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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
2
A terrified man recalls two bearded Afghans entering a sleeping tent at night. He is paralyzed with fear as blades swing, a companion dies, and a second attacker slips inside while he hides, awaiting a chance to act.
A toy sized bronze bucket found in a grave at Star xurd castle near Bargensdorf reveals that ancient German inhabitants used frankincense in funeral rites. The miniature censer, under an inch tall with a hanging chain, was tested by a Berlin microscopist who identified partly burned frankincense in its hardened contents.
A Hygeia Health Magazine writer notes that primitive people resist change with tenacious loyalty and examples that can be amusing, highlighting the persistence of traditional practices. The piece reflects on cultural inertia and the human tendency to cling to familiar norms.
The passage notes that native beliefs segment illness into four main categories: excess blood, excess bile, parasitic conditions, and illness from witchcraft. It adds that natives often rely on traditional remedies and only seek white missionaries or doctors when these methods fail.
The Coast Guard was created by an 1915 act from the Revenue Cutter Service and Life Saving Service. It operates under the Treasury in peace and Navy in war, enforcing maritime law, aiding navigation, preventing smuggling, and safeguarding life and property at sea.
Arthur Brisbane surveys propaganda limits and repeats, citing Edison influence and the aviation program. He analyzes the Van Sweringen empire collapse, hurricane forecasts, and political bets as Roosevelt campaigns among Midwest farmers, warning on inflation and policy impacts.
The article discusses fair distribution of chicken and fowl portions in meals to avoid partiality. It lists methods to mix dark and white meat and distribute neck legs wings across dishes like chicken pie croquettes and casseroles. It provides a recipe for chicken chartreuse with rice mold and tomato sauce.
Cute apron for three to six year old children measures 19 by 24 inches. Bear and ball tinted in yellow with cross stitch and outline stamping on un bleached material. Package No 6 is stamped ready to embroider and sew. Bind ing and thread not included. Sent postpaid for 15 cents from Home Craft Co. Dept A St Louis Mo. Include stamped addressed envelope for reply.
Australian Aborigines are rapidly dying out per a Commonwealth statistician report cited by a Sydney correspondent in the Los Angeles Times. The population fell 10 percent to 54,800, down from 59,000 a year earlier, with historical numbers once above 250,000. White diseases, contact with Europeans, and tribal extinguishment by smallpox and tuberculosis are cited as factors.
An article warns that eye defects rise with age and misuse. It explains light levels needed for reading and sewing, urging higher illumination. It recommends testing home lighting and using strong lamps to ensure 20 to 100 foot candles for safe vision.
The Smithsonian acquires specimens of the rare white oriole collected by Dr. Hugh M. Smith in southeastern Siam. The birds inhabit the upper forest canopy, migrate from China and French Indo-China, and feature pure white male breasts. The piece notes no relation to the Baltimore oriole or the robin.
An advertisement invites boys and girls to read the Grape Nurs notice in another column and join the Dizzy Dean Winners to win valuable free prizes.
Mike Yerkal of Spokane Washington, unemployed woodswain, received police protection for his beard after an attacker threatened to shave him out of town. He said he had worked two or three days in a camp north of Spokane when a man grabbed his beard and kicked his shin saying barbers keep him out of work. Police pledged beard protection.
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