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Newspaper
Camden Record News
Location
Camden, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
4
Peggy searches a large old house for hidden treasure with her uncle Ned. A secret cupboard reveals a gold piece and a letter promising five more treasures if she stays thorough, igniting Peggy’s eagerness to hunt further.
Essay recalls aging actors seasonally out of work and living simply in a shore shack with memories of stage life. An old performer keeps a telephone for outside world, a link to fame, while awaiting a new part. The piece contrasts theatrical life with changing fashion and theater leases.
A fragment of dialogue explores couples debating who will do which tasks after marriage. The exchange hints at expectations and humor in a newlywed household.
In Oakland, California a Superior Court ruling awarded Miss Victoria Nowell the $30,000 estate of her sister Miss Harriet Nowell after graphologist E O Hetnbleh testified that the shorter will giving all to Victoria was penned later than a will that divided the estate for charity. Judge Lincoln Church accepted the later dating and favored the claimant.
The article describes making Pumpkin Preserves by cooking pumpkin with sugar and lemon or ginger, then simmering to a thick syrup and sealing. It also covers Pear and Apple Conserve with raisins walnuts and lemon rind, and Peach Chutney with onions raisins pepper ginger mustard and brown sugar, cooked until thick and packed hot in bottles. Published 1932 by Western Newspaper Union.
In a discussion of entertainment trends, a plan emerges to take performances directly to customers aboard a vaudeville trucking route. Actors out of work consider touring shows and passing the hat for income. The piece notes the rocking chair’s invention about 300 years ago and remarks on long familiarity with sitting in them.
Alexander Kowera a florist dozed at the wheel of his car in Lynn Massachusetts. The vehicle struck a hydrant releasing water which felled a telegraph pole and high tension wires crippling the Pines river drawbridge and disabling district street lights. The fire caused by the wires led to burns for Kowera who was later fined 25 dollars for reckless driving.
In Brandon Oregon a sixty year old parrot alerted owners Mr. and Mrs. G C Way and daughter Catherine to a blaze. The family escaped but Polly the parrot died along with four love birds and twelve canaries in the home fire.
A guide offers practical tips from an old notebook. It covers labeling jars with adhesive tape and red ink, soaking peeled potatoes to reduce starch, repairing stockings by stitching, and making dust cloths from worn stockings. It also suggests a dessert idea of gingerbread with whipped cream or ice cream.
Ed Peake shot Bud Martin then drove him to a hospital and pledged to cover all expenses before surrendering to police. Authorities reported cooperation and no major trouble surrounding the incident.
Washington reports from the American Railway Association show odds against a railway passenger dying in an accident while traveling are 150 000 000 to 1. This figure is presented as reassuring in the era's transportation safety discourse.
Canada will retain the present size of its dollar bills for an indefinite period. Earlier reports suggested a U S style size change, but the plan was dropped after some banks offered a new issue of large bills according to the department of finance.
In 1850 Gen. Mariano Vallejo imported two houses for his Sonoma area estate. One came from Switzerland, dismantled and shipped around the Horn, assembled by Indians without nails or screws. The other was built in New York, taken apart and moved over prairies and mountains to its site.
A playful exchange shows a child asking for birthday skates as a wish. The mother responds with affection and curiosity about the request, revealing a domestic moment of holiday anticipation and parental negotiation.
The piece argues that skepticism toward astrology remains, yet everyday language preserves old astrological notions. It traces jovial to Jupiter and lunatic to Luna, noting science may rise and fall but ancient terms linger in expressions describing mood and constitution.
Breeders near Stuart Nebraska tattoo silver foxes with black ink in the ears to record lineage and birth year. The method uses an electric needle and lasts for the fox’s life, with one ear bearing the S S mark and the other showing a year and number for tracking.
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas notes capes and near-capes rise to prominence in evening wear. Detachable self material capes border with sable or blue fox fur. gowns range from gold and silver lame to white crepe with silver trimmed capes. The piece covers ermine trims, wrap versatility, and a new white velvet angel-wing cape with silver fox accents.
The article notes fashion toward tightly fitted dresses and coats, comparing it to Victorian era style. It stresses careful attention to small styling details and the importance of proper corseting as silhouettes grow tighter and smoother regardless of the wearer’s figure.
French designers are pleased with black returning as a fashionable afternoon color. They favor black as their old favorite and have produced many designs in black materials, showing its versatility and limits.
Scarves of wool chiffon velvet and silk are urged as essential for color contrasts this year. Collectors welcome a range from hand knitted color tricks to snooty velvet pieces to match salts coats and frocks.
French fashion houses highlight crystal bracelets with evening gowns. Vionnet leads with bracelets enhancing gowns through transparent colors that harmonize or contrast the dress.
All silk velvet corduroy is worn by smart Parisiennes for street wear. Miranda pairs collar and cuffs with otter fur and brown corduroy. The article notes how the stripe pattern is manipulated in this season's models. Suzanne Lenglen wore a white silk ribbed velvet frock at a Paris night club gathering.
Metal belts feature heavily this season, combining copper, chromium, silver, and gold with fabric or ribbon. Glittering Rhine stone belts match shoulder straps and appear on numerous new evening gowns.
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