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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
4
A retired cook shares tips on precise measurement and reliable approaches in cake and gingerbread making. Recipes include Prune Cake, Lemon Cake Pudding, and Gingerbread Nutes with exact ingredient scales and method notes. Also offered are pantry tips for emergencies, shelf stocking, and quick meals using canned items.
A French report from Paris describes slave selling in Kabyle tribes and Turkic regions, where fathers auction daughters at high prices through an Oriental bargaining style. It notes early marriages, lifelong bondage, and the sale of women in Asia Minor with purchases traded for livestock and valuables.
Mrs Lula McAuley, appointed to complete her late husband Donald McAuley’s term, becomes Michigan’s first female county sheriff with full charge of deputies in Huron County. She vows to enforce laws, attend raids, and oversee arrests while not seeking re election after next January. Also report on Mastodon bones found by oil drillers in Gray County Texas.
A playful look at the inner musings of a film hero and the quirky questions raised about his mental focus and motives. The piece riffs on cinematic bravado and the gap between on screen action and private thought.
Mabel Edith Greenlaw, four, of Windham Maine, is hailed as the child prodigy of the region. She understands French Spanish and English and can name the states of the country and Maine cities and towns, answering geographical questions promptly. She began to walk at seven months and is precise about grammar, correcting others when needed.
A dramatic sudden eruption near Salton Sea sends mud, smoke and steam two feet into the air, witnessed by several locals. The blast lasted minutes and occurred without warning, leaving onlookers startled.
William Bradford, seven, of Woodcrest school in Los Angeles, impressed University of California experts by excelling on the Stanford revision of the Binet-Simon tests. He could locate and write a difficult word, recite Whittier poetry from memory at age six, and assembled a U S map at age two. His mother and principal note his aptitude places him at eighth grade level.
A Kenosha reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy. The testimonial cites long use and motherly recommendation, urging others to try the product for postnatal and related female ailments.
A terse mono dialogue contrasts a man’s wealth with his wife’s unhappiness. It notes money’s value lies in the income’s living, while a woman’s secret burden causes untold agony. The piece ends with a blunt moral about men’s life and appearance.
A listing promises traps for rats in the cellar and mice in the pantry with cockroaches in the kitchen. It claims money back if the traps fail and provides pricing details of 35 items at 1.50 each.
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