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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
7
Practical kitchen tips advise pricking plums in two to three spots before cooking to keep shape and size. If an egg is overboiled, plunge into cold water to re soften. Filleting certain fish like soles yields boneless filets. Save boiled vegetable water as stock for soups.
A quote attributed to Edward Tv emphasizes how coming together starts, keeping together advances, and working together achieves success. The message frames unity as foundational to progress and achievement.
The article gives a mixture to clean wallpaper with flour salt coal oil vinegar ammonia and water cooked to dryness. It also describes gathering field mushrooms without washing and cooking them in butter, serving the caps with buttered toast as a luncheon dish.
A reporter traces the slang confab to its Latin origin confabulatio and explains it as a simple abbreviation. The piece notes the term's classically rooted meaning and its everyday usage in conversation.
Worcester banker Elsie Lavigne, forty, lived with Henry Lavigne while secretly wed James L. Tully, a cable repairman. For over two months she managed both households without her husbands suspecting, telling them she would take up practical cursing to justify divided time. One day her real husband learned of the other home and confronted her.
Shamokin Pennsylvania adopts an ordinance setting 11 p m as the curfew for radio sets within the borough. All units must be turned down so sound cannot escape houses and windows must be closed when playing. Wilkes Barre police warn they will promptly respond to loud radio complaints and order immediate reduction.
Steve Cencak, fifteen, was bitten by a copperhead while picking berries in Newburgh New York. Local physicians and city health department officials gave prompt aid and he received serum at a hospital.
A short children's poem narrates a voyage to an island of children whose eyes are where their stomachs should be. The narrator contrasts their polite manners with their gleeful messy appetites and unwashed hands as they crowd food without waiting or using utensils.
A reminiscence style piece notes a surge of modern authors and autobiographies in a Wall Street era. It praises Damon Runyon’s Guys and Dolls for Broadway insight and humor, and idly recounts social scenes, fishing tales, and letters from notable figures like Leopold Avert and Roger Bacon.
An advertisement urges parents to use Castoria to ease a child’s restless sleep from discomfort. It claims Castoria is a gentle, vegetable laxative with no harsh drugs or narcotics and promises prompt relief to encourage bowel movement for a return to restful sleep.
An advertisement for Cole's Carbolisalve claiming quick relief for burning itching and skin diseases. It asserts instant pain stop for burns and scarless healing with 30c or 60c sizes. Readers are urged to buy from a local druggist or mail 30c to The J W Cole Co Rockford NL.
A brief caption notes a passerby asking about the woman in a half-piece bathing suit with the reply Our chaperon. The line captures a beach scene exchange likely from a social page. The exchange foregrounds attire and a protective role, implying a formal outing.
Captain John E. Scott was presented the Distinguished Service Cross by General KE Collins at Fort Myer during a gala ceremony. Cited for bravery in October 1918, he played a key role in saving the lives of an American regiment and is now connected with the Washington Metropolitan Police.
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