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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1947
Page
8
A note to high school youths urging better spelling handwriting and manners. Patri stresses the importance of presenting oneself as a gentleman or lady in letters and in life, acknowledging youth’s desire for risk and adventure but urging respect for elders and self-improvement.
Recipes offer Corn Meal Mush Pie using veal stew and a buttered mush crust baked at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Also described is Molded Cottage Cheese Ring with fruit, using gelatin dissolved in cold water and chilled until set, served on lettuce with fresh fruit.
Puzzle items include across and down clues for a large cryptogram style crossword with entries on vitality sorrow education and various wordplay themes plus a cryptoquote. It lists clues for across and down entries, some with typos, and ends with a cryptogram quotation and a sample solution.
Francia Askham's A Foolish Wind follows Hugh Percheron an Engiehman on a postwar cultural quest to the mythical Morella. The tale blends palace intrigue revolutionary activity and love with an archaic translator’s tone as Hugh, naive and sheltered, confronts a dramatic upheaval and the mystery of poet Armid.
Bridge expert McKenney discusses the technique for establishing the side suit in bidding and play. The article outlines practical steps to improve safety and control in the suit, with emphasis on timing and position.
A review of Raven's Tableland by Vance Johnson chronicles the Dust Bowl era from archaeology to conquest and cattlemen. It frames the dust storms as the result of frontier policy and expansion, warning that the danger to land and people persists.
Mrs. Anne Cabot offers a Christmas tree ornament pattern pack that teaches children to craft eight to ten easy decorations. The kit features an angel tree topper, a Santa under the tree, beaded trims, and color flower chains. Patterns require 15 cents plus 1 cent postage and are sent from The Bridgeport Telegram, 1150 Avenue of the Americas, New York 19.
The Mayo Clinic reports using powdered red blood cells to treat leg ulcers caused by varicose veins and poor leg circulation. Patients received dressing washes, antibiotics, and then powdered blood cells applied to the cleaned ulcer with careful crust care. Healing appeared faster in about half the cases, though some patients showed no clear improvement over other methods.
New York reports from UP that chocolate sodas lead at the nation’s fountains by eight to one, with two of three patrons requesting chocolate. Chocolate also tops sundaes. summer favors regular sauce while winter prefers hot fudge. Vanilla remains about half of three billion quarts of ice cream, chocolate 15 percent, and 27 other flavors making up the rest.
A hungry cow wandered into the garden of William Marsh in Watford Hertfordshire and consumed sixty cabbages forty cauliflowers two hundred fifty cabbage plants twenty five feet of peas a long row of beans and fifty raspberry canes. The owner was brought before the magistrate and ordered to pay 50 dollars in damages.
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