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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
7
Jimmy Gierkenwell and the boy next door joke about Christmas gifts for their mothers. The wise lad quips he will give “a pair of suppers with soft soles” to his mother, contrasting silly ideas like a paper knife.
A child visits his grandmother hoping for candy or money to buy it. When told there is no money at the house the boy asks gravely if she could write a check. The tale ends with the hopeful prospect of his future understanding of money.
Dialogue shows Mr Coldcash pressing for service while an operator misidentifies the caller. The judge interjects amid rapid back and forth as the parties dispute who was given the number, revealing a playful yet tense exchange.
Notice describes catarrh as a local disease worsened by illness and improved by constitutional treatment. It claims to cleanse the blood and reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. Circulars free from J Cney & Co Toledo Ohio.
The passage recalls William Dean Howells describing southern Spain and large families. He notes many babies accompanying travelers in hotels and trains and a Malaga waiter humorously claiming a restaurant as a dining hall, prompting a quip about it being a bawl room.
Priscilla, newly attending school for a few days, tells a friend that her mother dislikes her going away and relies on home instruction. The friend asks about the father, who admits he is uneasy about the situation.
Lieuts Hinton Farrell and Kloor, three American naval officers, abandoned their wrecked balloon near Moose Factory on December 14 and survived a brutal hike home. Farrell recalls a grueling trek, scarce food, freezing nights, and a perilous search after landing in dense forests. A Cree trapper found them near Moose Factory, ending a perilous voyage that tested endurance and navigational skill.
Seasonal dishes showcase ice cream with toasted marshmallows and chocolate sauce, a frozen fruit salad, chestnut bavarian cream with gelatine and whipped cream, plus a butter cake with brown sugar frosting. The page also quotes an old saying about work and appetite.
Three balloonists started from Rockaway New York on December 1. A storm drove them northward and they landed on James Bay in Canada after drifting all night. They survived four days wandering in the woods and reached Moose Factory on December 18.
Fragmentary lines lyricize a distant peak and a soul’s encounter with a paradox of longing and fear. The imagery centers on unreachable height and the promise shadowed by doubt, invoking a quiet, introspective mood.
A retro recipe fragment describes Tango Salad with lemon treated pears filled with cheese, plus a jellied olive and nut salad mold, grape fruit salad with endive and spices, Spanish sandwiches with anchovy cream, and a banana pie. The text blends playful flavors with roughly measured steps and improvised mixings.
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