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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
3
A compilation of practical household advice extracted from the era, covering storage of dried beet in a refrigerator, velvet use for manicuring, egg sandwich ideas, borax in wash water for tea towels, preserving casters with wax, reconditioning sponges, silver cleaning with hot ammonia, and organizing dessert lists by meal suitability and days.
An article shows transforming dated white linen scarves with turquoise scarves matching room decor. It explains drawing work by pulling threads to form an opening, hemming edges, and suggests using linen or mercerized thread. It promotes sewing books by Mrs. Spears and related leaflets with a mail order offer.
A batch of ten trivia prompts covers sports terms mythic actions linguistic notes and wordplay. Topics include Texas leaguer crossed the Rubicon semi-conscious Cleopatra Wandelion Prospice and hyphenated animal names with unrelated meanings.
The passage lists color theory color mixing into white and outlines zodiac signs Leo Taurus Aries and Capricornus. It explains transition from unconscious to conscious, and contrasts the reverse. It hints Cleopatra and Caesar’s fate tied to attractiveness, French etymology dent de lion for plant leaves, a forward-looking meaning, and examples like pig iron dog watch horse chestnut and monkey wrench.
A short fly falls between infield and outfield beyond reach. Caesar leads his army in historic maneuvers. Savage means untamed while barbarian marks the line between savage and civilized in ancient definitions.
A fragmentary dialogue captures two people planning a cautious financial and social evening. They discuss a second payment from a brother who owes fifty, a costly curve for a car, staying home to listen to the radio, and taxi plans if rain hits. The tone is light and pragmatic.
A cryptic note echoes Ben Jonson on the dignity of truth amid protests, with a fragmentary line “Near Truth Needs No to Defense” followed by “Wet is” suggesting an incomplete quotation or misprint.
A brief quotation notes that there is no index to character beyond a point defined as sixty in a missive attributed to Disraeli. The remark reflects on the limits of measuring virtue with a fixed scale and the subtleties of voice and personality.
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