinrude dealers.
US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas arrived in Belgrade Yugoslavia by plane on July 4 and met briefly with US Ambassador George V. Allen before continuing to the Middle East. He earlier touched down in Belgrade and proceeded with his official travel.
Reports from July 4 describe the Douglas Skyrocket surpassing the speed of sound at over 1500 miles per hour with an altitude record also set. Test pilot Bill Bridgeman, 34, pushed the craft to 35,000 feet during a 16 minute flight, noting a difficult sonic transition but manageable handling and instrument focus throughout.
A letter signed Hopeful School Girl urges giving youths a first chance at learning a trade. It warns that denying beginners opportunities damages confidence and may push teens toward crime, urging employers to offer trials to keep faith with the next generation and uphold the American Way.
The House approved a bill authorizing nine destroyer escorts for transfer to France Denmark Peru and Uruguay as part of aid. Two ships would go to France and Denmark at about 6.96 million each plus 2.8 million for parts. Peru would receive three totaling about 3.89 million. Uruguay would receive two for roughly 2.22 million.
Ransom Isom, 40, was arrested on a drunkenness charge and asked officers to help secure a five day sentence. Judge John J. Brennan sentenced him to 30 days in jail in San Diego California.
The sun emits energy at a rate that matches mankind’s total consumption in one minute, highlighting the vast scale of solar power relative to human energy use.
NOME Alaska July 4 1950 Pan American World Airways officials used the census to send 1832 pairs of dark glasses for tonight's fireworks display keeping revelers shaded in the land of the midnight sun.
The Brotherhood of the Grand Avenue Baptist Church will host a dinner meeting next Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at the church. All local men are invited. Rev. Tom Carmichael is pastor.
A brief note observes that Peru serves as the name for nine distinct towns across the United States, highlighting the common use of the name in municipal designations and suggesting regional historical ties.
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