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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1934
Page
2
The article celebrates oyster return after a four month hiatus and advises on oyster nutrition including iron, copper, and manganese. It outlines oyster stew with milk, recipes for oysters with chutney, fried oysters, and an oyster corn chowder, plus serving tips and ingredients.
Dusty Dan complains a dog alerts when he nears a house while Joker Joe praises dogs as tall bearers in a quirky neighbor tale. The snippet suggests playful, overheard remarks between two residents about dogs and boundaries.
Recipe excerpt instructs selecting eight small potatoes, peeling and cutting into strips, then placing in a casserole. It calls for one cup light molasses and one tablespoon butter, covered and baked in a slow oven at 300 degrees.
Capt. Edward A. Salisbury, after four decades of travel in remote regions, says cannibals are easy to get along with when properly handled. He notes the average cannibal minds like a four year old and challenges popular beliefs about their cooking pots.
Bill Helm, town errer for several merchants, had his dog wear a banner for a Blytheville store and go door to door collecting money. The dog’s earnings were handed to the city clerk to cover the animal license tax.
A boxing scene illustrates the phrase suit the action to the word, contrasted with refined wording. The origin is traced to actors instructed to match gestures to the spoken line, as in Shakespeare's Hamlet guidance to the players.
Dr W E Thompson of Bethel Ohio, believed oldest practicing physician in the United States, marks his ninety ninth birthday. He remains active visiting patients in all weather, now travels by chauffeur driven automobile after starting practice 77 years ago on horseback.
W B Greeley of Seattle, secretary manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, reports Northwest logging camps and mills employ over 55 000, up from 30 000 in 1933, with wage increases as high as 200 percent in some areas.
A basic scalloped potatoes method uses 1 quart sliced raw potatoes 4 tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups milk. Layer thin potato slices in a buttered dish with flour butter salt and pepper, add milk, and bake at 350 degrees until soft.
Wall Street financiers fly from Oyster Bay to offices daily with air travel cutting total trip time to 25 minutes. Rail 35 miles takes longer including transfer to Penn Station and subway time. Weekend trips go to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
Polishing brass knobs with protective brown paper to avoid soiling woodwork. Cook fish promptly after market arrival to preserve flavor. Chill egg whites for meringue and avoid overheated ovens to prevent toughness. Rinse lemons with boiling water before juicing to increase yield. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
In a Literary Digest excerpt, Howard Carter describes how fingerprints found on inner surfaces of vessels at Tutankhamun’s tomb reveal a planned robbery. Thieves used leather bags and waterskins to remove heavy jars, overturning furniture to access the stones and emptying every jar before escape.
An advertisement states the Postum Company will mail a full week's supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. The offer appears in another part of the paper.
Tokyo reporters from Yomiuri Shimbun explored Mihara Yama crater on Oshima to test the belief that the volcano is a sacred resting place for personal crises. They descended 1250 feet in a steel gondola with asbestos suits and gas masks, finding most bodies on rocks above the lava despite the heat.
The excerpt frames a bantering exchange about seasonal gloom and impending personal upheaval. Two speakers, THE SHADOWS and a named figure, reflect on low spirits ahead of a wife’s seaside return, signaling a domestic irony.
Librarian Lewis reports 14 percent more books checked out at Pennsylvania State College last fiscal year, supporting the claim that Penn State students studied harder than the prior year.
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