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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
7
A household guide offers party menus and simple home techniques for entertaining teens with stylish yet easy fare. Includes decaffeinated coffee, rolled sandwiches, petit fours style cakes, orange muffins, cornucopia sandwiches, ginger creams, and college icing.
Eleanor Howe offers a booklet titled Easy Entertaining with menus and tested recipes for teen age parties, picnic lunches, and beach gatherings. The pamphlet promises formal and informal entertaining ideas and can be obtained for 10 cents by sending to Easy Entertaining at 019 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, released by Western Newspaper Union.
A May 26 lesson contrasts the old Mosaic covenant with the new covenant of grace foretold by Jeremiah. It explains the old covenant as national, conditional, and broken, then presents the new covenant written on hearts, universal knowledge of God, and grounded in God’s unbreakable promises.
The excerpt cites Robert Burton urging self contentment. It references hares planning to drown themselves due to misery, but upon seeing frogs more fearful than themselves, they gain courage. The passage invites readers to compare their own estate with others.
A reflective quote urges performing good deeds without seeking praise. It notes true satisfaction comes from being decent when helping neighbors, letting the act reveal itself rather than broadcasting kindness. The message centers on virtue, modesty, and social harmony.
A man who has begun to live more seriously within starts living more simply without. The quote attributed to Phillipy Brooke reflects on inward discipline shaping outward behavior.
A pattern description promoting a beautifully graceful dress, designed to flatter a slender figure with a long uninterrupted back line and a V neck. It outlines front panel shaping, waist and hip shaping, optional lace trim, and fabric yardage for sizes 36 through 52. Pattern No. 8631. Send order to.
A set of general knowledge questions with answers covering hills on Rome, Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion, Lady Godiva’s ride, meanings of salaam and related terms, Democratic nomination majority, reasons for rat use in research, and effects of altitude on car horsepower. Includes both questions and concise answers.
Bertha disobeys her mother by fidgeting with a chocolate box lid during a dull play. The mother warns sternly to stop fidgeting. Bertha asks in a sly, humorous aside whether the punishment would be a hairbrush or a hand.
Discretion hearing recalls a timid husband who, with candle, investigates downstairs as his wife hides under bedclothes. He discovers a burglar who aims a revolver, and the man quips he is only walking in his sleep. Maid and choir boy gags follow with quick quips about manners and attire.
In a clipped wartime exchange a British sergeant asks for timekeeping ideas while an orderly explains saving stones twice weekly to reach a thousand. A cynic notes public official troubles and a modest view of rank. The dialogue hints at war fatigue and self-perception among military men.
A fragment speaks of pity that vanishes when danger is extreme and fear overrides feeling, referencing Caesar and a dent ear as odd phrasing. The line implies a collapse of sympathy under threat within a classical or literary frame. No clear event or date is provided.
A succinct reflection notes that books gain chief value from the stamps of ages they endure, likening them to proverbs. The quotation by Sir William Temple emphasizes enduring worth derived from history and wisdom.
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