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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
7
The questions and answers cover topics from the length of the U S Canada boundary to the origin of Confucius name the duration of advertising use and sap evaporation figures for syrup. It notes the shortest inaugural address by Washington and lists animals changing fur or plumage in winter such as the ptarmigan Arctic fox and polar hare.
Jebb reunites with Hafiz Mustafa who found Jebb's Gladstone bag, containing vital papers from his years with John Thatcher. Rosen explains a missing child case of Cecilia Thatcher, later identified as Cynthia, while Hafiz narrates a past life in Istanbul with Nayima. Jebb plans to return to New York after settling the debt with Hafiz.
Jebb greets a ponderous Turkish khan keeper Hafiz Mustafa who, while serving coffee, boasts of past American fortunes and returning home after a career as a Bowery educated hash house operator. He claims to have brought his American wife, a dancer from Weesconseen, to Turkey.
Seventeenth century New York silversmiths were prominent, with figures such as Ahasuerus Hendrickse and Carol van Brugh noted for craft and public roles. Dutch and Huguenot smiths shaped early civic life while later masters like Peter van Dyck continued the tradition, marking an orderly evolution in silverwork.
Household tips describe quick fixes for salt removal from fish with sweet milk and using milk rinsing water for watering plants. It covers rustless gloves with cornstarch, avoiding wrapped silver in bleached linen, restoring fireplace bricks with a soda pumice salt cream, preventing hard water color on rice with cream of tartar or lemon juice, removing fresh grease spots with blotting paper and magnesia, laundering muslin curtains as pairs, salting and peppering techniques, and labeling children's rubbers with printed tape names to prevent loss.
A novice police officer, on his first morning on duty, sternly reprimands a motorist. The motorist explains he did not see the flashing light or hear the whistle, and the rookie admits he may be a failure on his first assignment.
An old Kellogg's All-Bran ad promotes regular digestion by addressing constipation with high fiber cereal. It advises daily use with milk or cream, water, and medical consultation if chronic, noting Kellogg's Battle Creek origin.
A brief aphorism notes that few are qualified to shine in company yet most men have the power to be agreeable, attributed to Switl.
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