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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1955
Page
5
A page features a large themed crossword with clues across and down including biblical, geographic, and linguistic terms and a daily cryptogram quotation. The puzzle includes a sample answer from yesterday and a note on solving the cipher.
In a light hearted column a farmer Ezra and a local society woman Edna Tumulty collide when Ezra’s horse spooks near the curb. A prankish hearing asks if Ezra is liable, with a verdict of not liable as the judge notes foreseeability limits.
A brief passage extols the doctor’s prescription as the path to health. It describes using all available skills to ensure compounding as the physician wished, framed as a trained trust guiding patient care.
A historical how to snippet explains making smelling salts with carbonate of ammonia and lavender oil, improving popcorn popping with dampened kernels, and whitening clothes by soaking in water with saleratus. It also oddly adds a tip to flavor whipped cream with strained honey for firmness.
Mrs Gifford praises Lora after a successful dinner served to guests including Bart. Adrian Bart flirts and asks for Lora's strawberry pie recipe, sparking tension with Mrs Gifford who fears propriety. The scene ends with a hint of a continued story.
Frank King of Forrest City Arkansas joins Memphis Guild of Handloom Weavers as the only man in a 38 member group. He weaves rapidly and completes intricate patterns in days, aided by no constant interruptions from casework. His first project yielded seven yards of chartreuse green wool with metallic threads for Mrs King.
SCHENECTADY N Y A U P retiring at 66 turns out to be a delay for John A Thirkildsen who after 2 1 2 years with the Navy inspection service at General Electric will join Siena College's class of 1956 to receive a B S in economics He has been attending classes at night and summers since his wife died and plans to enter insurance and real estate in California or Florida.
In Tampa two young ranchers aged 44 and 15 stole two horses from a Florida ranch. The horses were recovered when police found them on the outskirts of town with eight dynamite sticks eight rounds of ammo and several knives in their packs. The pair were turned over to juvenile authorities. In Pickens South Carolina a liquor case saw a defendant plead guilty while claiming ignorance of the seller’s name prompting Circuit Judge Moss to recall a similar remark about not knowing his own father-in-law.
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