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Brimfield News in Brimfield, Illinois

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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1938

Page

3

Nine year old Bobby Confesses Spelling Pique

A clergyman tests Bobby Briggly on spelling in a humorous exchange. Bobby deflects by noting the dictionary spelling versus his own. The banter continues with a joke about hair and baldness as a listener teases. The scene reads like light schoolroom humor with a playful miscommunication.

Bobby Briggly

Discussing the child who has a lagging appetite

C Houston Goudiss explains why many children are undernourished and offers practical steps for parents to raise appetite. Key factors include diet quality, fatigue, overstimulation, and parental attitudes. He urges regular, calm meals, gradual dietary changes, and avoiding scolding while presenting varied, mild flavored foods.

C. Houston Goudiss Sutton

Child's Food Apathy May Signal Underlying Ailments

A mother faces a possible medical evaluation when a child chronically lacks interest in eating. The physician may need to investigate physical causes such as faulty elimination, diseased tonsils or teeth, or other hidden health issues.

Around the House Tips on Household Dyes and Tea

Abridged tips discuss using water for soap bubbles to color them for children and recommend darning cotton over slippery thread for perforations in paper patterns. It also notes a method to heat tea leaves by spreading the fresh packet on warm paper in a barely warm oven for about ten minutes to improve flavor and yield.

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