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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
3
Prick plum skins in two or three spots to keep shape during cooking. If an egg overcooks, plunge the pan into cold water to restart softening. Filet fish by removing bones and splitting into wide strips, Soles yield good filets. Save vegetable boiling water for soup stock.
A short inspirational note quotes Edward Everett Hale on unity and progress. It emphasizes coming together beginning, keeping together progress, and working together success as guiding ideas.
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union item presents a recipe for a wall paper cleaner mixing flour salt coal oil vinegar ammonia and water. It also shares instructions for field mushrooms cleaned not washed and cooked in butter then served on buttered toast with a mushroom sauce.
In a concise note the origin of the slang word confab is traced to confabulation from Latin confabulatio. The piece asserts confab is not slang novelty but a classical expression. It references Bell Syndicate material from 1931 via WNU Service.
Worcester Massachusetts story reports Elsie Lavigne a 40 year old wife and mother secretly married James L Tully last June while continuing life with Henry Lavigne and her nineteen year old daughter. She claimed training as a practical nurse to juggle two households. Her real husband discovered the double life after one day.
A carpenter, curious about his wife’s nursing work, uncovers her double life. His investigation leads to Mrs. Lavigne’s arrest on a major charge.
Shamokin council adopts 11 pm curfew requiring all radio sets be turned down and windows closed when playing. Wilkes-Barre police pledge prompt action against loud radios, ordering volume cuts on complaints.
Fifteen year old Steve Cencak was bitten by a copperhead while picking berries in Newburgh New York. Local physicians and city health officials gave prompt aid followed by emergency hospital treatment and serum to save his life.
In My Airplane to Greedy Isle Dorothy Edmonds recounts a tale of Iween children who eat with greedy delight. They ignore manners, rush meals, and consume vast portions with eyes set where their stomachs should be, unlike the orderly world back home.
An advertisement touts Castoria as a gentle herbal remedy for restless, feverish children. It claims to ease constipation, promote natural bowel movement, and restore quiet sleep without harsh drugs. The copy stresses that Castoria contains no narcotics and bears the genuine name Castoria.
Advertises Castoria Hilcore n relief for burning itching and other skin diseases. Claims instant pain stop for burns and healing without scarring. Priced 30 and 60 cents. Encourages asking a druggist or sending 30 cents to The J W Cole Co Rockford NL for a package.
A column reviews Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls as a vivid Broadway portrait and notes New York’s literary bloom. Roger Bacon tells fish tales of the Palm Beach set, while others recall Leophard Auer gatherings and Johnsons of coastal fishing lore. The piece blends culture, humor, and coastal anecdotes from 1931.
Captain John E. Scott received the Distinguished Service Cross from General TEI Collins at Fort Myer in a formal ceremony. Cited for bravery in October 1918, he helped save the lives of an entire American regiment and now serves with the Metropolitan Police of Washington.
A seaside exchange centers on a playful question about a woman in a half-piece bathing suit. The remark identifies a designated chaperon, framing a lighthearted social moment among beachgoers.
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