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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1930
Page
2
A children’s primer presents two Chinese tales. Wang the smart boy resolves a drowning by pounding a jar and weighing an elephant by balancing rocks against a chalk mark on a boat, using practical ingenuity and local trades. The piece notes cultural differences and a fascination with Chinese stories.
Nellie Maxwell urges more vegetables and less meat for healthier bodies. She provides cabbage based recipes including a cabbage dish with milk, flour and cream, and a German style cabbage salad with onion sugar salt pork and vinegar. The guidance emphasizes digestibility and flavor.
A Metropolitan Newspaper Service item uses a satirical allegory about Polly-Tik na rural politics and the plum tree forests of the east north south and west. It describes a beaked bird figure on a ballot box with peanut head and filbert body, painted stripes in purple and gold as a political caricature.
A 1920s column praises love matches over arranged marriages, arguing the matchmaker trade supports arranged unions. It cites an eightie thousand marriages figure to defend the traditional method and dismisses sentimental love as amateur, while noting the union’s stance and high fees funding social events.
A compact meditation on life as three fleeting days. The speaker likens mankind to a moth drawn to a candle, noting how time slips away, and urging reflection on how we spend our brief existence while acknowledging mortality and possible forgiveness.
A reflective essay argues vacations satisfy deeper needs beyond rest, feeding starved aspects of nature. It notes city and country seekers escape daily life, seek new climates, faces, and rhythms, to renew energy, break monotony, and return eager for work.
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union piece argues loyalty to the flag sustains patriotism and urges moral action to correct a country if it errs. It frames the flag as sacred, linking right to might and honoring those who died for America.
A guide listing vegetarian options and simple preparations. Cremlled celery, carrots with parsley, apples and carrots layered dish, dandelion greens with bacon fat and vinegar, celery fritters, and panned kale with cream and flour. Each recipe emphasizes easy cooking and flavor using common ingredients.
A historic collection of ice cream and sherbet recipes detailing French Strawberry Peach and Orange varieties. Instructions cover heating eggs with milk, sugar, and salt, chilling fruit with sugar, whipping cream, lemon juice, and freezing with ice and salt. Includes notes on texture and ripening for smooth frozen desserts.
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