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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
6
A column collects assorted items from Bris bane This Week including a New York tale of a wife killing a secretary, a proposed jury of 11 husbands and one bachelor, and Lake Titicaca’s high altitude fishing plan. It also riffs on beauty contests, rising auto deaths, and oxygen as life for blood, urging safer living.
A deer named Lightfoot flees multiple hunters with guns and pursuing hounds. On damp ground the scent is strong, leaving him exhausted and at risk of capture. He dives into the Big River, escaping the dogs who dare not follow into the water.
Congress faces thousands of Advuates letters asking if every person over sixty will receive 200 dollars monthly, while Dr Townsend questions how the 8 billion annual cost would be funded. Republican delegates pick Cleveland for 1936 convention amid city offers of 150 thousand dollars each. China protests Japan as students are wounded and killed. a clergyman doubts earth’s shape until stratosphere photographs show 72 000 feet.
A magician demonstrates how sugar can burn when a match touches a dampened lump dipped in cigarette ashes. The bluish flame appears only after the corner is dipped, then the sugar burns steadily. The trick provokes mystery while warning to perform discreetly with ashes handy.
A chic winter sports hat mirrors 1936 car aesthetics using taupe mohair velvet and a breathable back for soft tailoring. Designer leverages automobile upholstery fabrics to offer a coordinated accessory for fashion minded milady.
In Cairo the nationalist leader Nahas Pasha, head of the WAFD, denies any pro Italian sentiment and says his group seeks to be an ally of Great Britain not its vassal amid anti-British outbreaks.
Note to Luke from Annabelle. A playful line about marriage as a vow rather than a word, suggesting a serious humor about lifelong commitment.
Recipe fragment details crusty crouton soup with malted milk and cream, codfish cakes from salt cod potatoes and eggs, and scalloped oysters with breadcrumbs baked at high heat. Includes baking times, temperatures, and garnish notes such as paprika bacon and lemon.
A quip from Tillie in a Bell Syndicate column notes that a two week vacation should leave one exhausted, and if not the trip wasn’t worthwhile. The joke frames leisure with earnest effort to squeeze value from time off. Places or people beyond Tillie and Bell Syndicate not specified.
The poem urges readers to see today as the tempering moment that forms tomorrow's man or woman. It speaks to teachers, parents, and leaders about shaping the child's mind and will for good or ill in school, home, and daily life.
British excavation team led by John Pendleton uncovers an ancient Egyptian city dating to 1 590 years before Christ. The site near Cairo and Thebes reveals a processional way, coronation hall, and temple of the shining spirit, abandoned after about ten years as a new pharaoh moved Egypt’s capital.
An advertisement states the Postum Company will send a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. The offer appears in this issue as a promotional insert.
A Sydney Bulletin quip notes a boastful line about buying and selling a person at a favorable price to earn profit. The remark highlights an ironic stance on boasting and valuation.
Thousands use Black Draught for relief when needed as a purely vegetable laxative. J Lester Roberson of Martinsville Virginia recommends it for constipation and dull feelings, calling it splendid and very satisfactory.
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