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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1940
Page
5
A home columnist shares traditional Christmas desserts with detailed fruit cake and cookie recipes. The piece covers fruit cake preparation, storage, icing, and gifting ideas, plus instructions for Gum Drop Cookies and Yuletide Cookies, including ingredients, mixing steps, and baking guidance.
The article notes Rumpus Gloves in rumpus red as a sought after campus girl fashion item. It describes the glove color as cerise toned red and eye catching at a glance. The velveteen dress is school house green with red felt insets and a peaked suede hat in rumpus red.
The column advises against converting interior paint for exterior use and recommends buying high quality exterior paint. It says roof shingles can be laid over old shingles in New Jersey for insulation and cost savings, avoiding tear-off. It also covers repairing a cracked porch floor by reinforcing and sealing with roofing cement and aluminum paint, plus a method for fixing torn documents.
Henry David Thoreau argues adversity tests character and belief. He asserts misery comes from lack of adversity and that external public opinion pales before one’s own judgment of self. He contends a person’s thoughts about himself determine his fate.
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