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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1934
Page
2
Edits on using sour milk and sour cream in baking and cooking. Notes include substitutions with baking soda and powder, fat considerations, and practical tips for using sour products in waffles pies cakes and quick meals with cited recipes for Sour Cream Pie Waffles and Spice Cake.
In the exchange Jones acknowledges repaying a long owed ten dollars and plans to borrow another ten from the speaker to settle the debt. The conversation reveals informal debt tracking among local individuals.
A flawless white diamond weighing 726 carats was found on a farm at Elandsfontein near Pretoria, about three miles from the Cullinan discovery site of 1905. A second 500 carat diamond was unearthed on the same farm, owner J J Jonker refusing £75 000 for the 726 carat stone. The Cullinan diamond, the largest ever found, was presented to King Edward VII and cut into several stones.
Ecuador ends a prohibition aimed at patent cigarette lighters not tied to drinks. The rule sought to curb competition with a government match monopoly. Lighters will now face annual taxes from one to eight dollars, varying by material.
A fragment notes the Cul lan diamond or gemstone weighing 516 carats, described as the largest cut stone among the lot. The report emphasizes its size and status within the collection.
A collection of plain cooking and cleaning tips includes whitening handkerchiefs by soaking in cold water with cream of tartar, making thick corn meal mush to slice and fry, browning in hot fat and serving with syrup, keeping potatoes from turning dark with lemon juice, and cleaning brass with kerosene.
Mrs. Elton Hoobler of Waynesburg Ohio completed a monumental quilt containing 8066 hexagonal blocks costing nine months of effort. The work used 800 yards of thread for piecing and 1200 yards for quilting. each block measures one inch square and 218 colors appear with no two blocks alike.
In Salem Oregon Bert Hower's personal injury suit against an oil company a Willamette University biology museum skeleton was admitted as evidence to illustrate injury mechanisms. The skeleton was jokingly called Elmer until a court official corrected the misstep and attorneys then referred to it as Josephine.
Everett Smith used 4,000 pieces of fir, mahogany, walnut, Alaska cedar and Tennessee red cedar to create a mosaic top glued on edge for a colorful five hue pattern.
Women employed under the CWA to knit for the poor will work in Plymouth jail. They have committed no crime, but town selectmen chose the jail as the best available work quarters.
Cambridge Massachusetts James Bryant Conant newly elected president of Harvard University is renowned as a world authority on chlorophyll the green coloring matter in plants.
L L Stevenson describes a brisk street scene with crowd chatter and a bustling Broadway, notes Gen John F. O’Ryan as police commissioner signaling a crackdown on racketeers, city signs, new clubs, and lingering prosperity shaping social attitudes amid daily life.
Times Square chatter reflects on a trend of Broadway previews played for cash customers to gauge audience reaction. William T. Tornaday and Dwight Deere Wiman question critics' necessity as shows test reception, while stars like Fred Keating and Jo Davidson appear in current revivals and portraits.
By Jean Newton explains the etymology of skeleton from the Greek skeletos meaning dried up and how it came to denote the body’s supporting framework. The piece notes historical use in literature and architecture and mentions campaign mud throwing as a contrasting aside from the Bell Syndicate WIN Service.
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