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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1936
Page
2
Quick, easy crochet square pattern 5193 with instructions, illustration, and materials. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. for the pattern, include name and address.
A fragment of a dialogue shows a mother praising a child named Frank as a pianist. A professor comments on his playing while a pop culture remark and a teacher question about the seven wonders of the world appear. The exchange ends with a childhood memory.
A master remarks to his maid that she is dirty, provoking her blush and a witty retort that she is prettier when clean. The exchange unfolds as a light, potentially risqué moment in the household.
A classroom joke where a teacher quizzes Tom on a twelve pound turkey and a nine o'clock train. Tom shifts from uncertainty to clever miscount, answering nine pounds after catching the idea. The exchange plays on words about numbers and timing.
The article notes that strength is crucial for women undergoing menopause and emphasizes the need for optimal nourishment. Cardus is presented as helpful, increasing appetite and aiding digestion to promote conversion of food into tissue and overall strengthening of the body.
A terse anecdote notes that a reckless driver is never proven wreckless. The saying reflects a cautionary attitude toward fault and accountability in transportation events.
Lesson for October 11 surveys Acts 16 verses 22 through 34 and Philippians 3 7 14. It contrasts Christianity with crooked business and details Paul and Silas in prison, the jailer’s conversion, and the apostle’s single minded pursuit of Christ. The discourse urges belief in Jesus Christ for salvation and a life surrendered to God.
A Pathfinder Magazine piece explains that worn soiled paper money is returned to the Treasury for destruction and replacement with bright new notes. It estimates a ton of mixed denominations would include about 590000 one-dollar bills and other counts, showing larger denominations wear slower and circulate less than smaller notes.
A terse quip follows a house party when the husband notices his wife silent. He breaks the quiet with the pointed question about his social missteps, capturing a moment of marital tension and social etiquette in a single line.
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as a cure for coughs from colds chest colds and bronchial irritation claiming it soothes and loosens phlegm with a money back guarantee if not satisfied from the first dose the copy repeats the product name with misspellings and promotional language.
A quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln reflects on how misery cannot easily take hold when a man believes in his own worth and feels a kinship with the Creator who made him. The line casts self worth as a shield against despair and invites contemplation of moral self-respect.
A Pasadena woman reports skin relief from pimples and eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three weeks. The ad promotes buying both products, offers free samples by mail from Malden Mass, and cites a consumer signed testimonial.
A compact reminiscence of Ralph Waldo Emerson noting that a great person maintains the independence of solitude amid the crowd, balancing personal judgment with public presence. The aphorism contrasts ease of living by social opinion with solitary integrity.
The aphorism asserts that defeating personal desires is a tougher, nobler victory than defeating external foes. It emphasizes inner discipline and self mastery as the highest form of triumph.
Dr. R. W. Gerard of the University of Chicago reports using a needle sized thermometer to track brain temperature changes as the optic pathways are stimulated and touch areas are activated. The apparatus shows a temporary rise of about one hundredth of a degree during sight and touch, partly from increased blood flow and partly from nerve activity.
Washington patent by John Hays Hammond Jr describes a 'cannot miss' torpedo that returns to strike an enemy battleship after a miss. It includes radio control to form attack salvos and steer left or right, with a magnetic balance mechanism that activates on a miss to turn the torpedo toward the hull.
New York reports a tentative drop in death by own action among insured wage earners for the year if the first half trend continues. Metropolitan Life figures show 8.9 suicides per 100 000 in six months. Dr Louis I Dublin notes the rise also followed prosperous years, suggesting economic factors.
Cambridge mass Harvard explorers uncover evidence that plants migrated across the Northern Pacific nearly 200 million years ago in the Lower Perman. Two new Tingia species are described by the Harvard University Botanical Museum, a genus previously unknown in America but found in China. Tingia resemble cycads, flourishing in the Mesozoic era with palm like trunks and fern like crowns.
Berlin report details Dr Martin Eisentraut University of Berlin study of 6000 bats in winter quarters in central Germany. Bats migrate mostly north and east with ranges under 300 miles. females use a nursery cave while males rarely enter. Males and females share winter caves but nursery caves remain a male-free zone.
A Washington patent to Levi S Paddock and Cleo A Rinehart of Chicago covers tenderizing meat by pumping enzyme solutions such as trypsin pepsin and papain into the arterial system of cattle after slaughter. The method aims to speed tenderness by bypassing aging, exposing the heart and injecting through arteries.
A compact glossary of phrases with meanings in English. Includes examples in French Italian and Latin such as A votre sante Beaux esprits Carte blanche Est modus in rebus Le roi le veut and Non constat. Each entry pairs the foreign phrase with its translation or explanation.
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