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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
3
Practical hints include assembling children's sandwiches with maple sugar and butter, drying paint with an electric fan, substituting melted butter for olive oil in dressings, making peach lemon sauce for pudding, browning cream cheese wafers as a appetizer accessory, pressing with two layers of brown paper, and using water sprayed paper to iron. Also notes rose bush wound care by bending branches and covering with soil.
A short aphorism notes that one should treat fortune like health, enjoy it in good times, endure bad periods with patience, and avoid violent remedies except in extreme necessity. It reflects Rochefoucauld's maxims urging measured response to fortune.
Len B. Mitchell’s trip to Hot Springs reveals a mountaineer who claims a giant turnip once grew so large it toppled an eight foot fence. Mitchell also jokes about a colossal kettle 440 feet across and 79 feet high used to cook the turnip inside city factory works.
A humorous Wisconsin tale says two hunters find a bear at their camp after a night of food theft. The bear drinks from a spring, swells, then is deflated with a reed instrument. The incident ends with the hunter becoming a musician as the bear is subdued.
A personal physician, Doctor Ramsey, allegedly devised a powerful substance and used a hairline line attached to a stunt plane to demonstrate its holding power. Harry W. Ewert of the Chicago Board of Trade describes the bizarre test lasting over two hours, ending with burning away portion of the plane to detach the hairline.
A Chicago Tribune report notes that gold chloride reduced under controlled conditions yields gold particles about one millionth of an inch in diameter. These particles do not settle out in any measurable time and carry small electrical charges that prevent them from clumping into larger particles.
A homemaker asks for unusual cheese serving ideas and a food expert explains cheese history and expanding use in 1936. American cheddar dominates, with Liederkranz, Camembert and Roquefort noted among popular varieties. Recipes include a Swiss or American fondue with wine and brandy and a coffee cream cheese dessert, reflecting cheese as a scientific modern art.
A lively sewing note invites crafters to applique tea towels with bright scraps. It outlines seven week motifs, transfer pattern 5522, material needs, stitch illustrations, and color ideas. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle at 259 W 14th St New York for pattern and supplies.
A compact list of loanwords and phrases with translations and origins. Terms include Ad captandum vulgus, Anno urbis conditae, Bete noire, C est a dire, Dieu et mon droit, Eureka, Fait accompli, Infra dignitatem, Lex talionis and Ma chere with brief meanings.
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