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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
2
A humorous exchange explores domestic life with a wife who drives the car each morning and a light remark that the speaker’s wife runs the vehicle rather than the other way around. The dialogue plays on mistaken sympathy and everyday routines.
Two soldiers return to camp after heavy drinking. One nearly collapses, but the other steadies him and explains to a wary sentry that the man is simply past his bedtime and being helped home without disturbing his sleep.
A brief review of Frank R. Stockton’s The Lady or the Tiger. The tale is set in a semi barbaric kingdom where justice is a trap. a defendant faces two doors one hides a tiger and the other a maiden. If the tiger door is chosen guilt is punished instantly. If the maiden door is chosen innocence brings a swift marriage.
Franklin Stockton born in Philadelphia in 1834 built a career as editor and writer. He worked on St. Nicholas Magazine Century and Hearth and Home as assistant editor and contributed humorous fiction. He died in 1902 and was known for The Ting-a-Ling Stories Rudder Range and humor drawn from feminine temperament.
A royal tale describes a princess who must decide the fate of her lover by directing him to one of two doors the right one hiding a tiger the left releasing a lady. Frank Stockton notes the burden of the choice and leaves readers to decide which door prevailed.
Farm topics advise adequate range shade and green feed as essentials for keeping flocks healthy in hot summer. Growers marketing birds should follow careful feeding with a home mix including corn meal middlings oats bran and various proteins and minerals. Milk is valuable but must be fresh in clean containers and water should always be available, shaded if possible.
Purdue veterinary chief Dr. R A Craig warns that encephalomyelitis or blind staggers, an infectious nervous system disease of horses and mules, peaks in hot weather across the West, Midwest and Atlantic states. Early care offers best cure chances, though no universal remedy exists.
Turkeys thrive when kept outdoors as much as possible and should not be hatched by hens. Keep breeding and young stock away from barnyard hens to prevent disease. If disease hits breeding stock, incubate the eggs and rear poults in brooders to protect the flock.
Reading from Country Home Magazine, the piece warns that feeding pigs too many peanuts or soybeans cuts pork quality and incurs penalties. It notes peanut fed hogs can be finished with corn, soybean fed hogs improved by extracting oil, and advocates feeding beans as meat with a balanced ration to reduce losses from packer to table and lessen fat.
The New York State College of Home Economics says buying eggs when prices are low and storing them in waterglass saves money. Fresh eggs stored this way retain flavor whip well and cook satisfactorily in many ways.
Fashion patterns offer two dresses with seasonal versatility. Patterns No 1462 and No 1561 require small yardages and come with a sew chart suitable for beginners. Order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Ill at 15 cents each.
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