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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1949
Page
2
A nostalgic meditation on past boxing legends. The speaker ponders where icons like Corbett Jeffries Fitz Lewis Dempsey Tunney would be seen today, lingering in memory as old fighters echo through time.
The writer ranks Ezzard Charles among post Tunney pre Louis heavies and critiques the Charles Walcott clash as a weak title bout. He argues Charles is a solid boxer with limited power and that Woodcock and Savold offer little challenge in a shrinking era of heavyweight boxing.
Guidance on using fresh colorful vegetables to boost appetite in hot weather. Tips cover cooking with minimal water mild seasoning to retain crisp texture, and ideas for a summer salad with blue cheese anchovy dressing and a Chinese salad with assorted vegetables.
A collection of simple garden dish ideas includes Asparagus with Sour Cream Sauce serving two, Broiled Tomatoes for six, and a Corn Tomato Casserole. Each recipe lists ingredients such as sour cream horseradish cheese bread crumbs and bacon, plus baking times and temperatures.
A recipe notes refrigerating the salad ingredients for one hour then draining excess dressing. Serve with mayonnaise and top with minced chives. The directions mention optional one teaspoon of soy sauce and finishing with a French dressing twist.
In a north Iowa town Estelle Owens asks Kathleen Norris for guidance on her mother's mental illness and costly private care. Norris urges moving the elderly mother to a state asylum, arguing it offers better care and relieves strain on the family finances and marriages.
Humorous observations note husbands balk at hat prices yet value entertainment. others credit their mothers while some credit uncles for guidance. The comic reflections explore intergenerational debt and affection in a light social vignette.
Relax in comfortable yard porch furniture crafted from solid hardwoods. Ready for assembly at $3.95 plus transportation from Sedlo Company, New Orleans. Also offered concrete block machine with conveyors and mixers. can produce eight by eight by sixteen blocks, priced at $1,800, Port Arthur, Texas.
Mixed classified item notes a personal convalescent home in Moulton Texas offering room board and nursing care. It also lists poultry chicks and equipment with prices, real estate for sale in Houma and Austin area, plus rental ads for a modern two room apartment near Allenspark Colorado with weekly or monthly terms.
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