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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
3
Josephine and Mac Silver push west through a mountain blizzard seeking California for Mac’s health. A border patrolman, Jerry Boseman, offers shelter and help guiding them back to the highway. They share gratitude and hope as the year begins.
Since 1911 J. W. Hunefeld wears a red necktie and walks to the White House hoping for a New Year handshake. He succeeded until 1933 when Hoover left town. Roosevelt stopped the greeting in 1934 and Hunefeld has not seen the President since, shown barred by gates.
The piece traces New Year’s Eve to Roman Saturnalia and Janus worship, noting Caesar’s calendar reform shifted start dates and emperors once required gifts. It highlights evolving customs from winter solstice to English tea and floor-show pricing, ending with Claudius’s attempt to regulate gifts.
Former heavyweight champion and New York restaurant operator Jack Dempsey urges restraint for New Year’s Eve. He notes many young women drink only ginger ale or non alcoholic mixes and predicts a quiet but festive night with minimal boisterousness. He adds that midnight kissing need not signal affection.
A New Year reflection urges mothers to evaluate daily routines and improve family health through thoughtful nutrition. It emphasizes that well being comes from smart food choices not luxury, notes malnutrition exists across wealth, and promotes affordable dairy, fruits, and vegetables year round.
The passage urges homemakers to reflect on their family’s meals and assess whether they have provided essential nutrients. It questions if recent changes in diet align with modern nutritional science, asking about sufficient protein fats carbohydrates minerals vitamins and fiber for buoyant health.
Do not be too discouraged if you cannot answer yes to all of these questions. The piece notes mothers are busy and many feel that it is partially negative to admit. It encourages persistence and practical assessment of household tasks.
Figures from the Paris post of the American Legion show slightly over 1500 Never-Go-Home veterans of the A E F remain in France twenty years after World War I ended with the Armistice at Bethondes. Most are married to French wives, many have not returned to the United States, and some will live as exiles until death, yet none has renounced U S citizenship.
The speaker urges homemakers to base family diets on protective foods like milk eggs fruits and vegetables in 1939. Weekly guidance will interpret nutritional science to boost mental and physical efficiency, encouraging a path toward well being in the new year.
Mrs Spears explains a cost effective method to fashion a double bedspread from 10 yards of 39 inch taffeta. Cut the center panel first, split remaining fabric for two ruffles, and sew welted seams with generous margins. Includes directions for 36 inch cotton material and book offers with autograph option.
The New Year marks a turning point for about 5 000 yearlings and half as many two year olds as they become eligible to race under colors for the first time. Yearlings join the juvenile racers and edge toward Derby Preakness and Belmont purse races while Man o War marks twenty second birth day in Kentucky.
A historic instruction describes simmering spices in water with cardamom cloves nutmeg mace ginger and cinnamon then mixing with port sherry or madeira and sugar. Whisk eggs then warm spice wine add remaining and finally stir briskly to froth. Top with 12 roasted apples and serve hot.
Practical household guidance covers rust prevention for steel with lime in storage, basement fire hazards from inflammable clutter, dyeing fabrics in a washing machine, inspecting baby's toys for loose parts, sifting sugar for uniform texture, buying spices in small packs, cleaning burnt pans with salt, and air drying damp fur garments away from heat.
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