Sour rabbit recipe and barber business woes note
A letter quotes a German dish jugged hare with a sour rabbit recipe from Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Griffith, detailing marination and serving. It shifts to a critique of modern barber shop practices, laments lost personal touch, and laments high prices affecting spend on grooming versus family needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
E. B. Lewis
N. B. Griffith
Perryton
P.S
Wise Encyclopedia of Cookery
Salmon Fly Fishing at Slagboom River Camp
The narrator describes prolific salmon catches on the Trell River near Slagboom Camp, with Ted and Don sharing record numbers, including a 16-pounder. The piece praises John and Greta Slagboom for generous aid to local elderly fishermen, notes visiting anglers from Seattle and San Francisco, and comments on regional customs and Mr. Shafer, a famed fly fisherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Don
Tnind
Tiell River
Seattle
San Francisco
George Shafer
West
Pacific Coast
California
Alaska
Canadian Texan town profile and colorful local notes
Anne Merrell writes a portrait of Canadian Texas, praising its scenery, church life, shops, and safety for women while humorously noting widows abundance. The piece blends town pride with playful references to cow towns, local lore, and the slogan The Friendliest Trade Center in the West. It closes with a quirky line about football place kicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandie
Table Top
Robert Young
Coronet
Dehorn
WCTU
Lonely Hearts” Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Lake Marvin
Panhandle
Tuck
Big Bull Ranch
Hemphill County
Bob Campbell
Bob
Abraham
Isaac
Job
Moses
West
Texas
North Pole
Empire of the Lone Star
Anne Merrell
Frugal carpentry and village labor tales
The passage notes fence posts capped with roofing like material to prevent rot. It describes many families earning livelihoods through gardening and selling to Indians. Indians in the southern village are well behaved and prosperous yet do not grow crops, instead buying food while some men fish and earn seasonal money that is spent lavishly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Queen Charlotte
Port Clementz
Charlotte
Community pleas for bicycles and pets with contact numbers
A local plea seeks donated bicycles or tricycles in repairable condition for underprivileged children who have never had Christmas joy. Responses and details to call 3-8829. Additional notices describe homeless dogs, a Pomeranian, lost purses with cash, found jewelry, livestock, and requests for pen pals and assorted advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Polk
Amarillo
Pfe
R. C. Boyd
San Marcos Air Force Base
San Marcos
Crockett
West Third
Palo Duro
Thelma
Pete Singleton
West
Star
Taylor
Fairgrounds
Main Gate
Globe-News
Dem
Bowie
Lucille
Miller
PO Box
Texico
Pribilof Seals Hid in Bering Sea Breeding Grounds
The Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea are noted as the famous breeding place for fur seals, with about three million of the animals there each summer. The seals migrate southward in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pribilof Seals
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Water Rationing Tightens in Salisbury Rhodesia
In Salisbury Rhodesia the water shortage reached a crisis and rations were imposed offering 20 gallons daily to Europeans and 10 to natives, signaling strict conservation measures amid the regional shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Rhodesia
A Bout With The Barber By HAL BOYLE
An aging American spectator sport is watching haircuts. The barber shop shifts from a social refuge to a fast turnover, glossy temple. Barbers chase efficiency, customers book appointments, and prices rise, changing the quiet ritual into a brisk business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mayb
Isure
Insurance Critics Question Insurance Firms Role in Social Welfare
A reader denounces life insurance practices arguing that dividends on paid premiums are loaned by insurers with interest, calling it illogical and possibly unlawful. The letter links insurers to political power via policyholder investments and predicts eventual government social welfare reforms to expand security pensions and medical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Truman
Limited Quantity Mercury Found in Nature and Ore
Quicksilver or mercury occurs in nature in a free state but only in very small quantities. Commercial mercury is obtained chiefly from cinnabar ore, the sulphide of quick silver.
Flying Doctor of Australia Retires
Dr John Flynn, founder of Australia's Flying Doctor service, is set to retire at 71 as superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission in Adelaide. The outback medical network began 30 years ago to aid remote settlers and now operates six nonprofit companies coordinated through Island Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flynn
Australia
Flying Doctor
Australian Inland Mission
Adelaide
Outback
Flynn
Flying gecko glides between trees using expanding frills
A tropical lizard known as the flying gecko glides from tree to tree by expanding its side frills.
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Press Freedom
New York
Peter Zenger
Zenger
Cands
Ot Se Geen
Philadelphia
Andrew Hamilton
Gay
Hamilton
Linjun
New Orleans
Manning
Tom
Uncle Luke
MR. Blasdon
Annie
Billy
Johnson
Harrington
Cohoes
John Slaghboom
Greta
Slagbooms
Singbooms
Anne
Veeack
Globe News
Flying Doctor of
Homsteaders
Deason
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Beery's Prescription Shop
Westith St
Brooks’ Drug Store
Polk St
Barfield
Cretney
Castleberry Drug CO
Phos
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th
Pierce Streets
Gholston Drug Store
H and Y Drug Store
Hatcher
Herbert Drug Store
Herring
Kirk Drug Store
West 36Th Ave
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
Wolle’s Prescription Shop
W. 16Th
Taylor's Pharmacy
Waller Diggs Drug NO
Carolina
Lewis Drug and Jewelry
River Road
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
Ratliff Drug CO
N. E
S & H Drug
Newton Drug
S & M Drug Store
North Fillmore
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