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Newspaper
Glen Rose Reporter
Location
Glen Rose, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1940
Page
7
A devotional lesson centers Psalm 103 urging believers to praise God in difficult days. It highlights personal blessings, forgiveness of sins, and everlasting loving kindness, stressing praise as essential to daily fellowship and witness. The tale of a rat during Hardley Page's flight illustrates that Satan flees from praise.
A household column offers refreshing fruit drinks and quick iced beverages for hot days. It shares lemonade tips, sugar syrup recipe, fruit garnish ideas, and simple desserts like Pineapple Raspberry Punch Fool Proof Cookies Chocolate Freeze Blackberry Cocktail and Iced Tea. It notes limited ad copy for Eleanor Howe cookbooks and a Father Feeding cookbook offer.
Advice on choosing washable dress fabrics and hardware. Emphasizes selecting durable buttons belt buckles and shoulder padding that resist wear and tear. Recommends color fast contrasting trimmings braid and bindings to endure frequent rubbing.
Two new home appliances promise double duty. A washer doubles as a kitchen table when idle, and an ironer folds into a handsome hardwood cabinet suitable for living room display.
The design trains a slip with bosom gathers and a dart fitted waist to smooth the silhouette, with seven steps in a sew chart. It covers sizes 14 through 42 and lists fabric needs for size 16, plus yardage for straps and decorative lace. Send orders to the noted address.
Practical kitchen hints include softening dried glue with vinegar, cooling pies on a colander for quick air circulation, flattening cookies by a knife blade dipped in cold water, and storing salad oil in a dry cold place. Keep spices and cereals tightly covered. lemon slices with parsley enhance fish salad. fruit waffles can use crushed pineapple and candied citrus in fritter batter.
The dialogue wanders through memories of love during a storm and a farmer's dining mishap with a miniature steak. The text then shifts to snippets about a popular show, a joke about a sewing machine return, and a wry line about face powder versus baking powder.
In a brief exchange an elderly speaker admits age affecting memory while a younger man jokes about truthfulness. The moment captures a lighthearted contrast on honesty and aging within a domestic setting.
A playful exchange imagines Christopher Columbus living today as a remarkable figure and would be five centuries old. The dialogue features a teacher or interviewer and student banter reflecting on history and longevity.
A village tale recalls a cautious Scot who keeps a note book to rate courtship. He counts ten good points and plans to speak once he reaches the goal. The lass counters with nineteen bad points and a pledge to marry Ferguson the plumber at twenty.
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