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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
8
A brief culinary note links Washington’s cherry tree tale to a cherry pie recipe. It uses a No 2 can of pitted red sour cherries with cornstarch sugar and butter baked in an 8.5 inch pan with hot then cooler oven temperatures for about an hour. Recipe credited to Marjorie H Black.
A Victorian style admonition quotes Van Amburgh on sincerity to service. It urges workers to renew interest when progress stalls and implies disengagement is inappropriate. The wording emphasizes duty and self-motivation in professional effort.
Geographic Society report tours Carthage near Tunis in a Rome to modern contrast. Virgil and Flaubert frame the site as a living palimpsest of Punic, Roman, Christian, and Moslem eras. The piece notes Dido’s harbor, Byrsa ruins, Hadrian’s aqueduct, Kairouan, olives, and El Djem amphitheater with seasonal Tunisian life and tourism.
In Maxwell Street Chicago a sweatshop commentator recalls Lt tle Abraham Bisno, the Erasmus of the local philosophers. Beatrice Bisno, his daughter, rises from poverty to win a $2,500 Tomorrow's Bread prize after a long struggle, with praise from Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Fannie Hurst. The piece blends memoir with a hopeful finish as Oppenheimer notes the publication.
An article describes a handwoven braided rag rug with a 32 by 18 inch center and 6 inch scroll border, plus instructions for a rehabr seat cover and a sales note for Mrs. Spears book Sewing. It urges readers to send 25 cents for a copy to 210 South Desplaines St. Chicago.
Instructions for a square based afghan with multiple joining options and color ideas. Pattern 941 includes pillow plan, stitch illustrations, material needs, and color suggestions. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept. 259 W Fifteenth St., New York, NY with name and address and pattern number.
The Mayo Ghiete tower houses a 23 bell carillon with the largest bell weighing four tons and the smallest 168 pounds. Each bell’s clapper weighs one sixteenth of the bell. James J. Drummond, administrator of Worrell hospital, serves as carillonneur. Concerts occur three times weekly for thirty minutes. Six bells can be played at once, two per hand and two with the feet.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as an effective laxative with a sugar coating. Claims highlight child appeal and direct call to action to buy now.
A pithy remark attributed to Locke notes that a child learns thrice as quickly when engaged willingly versus compelled, emphasizing intrinsic motivation over coercion. The quote underscores the value of harmonious instruction and voluntary effort in education.
A brief feature touts a single store aisle offering a everything needed for purchase on one floor. The ad suggests shoppers can find a concentrated selection, promising convenience and value in a compact shopping moment.
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