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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
8
Hale receives a late call about trace poison in milk from Kaufman and theories of slow poisoning. He fears a killer among them and confronts Miss Hosanna, who responds with defiant sleepwalking denial as the mystery deepens.
In a shadowed room Hale wrestles with a frightened figure that is Miss Hosanna. The intruder’s sudden rush from the bed scene leads to a tense confrontation as the night’s nightmare returns to haunt the occupants.
The article traces ancient butter making from camel churns in deserts to goats milk butter in India and olive oil spreads in olive growing lands. It notes how Americans prefer cow milk butter and margarine, while other regions rely on different fats and methods, including hand churns and modern separators.
A humorous feature notes Finland where women dominate dentistry and many banking, stenography, and secretarial roles. It highlights gender balance with men avoiding conflict, women in politics, and tourists enjoying Lapland and round-the-clock golf in the sun.
A reader explains sewing living room draperies to fit French doors. The design uses hooks above the door, seven inches of overhang, and curtains sewn to rings to allow door operation. Mrs Spears offers step by step sketches from her sewing books and promotes related titles and a free Rag Rugs leaflet.
A collection of domestic tips covers preserving flannel brightness with glycerin in rinse water, safety steps for washing machine use, makeshift gelatin and macaroni mold ideas, orange zest in pies for flavor, invisible wool yarn joins, cleaning light shades with flour, leather care with sweet milk, and thorough rinsing for fine lingerie.
The National Safety Council charges pedestrians with a large share of traffic deaths in 1937, reporting 45 400 pedestrian fatalities and noting 67 percent of fatal incidents involved pedestrian law violations or unsafe behavior. It cites jay walking red light disregard drunken walking and mid block crossing as pedestrian faults.
A vintage health ad promotes E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervousness irritability and other female functional disorders. It claims decades of use and over a million women reporting benefits aiding physical resistance and calming nerves.
A reflective quote about laughter defining a home versus a tomb, attributed to G H Knight, noting a house without joy becomes a tomb.
An advertisement cites a 40 day plan used by 25 women in New York to drop fat. It endorses light meals, lean proteins, fruits and vegetables, plus Kruschen mineral water for waste removal, urging a 28 day commitment and availability at druggists.
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