School Day Address Inspires Students and Community
A Texas school program features Prof. Westcourt urging students to carry the torch for progress. Anita Windecker performs Meindelssohn Variations Serieuses Opus 54. The event includes a sing along, gifts, and a look at year old pictures in the cafeteria.
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Texas
The
Republic
Westcourt
Anita Windecker
Moulton High School
University of Texas
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Meindelssohn
Taylor
Lillie Ann Darilek
Barbara Baca
John Matocha
Parent- Teacher Association
Lavaca County Sheriff Candidate Seeks Re election
Theo C. Long announces re election bid for Lavaca County Sheriff subject to the Democratic Primary on July 26 1952. He thanks Lavaca County voters for past cooperation and pledges to perform duties carefully promptly and efficiently if re elected.
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Lavaca County
Theo. C. Long
FW Auxiliary stalls Officers at Pundt's Cafe
FW Auxiliary held install meeting at Pundt's Cafe Friday with Emil Jalufka as installing officer. A former president Mrs. Raab received an auxiliary pin. New president Mrs. Alvin Ek will lead the meeting with Mrs. Erich Gummelt and others present.
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de Moulton V. F. W. Auxi
Pundt
Emil Jalufka
Raab
Alvinek
Versatile Salad Ideas for Luncheon Menus
An article offers luncheon salad guidance highlighting fruit and vegetable combos suitable for group or solo meals. It covers green bean onion, asparagus egg, molded garden vegetables, tomato aspic, and mixed vegetable salads plus fruit cheese bowls with simple dressings and serving tips.
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Hether
Twenty-Four Hour Salad and Cheese Straws Recipe Menu
Lu Lynn Chambers presents Veal Patties with Mushroom Sauce and a complete meal including hot boiled rice green beans with carrots cheese straws and a fruit salad. The 24 hour salad features pineapple grapes banana orange and marshmallows folded with whipped cream and cured by chilling. Cheese straws bake 8 to 10 minutes at 425 F with grated American cheese and a light golden crust.
Spinach Parsley Boosted Drop Biscuits with Marmalade Fill
A few leaves of raw spinach or parsley flavor biscuits with color. Drop biscuits form hollows to hold orange marmalade. Pear or peach salads feature cream cheese mayo filling with crystallized ginger. Veal can only be broiled as liver using pan or oven methods.
Colorful Mexican farm oxen change color daily
Farmers in parts of Mexico, following ancestral custom, switch oxen colors between morning and afternoon without knowing the reason. The practice has persisted for generations as a cultural display linked to farming traditions.
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Mexico
Bicycle fans pioneer coast to coast ride on treadmill car
In 1896 bicycling craze fueled extreme passion. A trans continental train carried a cyclist car with a treadmill running its length. A rider could mount a bicycle on the treadmill and pedal across the continent.
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Cylist
Sweden hotel menus charged women less for meals
An old Swedish custom priced women’s meals cheaper than men’s, based on the belief that a woman could not eat as much as a man.
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Sweden
Color Guard Regiments at St. Petersburg
The Czar of Russia once had two regiments stationed at St. Petersburg but the text is incomplete. This record notes two guard regiments and their historic location in the Russian capital.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Distinct Facial Traits Mark Two Regiments
A historical account notes that the first regiment's men and officers share pug noses blue eyes and sandy hair and whiskers while the second regiment's members display hook noses black eyes black hair and beards.
England House Servants Charged Guests After Two Days
A historical note recalls a custom in England where servants billed guests staying over two days for beds dinners and minor services, reflecting past household practices and social norms.
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England
Source of Supply Origins Across Global Crops
The article traces oats to North Africa and Egypt, parsley to Sardinia, peaches to Persia, peas to Egypt, potatoes to America, rye to Siberia, spinach to Arabia, the sunflower to Persia, tobacco to America, and walnuts to Persia, outlining global crop origins.
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North
Africa
Egypt
Sardinia
Persia
America
Siberia
Arabia
Hindu Ritual Joins Couple in Marriage by Cow Water Blessing
An unusual wedding scene in India shows a man and a woman entering a stream with a priest and a cow. The priest sprinkles water over the cow as part of the rite, declaring the couple man and wife in a traditional ceremony.
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India
Beauty note on cosmetics from Roman era slaves
A brief etymology mentions cosmetics deriving from cosmetae, female slaves who attended Roman ladies and applied perfumed preparations to them.
Tongue Twister and Divine Fowl Divination Note Readings
A newspaper snippet mentions regional beliefs in divination using chicken bones and stick patterns. It also includes a tongue twisting feature and local social notes about Bennie Heiman family visits and Charlie Tykal Jr.’s military service and Korea return.
Simple way to protect coal bin window during delivery
Family Handyman suggests protecting a coal bin glass window by filing off hinge pin heads and knocking pins out with a punch or nail. Replace pins with common nails so the window can be removed before delivery and easily reinstalled afterward.
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Erich Gummelt
David Gummelt
George Gummelt Lettsville
F. C
Lynn Chambers
Sweet
Blackburn
Oscar Mayer
Uncle Williams Park & Beans
Bama
del Dexi Hominy
Lynn
East
Indo China
Bennie Heiman
Danbury
Albert Heiman
Angleton
Emma Rosenauer
Henry Malinek
Pfe
Charlie Tykal Jr
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Charles Tykal
Pfc
Tykal
Korea
Automobile
Frank Biehunko JR
Moulton, Texas
Clark
Moulton
Flatonia
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