Squeezed Lemon Trick Nets Tax Collector Highlight
A fair strongman challenges the crowd with a lemon and a $5 prize for more juice. A small man steps forward, squeezes out several drops, and explains, I am a tax collector.
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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1941
Page
6
A fair strongman challenges the crowd with a lemon and a $5 prize for more juice. A small man steps forward, squeezes out several drops, and explains, I am a tax collector.
A wry remark suggests a wealthy man used other people's money for his mansion. The exchange casts doubt on the source of funds and the ethics of conspicuous wealth.
A church supper guide promotes informal fun and ample food with simple cooking tips. Chicken or Turkey a la King is suggested, using four 4-pound chickens stewed and cut into pieces to serve about 50.
Recipes and menu ideas from a 1950s home kitchen include turkey gravy with mushrooms and peppers, baking powder biscuits, scalloped potatoes, Sunset Salad with gelatin and pineapple, meat loaf, boiled coffee, and after game supper suggestions. Notes mention Mrs. Lou Little as a social host, with kitchen tips and serving ideas.
Year round dining idea. Prunes stuffed with cream cheese and nuts served with orange sections and lettuce. Beets and carrots diced with celery mixed with mayonnaise. Oranges marinated in French dressing. Pineapple and fresh orange sections on lettuce. Grapefruit and orange halves add color. Crumbled hard cooked egg with peas and salad oil finishes the mix.
Bob Hope tops radio and screen fame and authors a best selling autobiography They Got Me Covered Critics and readers hail it as one of the year s funniest books The volume includes photographs cartoons and humorous life scenes and is sold nationwide for 10 cents with Pepsodent purchase Adv
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