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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1937

Page

4

Buster Bear Tests Jumper’s Promise In Green Forest

In a woodland tale Buster Bear laughs at Reddy Fox’s scare and thanks Jumper the Hare. Buster asks Jumper to warn him of any danger from Farmer Brown’s boy with a gun and to keep out of sight if he’s nearby.

Buster Bear Reddy Fox Reddy Buster Jumper the Hare Juniper Jumper Hare Jumiper Green Forest Farmer Brown Chatterer Red Squirrel Mrs. Grouse Peter Rabbit Sammy Jay Sammy

Hungry Bear Seeks Honey After Reddy Fox Departure

Buster Bear laments hunger and asks Jumper to find honey after being terrified away from Reddy Fox. Jumper promises help, hoping to locate a sweet treat for his grateful friend. The tale unfolds with forest characters seeking a seasonal indulgence.

Shrimp use rises after improved canning inspection

The Seafood Statistics Bureau notes millions more shrimp eaten in the last year than the previous five, citing better quality from Agriculture Department inspection of harvesting and canning. The piece describes popular shrimp dishes and provides several recipes including croquettes, scalloped shrimp, bacon-wrapped shrimp, and Sunshine Salad with gelatin, plus a flaming sweet potato dish.

Seafood Statistical Bureau Bureau Department of Agriculture

Manners of the Moment and the Cocktail Toothpick

A humorous guide notes the dangers of cocktail toothpicks near diners. It advises removing the toothpick from the cherry before drinking or eating, using a plate or napkin, and returning the pick after finishing. It urges hostesses to pass toothpicks separately with canapes.

Cherry

Insulating My Home Steam Boiler Waste

Roger B. Whitman recalls installing a two boiler for a steam heating system years ago. The exterior enamel hid hot surfaces and warmed the cellar, wasting heat that should have warmed upstairs. After removing sheet metal he found asbestos board insulation beneath and air gaps, causing heat loss.

Insulating a Boiler for Efficiency and Safety

Practical guide by Razer B. Ianan on insulating a boiler using high temperature cement and rock wool. Describes filling surface gaps, applying lath to create a dead air space, binding rock wool, and finishing with muslin and aluminum paint. Notes that professional installation yields fuller efficiency gains, though skilled amateurs can accomplish good results.

Razer B. Iianan

Fog light by John Hays Hammond Jr and Swiss cheese curing

The article describes Hammond Jr. presenting a fog piercing apparatus using a photo flood bulb in a riding light with a fresnel lens. It mentions operation with a fog horn for simultaneous lighting and horn and a range of about a quarter to a half mile. It also notes Swiss cheese curing in two stages across two cellars and aging for eight to ten months.

John Hays Hammond, Jr

How and Sew Ruth Wyeth Spears Modernize Walnut Chair

Ruth Wyeth Spears demonstrates updating an old walnut chair with removed arms and carved details covered. The back replaced with fiberboard and tufted cotton cushion, fastened by tapes. tacking options shown. A rust cotton cover and a note on Spears Sewing book offers step by step upholstery and home crafts.

Quotations from notable figures on courage humor and success

A collection of famous quotes from Bruce Barton Albert Einstein Sinclair Lewis B M Baruch Will Durant Jack Dempsey and A J Jennings. The lines reflect views on cost ambition humor and achievement with concise aphorisms.

Bruce Barton Albert Einstein Sinclair Lewis B. M. Baruch Durant Jack Dempsey A. J. Jennings

To Create If you would create something you must be something

The quotes compare creativity to being, noting that making something requires embodying the idea. It presents a Goethe sentiment on creation and a Voltaire line about sacred age of abuse, reflecting on moral tension between art and harm.

Goethe

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