The Bitter Truth Pearls Prompt a Quip Between Friends
Mrs Green reports Millie insult after a prompt about her pearls. Green recalls asking origin and Millie replies oysters.
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1947
Page
2
Mrs Green reports Millie insult after a prompt about her pearls. Green recalls asking origin and Millie replies oysters.
A humorous dialogue features a wife chiding men for relying on women to sew buttons. The husband retorts that without women men would have no need for buttons.
A fragmented literary line recalls a judge like question about trials and comfort while a chorus voice in the row replies with acquittal as the outcome.
A senate gallery visitor with his young son watches the session as the boy asks why the minister prays. The father explains the minister looked over the men and prayed for the country.
In a brief exchange the speaker recalls a girl calling him bomb and denies knowing her, replying that she did not know him from Atom.
Beverley a young wife recalls a navy hero husband and a fragile marriage. Her jealous temperament and maternal models fuel fear of rivals and strain the union. The piece indicts mothers for neglecting character building and warns that jealousy undermines even golden weddings.
Miss Norris decries spiritually lazy mothers who neglect character building for daughters while fussing over dancing lessons teeth and frocks. Beverley a spoiled bride warned her marriage may fail due to insane jealousy, unless a wise mother builds true character to avert catastrophe.
Vienna's 1946 population shows 938,501 women and 663,736 men amid a shortage of men. Officials note women face a long wait for partners as births favor boys slightly to this date, hoping balance may come if trends continue.
The article notes that nearly 30 percent of farms in the United States are rented and run by tenant farmers, highlighting a substantial share of agricultural land under tenant management.
Automatic Fuel Gas is described as the most completely automatic fuel. Gas heating units require no owner attention from season start to end but need at least one annual service by an experienced heating contractor.
Java's lush lands yield rubber quinine and a variety of valuable products. The island's crops include sugar coffee tea tobacco kapok teakwood and rice supporting its population and economies. Monkeys carabaos sarongs and earrings illustrate local color as readers learn about Java's wealth.
Phenolic resin coatings excel as primers on structural steel due to their imperviousness to water and moisture. They are pigmented with red lead, blue lead and other pigments to resist corrosion, used on underwater structures like locks and dams or interior protection of water tanks.
Dr. R S Dearstyne of North Carolina State College states there is no ultra superior chicken strain. Some breeds perform better as broilers or layers, but the key is breeding within the stock. A chick’s quality is fixed before hatching through prior selection.
Production of oxygen in the United States in 1939 totaled 4.6 billion cubic feet valued at 24 million dollars. During the war output rose to support metal working and shipbuilding, turning oxygen into a substantial industrial enterprise now estimated at 100 million dollars annually.
The article advises letting wool garments rest after wear to reduce wrinkles as wool springs back easily. It stresses that less pressing is needed when clothes are given a day or two of rest, preserving shape and reducing maintenance.
Britannica notes the Punans of Borneo have a greenish complexion from lifelong sun avoidance. They reportedly dwell in dim forest environments and rarely expose themselves to direct sunlight.
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