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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
3
Light amusement notes two older women in backwoods banter about politics and cooking. One recalls a cookery book, another jokes about recipes starting with Take a clean dish. A golfer encounters a first day miscue and a par of 76.
Classified notice from Clark Gardner Nurseries offers vigor ous trees seeds and bulbs for beautifying grounds. Includes flowering struts ornamental trees eight to five percent, Weeping Willow and Poplar cuttings, perennials and gladiolus seeds, dahlia and lily garden seeds, surprise flowers, and nutrient solution. Pay carrier one dollar plus packing and delivery expenses. Satisfaction guaranteed. Osage, Missouri address provided.
A reader puzzle listing ten trivia questions and prompts including horse height, Greek goddess of the rainbow, daylight saving origin, Bible female names share, singular of dice, a First Lady nicknamed Her Majesty, Panama Canal ship capacity, The Cradle of American Liberty building, hymn writing origins, and which national holidays Congress created.
The list provides varied facts. Sixty inches appears as a height measure Iris is named as a subject Benjamin Franklin in France in 1784 is cited in a magazine piece Five percent are women who hold a particular trait or status Die is listed as an outcome Mrs Dolly Madison is referred to as Her Majesty Approximately 48 ships daily in the usual size at Boston’s Faneuil Hall Earliest hymn records trace to ancient Egypt honoring the sun god Ra The only national holiday ever through an act of Congress was the Centennial Anniversary of the Inauguration of the First President on April 30, 1789.
A paneled survey of oddities notes a Genoa church forbidding women since a biblical event, lists U S states without lynchings, flags seas bordering nations with lifeboat services, and mentions a Collier's claim that electrical histamine injections hasten bruise absorption within 24 hours.
A compact quotation notes that faith acts as the pencil of the soul, sketching heavenly things. Burbridge is referenced as the author of the idea.
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