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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1971
Page
8
A concise survey lists terms from optimism and advantage to finish and throttling as potential keywords. It includes references to boosters, springe, accounting, Swiss cantons, respirators, and various thematic pairs, hinting at a vocabulary collection.
A letters column presents practical advice on preserving food with fluted baking cups for jar lids, space-saving storage ideas, safer dish handling, fun labeling of meat for packing, securing zippers, quick card envelope prep, clothing repairs using contrasting fabrics, removing plastic from a percolator with silver cream, coordinating care for campers tableware, and thrifty wardrobe tweaks. Personal anecdotes from readers like Mrs. M. LeCoque and Mrs. E. P. Holmes illustrate everyday savings and clever fixes.
New York AP columnist HAL Boyle lists simple joys that define life worth living from pay days and sunrises to new experiences like learning piano, first hunts, teen years, and spontaneous acts. He reflects on personal pleasures from ice cream to caviar and shared moments such as dancing and a kind act at a circus.
John Parks, 78, a noted Kewanee blacksmith since 1925, recalls lifetimes of wagons, forges, and the shift from horse shoeing to modern work. He notes low pay now, but values independence, saying he’d rather be a country blacksmith than president.
The weekly menu for North Callaway schools lists meals from Monday to Friday. Items include ground beef pattie with buttered corn and raisins on Monday, pork loaf with whipped potatoes and peas and carrots on Tuesday, chili with beans and celery on Wednesday, beeferoni with lettuce and cranberry salad on Thursday, and chicken with gravy, whipped potatoes, cabbage and carrot salad on Friday, all accompanied by fruits or desserts.
Pike County recorded the highest hog total in Missouri with 177000 head on January 1, followed by Nodaway Lafayette Lincoln and Saline in the top five. Monroe ranked sixth with 147000 and Audrain seventh with 121400.
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