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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
2
Letty Calvin, a young New Yorker, pursues criminal psychology and encounters Jeffrey Wilson posing as a burglar. After a cat and mouse chase, he reveals his true identity, and Letty falls in love, eventually marrying him. They live in a brownstone insula.
In Schuyler County New York eighty years ago John Corley split only enough wood for one day. When his wife warned she would call fire if the supply ran out she staged a dramatic prank during a haying rush. Neighbors gathered as she shouted Fire to wake him. He took the joke well and the couple lived happily ever after.
The needle and thread gift to Queen’s College students at New Year once signified thrift and readiness to mend garments. Originating with founder Robert de Eglesfield in 1840, the ritual is now mainly ceremonial as few students display or use the gift.
A European manufacturer of fake antiques buys a worm eaten oak shipment from America refused by a customer. The dealer celebrates saving effort, joking about worm holes. The piece reflects on clever money making schemes and the human brain’s surprising ingenuity.
A dialogue notes a couple embracing a simple life and back to nature. They claim progress has made crude personal habits, such as scratching a mosquito bite, acceptable in their circle.
A dialogue features Senator Sorghum claiming to calm a persistent taxpayer. He suggests the only remedy is to place the man in a tax collector role, as part of a bid to reduce ongoing complaints.
The piece argues for elegant simplicity over heavy trimming in junior fall coats, noting straight lines suit all figures and that grown up style can be achieved in material and cut. Camel hair patterns, fur fabrics, and navy crepe de chine dresses blend age appropriate tailoring with mature taste.
A US Department of Agriculture prepared report highlights 64 Wisconsin women’s clubs since 1919. In Marathon County 30 clubs formed a federation meeting twice yearly addressing county issues. Clubs added labor saving devices, water and lighting systems, and planned paper dress forms for neighbors. They funded local projects including a bubbling school fountain, town hall revamp, moving picture shows, playgrounds with a supervisor, and care for a motherless family with cooking guidance and clothing to keep the family intact.
The article describes fruit cups as refreshing appetizers using citrus like orange and grapefruit with fruits such as cantaloupe pineapple pears peaches and berries. It lists seasonal combinations for six servings and notes preparation tips sherbet cups serving style and sugar or salad variations.
The USDA recommends gentle washing of sweaters scarves and similar items. Use lukewarm soap solution and squeeze retain shape by keeping hands under garment while washing rinsing and draining. Ripples of water removed via wringing then reshape and pin if needed to dry.
The United States Department of Agriculture advises housewives who label jellies jams and canned fruits for sale to consult state food authorities about applicable weight or measure ingredients and labeling rules to follow.
Howelold advises on cooking times for custards to avoid watery texture and using salt with starch water to prevent freezing out. He recommends shoes stored on a closet shelf, adding salt to mustard to prevent drying, using four to five day old eggs for easy peeling, and placing eggshells in the wash boiler to whiten clothes.
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