Birthday Surprise Turns Sour on Straddle Ridge
A Straddle Ridge Arkansas resident Jurd Lopp faced a tense birthday when a planned surprise party triggered his temper and he warned would breach with his shotgun. Neighbors, sensing danger, kept away as the event dissolved. A later note recalls a girl peeking at a baby and judging its appearance, while the editor muses on caution in action and words.
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Jurd Lopp
Straddle Ridge
Ark
Jurd
Kansas City Star
Practical truth in a child’s blunt tale and quips
A compact column of ribbing and anecdotes spans a six year old’s blunt moral reply about birth hurts to a doctor and a wry joke about borrowed objects from many sources. It also sketches a judge’s quip about debt and a preacher’s comment on everyday Christians and Sundays.
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Little Johnny
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Thay
Johony
Fragments of Culinary Instructions and Recipes
A garbled archival fragment lists cooking steps and ingredients for multiple dishes. It mentions beef or game meat preparations, chili peppers, garlic, corn meal in broth, leaf sauce, and a fruit mold with apricots. Readable items focus on stew, rolling and steaming meat, and a fruit dessert with milk and farina.
Dried Fruits and Graham Pudding in Winter Cuisine
A fragment discusses winter food guidance and recipes. It mentions dried fruits like apricots raisins and figs, their preparation and use in dishes. It then provides a graham pudding recipe with molasses milk eggs and soda, and a celery with cheese dish with white sauce and baked celery in a buttered mold.
Fragmented Lunch Dictum on War and Wit
A playful lunch table produces eight slips with six blank sheets and one note saying I can't think we were. The item cites the Richmond Times Dispatch and Beaton Transcript style quips, advertisements, and ad copy about Cuticura products and Red Cross Ball Bage.
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