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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1936
Page
4
A vintage crochet pattern offer describes a peacock lace filet set for chair covers scarf ends and buffet sets. It promises simple K stitch guidance with diagrams and materials, and asks readers to mail 15 cents and their name address pattern number to The Sewing Circle New York.
A family scene on Christmas Eve unfolds with Lauris decorating, cookies baked, and gifts packed for a holly festivity. Johnny returns by plane, Santa appears, and a soldier arrives to greet Mrs. Johnson, as the household sings When Santa Comes Marching Home.
Oriented by the tradition of worship in darkness before dawn believers used candles to illuminate clandestine assemblies during persecutions. The practice linked candles to Christmas and church ceremonies.
A Miss Anna belle Robinson on home economics at the University of Illinois recommends a turkey size plan for Christmas. Allow three fourths of a pound per guest with dressing, or a larger share if no stuffing. A 15 pound bird serves about 20. a 10 pound bird serves about 13. smaller birds risk weaker flavor.
Robinson advises for Thanksgiving selection a fat plump turkey, preferably young, with smooth skin and meaty breast and thighs. A reasonably fatty bird yields better flavor and avoids the dry taste of poor flesh.
Holland children envision St Nicholas as a kind Spanish bishop who learned of their windmills and tulips and visited long ago on December 5. He began giving gifts and has since returned yearly to fill Dutch wooden shoes, while children leave carrots for his horse.
Dr. Helen Brenton Pryor proposes width based height and weight tables from a study of 10 000 youths and students. Width across the hips changes weight ranges and explains why many should not be judged by height alone. A Reader's Digest note praises raw vegetables for vitamins and minerals in quick meals.
A recipe instructs making orange pecan waffles by mixing flour salt sugar baking powder with melted shortening eggs milk and orange marmalade then folding in pecans and cooking on a hot waffle iron. Serve with Orange Fluff made by beating cream with sugar and orange marmalade for a topping.
The article notes six historic increases or constraints on the Supreme Court during U S history from 1807 to 1869. It details additions under Jefferson and Jackson, Civil War expansions under Lincoln, a 1866 restriction during Johnson, and a restoration to nine under Grant, with brief reasons for each change.
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